SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS U. S. DAUGHTERS OF 1812 TOHOLDSTATECOmCE Mrs. Jamas Barr Mersereau, and Mrs. Jonae Will Attend Meeting at Plas tic Club. Philadelphia. Thursday and Friday Mrs. James Barr Mer9ere.au and Mrs. Mabel Cronise Jones will leave Thurs day morning for Philadelphia to attend the State conference of the United States Daughters of 1812, which will be held at the Plastic Club, Thursday and Friday. Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Mer sereau will be guests of Miss Martha H. Mclnnes, of Norristown, who is the State president. During the conference the members will very likely decide upon whoto the State will endorse as president at the national election to lie held this spring. Will Preside In Samoa Commander John M. Poyer, V. S. N., with Mrs. Poyer and their daughter, will sail to-morrow from Philadelphia for American Samoa, where Command er Poyer became governor through ap pointment by President Wilson. They will sail through the Panama canal, reaching San Francisco by February 16, t'Tom where they will sail for Samoa. Commander Poyer won considerable prominence in 1902 when in command of the forward turret of the I". S. S. Kearsarge, his crew won for its mark manship, the praise of Admiral Dewey and the Navy Department. Mrs. Poyer is well known to Harris burgers as Miss Emma Porter, a daugh ter of the late Dr. George W. Porter and a niece of Mrs. William B. Ham mond, of this city. Wednesday Club Working Musicale "Harmony'' will be the subject of the working musicale of the Wednes day Club, which will be held to-morrow morning at 10.30 in Fahnestock Hall. The program will include: "Primitive and Suggested Har mony," illustrated by (a) "Trope from Manuscript in Ambrosian Li brary, Milan Organum, about 1100 A. D..'' (b) "Australian Bushman," Mrs. Bent L. Weaver; "Discovery and Use of the Third," (a) "Ave Vere Virginitis,'' 1445 1521, Joaquim does Pres. Mrs. Weaver: (b) "Matona, Lovely Maiden." 1520-1594, Orlando Lassus, Mrs. Edwin J. Deeevee. Mrs. Harris, Dr. Ruth Deettr: (c) "Seoun do Toni." 1510-1586, Andrea Gabriel li. (d) "Canzona Francese," 15S0, Ercole Pasquini, Miss Mabel Witten myer; "Element of Unrest in Poly phonic Music," "When I Am Laid in Earth." from "Dido and Aeneas," 1 659-1695, Purcell, Miss Mary Emifv Reily; "I Have Lost My Eurydice," from "Orpheus," 1714-1786, Gluck, Mrs. Hertzler; "The Classic Use of Chords," (a) egro molto from Sym phony in G minor, 1756-91, Mozart, If Coffee Were Sold In Drug Shops just as the coffee drug, caffeine, is sold, would YOU buy it? Wouldn't it bring home to you very forcibly, the tact that coffee is not a food but a drug? Caffeine is a cause of indigestion, heart trouble, nervousness, constipation and kindred ills. Some persons are strong enough to drink coffee without immediate harm, but many others are not. Anyone can avoid risking health by a change to POSTUM 1 his pure food-drink is made of whole wheat and a bit of wholesome molasses—that's all. It con tains nothing harmful or injurious but is, on the contrary, healthful and invigorating. Postum is sold by Grocers everywhere in two forms — Regular Postum which requires boiling, 15c and 25c packages, and Instant Postum which is soluble in hot water—made instantly in the cup, 30c and 50c tins. A ten days' trial of Postum should convince anv doubting Thomas. "There's a Reason" for POSTUM Miss Wittenmver, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Rhodes, Miss L/ivertv; "Harmony in the Romantic School,'' (a) nocturne, Chopin, (b) impromptu, Chopin, Miss Snavelv; (v) "Die l.otosblnme," Aehitmann; (d) "Kin Ton," Cornelius, Mrs. William Friedman; first move- i ; ment of Violin Sonata, Opus. 105, j : Schumann, Miss Sara Lemer; (a) ' ! "Wanderer's Nachtleid," Liszt; ' j "Widmung," Franx. Mrs. Harris; "Die i Schone Mehisina,"' overture, Mendel ; ssobn. Miss Snave'.v, Mrs. Keller, Mrs. I Weaver and Miss Beunethum. MISS BRADLEY BECOMES BRIDE OFjOL. FOSTER Philadelphia Girl Who Is a Member of Harrisburg Country Club Is Now the Wife of Chief Engineer of State Highway Department^ The wedding of Miss Helen Trego j