6 &tHr-3n2i*p*nbertt (■BttaMuhed ti) 1876) Publlahod b - THE STAR PRINTING COMPANY. ' f Star-Indapa'tdant Bukldlpg. ' W 10 It Couth Third Straot. Harrlabttrg. Pk ~ Every Evening E»o«pt Sunday , Of'ictrl I)ir*cfTs. BBMAKIN F. METERS, L U KDHN. rrfSldflDC. WM. W WAA.OWER. V / Vice President. Wm - *• M,TUI • WM. IS METERS, Secretary and Treasurer. WM. W WALLOWEB. WM H WARNER, V. HUMMEL BCBOPACS. JR., Business Manager. . Editor AH communications should be addressed to STAR INDEPENDENT, Business. Editorial, Job Printing or Circulation Department according to the subject matter Cntered at tbe Post Office in Harrisburg as second clasa matter BenjaMin A- Kentnor Company, New fork and Chicago Representative*. Haw York Offiee, Brunswick Building. 225 Fifth Aronue. Chicago Office, People's Gas Building. Michigan Avenue. Delivered by carriers at 6 cents a week. Mailed to subaeribart tor Three Dollars a fear in advance ■"■ HE STATIN DEPENDENT " Tbe paper with tbe largest Rome Circulation in iJ arris burg ana •earby towns s Circulation Examlneo by THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. ' TELEPHONES' BELL " Private Branoh Exchang*. No. 3280 \ CTJMBEWI.AND VALLEY Private Branch Esohange. • . • No. 245-246 j Wednesday, February 10, 1015. FEBRUARY Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Frl. Sat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 MOON'S PHASES— Last Quarter, 7th; New Moon, 13th; First Quarter, 21st. \ WEATHER FORECASTS f li^jlUUIW Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair, con tinued e«lil to-night with lowest tem }ierature about 15 degrees. Thursday i— fair and warmer. \j Kastenn Pennsylvania: Fair to-night, and Thursday, farmer Thursday. Light to moderate variable winds. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest, 2£; lowest, 8 a. m., 22; 8 p. m., 24. DON'T BLAME THE BAKERS! Some of the bakers of Harrisburg have advanced the price of bread, —either by making the loaf smaller or by adding a cent to the cost of a loaf. Others haw made no change either in the cost or the size of the loaf. The first class, it is assumed, includes only those bakers whose supplies of flour—bought before the recent abnormal advance in the price of wheat began—have become exhausted and who are now compelled ,to pay, roughly, 50 per cent, more for their flour (than before. The second class are those bakers who still have flour bought at the old price and who therefore have not as yet had to advance the cost of their bread in order to efjftape financial loss in producing it for the public. There may be a few bakers in this eitv who are taking advantage of the public by putting up the price of their bread when they still have supplies of flour bought at the old price, but we doubt if there are any such. "We believe the bakers of Har risburg and vicinity are playing fair with their customers. Bakers whose floiyy has become exhausted and who have now to pay half again as much for it as they used to pay, are not gouging their customers when they reduce the weight of their loaves or in crease the cost of them. Bakers who still hav<? flour bpuglit at a price which permits them to make a fair protit without making any kind of an advance in th<? cost of their loaves also are dealing fairly with their customers. Moreover, the latter will be justified in advancing the price when their present stocks of flour run out if by that time the price of flour is as high as it is to-day. ( If there are any local bakers who still have flour bought at the low rate and who are putting up the price of their loaves notwithstanding that fact, they, and they only are the ones who are deserving of public censure. The fact is that such increases in the price of bread as have taken place in this community can not be blamed on the bakers, taking them as a class. The blame, if it can be placed at all, must be put on the shoulders of speculators in wheat who, there is reason to believe, have taken advantage of the increased demand for the grain, growing out of the European war, to manipulate the price and raise it beyond the figure/hat it might reasonably be expected to reach uimer the economic law of supply and demand. ® The federal government is now engaged in mak ing a vigorous investigation to learn if speculators are actually boosting the wheat price fo a point beyond that justified by the demand from abroad, which admittedly is abnormal, and the government may reasonably be fxpected to place the bldme where it belongs. HARVARD PROBES BAD SPELLING A committee of the Harvard