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fSOCIAL AND PERSONAL NEWS
NRTHDAY PARTY GIVEN
FOR MISS GERTRUDE BEIL
feasant Surprise Arranged by Her
Friends In Celebration of Her An
niversary—Music a Feature of the
Evening's Entertainment
A birthday surprise party was giv
s Saturdav evening iu honor of Miss
wrtrude Beil. at her home. 1237 |
watara street. The rooms were pret
ilv decorated with green carnations
nd shamrocks. Instrumental music j
pas furnished by the Misses Harcel-1
»de and Blough,' Messrs. Beil and Tag
art. Vocal selections by mixed quar
»t consisting of Miss Sehott, Messrs. ]
owler. Kunkel and Beil. Covers were
lid for thirty-six guests, the center
iece being a large birthday cake, dec
rated with candles.
Those preseut were the Misses Jean-
Ite Harcelrode. Catherine Brenueinan.
«Ola Speeec, Leola Beil. Netta Adolph.
Jma Blough. Grace Le Inner. Florence
filler, Mary Egolf, Hester Sehott.
losells Taggart. Evelyn Beil and Ger
rude Beil.
Messrs. David McMullen. John Fish
r. Ralph Leedy, Charles Barker. l\>s
sr Rahn. Jer'ald Adolph, William;
[ertz, Ernest ljehmer, Arthur Kunkel,
Inniel Yowler. Pittsburgh: Robert A.
Ferner, Lebanon: Jack Beil, Mr. and
Irs. N. W. Beil, Mr. and Mrs. Hyde
peeee, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Taggar!
nd Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Beil.
ittending Pittsburgh Convention
Professor E. G. Rose. Supervisor of
lusie of the Harrisburg public schools,
'ill spend the week in Pittsburgh at
>nding the National Convention ot
Insic Supervisors. The convention
■ill discuss new methods of teaching
nd all up-to-date music matters.
tndy of "In R f d Man's Land"
On Wednesday evening of this week
very interesting program will be giv
a at 7.30 o'clock in the parlors of
[arket Square Presbyterian
y the Mission Study class which has
jst completed reading and studying
In Red Man's Land" under Mrs.
la!>el Cronise Jones. Five-minute talk?
ill be given on the salient -übjects
f the bonk, bv Jnr->. Herman I'. Miller,
Irs. W. Sheffer, Miss Dale. Mrs.
homas Stewart Blair. Mi-- Martha
inning. Miss Caroline Motlitt and
li-s l-r.bel Kelley. Mrs. Jones will
ive a brief summary in conclusion.
denial Dame Essays Will Be Eead
On Friday afternoou a* 1.30 o'clock
>r. Downes will give a short talk at
ic Colonial Dame exercises to be held
i the Willsrd school. Essays will be
>ad bv Mary Koplovit: and Carl B.
toner, and Mrs. Marlin E. Olmsted, as
juntv chairman, will present the cer
fieate given by the State to Mary
'oplovit/.. Mrs. Mabel i ronise Jones,
i chairman of the prize committee,
ill give a brief talk explaining the
l»ject of the contests.
Miss Angell as Bridesmaid
Miss Marian Clifford Angell will be
H> of the six bridesmaids for the we i
iug of Miss Josephine Green and La
os P. Ordway, Jr., which will take
lace at the hotel Plaza. New York
sty, Saturday. April 10.
Two More Current Event Talk?
There will be two more meetings of
le Current Event class under Mr-,
oues the Joan Y. Boyd hall. March
3 and 30. It is hoped that there will
t a-full attendance at these meetings,
nd for these closing sessions members
ill be privileged to bring guests.
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A WELL SELECTED STOCK
OF FURNITURE AMP FLOOR COVERINGS
lii this large stock you will find innumerable suggestions to make the home
more beautiful, comfortable and convenient —compare cur prices ,with the best
furniture you can buy, and it will reveal the true economy of buying here.