Bradley, daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Walter Trego Bradley, to Colonel Sam | uel Davis Foster, of Pittsburgh, took j place last evening at 7 o'clock at the home of the bride's parents, 1602 j North Fifteenth street, Philadelphia. I The Rev. Dr. William H. Main, pastor of Memorial Baptist church, officiated. The bride was attended by Mrs. Eu ] gene Franklin O'Conor, of Brooklyn, as matron of honoi 1 and t>v Miss Eliza beth Baltz and Miss Lee Garthwaite as flower girls. Colonel Andrew Berger. of Pittsburgh, was best man. A large reception followed the ceremony. After their wedding trip Colonel and Mrs. Foster will be at home at 21 South Front street, this city, where j they will receive after March 1. ! Colonel Bradley and Colonel Foster were members of Governor Tenor's stall" | and Colonel Foster is chief engineer of the State Highway Department. The bride has been a frequent visit or in Harrisburg and is a member of the Harrisburg Country Club. Her par ents have a summer home in Swatara | township, til is county. Mr. and Mrs. Free Hostess Mr. and Mrs. George M. Free enter tained at their home in Enola last even j ing in celebration of their sixth wed- I ding anniversary. The rooms were pret , tily decorated with Killarney roses and ferns, anil the guests spent a pleasant ; evening with music p 4 games. Supper was served, with c»%prs for forty guests. Announce Birth of Daughter :Mr. and Mrs. Carol F. Snyder, of Riverside, annouuee the birth of a daughter, Margaret Weilman Snyder. Monday, .lanuarv 25. Mrs. Snyder was Miss Caroline Weilman. of Germantown. prior to her marriage. Elks' Club Dance The regular weekly dance was held j last evening at the Elks' Club, with! sixty or more guests in attendance. The j T'pdegrovo orchestra played for the j dancing and supper was served in the i gri" room at 11 o 'clock. * * i y -- v > * . ■ HARRISBURG STAfe-TNPEPENT)ENT, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1915. OLD TIME COUNCILMEN h IN ORGANIZATION FOR FUN; i Form Association With Thirty-three t Charter Members for Purpose of Holding Semi-annual Jollifications ' —City Clerk Miller Is President ( City Olerk Charles A. Miller was' elected the first president of the Harris- ' burg Couucilmanic Association which , 1 was formed at a meeting last night of j thirty ot' the thirty-nine former eoun-j' eiTmen who constitute the Select and M Common Councils just before the Clark 1 commission form of government act be- j s came effective in December 1, 1913. 1 His term is for one year. ; 1 There are actually thirty-three char , t ter members in the association, thirty i being former coum-ilmen and the other three being City Clerk Miller. Assistant « t'itv Clerk R. R. Seaman and J. Her man t Kinsley, former clerk to Select Council. Committees were appointed by the new { chairman and invitations will be ex- - tended to all former councilmeu, inchid i ing those yet living who aervevl as , early as 1860. i Ashton D. Peace was elected first vice president: Cameron L. Bjer, sec- ' ond vice president; R. Ross Seaman. : secretary, and J, Herman Knissily, ' | treasurer. The association no doubt will j have semi-annual outings, one in the j I summer ami another in .the winter, sim • I ilar to the old time council manic jolli- ' tications. President Miller appointed the fol- i • lowing committee to draw up a consti- '< tntion and set of by-laws: Arthton D. I Peace, A. Coleman Sheetz. Aug.istu-i j s Wildmnn, A. B. Gardner aud C. A. Mil- 1 ler. Mi. Miller also served as tem porary chairman. ! j Former i-ouncilmen and the oh rs j j •who attended the meeting a-e: B:or, I Gardner. Hoy, Mngenthsiler. Reese,!, , Snavely, Taylor. Bratton, t'rabbe. Dor-i wart. Falter. Hauck, Keys, KU ; p Kinsinger. Kreidler, Marshall. Martz. iJ McCullough. Moore, Murray, O mm,! 1 Page, Rodenhaver. sheets. S'uisler, i Smith, Tooniey, Peace. Charles A. Mil-j s ler. J. Herman Kniselv and R. Rossi' Seaman. A meeting of the law committee will j ' i be held Friday. j i GIFTS FORJRIDE-ELECT || Miscellaneous Shower Given for Miss i Margaret M. Miller by Her Many Friends 1 ; A surprise miscellaneous shower was given Saturday evening by Mrs. Brady 1 j C. Agle and Miss Minnie Deller at the latter's home, 523 Race street, in com- : pliment to Miss Margaret M. Miller. 