faculty is engaged in devising means to improve the spelling and English composition of students. If the worthy professors accomplish their purpose they will do the world vastly more good than if they were to discover an unlisted comet or bring to lipht an unknown bug. Educators seem to be convincing themselves that they have not been devoting enough time, or per haps have not been devoting limited time properly, to the training of school children in spelling and eompositiou. Even at Harvard, where the atten tions of professors and students are fixed on high and lofty things, imperfections in the written work / ■ HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1915. of the studeuts have been causing the faculty an noyance, and tHe decision has been reached that there is something wr«ng with the training of the men in simple branches that needs to be remedied. Colleges and universities, of course, blame the high schools and academies for deficiencies in the preparation of students; the high schools pass the responsibility qn to the grammar schools, and the shifting thus continues until it can go no farther. There are, no doubt, faults all along the line that ought to be corrected, and the start that has been made to better conditions offers some hope. One educator has pointed out that although for ordinary purposes school children, while they are school children, use no more than 2,100 words, the spelling books seek to convey instruction in about 13,000. It is evident that time spent in the learn ing of the useless words could be much better em ployed in the mastering of the really essential ones. Words in common use have been found to be the words wrongly spelled in the eases of many stu dents. Business men have complained, too, that their stenographers and clerks have been unable to spell properly the terms moat.frequently used in business transactions. That many college students who know how spell words do not know how to use them, is con clusively demonstrated by specimens of themes which are published from time to time, just as they were submitted by the boys to the professors in English. The plan has been suggested to abolish separate courses in English composition in colleges, and to pay more attention to the written work of students in the other department's. If the causes of students' deficiencies in spelling and composition are more carefully investigated, remedies may soon be suggested aud tried. It is well that Harvard has directed attention to such little details as imperfections in the writing of its students, and favorable results are awaited. WORTH OF MAWSON'S LECTURE Sir Douglas Mawson, famous Antarctic explorrr, demonstrated by his illustrated lecture in the Ma jestic theatre last night that a scientist's account of an important expedition into formerly unknown regions of the world may lie not only instructive but also highly entertaining. The large audience, including Governor Brumbaugh and many of Har risburg's leading citizens, unmistakably expressed its delight in the vivid descriptions given by the ex plorer of conditions in the South Polar region, and in the really beautiful moving pictures of huge i(*n formations, of abundant animal life and of great wind storms carrying with them blinding snow. If any persons in the theatre attended the lecture with the expectation of hearing only a highly scien tific elucidation of matters pertaining to velocity of South Polar winds, varying temperatures in differ ent localities, unusual rock formations and the like, they were surely disappointed, for Sir Douglas, far from making use of technical terms not generally understood, spoke in the simplest style in recount ing his remarkable experiences. Because a lecture like last night's is intended primarily to be instructive is no reason why it can not be delightful as well, and Sir Douglas certainly provided his audience with a most pleasing even ing's entertainment. Not that he tried especially to assume the role of he made no visible efforts in direction, but what he had to tell and to show was of such real interest that it most delightfully engaged the attention of all present. It is gratifying that so many persons attended the lecture, even though they cpuld notliave known previously everything that was in store for them. The Harrisburg Natural History Society is to be complimented for its enterprise in bringing Sir Douglas to Harrisburg,—one city out of three in this stat? which he is visiting,—and for thus giving Harrisburgers opportunity to enjoy a treat