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Clrculatlen Examines by THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN ADVERTISERS. " TELEPHONES- BELL" PHvata Branch Exchang*. .... No, 3280 CUMBEMLANO VALLEY yHoata Branch Eaohanga, . No. 245-246 Wednesday, February 34, t»IS. + _ FEBRUARY Son. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. rrl. 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 Harrisburg and vicinity: Rain and ""oeler tonight. Thursday partly cloudy Eastern Pennsylvania: Rain and * cooler tonight. Thursday partly cloudy . an d cooler. Increasing south winds !^MMaaaaM^W shifting to west to night. YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG Highest, 59: lowest. 37; 8 a. m.. 38; 8 p. in., 56. , DISPOSAL OF MORGAN TREASURES It is reported from New York that although J. P. Morgan is ahout to sell his father's collection of majolicas rare Italian potteries including speci mens owned by Popes and members of the Medici family), he will probably make no further sales of the Morgan treasures on exhibition in the Metro 'politan Museum of Art. The explanation is made that the financier is disposing of sections of the collection at present in order that he may liquidate accounts for art objects outstanding against his father at the time of death, to the amount of $6,000,000, aud that he has already realized within a million dollars of that tigure by the recent sale of Chinese porcelains and Fragonard paintings. That the Morgan treasures are being disposed of has of course disappointed persons who are inter ested in suchi things. The collection of Chinese por celains was the most complete of its kind and doubtless can never be duplicated. The aggrega tion of Fragonards could not be matched in this country, and the majolicas are by far the tiuest in private possession anywhere. Even with these treasures taken from the Metro politan Museum, however, there will still remain there Morgan art objects to the estimated value of $15,000,000. Indications seem to be that these objects, worth more than the cost of our Capitol up'on the hill, will, even if they should not remain much longer where they now are, be retained by Mr. Morgan, for they are free of debt and therefore give no good justification for their sale. The present owner of the treasures then. too. is said to be a shrewd enough business man to sell art objects only when he can make a profit on the investment. The treasures remaining in the Museum were bought by the elder Morgan at unusually high prices, and in the present market they would hardly bring satisfactory figures. It may not be too much to presume, therefore, that Mr. Morgan will soon have disposed of all the art objects he intends to sell, and will then turn over the valuable remaining specimens to the Metro politan or the Morgan Memorial Museum: espec ially so inasmuch as these treasures will be subject to taxation under the Inheritance Law on March 31, next, when the specified time will have elapsed since the elder Morgan's death. CAUTION FOR AN EARLY SPRING Signs of spring are not lacking in this merry, merry month of February. To be sure we still are wearing overcoats and the man of the house still is compelled to rise at an unholy hour and go down into the cellar to look after the furnace, but those are mere incidents and do not dispose of the major fact that there are some grounds for belief that the backbone of winter, perhaps, has been snapped. * From Middletown comes the announcement of blue birds being seen by members of the Eddie Collins Club at Branch Intersection. From Allison I Hill, never behind in the matter of early spring news, come well authenticated statements of the warble of the robin being heard near Reservoir been seen, and in all parts of Harrisburg boys are playing marbles, and top spinning has begun. Baseball has invaded the vacant lots, and the first accident on the diamond has been reported from Ijong Island, where a player's arm was broken "sliding to second." Near Selinsgrove a garter snake emerged from its lair and looked with defiant 9r ■ t r y VT" . ,» ' y f ■ '• '" V '•"•*■ ■■ v . ",• A -- ■ . • * ' HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1915. eye at the ground hog. Down near Philadelphia— in Chester county, to be definite—the dandelion has reared its saffron face and kissed a merry salute to the sun. In Capitol Park grackle and the squirrel have said "hello'* to eaeh other, and the sparrows, '* bushy-tails''-«nd doves have had their first taste of imported southern pecans. But not yet shall we sing "Hail, beauteous spring!" for the ides of March are yet to eome, and with them may appear that stealthy breeder of pneumo-aetinoinyeosis—rthat "last snow." Till that is past we will take no chances in discarding woolen undergarments. WHEN NAMES NEED TO BE CHANGED Following the efforts