1 ; whose marriage to James E. Snyder will ! I be an event of the early spring. Cards ! 1 j and music were enjoyed, after which j ' | dainty refreshments served, j Those presert were Mrs. Jesse Mil- I ; i ler, Mrs. William Snath, Mrs. Brady C. I | Agle. Mrs. Charles Steiger, Mrs. John Dettling, Mrs. Fred Hoyles, Mrs. M. j • Pfuhl Froehlich, Mrs. Fred Wieseman, ■ , Mrs. Charles Wieseman, Mrs. George | Deller. Mrs." F. \\ elsel, Mrs. Darrah, ] ' Mrs. Bricket, Mrs. Alberts. Mrs. J. . j Kosel. Mrs. J. Weller. Misses Margaret , | Miller, Anna Mehiing Emma Hoyler, | I Emma Graupner. Elenor Bauersfeld. I I Ethel Voll, Anna Kraft, Elizabeth Wei- | ' I sel, Minnie Kollnes, Dora Adams, Doro- | 1 ■ thy Frankenburger. Nelle B. Vogelsong, j J Anna Froehlich. Clara Bucher. Minnie ' • ' Smith, L. Goetz, K. Miller and Eliza j ' I beth Deller. COBB TO BE LUNCHKON Gl'F>T ! ] Writer and Lecturer Will Be Entertain ed By the Chamber of Commerce ' i j Irvin S. Cobb, humorous writer and I s ; student, at first hand of the European war situation, will be a guest of the ' Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce at j * a membership luncheon at 10 o'clock,! ' Thursday at the Harrisburg CIUQJ. Mr. Cobb will enliven the meeting! 1 of the Chamber by some characteristics j ( remarks and stories, but, by request j of the officers of the Chamber he will, not touch on the European war at all j' | at the luncheon meeting. Mr. Cobb will I appear in Chestnut street auditorium | Thursday night and speak on the war. j : The officers of the Chamber are being j ' congratulated by the members on giv-j ing them the opportunity to meet Sir. i I Cobb in a social and personal way. K. | L. MeColgin. secretary, requests that ' ; luncheon reservations be made bv mem- j bers at once as the capacity is limited.' J Mr. Cobb will be taken about Hir-1 risbup? on a sight-seeing trip at'ter the ! luncheon. MR. MAI RADIX WIVES TAI.K I Tells Telephone Society How to Protect Plants From Lightning , The Telephone Society erf Harrisburg held .ts monthly meeting last evening 1 in the Board of Trade. H. Maura liu, , transmition engineer, of Philadelphia.' (addressed the meeting on "Protection j of Telephone Plant Against L'ghS ning," the talk being illustrated b> lantern slides. Mr. Mauradin's paper covered u .study of efficiency ot' protective metii ods. principally based on results of past experiments, aud he showed com- 1 parisons of the various methods used by this and other Bell Companies in or der to obtain present day resn 'ts. Mr. | ; Mauradin's paper was very interesting' and was appreciated by the largo attcn , dance of the Society. Mr. C. Keutlinger. engineer of Out side plant of Philadelphia, a former ■ resident of Harrisburg, was present. Married at Elizabethtown Elizabethtown, Jan. 26.—Miss Vir- ! ginia Shenfield. ot this place, and' Ralph Reese, of Rhems, were married' | yesterdav by the Rev. B. M. Meyer, pas j tor of the Reformed churc.h, with the, • ring ceremony They were unattended. A reception followed. Announce Birth of Son Mr. and Mrs. Paul Eager, of Hack ensack, N J., announce the birth of a 1 son on Sunday, January 24. Mr. Fa- i ger is a son of Dr. John H. Fager, ! Sixth and Verbeke streets, and his wife ! was Miss Evelena Walton," of Coates- ; ville, prior to her marriage. Seavers-Magee Wedding Paradise, Jan. 26.—Miss Carrie Ma- 1 ; gee, of this place, and J. V. Seavers were married yesterday at the home of i the bride by the Rey. Allen X. Nye. of i the United Brethren church. They were unattended. A reception fol lowed. < News of Those Who Come and Go United States Senator Moses E. Clapp, of Minnesota, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Jones, 105 Lo cust street, while in the oity. Mrs. James Edward Dickinson, 228 North Second street, has been called to Horaell, X. Y., by the illness of her father. Senator and 'Mrs. J. VV Knaslev, of Soinerfield, will reside with Dr. and Mrs. John H. Boher, 401 North Sec ond street, during the session of the Legislature. Mr. and Mrs. R, P. Habgood, of Bradford, are residing at 1621 North Sei-ond street during the session. Mrs. Leon Prince anil Miss Mary Prince, of Carlisle, returned after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. James C. PolTenberger. 