The Star-Independent Gives Away 2 Orpheum Tickets Daily The Name of the Person to Whom They Will Be Awarded To-day Is Somewhere Among the Classified Ads On This Page Perhaps you are the lucky person. Look until you find out. If you get the tickets please call for them before 8 o'clock to-morrow evening or they will be forfeited Miscellaneous FURNITURE PAOKINO PACKING—A. H. SHRENK. 190« North " Sixth street, first class packer of fur niture. china and bricabrao. • Ball ybon* »»W. J W.J. WENRICIi. 3J» Hamilton street— {■ Furniture, china and piano packing. I feblpmeuts looked after at botli ends. Also all kinds of hauling- Ball puuut J »**7 W. 1 ■——^ r c MISCELLANEOUS WANTS. J KS'I IMATIiS given tor all kinds of elec- , trie Hglit wiring and repairing; elec- ; trie cnuracling a specialty; no job 100 I small or large; all work guaranteed. , ? iiL.is.crmc iiKi'-viKiiNG J (A)., iiiVs iJroad St. " OLD GOLD AND SILVER c UL.D GOLD AND SILVKII watches, Ula- v inonds and jewelry bought, tor nigh- 1 est cash prices. JO». D. BKENiNEK, .So. : 1 N. Thiid at. Ben phone STORAGE. A STORAGE In 3-story brick building, 1 rear 4U» Market sit. Household goods t In clean, private rooms. Reasonable rates. Ajipiy to F. ui&X&ti. Jowelar, • iu » Alarket St. r . HARRISBURG STORAGE CO. Two I new eight-story brick warehouses, sue absolutely meproot, divided into 1 Dreproof private rooms of various sues for tne storage of nouseliolu a goods; iha other wareuouße of the uiost 1 approved type of fire reiardant con- - structiou for general nisi cnanuise. They 1 u.e 1 11 u i: I ,i.> j Willi two largo electric j Height elevators and spiral chute lor 1 the quick and safe iiauuiing ot nousa- ( hold goods and all kinds of merchan- * disc. Lew storage rates, boutn aecond street, near i'aAton. oa tne uacks of i'enna. R. it. t ( PIANO MOVING c \ PIANO moving by experts, WINTER PIANO cu.. -o N. Fourth St. call lU, Bell phone. , { MONEY TO LOAN 1 LOANS—SS to 9-tfO tor honest working people without bank credit at less c than legal rates; payable In install wants to suit borrowers' couveuieb ;t CO-OPERATIVE L<oan and investment Co, r 204 Chestnut at. i ALL KINDS OF HAULING " ALX. kinds oi hauling; large two-ton truck; furniture, pianos, freight, in | 1 the city and suburbs. Prices reason- ' 1 able. Picnic and pleasure trips, day or evening. WM. H. DAltki H.J Vernon 1 St. Bell phone JSI7J. . ?! j ( 5316 and Exchange i ( I; FOR SALE. FOR SALE—Reo five passenger tour- i ing' car, all new tiles and tirbes; three extra tires, five extra tu-beg, electric horn: also ice cream factory, 2%-H. P. , gas engine, 40-quart freezer, crusher, can and tubs to pack 100 gallons cream. All in first class condition. Soda water ; tank, brand new; hot soda apparatus , complete. Address Hoover's Cafe, Hum melstown. To, t\ W. H. LANGtiETZ, I.umher—We are ' overstocked with all kinds and grades of lumber and we can offer you < big bargains. It will pay you to sea ua. Office Cameron and Mulberry Sts. i FOR SAUE—Uight delivery wagon, ( good as new, suitable for grocery or laundry delivery. Call or write OMAR j U HUMMBU Hummelstown, Pa. < WlUt. SEU. piano just purchased, four 1 months ago; also a very nice side- ' buard; prices on the above very cheap. ' MRS. R. KLJNGER, 240 N. Fourteenth , St., City, I —— £ SIXTY LAYING pullets. GEORGE W. , WEAVER, 811 N. Front St., Steelton. FOR SALE—At GABLE'S, 111-117 South - Second St.; Red Tip, Ring Point, Blia- ) rard, Rowe Junior, Can't Slip, Giant Grip and Always Sharp Calks. g FOR SALE—At GABLE'S, 111-117 South C Second St., 6,000 sets New Sash, Bxlo xl 2 L-. primed and glazed, at gl.lii per set. Also other sixes. 1 ——— i _ j - . Belated Anxiety i Maid (knocking in tho morning) Madame, I've forgotten whether you [ wanted to be waked at 7 or 8. 'Mad- i ame—What time is it now? Maid— Eight.