of the sort that is all too rare. "Uncle Henry" has friends who are worth while. There was nothing arctic or antarctic in the reception Sir Douglas Mawson received in Harrisburg. Why not swing the Stars and Stripes over all Europe and see if the belligerents will cease firing? Whatever ptber failings our law-makers have thev never fail to adjourn promptly when the motion is put. If the American flag can be used to protect an English liner from molestation in the war zone why can't Kngland recognize it as, a protection to American merchant ships against their being held up? TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN A WESTERN ROMANCE "And do you really love me?" "Love you? Darling, you're dearer to me Jhan my wheat."—Buffalo Express. IMPORTANT CORRECTION A correction should be made in regard to the report of the singing class in the last issue; absent 3 instead of 30. —Monticello (Ark.) Advance. CONSIDERATE FATHER If there is only one bottle of castor oil in the house, Father is willing Mother should hove it all because it will do her good. But if there is only one bottle of beer in the bouse, Father drinks it himself because it might not agree with Mother.—Cincinnati Enquirer. MODERN EDUCATION Helping a child with his lessons used to mean that you wrote a composition or did a few sums." "Wellt" - "Xow you may have to model something in clay or even go out and capture a live snake."—Pittsburgh Post. MODESTY REWARDED "She quit because the* manager of thg shoVr asked her to wear tights." r "You seldom see a chorus girl like that." "Seldom, indeed. The incident gave her go much free advertising that she is now drawing a fancy salary in vaudeville for posing as a living-picture model."—Birming ham Age-Herald. Omega Oil For Sprains and Bruises The first thing to do for a sprain or a bruise is to cover the hurt with a piece of flannel soaked with Omega Oil. Quick relief usually follows this simple treatment. Trial bottle ioc. [Tongue-End Topics) % . . s The Man in the Bargain Rush '•Frequently I have longed for the experience of getting into a rush of bargain seekers," said the man who rarely shops, "and I got all I wanted when I tried to get a few of the Kauf man bargains in Harrisburg this week.'' The man who made these remarks is not a Harrisburger. He has had very little experience shopping in the stores of the capital city, but his impressions are interesting. • * * He Went There Early Von know, 1 went to the store early—say about 8.30 o'clock," he said, "and, although I expected to be tbe first one there, I was surprised to see no less than a hundred men, women and girls had beaten me to it. I took a position on the sidewalk, at the curb, lor you couldn t get any closer to the store, aiul 1 thought surely I would get into the building on the first rush. Waiting in the Crowd " W hen they opened the door the .first time I moved up about three feet. The door went to and there I was. A foreign woman was standing immedi ately back of me at that time and there was something about her that led me to believfe she had had garlic for break last. I thought 1 could get over that with ease, but soon I felt like pulling oft' my overcoat. '* * * Outwitted by a Woman . '•Warm, eh T Why, I was as warm as, a setting hen. By the time the door was opened again, some five or ten minutes later, I had moved up pos sibly three feet more, but it seemed as though I had advanced but a few inches. This foreign woman was get ting anxious by this time and suddenly she made a dip as thougji she had lost her purse. I was willing to be obliging and offered all the excess space I could, but to iny surprise I found that when she straightened up she was standing in front of me. That looked real cute, and I was forced to smile as 1 thought how stupid I had bee.i. A minute or so later this same woman made another dip, came up and had moved ahead of the next, fellow. . • ; . He Had to Smile " 'Huh, what do you know about that?' the man blurted out as he turned about and faced me. I made no reply, but smiled. The fellow stared at me, but he, too, began to laugh. A chilly wind that was blowing lent a vermillion color to my nose and soon I felt myself in need of a handker chief. * . * Couldn't Get His Hands Down "I had a kerchief in my overcoat pocket and I thought I was fortunate. By squeezing the persons away from my side a few inches 1 managed to get the handkerchief to mv nose. Then the crowd moved up and I could not put my arms down again. There I stood, [tosing, hands up, just as though the fellow ahead of me was pointing a gun iin my face. And in that position I entered the store, tnree-quartcrs of an hour later. Within the next hour I made two purchases one for six cents and the other for forty-nine, and by noon I was ready to start for home." SUES FOB FRANK REWARD Factory Employe Claims 91,000 for Conviction of Slayer Atlanta, Feb. 10.