EASTER RUGS ARE READY N
| | v Every woman wants lier home to look
best for her Easter Sunclav visitor.
sqthing will brig iten up the, home like I
I r I BEUSSEL EtTO, size $15.00 / I
H 1 "" AXMINSTEE EUO, size »XI2, SIB.OO jKS j
\fi I ! f'" J , TjHf K' , iUAMI VELVET BUG, size oxl2 $23 00
lif THE BUEMA Euo - 5126 oxl2 $17.50
BEUSSEL EUG. size 9x12 $19.50
WILTON EUG, size oxl2 $32 00 \A\ L '
mptal RprU —heavy enamel finish. STRAW MATTING—good quality, per yard, 25£
.llwlfll OCU3 continuous posts BEUSSEL CAEPET—room and ball patterns, oer *
yard 80£ lotliers prefer our go-carts because they |
BEUSSEL CAEPET—wooI face, per yard, $1,15 ha v « more eomftrtable springs, run easier
VELVET CAEPET—good quality, per yard. OK h t a I v ,° artistic bodies. The BUBNS
SPECIAL go-cart; made of Tieed body,
g f CIITV, 1 ——— VELVET CARPET—extra quality, per yard, &X.50 w >th heavy roll and wood artillery wheels
WILTON CAEPET—beautiful patterns, per yard". f ubber $20.00
Carpets sewed, laid and lined without extra charge. I'LJ'.L "" 1,1 . J* jj
'Rtttl SPECIAL I HHI I
x*W t f • ;i- STANDS uade of hardwood, 24 I
?' Mi 9 top. Makes an ideal telephone, P^P
-ft - i smoking stand or pedestal. 4 Af* 011 tlhlli F I 'i i
I ihrjirv Tahlp —hifhlv polished, drawer K Dozens of other uses for it. A JdC IT ft -J 'MP;
trivial J lAUIC under top. Colonial feet, £ i "*"* good 95c value. Special wWU t*T] -.Vt"— ~ r "9lb ffl
- ■■ 1 -t S h,.„. / Wri\t/ )t tfl
I BURNS & COMPANY "E3_
scroll foot, solid oak, beut
28-30-32 S. Second Street $20.00
ENTERTAINS FOR GUESTS
Miss Weaver and F. L. Weaver Gave
Pleasant Affair at Their Home in
Compliment to Visitors
Miss Marie Weaver and Francis i
Laid Weaver entertained at their home, j
2031 Penn street. Saturday evening iu I
compliment to Miss Anna Myers, of
Philadelphia: Dr. Robert Sagerson, of j
Johnstown, and John Darlington, of 1
Pittsburgh. The rooms were prettily
decorated in green and white and the
guests spent a pleasant evening with
music and games. Refreshments were
served to the following:
Mrs. Frank Fahnestoek. Mrs. J. K.
Wierman, Mrs. Susanna Weaver, Mrs.
Edward Weaver, Mrs. Francis Weaver,
Mrs. W. Balthaser. Miss Edna MuUs
baugh. Miss Anna Fogarty. Miss Anna
Wanbaugh, Miss Bessie Hu?>er. Miss
Mary Falvey, Miss July ami Wiermsn,
Miss Anna Falvey, Miss Beulah Koous,
Miss Gravce Koous. Miss Marie Weav
er. Miss Cormane Weaver, Francis
Fogarty, Charles Graham. Ray Hlifter.
Charles Mutiabaugh. Merle Harris.
■ Charles "Regan, Robert Ross, William
Weaver, Fred Myers, Edward Weaver,
Albert Weaver, Michael Kevrr. Frank
Writsel and L. A. Weaver.
a i'ORMH K TEAM WON
Defeated Dr. Geo. B. Moflltt's Team in
Country Club Bowling Tournament
Defeating Dr. George R. Motlitt's
team by a margin of 126 pins, Van.'e
C MeCormiek's team won the final
match in the Country Club bowling
tournament, taking the lead in the open
ing game and holding it in i-ani 'sos
sion. The scores:
VANCE C. M 'CORMICK
Mrs. Roy G. Cox 41!'
Anne MeCormiek 281
Frank J. Brady 390
Henry M. Gross 474
V. C. MeCormiek 505
Totals 2070
l)R. GEORGE R. MOFFITT
Miss Williamson . 29ti
Miss M. Fleming 333
Car! W. Davis 401
; Boone Abbott 421
Dr. George Moffitt 433
Totals 194 4
WORDS THAT ABE ACCURSED
The Yezi lees, a peculiar Turkish
sect, are perhaps the only people in
the world who consider certain letters,
••words and phrases as being cursed and
the person who pronounces them a
worthy subject for -immediate destrue
j tion.
They attach no value to human life,
and to these ordinary dangers are add
el those arising from the embarrsss
i ing etiquette of conversational inter
course with them, for if any one ina 1-
ventently speaks the word "devil,"
I "Satan" or anything with the same
meaning he commits a mortal offense,
land to cut off his head is a God pleas-
I ing act. a sacred duty of the YezUee.
the fulfillment of which will insure
. him a place in paradise.