—Lustige Blatter. * r ' ■ i -i ■■■ «■■■ - ■ > REAL ESTATE FOR SALE 1312 N. Third Streef -0 ft. front on Third street ex tending an even width 148 ft. to Susquehanna St. Improved with a three-story brick dwelling on Third and a two-story c frame house on Susquehanna. c A good business location—easily a remodeled into a store-room on first , floor and housekeeping apartments on second and third floors. And a garage and warehouse ou the Sus quohunna end—or leave the frame house stand as it is now bringing 1 a very fair reutal. The price is reasonable. 235 Maclay Street Three-story brick dwelling —at the southwest corner of Maclay and Green Hts.—nine rooms—bath and steam heat—front porch. Lot 21x98 ft. A very desirable residence at a very fair price. MILLER BROS. & NEEFE ItRAL ESTATE Fire laiaranee Surety Boads i Ls«ss« sal Cmrt Mmta I- - ■ ' - 2 ______________________ ' Wants HELP WANTED—MALE j LARGE eastern factory wants reliable party tu manage distribution, excep tional patented utility selling every where; big Income assured. Protection given. References required. Write Troxell, Hotel Commonwealth. ARMY OF UNITED STATES. MEN WANTED: Ablehodied unmarried men between ago of 18 and 35; citizens of United States, of good character and ] temperate habits, who can speak, road . and write the English language. For Information apply to Recruiting Officer, Bergner Building, 3d & Market sts., Harrlsburg, 48 N. Queen St., Lancaster, 353 Pine St., Williamsport, 37 W. Mar ket St., York, or 113 Independence St., Pa. AUTO transportation school wants men j to become practical chauffeurs and ) earn $75 to SIOO per month. We give a j thorough course in crud" and practical work for $35.00. No. 5 N. Cameron; i Bell phone 1710. * SITUATIONS WANTED—MALE, WANTED—Colored man wishes position as cook, waiter or houseman, or any kind of work. Apply 116 Vii Liberty SL A RELIABLE colored man, married, desires work as porter, Janitor, house man, watchman or driver. Can furnish good references. Address 133 Balm St. | WANTED—Position as tenant farmer by a wlwte married man with wife and one child. Call or address No. 313 Briggs street, Harrisburg Pa. WANTED—Young man wishes restau rant or counter work; experienced in both; can give good references. Apply or address 1024 Market. WANTED—Civas. H. Moore, ISS South Fourteenth St., to whom two reserved tickets were awarded to-day, good for the evening performance, January 25. Call for them at the Star-Independent office before 8 p. m., January 22, or they will be forfeited. WANTED—By a middle-aged man with ; a family, any kind of work; janitor or i night watchman or collector, or agency. Can give good references. Ad dress 2543 Agate St. WANTED—Position as hotel man, but ler in private family, or cook. Ad dress 329 Cherry St, A COLORED MAN wants a position around a house or store; can furnish references. Call or write 620 Brown Ave. HELP WANTED—FEMALE. WANTED—A young woman for dining room work; permanent. Applv to the HERSHEY HOUSE. 327-329 Market St., Harrlsburg. DO YOU WANT to be a Stenographer? If you do, buy tuition from an EX PERT IN GREGG SHORTHAND—one who knows what the student needs, and how to give a thorough training in a short time. Tuition charged for seven months only. Free Trial. Bell 704 R. Call. Harrisburg Shorthand School, 31 N. Second St. COMPETENT MAID WANTED for gen eral housework. No washing. Good wages. Reference required. Call 424R Belt , hone, SITUATIONS WANTED—FEMALE. WANTED—General housework by col ored Ave. WANTED—Washing at home, and work by the day. Address 1506 Howard Ave. WANTED—Position as nurse or maid by colored woman. AddVess or call 121 Short street. WANTED—Work of any kind by color ed woman. Apply or address 121 Short St. Can furnish good reference. WANTED—Position as chambermaid or assistant cook. Apply rear of 210 Chestnut street. A RELIABLE colored woman desires positi-on as general housework; first class cook and laundress. Apply or write 1088 South Ninth street. LADY wishes housekeeping for a re fined widower; city preferred; can furnish reference. Apply 1805 Berryhill street City. WANTED—A position as chambermaid or waitress; experienced. Address 101 S. River Ave. WANTED—By lady—housework, wash ing or ironing. Address 336 Cherry GERMAN GIRL wants general house work. 541 S. Front St., Steelton, Pa. WANTED—MiddIe-aged white woman wants position to do general house work; good references. Address MRS. K. WAGGONER, Hummelstown, Pa. YOUNG GIRL wants position as house keeper, in small family, or chamber maid. Call 2017 Kensington St. — . | YOUNG GIRL (colored) desires posi tion as child's nurse, light house work. Addrens Advertiser, 1308 N. Sev enth St., care Vennie. 