—Ro'jert Uarrett. sued the city of Atlanta yesterday for SI,OOO reward offered for the convic tion of the s'laver of Mary Phagan. Bar rett says Lao M. Frank would not have been convicted without his aid. Bar rett worked in Frank's factory amd dis covered strands of the girl's hair in the metal room, where the State claims Mary Phagan was murdered. Barrett was a leading witness! against Frank. Barrett sued after the City Council refused to pay the re ward. Rewards aggregating $5,000 were offered in th» Phagan case, bui none has been paid. Turks Didn't Expect Greeting Mitylene, Via Paris, Feb. 10, 5.10 A. M.—Several English and French aeroplanes flew over Turkish Thrace yesterday afternoon, according to a dis patch front Tenedos. Two'of the ma chines went as far as Adrianople, drop ping bombs on the forts. The Turks are said to have been unprepared for a bombardment, as they did not-expect allied aircraft to venture «o far inland. Not So Mad as Ail That "I never saw a woman so mad. Tn her rage she stamped up and down tire room." '"And tore her Tiair, I suppose." "Mercy, no! It cost too much."— Boston Transcript. 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' Boys' Wash Suits, values to $1.50, at 79^* Boys' Wash Suits, values to $2.00, at. 81.19 Boys' Wash Suits, values to $2.50, at $1.69 THE GLOBE LEON RICE WILL SING AT STEVENS CHURCH FRIDAY 1 Vocalist Who Met With Success in' West Last Yeso Has Besn Engaged for Appearances at California jpx- j position ' Leon Ri«e, who gives "An Evening! of Song" at Stevens Memorial M. E. | church on Friday evening, has filled i many important engagements. Begin ning with an appearance at the St. I Ijouis World's Fair in 1904 he has! made a most enviable record. IslimMy—. * LEON RICE The music committee at the James town Exposition selected him to give a series of twelve recitals in the immense auditorium, and the Norfolk, Va., "Landmark" said: "His singing has been one of the most prominent fea tures of the entire exposition, creating a daily sensa-tion." r - •. a >■ f.-J' if 'V. HPr ' I % i i:'. ! iL>..X.'■s&.*:■:.. .< ■. Ai JENNIE CAESAIUBICE ' Singing with the Shriners' band of 120 pieces on a tour of California la«t winter the Sacramento "Star" savs: "An audience of about 4,000 people applauded him to the echo in the Agri cuftural Pavilion, forcing him |o re spond to' double ami triple encores aft er each number." So great was Mr. Rice's success in the West hast year, that the directors of the Panama-Cali fornia Exposition had engaged him for several appearances during 1915. These important engagements speak in a most emphatic manner as to Mr. Rice's popularity and musical ability, jlennie (.Niesur-Rice who acconiipanies her husband at all his concerts, played at Chicago World's Fair, when but a child, aw? in competition with wort* of pianists won a medal, a distinction of which she is justly proud. "England's Menace" . A powerful plea for preparedness in periods of peace is " England V Menv ace," a thrilling photo, drama in five reels which heads to-day's bill of above the average motion pictures at the Vic toria Theatre, 223 Market street. Tlje prokiiuction. Which is dedicated to the peace-loving people of the world, is set in the present scene of war in Eu rope, is one of the most timely and | dramatic screen plays ever shown. It is in the nature of a prophecy and stir red Eiigland where it was shown anil has caused a sensation Where shown in this country because o.f our small standing army. The scenes show bat- tleships stripipcil for action and in -war array are impressive to n high degree. Don't fail to see it to-day. 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Call at the snoW white sample room 619 Walnut i Street, and inspect the new models. * International Harvester Co. of America (Incorporated) Othef branches at Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Elmira, Baltimore and Parkernburg. : GRAND OPENING' Walkers Ice Cream Parlor To-night—7 to 11 409 North Second Street GOOD MUSIC the Victoria management to-morrow will be ''The Hoosier Schoolmaster,'' iivfive parts. Don't forget it's "Bar gain Day" too. —Adv. *
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