In a like manner several letters are
wholly banished from their language,
chiefly those which contain the sound
|of "shun." The Arabian word "nal
iet." "Thou are damned," is also ex
punge I because it is believed by the
Yezidees to have been the word uttered
jby God when the fallen angels were
thrown into hell. '
These and similar words and phrases
are set aside and combinations which
do not belong to any language used
; instead.—London Spectator.
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HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING, ~MARCH 22, 1915.
GUESTS OF THE MISSES BOYD
Members of O. A. A. F. Embroidery
Olub Were Pleasantly Entertained
at Their Home
The Misses Lueretia and IRJ.-MI Boyd
entertained the members of tin' 0. A.
A. F. Embroidery Club at a St. Pat
rick 's Day party at their home Satur
day evening. The guests spent a pleas
ant evening with music and games.
The prize winners were Edith Walters,
Jeaft Matter, Elvn Peters and 'Helen
Rabn. During the evening refresh
ments were served to the following:
Misses Helen Kirk, Jean Matter,
Helen Balm. Miriam (a ton, Elvs Pe
ters, Sara Catou. Louise Boyd, Martha
Moltz, Ethel Klueker, Virginia and
Edith Walters, Lueretia Bovd, Isabel
Boyd and Mrs. S. K. Boyd.
BI'RNS LOUUE WILL BAXQIKT
Governor Brumbaugh Will Be Among
the Quests of Honor
Robert Burns lodge, No. 4C4, Free
aud Accepted Masons, will celebrate
the forty-tirst anniversary of its insti
tution iu the Masonic Temple, Third
and State streets, next Monday even
ing. March 29, with appropriate cere
monies, including a banquet of the
type (tfr which the lod;e is famous.
Among the guests of honor will be sec
era! officers of the grand lodge and
Coventor Brumbaugh.
Among the principal speakers will
;>e Justice George B. Orladv. of the
Superior Court; J. George Becht, secre
tary of the State Board of Education,
and Warren S. Seipp, of Baltimore,
grand lecturer of the Grand Lodge of
Ma ryland.
>IISS NAOMI WINKER HOSTESS
Miss Naomi Winger, 85 South Cam
eroti street, was hostess Thursday even
ing at a St. Patrick party. The even
ing was spent playing five hundred,
prizes being won by Miss Helen
Morsch, Miss Martina Mullen. Merrill
Arbogast aud Roger Sellman. After
the cards, refreshments were served to
the following:
Miss Edna Bixler, Miss Pearl Black,
Miss Martina Mullen. Miss Helen
Morsch. Miss lla;el Mackley, Roger
Sellman, Paul Reiudell, William Ma
guire, William Gardner. Ellis Roberts
and Merrill Arbogast.
Shank-Harnish Wedding
Marticville, March 22.—Miss Kath
ryn Harnish, of this place, and Amos
G. Shank, of Conestoga, were married
Saturday at the home of the bride by
the Rev. A. B. Herr. of the New Dan
\ ille Brethreu church. A wedding din
ner was served.
Benefit Bridge on Saturday
On Saturday afternoon a small bridge
was given by Mrs H. Lindlev Hosford
au.l Mrs. Mabel Crouise Jones at the
home of the latter for the benefit of
the educational department of the Civic
Club.
Boys as They Eat
Jerome K. Jerome in one of his un
consciously sentimental but consciously
I clever essays remarks:
I "It is amusing to see boys eat, when
I you have not got to pay for it. Their
; idea of a square meal is a pound nnd
I a half of roast beef with ti\*e or six
! good-sized potatoes (soapy ones pre
ferred, as l.eing more substantial),
i plenty of greens, and four thick slices
j of Yorkshire pudding, followed by a
j couple of currant dumplings, a few
1 green apples, a pen-orth of nuts, half a
dozen jumbles and a bottle of ginger
t
"The Quality Store"
Anniversary Sale
seventeen years old in our present loca- -s.
USy tion and we're going to hold a Birth- /
day party —for a whole week. / IK. . Si
It starts to-day I >] \
As a fitting climax to our many years of uninterrupted success J
we are going to show our appreciation of your patronage by present- gl|
ing extraordinary offerings during this practical celebration.