1 —; —v Bosinass Opportunities j BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. GENTLEMAN wishing to retire offers manufacturing plant for sale; only one of kind in city; price very reason able. Will bear close Investigation. Address 3437, care Star-Independent. Reversing a Phonograph Record A remarkably curious experiment may be performed with any ordinary fphvnogTaph. The sound box is re versed so that the ueedle slopes the other way, enabling the disk to be turned ba&kward by the finger being placed near the center. The effect pro duced is extremely astonishing. You hear the human voice singing songs backward; vou hear the harmony of Wagner backward—plain English sounds like a Chinese language. The most remarka'ble effect is perhaps to play a chime of bells in this reversed manner. Tho soumi rushes up and up, but there is never a single strike or clash of a 'bell. The strike on the ear is reversed nnd is nothing but a sharp "cessation of sound."—Strand Muga zine. ' . . - p\r Y . , ** •. ]f : •* . • • . • > HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 21, 1915. !| Real Estate . REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. $1,550 WILL BUY a brick and frame house on Jefferson street; 7 rooms and bath; furnace; porch; No. 2522. Inspect the interior. Owner occupies property. BELL REALT Y CO.. Bcrgner Building. I PENBROOK LOT. 30x150, for sale at great sacrifice. This lot is well lo cated and must be sold soon. An unusual bargain. BELL REALTY CO., Bergner Building. I $2,700 WILL BUY a 3-story brick house on Allison Hill; 8 rooms; bath; gas; electric light; porch; furnace. Only S3OO needed. BELL REALTY Cu„ Bcrg ner Building. NO. 1432 BERRYHILL STREET for sale at a reasonable price; brick; 9 rooms; bath; gas; furnace; porch; price reason , able. Also other desirable houses. BELL ! REALTY -CO.. Bergner Building. I OUR JANUARY BARGAIN SALE; I 2417 Reel St., reduced SSO. 2448 N. Sixth St., reduced S4OO. 1909 N. Third St.. at the right price. 280 & 282 Herman Ave., Lemoyne, re duced S4OO. BRINTON-PACKER CO., and Walnut Sts. OUR JANUARY BARGAIN SALE: 141 Acres—-11 miles from Harrisburg;! frame buildings; 3,000 fruit trees; some in bearing; station on property; can be bought on easv terms. BRINTON-PACKER CO., | Second and Walnut Sts. FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN—Or will | exchange for improved city property, an Imposing 14-room 40x40 ft. Colonial suburban residence. All Improvements; porch 10 ft. wide, 70 ft. long. Lot. 116 x I 200 ft. Shrubbery; six kinds of fruit j in bearing. Trolley near; 12 minutes and one fare from Market Square. Call 801 l phone Nq. 3048 L FOR SALE—Beautiful home on Camp street; well built; tile bath room: ■ Chamberlain metal weather stripping; : will please the most critical and can j only be appreciated when seen; Just ] one house from Sixth street. Price right ! |if sold quickly. Address No. 3438, care ! | Star-Independent. , FOR SALE—One new brick house, near! ] the center of the city; a beautiful lo cation, 6 rooms and bath and all con- I veniences. Price only $2,400; and sold on easy terms. Also building lots at ; Riverside, Penbrook and Paxtang. Job carpenter work promptly attended to I in any part of the city. Estimates! cheerfully furnished Apply to S. HAL- I DEMAN iV CO., Carpenteis and Builders, ! , 3222 N. Sixth St., Harrisburg, Pa. Bell j phone 3622J-3. REAL ESTATE FOR RENT. ; FOR RENT—Three-story brick house, i 310 Nectarine avenue, handy to car , line, near Mulberry street bridge; all ' improvements. Apply 320 Crescent St. • FOR RENT—Two story brick dwelling, No. 1118 N. Fourteenth St.; all im i provements; large front porch and back I and front stairs. C. H. ORCUTT. No. i 267 Cumberland St. DESIRABLE houses and apartments for rent in all parts of city. Reasonable rent and good locations. Inquire of! HARVEY T. SMITH, 204 South Thlr [ teentll street. Bell phone 248 L J FOR RENT—AII improve ments— -1614 Catherine, $16.00 539 S. Fifteenth $16.00 530 S. Eighteenth, .. .