of a family in Boston to have its name changed to one less "ordinary," a metropolitan newspaper conducted an investigation in an effort to learn whether average persons would alter their names if they could. The results of the symposium, which need not be taken to seriously but which are of some interest, were to the effect that the average man would not go out of his wa.V to have his name changed., and that it is seldom that a person is dissatisfied with the name of his fathers. The trouble with the members of the Boston fam ily seemed to be that they could not properly enjoy life with an "ordinary" name as a constant hin drance to their social advancement. Their petition was turned down, however, for the judge, whose name was Grimm, seemed to be of the opinion that if he could have a happy existence with such a name, the petitioners should be able to get along somehow with theirs. The case, if it had any merits at all. had very weak ones. That most persons are thoroughly satisfied with their names seems evident. Even when surnames are eommon ones, first names can always be made attractive. They may be arranged so as to give an individual a distinctive appellation, no matter what last name runs in his family. This must, of course, be attended to by parents at birth of their children, and the bearers of the prescribed names have no choice in the matter. Yet it is only in ex ceptional instances that persons would care to make any changes in after life. One case in which a change of name was certainly justified was that of Viola Cecelia Sezepankowicz. who applied the other day in Philadelphia for per mission to be called Viola Abel. This is but one example of the names of immigrants which do not fit well in the United States. Changes in such case should be encouraged. Watch Harrisburg grow! Keep your eye on the "jitney bus." Perhaps the seven vagrants who fled the stone-pile at the almshouse had a touch of spring fever. With three hills before the Legislature covering the subject of child labor, that body ought to evolve something worth while. The Colonel has been heard from. He made a speech somewhere on the anniversary of Washington's birth, and never once referred to last fall's election in Pennsylvania. Whatever became of "Hampv" Moore's project to make the Susquehanna river navigable as far up as Harrisburg? Perhaps' the electric light company's coal wharves on the island arc merely a forerunner. TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN COMES BY PAIRS "Trouble never comes singly, does it?" "No: 1 know a family who last year had double pneu monia and the next vear had twins."—Exchange. FOB LITERARY DIGESTION "I would like some literary fare to set before our guests. What author would you recommend." "Why not begin with Hogg and Lamb?"— Exchange. THOUGHT HE UNDERSTOOD "Waiter, are any of the compounds on this bill of fare of a deleterious naturef" "Oh, yes, sir. we have the latest things out."—Exchange. HIGH TONED She—"Are the Howlers very high-toned people?" He —"High-toned? T should say they are. When they quarrel you can hear them two blocks away."—Boston Transcript. GENEBALLY UNDEBSTOOD The Man—"Of course, you understand, dear, that our engagement must be kept secret?" The Womau —"Oh. yes, dear! I tell everybody that."— New York American. * MAY BE FALSE ALABM "Oh, dear,, daughter! Here comes the telegraph boy up to the house!" "Don't worry, mother. Perhaps it's not coming 'col lect.' " —Yonkers Statesman. OVEBHEAD CHABGES The Boss —"What's this item on your expense account, 'Overhead expenses, s4'?" The Traveling Salesman—"That was an umbrella I bought."—Philadelphia Bulletin. NEITHER SO EFFICIENT He—"You don't keep house with half the efficiency that my mother did." s She —"And you don't make money with half the rapidity that my father did."—Richmond Times-Dispatch. CAN'T MAKE 'EM LEARN IT Gaylord (in cafe dansant) —"Tliere's my wife! And I'll bet she's looking for me!" Fair Companion—"Oh, dear! Why can't some people understand that woman's place is in the home?"— Puck. THE L'MIT OF SLOWNESS Rankin —"It takes a long time to get anything through Beanborough's skull, doesn't it?' 1 Phvle—"l should say it does; that man will be dead and buried befoie he ever finds out be is sick."—Youngs- Telegram. • CONDUCTOR HANDICAPPED With but three minutes to catch his train, the traveling salesman inquired of the street car conductor: "Can't you go faster than this?" "Yes,' the bell-ringer replied, "but I have to stay with my car."