514 A South Thirteenth street.' Mrs. George K. Fortney, of Oham bersburg, returned after s;>emding sev eral days with her sister. Mrs. McDan iHs Watlower, 1417 Market street. Mrs. S. S. Dowhaurer, 414 Harris street, left yesterday morning for a tiirre days' trip to New York. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Silverthorn, of Coalport, who were guests of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Pcffenberger, 514 A South Thirteenth street, for the inau juration, have returned home. Warren Hall, of Gettysburg, spent the week-enit' with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Hall. 1425 North Sißth street. Mr. and Mrs. Jirtin Kennedy, of Oo lunrbia, have returned after a visit witth Mr. and Mrs. James Kavauaugh, 512 S-otfth Thirteenth street. Miss Hannah Brandt, of Sunbury, is the guest of Miss Miriam Beck, 319 Rirchfieild street. Kdward Cashman, 305 Crescent street, has returned after a trip to Philadelphia. Miss Marv .Ramer, c!' Gettysburg, i< the guest of Miss Elizabeth Do- Line. 92'J North Third street. Miss Marian Stiouse has resumed her studies at Irvinu College after a week end stay w ith her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Strouse, 1632 North Secon l street. Andrew J. Kline, 111 Evergreen street, has gone to New York on busi ness. C. DeWitt Holler, of Pittsburgh, has returned after a visit to his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Holler, 333 Crescent street. Miss Jean Allen, 218 South Thir teenth street, has returned after a visit with Reading relatives. Mrs. James Fry, of Pittsburgh, has returned after a visit with her sister, Mrs. Charles Fry. in the Commercial apartments. Miss Anna B.u-h, of Reading, is spending Mine time with friends in this city. Miss Charles Schaupp, 36 Soutb Seventeenth stieet, has gone to Cin cinnati, Ohio, to visit friends. Miss Effie Myers, of Dillsburg, spent the weeik-end with Miss Blanche Moore, Penbrook. Ralph Lentz. 1985 North Seventh street, has returned home l'rom Mt. Holly Springs. Miss Christine Nelson, of Kentucky is the guest of Miss Angelvu Younjf at Perdix. Mrs. Harry Mngett, of Philadelphia, h«s returned after a visit with Mrs. Samuel Fitting. 614 North Eighteenth Samuel Fitting, 614 North Eight eenth street, has returned from a busi nets trip to Philadelphia. Tiie Misses Williams, of East Or ange, X. J., are quests of their broth er, Lutheran S. Williams, 1.523 North Second street. Miss Alice Evans. North Sixth street, left yesterday for Norfolk. Vn., where sne will visit her uncle. Dr. l^ee. Miss Edna IJ. Weaver, 258 South Sec-1 olid street, Steelton, is visiting friends at llagerstown, Md. Miss Mary Kitter, 423 South Thir- j teentii street, is s;ending several days at Elmira, N. Y. ■Miss Margaret Clancy, S4 4 South Cameron street, and Miss 'Marjorie Kirk. 1615 Hunter street, spent Sun day at York. 'Mr. and Mrs. Earl Sellers. COft Ma clay street, spent Sunday with their daughter, Miss Dorothy Sellers, at Union Deposit. Mr. and Mrs. William H. talterson and daughters. Misses Marguerite and Beatrice t alterson. ot' Pittsburgh, have returned trom a visit to Mrs. John White, 14 07 North Second street. Mrs. Wiilianl Anderson, of the Lin coln apartments, left yesterday for Philadelphia, where she will spend sev eral days. Edwa.d K. Shi.lie, t'.iis city, has re turned from a visit ta Reading. HOW I CURED MY SUPERFLUOUS HAIR A Friendly Scientist Showed Me How to Cure It For«7«r I WII.I, TF.1.1. VOI FRKK HOW TO GET nil> OK VOI R!) TOO For a long time I was sorely trou bled by a hideous growth of Super fluous Hair on my fare and arms. My face woa indeed a sight from the ex asperating growth grfiw almost ere mre mwy " ' pe.ntmenl. today face, arms or anywhere else. I got rid of it through fo lowing the advtoe of a friendly •dentist, a Professor of Cliemlatrv tat an English University. Tiie treatment he advised Is so thorough, simple and easy to use that 1 want every o