$18.50' » Apply Kuhn & Hershey, ; 18 South Third street. ' FOR RENT—Houses with all improve* ments. at moderate rentals. J. & GIPPL.E, 1251 Market St [ I . i BEA - L ESTATE FOR SALE OR RENT J HOUSES FOR RENT and Hi-story dwelling houses for sale. Elder Heal | Eatate__Co ll and Perry Sts J APARTMENTS FOR REN* i FOR RENT—Apartments at southeast i I corner Fourth and Peffer streets. All I conveniences at .reasonable rent. Out side porch. Apply B. F. UMBERGEH, 108 N. Second St., flr 427 Peffer St. j 107 SOUTH FRONT STREET—Second I floor housekeeping apartments; large ' rooms with kitchenettes and baths; 1 modern improvements; electric lights; gas; city steam; Janitor service. Apply at above address. APA RT M ENTS FOR RENT—3 rooms and bath, coal and gas ranges, gas or electric light, sls per month. Apply at Mehring's Liquor Store, Sixth and Muyich streets. Bell phone 2671. United If Lost and Found FOUND. FOUND—A place without trying. Care ful cleaning, best of dyeing. Where? At Eggert's Steam Dyeing and French Cleaning Works, 1245 Market St. Call ■Uli-Lijj.'.on- 1 -- Call and deliver. LOST. COLLIE DOO, cinnamon color, white feet, white ring around neck, tipped tail. LESTER SAWYER, 182 Vine St. IX>ST—Roll of money in bills, Monday night, probably on Market Square or Market street from Mayor's office to Commonwealth Trust Co. Reward. Re turn to Star-Independent office. I/3ST—A gold watch in leather wrist band; 15-jewel Waltham movement; monogram U A. D.; lost at Second and Walnut. Reward if returned to Mrs. A. P. DRAYER, 210 Geary St.. New Cumberland, Pa. ■ ' ——■—_ Death and Obituary mmmmmmmmmmmmmwmmmmmmmwd IN MEMORIAM. IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE of Fannie A. Griggs, wife of Darius H. Griggs, who departed this life January 21, 1913.—(Hignedi Husband, Daughter and Grandchildren. I APARTMENTS Suites of 2 Rooms and Bath IN THE Reynard, 208 N. Third Street Large, light, aify, and comfortable rooms. I Steam heat and constant hot and cold water sup plied. Hardwood floors; electric light; wired for tele phone service. TILED BATHROOMS. Ready About February 1, 1915 APPLY TO Commonwealth Trust Company, iX£!3 Market Street Harrisburg, Pa. |For Rent! I Desirable offices in the Union Trust Building. ! t ; Union Trust Co. ——— / FOR SALE | The four-story brick dwelling ' j bouse No. 109 S. Second Street, i J Harrisburg, Pa., fronting twenty-six , | feet on Second Street, and extending j iu depth ninety-five feet to an alley; first floor now occupied as a whole- ' sale liquor store. Title perfect. FREDERICK M. OTT, i Executor of Mary E. Winters, De- • < ceased, 222 Market Street, liar j risburg, Pa. 1 FOR SALE A knitting factory; all Improve- < ments; electric power; two-story frame; steam heat, well lighted; ' equipped with tlie latest knitting I and sewing machinery. Possession ] given at once. We will rent If party would be Interested In the manu i 'aeturlng of ladles' garments. Information Wanted—Call Bell 1 I phone 74. Steclton, Pa., or M. R. ALLEMAN 143 s, FRONT STREET STUKLTON. PA. IXve MONEY Loan I Employes' Discount C«. 36 North Third Street ' / > Legal j I EXECUTOR'S NOTlCE—Letters testa- I mentary ui»on the estate of Elmlna Darby, late of the City of Harrisburg, 1 I Dauphin County, Pa., deceased, testate, j having been granted unto the uniler -1 signed by the Register of Wills of said I County, all parsons indebted thereto ! I are requested to make prompt payment | and those bavins: claims against the same to present them without delay to 1 W. F. DARBY, _____ Steelton, Pa. ; NOTICE is hereby givon that the an nual meeting of the members of The Pennsylvania Mutual Burial Associa tion for the election of a Board of Directors for the ensuing year, and the transaction of such other business as may properly come -before said meet ing. will be held st the Office of the Corporation, Room 4, Spooncr Building, Harrlsburg, Penna., on the 6th day of February, 1915,-between the hours of 6 and 8 o'clock p. m. 10LMlilt G. FINLISY, Secretary. i CHAHTER NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an appli cation will be made to the Governor of Pennsylvania on Friday, the sth day of I F&bruary, 1915, under an act of Assem bly. entitled "An act t.