Every day will witness many buying chances of importance in every de
partment—chances no thrifty person can afford to miss. So that a visit to JM
"The Quality Store" will be time profitably spent. ■eflkk *
The New Spring. Silks
Specially Priced for the Anniversary
Crepe Meteor — Black Silk Messalines —
40 inches wide —all the now colors—Russian Green, Peacock Exceptional low priced for Anniversary Sale week only— ft
Rlne, Wisteria, Battleship (fray, Navy Blue, Gettysburg Blue •>*> inches wide, 85c quality, the yard 69c
and Cedar —sells regularly at $2.00 the yd.—Anni- djl 7T inches wide, SI.OO quality, the yard .\ . 7l>c
versarv Sale price just i •/ V inches wide, $1.25 quality, the vard .HHc
36 inches wide, $1.50 quality, the yard. .. ,sl.l2* s
Crepe de Chines--
Fourteen Shades —Copenhagen, Plum, Russian and Reseda r
Green:., Putty, Nile, Light Blue, Light Gray, Tan, Black, inches wide—Navv, Royal Blue, Rose, Copper, Puttv, Golden
White, Lavender. Cream and I'ink— 50 inches wide sells Brown, Wisteria and Russian Green —regularly $1.25 d* | Ift
regularly at $1.50 the yd. —Anniversary Sale price A 1 OjT " ,0 J'*'- —Anniversary Sale price
, . . * Colored Silk Moire-
Cheney ShOWer'PrOOT Foulards Kleven pieces—24 inches wide—in (iold. Pink, Light Blue,
Guaranteed showerproof —- 23 inches wide —in Blue, Green, I'ink, Tan, Rose, Copper, Russian Green, Brown, Navy, Royal
Black, Wisteria and Tan with beautiful attractive figures— Copenhagen Blues worth $1.25 the vd.—Anni
worth 85c the vd., regularly—Anniversary Sale price /?Q versarv Sale price, only OO C
™" owc
Silk Mess alines — They come 20 inches wide—in Light Blue, Pink and Jlelio— f |
r , o-.i i- •> i »r i- oc • i -i w „„,. always SI.OO the yd.—Anniversary Salo price or*
Pure Silk Yarn-Dyed Messaline—.l6 inches wide —in Navy, . • ' ' k St f
Duck Blue. Copenhagen, Nigger Brown, Putty, Nile, Tan, •' " WC
I'ink, Coral Rose, Copper, Light Blue, Russian and Olive lAJieh GilLr
Green and White —always SI.OO the yd. —Anniversary OQ „ wVdSn JIIHS
Sale price ; O«7C Ju pretty striped patterns—3o inches wide—excellent O£
... 50c quality—Anniversary Sale price, the vd., only. .. . OdC
Gros de Londre — mh w .
j _ One of the newest—comes in yard wide pieces—Bottle Green, j
i Military Blue, Old Rose, Battleship Gray. Nigger Brown, Navy, Come in full yard wide pieces—beautiful striped effects—for
t Black and White —sold elsewhere at $1.85 the yd.— -l rrk waists or ineu's shirts—regularly SI.OO the yd.—Anni- n P
Our Anniversary Sale price sf> 1 »DU versary Sale price just $ DC
I L. W. COOK]
ale. After that they play at horses.
How they must despise us mon, who;
require to sit quiet for a couple of
hours after dining off a spoonful of
clear soup and the wing of a chicken! " J
RE-EXPORT BUSINESS POOR
U. S. Does Little Compared With
Britain, Germany and France
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 22. —The Unit
| ed States does comparatively little re
export business compared to the other
' great commercial nations —Oreat Brit
| ain, Germany and France —according
! to a statement to-day by the Depart
; ment of Commerce.
For many years the total of foreign t
! merchandise brought into the United j
I States and sold again to foreign buy- !
ers has ranged between $35,000,000
and $43,000,000 annually in value. ,
| During the fiscal vear of i 914 the to
tal was $35,000,0*00.
! Great Britain's re«exp'ort business)
during the last calendar vear totaled |
$465,000,000 against $42,500,000
| handled through the United States in
I the same period. The BritMi excess of
j domestic exports over American fig
' ures, however, wae only one per cent,
j The great difference in re-exporta
| tion business is due in part to the co
| lonial possessions of the European I
! countries whose business is handled
j through the parent country. Thus Ger
-1 many in 1912 did re-exportation busi
ness totalling $159,000,000 and
French in 1912, $357,000,000 in pro
ducts chiefly of their respective col
onies. _
ON BRYAN'S "ASININITY" LIST
Secretary Says Banker and Railroader
Are Running Race For Prize
Lincoln, Neb., March 2i2.—W. J.