—Harper's. Omega Oil for Pains in the Back ; Put a steaming hot towel over th« painful spot for a few moments to open the pores; then rub with Omega * Oil. Quick relief usually follows this , simple treatment. Trial pottle ioc. i | Tongue-End Topics | i At the "Pretending Age" Jenny ami Louise, aged 4 and 4, , were at the happy "pretending" age. < W batever they did uot have they pre- i tended thev had. Thus their happiness < was complete. Otie afternoon Jenny, arriving with her doll for a social chat, found Louise seated on the doorstep in the intense enjoyment of a bag of candy. The caller sat down close to ' I her hostess, who munched nwav in si lecce. At last Jenny said sweetly: "O. Louise, 'tend you gave me some eai dv.'' "O, Jenny,' the serene re sponse, " 'teniKyou had some." Contributed bv Cora C. Staples. ® » * /How the War Hit Him "Madam," said the tattered and torn suppliant to the benevolent lady who answered his timid rap at the door. '' have you any old clothes you can spare t'or an unfortunate victim of the European wart" "I think J have, my poor man; but how does this happenf You cannot have beeu in this war, surah." "No. Madam. ' humbly replied the sufferer: "but my wife has sent all I my clothes to the Belgians." Contributed by Cora O. Staples. Two Former Lieutenant Governors The death of former Lieutenant Gov j eruor William M. Brown, of Lawrence county, which occurred in New York last week, recalls that there are now j living but two former occupants of that office Walter Lyon, Allegheny, and John M. Reynolds, of Bedford. Of oth- | er prominent State officials there are yet | living four Governor*-—William A. j Stone. Allegheny; Samuel W. Penny- j packer and Kdwin S. Stuart, Philadel j phia, and John K. Tener, Charleroi. > | Five former Secretaries of the Common- i j wealth—William S. Stenger, Cham- | | bersburg, now cf Philadelphia; Jacob I i'H. LougeneVker, Bedford; David Mar | tin. William W. Driest. I Lancaster, and Hubert McAfee, Pitts- j I burgh. Some Other Formar Officials Six former Attorneys General of! Pennsylvania still are living-—William I IS. Kirkpatrick, L'aston: William 1". Hensel. Lancaster; John P. Elkiu. Indi ! ana; Hampton L. Car.-on. Moses Hamp ton Todd and Joiin 6". Bell. Philadel phia. Former Auditors General still j ] on the active list are General David i i MeMurtrie Uregg. Reading: Amos H. j Mylin, Lan caste,;. Levi G. McCaulev, I West Chester; Edmund B. Hardenbergh, I Honesdale; William P.'Snyder. Spring City; Robert K. Young, Wellsboro, the present State Treasurer, and A. E. Sissen. Krie. Of former State Treas- j 1 urers there vet live Henry K. Bover, j Philadelphia, now of Norristown; Jobu I I W. Morrison, Allegheny; lames S. Bea ■*>m. Greensburg;" James E. Barnett, Washington; Frank G. Harris, Clear | field; William H. Berry, Chester; John O. Sheatz. Philadelphia, and C. Fred ! | Wright, Susquehanna, now a member of j the Public Service Commission. • • * More Who Served the State But three fornier i Secretaries of In- j I ternal Affairs are living—Thomas J. j Norristown, now Adjutant ] General; Isaac B. Brown, Corrv, and j ! James W. Latta, Philadelphia. - Only ! one forme* Adjutant General is living, (.James W. Latta, Philadelphia. Of for- j mer Insurance Commissioners there j survive James 11. Lambert, Philadel-! ' phia; David Martin, Philadelphia, and j ,-Samuel W . MoCulloch, ttfarrisburg. j i Former Superintendents of Public j ' Printing and Binding yet living are I William Hayes Grier, Columbia; Bar j ton D. Evans, West Chester, and j j Thomas M. Jones, Harrisburg. Former | i State Librarians are represented by ' Dr. George E. Reed, of Carlisle, now of Deiaware. Robert McAfee, Allegheny, I and John A Berkey, Somerset, are the j surviving Commissioners of Banking. ! Henry Houek, of Lebanon, who served j j from 1869 to 1907 as Deputy Superin- I | tendent of Publie Schools, is the only j survivor of that office, and he is See- j retary of Internal Affairs. LYKE>S VALLEY COAL SHIPMENT ; The shipment of coal over the Sum- 1 mlt Branch Railroad for the week end- I Ing February 20. 1915, together with a comparison with the corresponding ; week last year, was as follows: Short Mountain Colliery Week Year Tons Tons | 1915 2,236.00 35,255.15 1»U 5.678.03 18.632.19 Increase 6,622.16 Decrease 3,442.03 j Summit Branch Colliery 1915 4.155.18 40,985.17 191 6,076.18 38,390.10 Increase 2,595.07 Decrease 1,921.00 ! Total 191 6,391.18 76,241.12 1914, 11,755.01 67,023.09 ! Increase 9,218.03 Decrease 5,363.03 4 ROLLS $IJ!? All new 88-note rolls Catalogue on request PBKX Ml SIC ROLL CO. 1313 Market St, Philadelphia. Lines by W. H. Ulster Belknap, old boy, you're a peach: You oert'nly can hand out some screech: By which 1 don't mean That you're off In your bean: Don't mistake my abrupt style of speech. The topics you handle so clearly Compel us to prize you uulte dearly; Even though. now and then. Your vitriolic pen Affects our digestion most queerly. No form of prose under the sun, From sermon to frivolous pun. Abstruse, scientific. Wide awake, soporific, That you have not cleverly done. Pon't assume for one single minute We think you wouldn't bo In It If poetry you'd tackle;— You'd