> provide for the incorporation and regulation of certain : corporations," approved April 29, 1874, and the supplements thereto, for the ' charter of an Intenden corporation, to be called The Grate Water Company, the character and object of which is for the purpose of supplying water ;o the public In tiie borough or Gratz, In the county of Dauphin and state of Pennsylvania, and to 'live, possess and enjoy all rights, .benefit* and privileges of said act .if Assembly and supple ments thereto. F S. SIMPSON, Solicitor for Applicants. NOTlCE—Letters of administration testamentary on the estate of Alex ander McAllcher, late of Harrisburg, Dauphin county. Pa, deceased, having "been granted to the undersigned, re siding In Harrlsburg. all persons in debted to said estate are requested to make Immediate payment, and those having claims will present them for settlement. P. E. M'AUCHKR, 2124 Penn St., SHERMAN G. M'AMCHER, 63J Dauphin St., / All at a Glance Mr. .Pester—"That's a pretty wom an that just passed us." Mrs. Pester—''H'm! She's wearing 1 her last season's hat, her puffs don't match her hair, her waist hikes up in ! the back and her skirt sags on one side. Men never notice anything."—Boston Globe. 1 FINANCE STEEL CHANCES HANDS IN LARGE LOTSJT OPENING Stocks In Brisk Demand During the Early Session, the Trading in the First Hour Almost Equalling Tues day's High Record By Associated Press, Now York, Jan. 21.—(Wall Street) —The rally which attended yesterday's late dealing in stocks was resumed at to-day's opening. Reading, Southern Pacific, Canadian Pacific, U. S. Steel and Bethlehem Steel pfd., rose u point or more. Trading was on a very broad scale especially in steel, which again changed hands in large lots. Missouri Pacific opened lower but soon recov ered. There was unusually heavy trad ing in American Telephone and St. 'Paul convertible bond issues at slight ad vances. London furnished its customary change of lower prices for Americans. Stocks were in brisk demand during the early session, trading in the first hour almost equalling Tuesday's high record. 'Missouri Pacific led in point of activity, 'but was erratic, losing over a point on realizing sales. Before mid day, however, this was more than re gained, that stock, as well as others of greater potential value, selling at best prices for the current movement. There were gains also in many low priced shares. Bonds in general were up with the stock list. LIVE STOCK PRICES Conditions in the Philadelphia Market for Three Days This Week Philadelphia, Jan. 21.—Conditions for three days, ending Wednesday evening, January 20: Bee/ Cattle—Tho market appeared to be a trifle stronger with arrivals of stock divided between Ohio. Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky brands. Trad ing was moderate, and current offer ings equal to local requirements. Calves at, well as cows of the belter class were steadily held. Quotations: Steers—Extra higher; average best, $8.6008.78; choice, sß.y>©B.so; com mon. 87.7507.85; bulls, $5.0007.00; fat cows. $5.0006.25; thin cows, $175®4.50; milch cows, common to choice, s4o® 70; extra, $80; veal calves, exceptional lots, $10011; good to choice. $9,500 10; medium, $809; common, $607; southerns and barnyards, $5 07. Sheep and Lambs—There was a frac tional decline in lambs, with sheep keeping fairly steady. Demand was rather conservative. Quotations: Sheep— Wethers—extra, $6.0006.50 Choice $5.5006.00 Medium $4.5005.00 ! Common $3.0003,50 Ewes, heavy, fat, $5.2505.75 Lambs— Extra, $8.5008.75 Good to choice $8.2508.50 Medium $7.7508.00 Hogs—'Unsettled cooditions prevail to a great extent, yet quotations nominal. City Dressed Stock—All varieties of choice and prime meats were steadily held, under trading of an ordinary char acter. Quotations: Steers, lOH016c; heifers, 1O0l3Hc; cows. 8012 c; veal calves, 15016 c; ex tra calves. 