j Bryan charges that A. B. Leach, presi
dent of the Investment Bankers' Asso
ciation of America, is running a race
with President Underwood, of the Erie
railroad, "for a prize in the contest of
asininitv." In the forthcoming issues
of his "Commoner," Mr. Bryan re
; plies to the argument of Mr. Leaeh
j that men drawing salaries of $5,000 or
; less a year are illfitted to dictate to
heads of corporation?* with incomes of
$50,000. "How far," asks Mr. Bryan,
"will Mr. carry his theoryt
Would he say that it would be im
proper for a Sheriff with a salary of
$2,500 to arrest a ibank cashier guilty
of embezzlement of half a million, and
should a Oovernor drawing only $lO,-
000 a year be prohibited from grant
ing a pardon to a rich criminal "
Tough Old Vesseus
If the life of the old man-of-war was
longer than that of the present Dread
nought the old merchantman lived
! longer still. The Lively, for instance,
i | when wrecked at Cromer in 1888 had
been afloat two years over a century.
I j The Liberty, too, built at Whitby in
; 1750, was in regular use till 1856, and
; ; the Betsy Cains, which began life as a
1 ! frigate*and' ended as a colliery went
down in her one hundred and thirty
-1 seventh year. And in 1902, according
to a daily paper, the Anita, then trad
. ing between Spain and America, dated
! from the days of Columbus.—London
| Sun.
Hospital
The Havi»burg Hospital is open
I daily ercept Sunday, between 1 and
2 o'cloek p. )m. for dispensing medical
I advice and (descriptions to those unable
to pay for tfiem.
ANCIENT ' WIRELESS"
An Old Roman Carrier Pigeon Station
Still Stands in Prance
A few miles north of 'Marseilles and
within easy walk art the tram to Aix
en-Provenve lies a typical Provencal
village that tourists usually miss. It
was founded by the Romans during
their occupation of the south of France
and is built in accordance with the cus
toms »f that time. The houses appear
to be perched on top of each other,
"but on closer inspection are found to be
built on ledges on a hillside.
This hill the most interesting fea
ture of the place. What appears as a
solitary crag is in reality a castle, the
rooms, fortifications, ctV., toeing cut
out of the solid rock and forming a
fortress practically impregnable in
those days. At the side of the castle
is a round tower, about forty feet in
height and seven feet in diameter.
The interior of this tower acted as
the "wireless station" in Roman times.
The interior consisted of a series of
pigeon lofts, from which the birds,
bearing messages, were sent direct to
Rome.
The whole of the interior was con
structed of a very hard cement, which,
with the wear of ages, is now slowly
decaying, and only one perfect "loft"
now remains. There was accommodation
for about 250 pairs of birds, together
with an abundant water and grain sup
ply, the attendants toeing quartered in
the castle.—"Wide World Magazine.
A Calamity
Five-year-old Tot's mother was tell
ing the younster the story of herself
and her twin sister.
"One morning when we were a week
old the nurse was toathing us, and she
took the tolue riMoon off Delia's wrist
and the pink ribbon off Stella's wrist.
AM/ A Formal Exhibit of
Spring and Summer Models
Bl "Our New Metropolitan
Pi | Wednesday, March Twenty-fourth 11
g| Thursday, March Twenty-fifth ff f
HI Nineteen Hundred Fifteen F] I
M. KOLBENSCHLAGS /#/
THE EEYNARD 2OB N. Third St. JEM,
17 South Third Street, Harrisburg, Pa. rmji&jp*
Agency for KNOX HATS
'When she was ready to put them on
again she could not remember which
one of us was Delia and which was
Stella, so she took us in to mother, but
mother could not tell eifher, and no
one ever did know whether or not we
had our right names. Then when we
were 7 years old one of us died, and
nobody knows whether it was Delia or
Stella.''
Little Tot burst into an agony of
tears and sobbed out, "I just know it
was my own mother that (lieu wTieu
she was 7 years old!" Youth's Com
panion.
Fine Encouragement
Willie was of an economical turn of
mind. iHe called upon Elizabeth many
times before he bougiht her a box of
cardy. At last he loosened up and
bought an 80-cent pound box.
That evening his brother noticed that
he had a grouch on and asked the
trouble.
"That blamed old cur ate half of
that box of 80-ccnt candy," he said,
referring to Elizabeth's Scotch collie.
The next time he bought candy ho
bought, in addition to another 80-cent
pound box, a bag of 10-cent store candy
for the dog.
"Oh, William!" said Elizabeth.
"How thoughtful of you! I am so
glad you and Rover are becoming
friends!" —New York Globe.
Ruth Elizabeth Bennett
The funeral of Ruth Elizabeth Ben
nett, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. Bennett, 2313 Jefferson street,
was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the home .of her parents. The
services were in charge of Prank Greg
ory. Interment was in Muinma ceme
tery.