sure make things ia<kle; — So hesitate not to bestin it. Some people might dub you a smarty Because of your arguments tarty: But say, holy smoke! With one logical stroke You demolish the opposite party. So, Belknap, old top. go to It: If you're thinking of quitting, don't do it: There's just this about you— We can't do without you: At least that's the way we view it. (These lines were written by \V. H. Kister, a member of the 1 -Ilnuphin County Bar but now a resilient of Phila delphia, and printed in a recent issue of the Philadelphia "Record.") mTCHCdCRisVERYFUNNY Comedian in Sprightly Musical Piece, "The Beauty Shop," Provides Laugh-Producing Show Raymond Hitchcock and his spright ly company in t-he musical comedy, '' The Beauty Shop.'' made a lot of fun for a audience in the Majestic theatre last night. Tuneful musical | comedies have been scarce in Harris burg this winter but the warmth of the reception of the Hitchcock aggregation seemed to indicate that there still is a demand in this city for this long es tablished sort entertainment. "The Beauty Stoop" is built on the lines of the usual light musical show. It has the usual accompaniment of pret ty girls and catchy songs and dances. Of course every musical comedy does not have a Hitchcock in it and that i? what made the show last evening dis tinctive. This funny man, with a voice so conspicuously bad as to make it ab solutely ridiculous, —as was intended, —was on the stage most of the time and made the whole thing "go." Un ! fortunately Hitchcock injected a good j deal of by-plftv suggesting profanity | which did not add to the fun of the j piece in any particular aind which GERMAN TROOPS BREAKING ICE IN EAST PRUSSIA ■ ■ - r- ■ ■ -- v ..- ; SB3" Iu their campaign against Russln tat- Germans are encountering severe difficulties iu transporting troops aud v.od supplies due to the frozen waters in East Prussia. But in most instances the Kaiser's soldiers have overcome ;lipse obstacles. Seen above is a group of them equipped with long poles diligently at work clearing a river of ic®. Saturday, February,27th, Our Semi-Annual It has been the most successful sale we have ever held and as a matter of course, while some styles are all sold out —others have a few pairs remaining. We have taken these small lots, about 1,000 pairs, in Men's and Women's, values up to $5.00, put them into a section for quick selling and you (PO OfT may have your choice of any pair in the lot at These are in various styles, all leathers, and about all sizes in the lot but not all sizes in any one style. The Same Privilege of Exchange or Refund of Money as When Sold at Full Price I VERY SPECIAL I About 250 pairs, mostly women's,slightly shop worn, of $3.00, (PI CA $3.50 and $4.00 shoes. Your choice at, per pair, This is an opportunity that comes to you only twice a year and is worthy of your attention. Not a thing wrong with these shoes. Guaranteed? Why cer- : tainly—we do not sell anything we do not guarantee. Patent leather excepted. Children's $1.50, $2.00 and $2.50 shoes, your choice at, SI.OO ; per pair, .... Children's 25c hose, sizes 4 to 6, per pair, 10^ It's "house cleaning" time with us. YOU win by getting, good shoes at low prices—WE win by oleaning up stocks. JERAULD SHOE CO. 310 Market Street THE GLOBE THE GLOBE This Is Positively the Last Week Of The February Final Clearaway Only 4 Days More tTo Purchase Men's Winter Suits and Overcoats That Originally Sold Up to S2O at $ 1 0: M None Reserved—Every Winter Garment Must be Sold $3.50 Dufchtss Ctrduroy Trousers ai RR • Won't rip—if they do we hand you $l.O0 —10c /' for every lmttou that comes off. Positively the £, —— best trousers made. $2.00 Peerless Union Suits at $1.29 Without question America's best union suits. Selling the sur plus stock of.the Peerless Knitting Mills Co. makes possible tliis unusually low price. THE GLOBE nlight much better have been omitted, j but he had besides a whole lot of orig inal, droll humor that was thoroughly j enjoyed. Hitcheoek's curtain speech after the secou l act was especially amusing. He poked fun at the Washington adminis tration in a harmless sort of way aud also took a harmless fling at Colonel ] Roosevelt. He attacked lawmakers :\s j a class, characterizing them as I "boobs'' who doa t work but who ar.> j paid, by those who do work, to make! laws for the people. The play has ahout as nuuli plot as j usually is written into the lines of a j I 1 light musical production. As explained by Hitchcock it is intended only t.i | make tho people laugih and in that it j succeeded admirably. , A Convalescent requires a food tonic that will rapidly build up wasted tissue Olive Oil Emulsion containing llypophosphitea is a most reliable prescription which we j always recommend for that purpose, lieorge A. Uoiy«».
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