17c; southerns and barn cards, 10012 c; country dressed, 13® 14c; extra. 16c; sheep, lO0Uc; extra wethers, 12c; lambs. 15016 c; extr* lambs, 17c; hogs, 10010 He. Philadelphia Produce Market Philadelphia. Ja.n, 21. —Wheat higher; No. 2 red spot, export, 143 if/. 146: No. I northern. Duluth export, luT©-»54. Corn higher; No. » spqt, export. 790 80: No. 2 yellow local, 80^08114. Oats higher: No. 2 white, 59060, Bran tirm; winter, per ton, S2H.£»OO 2».50; spring, per ton, $27.00027.50. Refined sugars tirm; powdered, 6.05 05.15; fine granulated, 4.9505.05; Con fectioners' A, 4.8504.95. Butter steAdy; western creamery, ex tra, 32; nearby prints fancy, 35. Hogs—Unsettled conditions prevail to 10.66; current receipts, free case, 10.35; western extra firsts, free case, 10.65; firsts, free case, 10.35. Live poultry steady; fowls, 13© Is old roosters, 1001014; chickens. 120 14; turkeys, 12©1«; ducks, 15016- geese, 13015. Dressed poultry Arm; turkeys, fancy. 21022; fair to good, 13 0 20; fowls heavy. 18019; average. 14017?*; small, 12013; Old roosters, 13; broiling chick ens. nearby, 16022; western, 14020; roasting, 16018; ducks, 12017; geese. 10 014. Potatoes weak; Pennsylvania, per bushels, 63065; New York, 45052; Jer sey, per basket, 30035. Flour firm; winter straight, 6.25® 6.50; spring straight, 6.4006.60; surhur patent 6.6007.15. v 8 Hay steady; No. 1 large bales. 18.500 19.00; No. 1 medium bales, 18.50® 19.00- No. 2 do., 17.00018.00; No. S do., 14.500 15.60; sample, 13,50014,50; no grade 11.00013.00; light mixed. 17.50©1g.00 : No. 1 do.. It.50017.00; No. £ do., 15.000 16.00. w Chicago Live Stock Market Chicago. Jan. 2.—Hogs—Receipts, 5,000; weak. Bulk, 6.6006.80; light. 6.45 6.90; mixed, 6.5006.90; heavy. 6.30© 6.80; rough, 6.3006.45; pigs. 5.2506.85. Cattle—Receipts, 7,000; weak. Native steers, 5.5009.25; western. 5.0007.50- cows and heifers, 3.2O08.OO; calves, 7.25 010.50. Sheep—Receipts, 8,000; strong. Sheep, 5.9006.66; yearlings, 6J607.80; lambs, 7.0*0 8.76, IBIS WILL INTRODUCE DIR. COBB. OF PADUGAH By Ellis Parker Putler Up and down Main street, New Vork, and around the corner where the boys get together for lunch once h week and all through the chain of clubs where the fellows think more of a fjood joke than of the club constitution, they have called this dahk-hai 'ed gemnian from Paducah, (Kentucky), "Old Irv Colbb" so long and affectionately thut a lot of folks think he was christened that way. I lvatl a notion myself that the "Old" was a sort of affectionate diminutive for Old-Bourbon-Bottiled-at the-Still. Come to find out, his name is a regular three-jointed-affair-Irvin Shrewsbury (Jobb—and he had the laibel pasted on him along in the sev enties. Ho came along as ft sort of Centennial souvenir, with the miniature liberty bells that the Paducahns keep on their what-nots. But there is nothing miniature about Old Irv. He's the only reail four-dimen sioned humorist now in captivity, and any way you look at him you can ob serve that he has length," brebdth, thickness and joviality. Ho is a great, big Southerner, with a chuckle, and an apipetite. He has written more good, plain, wholesome food, and more rich, gravied, hard-to-digest food than any man living-—and has eaten more. Just when our humor was getting thin and anemic, and heartless and sophisticated. Old Irv slid up from Paducah and brought along his appetite and his heart and things looked more cheerful. The general run of us are "In New York," but Coblb is always ""From Paducah." He knows every corner of New York, but sees it with the fresh ness of vision of a cub reporter of the Padtu-ali "iDaily News." After hearing some five hundred of his seven thousand or more happy stories you get an idea that Paducah is a place where peoiple •gx> around with their human nature peeled, and where ony one could pick uip chunks of humor and wads of char acter without trouble. The fact is that Cobb has the smrest insight and the quickest perception of salient charac teristics of any man since Mark Twain. If other people did not enjoy Cabb's stories more than he enjoys them it would be safe to say that Cobb enjoys them more than other people do. He has a chuckle at them before he passes them on. Old Irv started in short-handling and woirkiog the comic papers when he gave up the nursing bottle and took to real food, or along aibout then, and he was editing a paper, a daily paper, when he was nineteen, and editing a daiily in Paducajh means that you have to get around among the folks. You have to learn the subscribers' idiosyncrecies, and learn them well, in ordgr to avoid stepping on them . Cobb did not tell me this; know it. The New York "Sun" is well enough as a path to literary fame— Cobb footed it, by the way'but it is pounding a small local daily into shape that takes a man right down to foun dations of human nature and rnlbs. his nose in it There is only one thing that beats it—'being managing editor. Cobb had three years at that, there in Pad ucah, and between whiles he ran a special eolrnmn in the Louisville '' Even ing Post" under the refined but pleas ing title of "Sour Mash." There is no use trying to hide the fact that Ccdb'b is not a parlor poet. I doubt if ho ever wore a a pair of lavender gloves in his life, and if lie did he probably wore them to a funeral, in consort with a pink shirt with de tachable cuffs, and then rode home with the driver of the hearse. If he did ride home with the driver he got a good story out of him between the cemetery and the livery stable. Coblb is a man's man. He.Jias a sub foundation of the old style Southern —not New York Main Street Southern —chivalry, and knows how to be a gentleman in his shirtsleeves; but, as a metaphor, he likes to shuck off his col lar and tie and h'ave a real good time. After a while The "Saturday Even ing Post" grabbod Cobb and" "room cd" him, as he would say. Since then he hasn't done anything tout write a lot of the best stories ever written. Cobb, himself, dosen't know how good they are. The biij, noisy, good-natured Pad ucah genius! I dropped into the Dutch Treiat Club last Tuesday, whore some fifty or more imagazinists were at lunch at the long table that seats them once a week. Another menHber came in and took his seat alongside of me. <<»Vy h , at ,' s the matte r " he asked. Nobody s laughing. Isn't Coibb here to-day T 99 Cobb is coming to llarrisburg on January 28. Then you'll know him better.—Adv.* Aftermath " Afterwath " is a persistently ill used word. Early July is the time of the math -that is, the first mowing of the meadow. The short grass with a sufficiency of rain will grow again, and later will come the "second mow," or "aftermath." The phrase "The storm and its aftermath" seems a fa vorite with some story writers, but it is dillicult to understand how a storm can have a second mowing. Advice to Stage Villain j "Don't go down to the scene of your crime in the last act," says Jerome K. Jerome. "You always will do this. We suppose it is some extra cheap ex cursion down there that attracts you. (But you take our advice and don't you go. That is always where you get nabbed. The police know your habits from experience. They do "not trouble to look for you. They go down in the last act to the old hall or the ruined mill, where you did the deed and wait for you. In nine cases out of ten you would get off scot free but for this idotic custom of yoars."—'London Standard. 11 FOREIGN TRADE IS MUSSED St. Louis Convention Considers Problems of International Law and U. S. Commerce MAIN ADDRESS BY PROF. J. B. MOORE British Government Imposes Searching Prohibitions on Trade With Enemy and Holds Up Neutral Goods It Chooses to Call Contraband By Associated Press, St. Louis, Jan. 21.—Several hundrcl delegates representing the leading com mercial organizations of the United States attended the opening session of the second NationaJ Foreign Trade con vention which met here to-day. An ad dress was delivered by (Secretary of Commerce Redfield. Permanent organisation then was ef fected and the convention began tlvo •consideration of problems of interna tional law as they afl'ect American commerce during the present European war. The principal address on this top ic was mad© by Profoseor John Basset I. 'Moore, former counsellor of the State Department. After a discussion of the points raised in Mr. Moore's address the convention hearrl an address by jjohn J. Arnold, of Chicago, on "For eign Banking, Loans and Credits." The afternoon session was to be de voted to a consideration of the govern ment regulation of commerce aa it af fects foreign trade and to the problems j of the small manufacturer who desires foreign trade. Among those who discussed th» i points raised in the address of Profes ' sor Moore was Carman F. Randolph, of | New York. Mr. Randolph's Discussion "All things considered," he said., j "we may hold the British government | responsible for the far reaching and se j vere restraint on international trade, j At home it imposes most searching pro- I hibitions on trade with the enemy. At sea it holds up whatever neutral goods jit chooses to call contraband and | chooses to suspect of ultimate enemy > destination. ! "Considering British policy, 1 am Iby no means persuaded that it will | hasten the peace or prove a decisive .factor in the war. | "The particular interests of the j United States are quite sufficient to warrant a strong but temperate demand | for a proper respect for neutral com jnterce and the United States will, 111 maintaining its trade at as high a level as a .just regard for belligerent inter ests permit, serve the larger and perm anent interest of the world." Secretary of Commerce Rellfield in i his address reviewed the work of tho [Department of Commerce in promoting foreign trade. He said that since May, 1914, the department bad stationed eight commercial attaches abroad. "The department," he continued, "now has in mind the development of co-operating branches of the bureau of foreign and' domestic commerce all over the country in the thought that in time 1 every Chamber of Commerce may be- I come affiliated with the bureau and 1 keep in constant touch with it." Causes of Cotton Troubles The problems of the exporter of cot ton and the cotton grower were ascribed to scarcity of shipping and to e'normbus increases in transoceanic freight rates due to the war, in the address of D. W. Kempner, of the Galveston Cotton Ex change, who spoke before the Foreigu Trade conference. 'Freight rates to Liverpool have ad vanced an average of about s."> on a bale of cotton, sjud Mr. Kempner. "It may surprise some of you to know that the highest freight rates for any service are now demanded by own ers of American vessels." said Mr. Kempner, "and it is by no means un usual for such ship owners to demand for the hire of a vessel worth $300,000 a rental of $40,000 per month, out of which is paid by the ship owner only the wages of the crew and the upkeep of the vessel, the charterer in addition 'being expected to pay insurance ou the vessel for the voyage, coal for her steam and deliver her back on this side to the port of the owner's selec tion. Lessons of Commerce in War "Whether the solution of our diffi culties lies in a government ' owned merchant marine, I am uot prepared to say, but 1 am prepared to affirm that the lessons of commerce in this war teach us that in times of peace every advantage and benefit should be given to vessels flying the American flag to the end that in the time of war, wheth er we 'be neutrals or belligerents, the* may serve the commercial and martial needs of this country." No Place for Letters A learned young woman of Boston was spending her vacation in a little country place. To the lo.'al 'bookshop ot' the village she went one afternoon and made known her mental wants to the clerk: "I should like the ''Letters of Jane Welsh <'arlyle.' " "I beg your pardon, miss," said the clerk, ''but this ain't no postoffice."— New York Globe.
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