Witmer, Bair & Witmer
OUR NEW HIGH-GRADE EASTER SUITS
arrived and are priced for quick selling. The suits we have are repriced to meet
the prices of those just arrived.
Easter Coats, Skirts, Pet
and Serge Dresses, Waists, Etc.
We describe only a few. Don't loose sight of the fact that we are playing very
strong to the popular priced suit—slo, $12.50, $13.75, $14.75, $15.00, $16.75, $17.50,
$18.50, $20.00, $22.50 to $28.75..
Black French Serge Suit, size 44, side pleated back. Two models in navv gabardine, handsomely tailored,
nnto' WHißtli " e: $45 U ° $35 HO light Dresden linings and fashionable button
* trimmings, one 18 and one 40; $39.75 Ann rj #•
Beautiful quality black wool crepe, semi-tailored cut to {)
model, size 44; $41.50 s9l? Cfl
cut to vwOivl/ Fine French Serge Suit in navy blue, short box
Black Silk Poplin Suit, chic French An q *7C. jacket, side pleated back in jacket and tf'O'T Cfl
model, size 42; $39.75 cut fo D skirt, size 36 ipdi et)U
Neat black gabardine model, vest and collar of Soft medium gray Gabardine Suits, plain tailore.l
black silk poplin, size 156; $37.50 O A T1" . , - v. T .
~„t t0 Jf il} models suitable for elderly ladies, large Ann rj r
v Ai. j a i i i 1' , ■ *.. . sizes only,
Navy Gabardine Suit, cleverly trimmed in braided
desigus and banding, size 40; $45.00 (ifi Semi-tailored model in pretty poplin,
cut to tpOt)»UU button trimmed, size 42 O
Witmer, Bair & Witmer
202 Walnut Street
SOCIAL AND PER
MRS. JAMES G. HATZ GIVES
AFTERNOOHRIDCE PARIY
Card Rooms Were Prettily Decorated
With Fragrant Pink and White
Spring Blossoms—Buffet Luncheon
Follows
Mrs. James G. Hatz entertained at
bridge this afternoon at her home, 110
State street. The rooms were fragrant
with spring flowers in a pretty color
scheme of pink and White and dainty
refreshments were served after the
eards.
Those present were Mrs. George
King Keet, Miss Emily Prank em. Miss
I>orene Shelley, Miss Elsie Brinser,
Mrs. Sidney Sible, Mrs. Paul, C-had
wie-k, Miss Marion Kline Steiner, Mrs.
Robert Moorehead. Mrs. Frank Long,
Miss Katherine Worden. Miss Marian
Mrs. Howard Rutherford. Mrs.
George Porter Hammond, Mrs. H. Ed-
What We Say It Is, It Is
The Friends You
Left Out Christinas
It is a happy aud charul
ing: thing to do—remem
bering the friends you
"left out" Christmas
with an Easter present.
It shows that with you
presents are a tribute of
genuine friendship
rather than mere fol
lowing of custom. Bud
Holders, Fern Dishes,
Vases of Cut Glass,
Silver and Mahogany,
make choice Easter
presents.
You will find excellent
selections in these, as
well as in Rosaries and
all articles of jewelry, at
Diener's.
Designs are the latest,
quality the best and
prices extremelv reason
able.
Diener Jeweler
408 Market Street
A Formal Exhibit of
Spring and Summer Models
lDm*t will he shown at Ja3A
By "Our New Metropolitan
HI Wednesday, March Twenty-fourth I
fl I Thursday, March Twenty-lifth ; M !
Kl Nineteen Hundred Fifteen Hi
&\ KOLBENSCHLAGS /B
§£\\ THE REYNARD 2OB N. Third St. /Ml
17 South Third Street, H&rrlsburg, Pa.
Agency for KNOX HATS
ward Stuntz, Mrs. Robert Troup and
Mrs. Henry Clay Kennedy.
Story Telling Club to Meet
A meeting of the Story Telling Club
j will be held this evening at 7.30
o'clock in the hall ot' tthe Public Ui-
I brarv. Front and Walnut streets, with
j Muss Carrie Reiiloehl presiding.
"The Joy of Waking Life in All
| Xathre" will be the su'bject of the pro
gram, and Miss Reinoehl will iell the
story of her own travels in "The Land
of Our Saviour in Springtime," and
Miss Helen Brenneman will teli a
I Greek story of the joys and sorrows of
j "The Seasons" arranged 'by Grace 11.
I Kupfer.
Mrs. Edna Groff Deihl will tell one o:
her own stories, entitled "Why the
i hob in Sings at Easter," and the Oer
j man tale, " Herr Oster Ilase." will be
told by Mrs. Harry G. Keffer.
Miss Florence Carroll iias chosen a
beautiful story of the resurrection of a
! soul, entitled "The 'Man Who Didn't
| Know, " and " Euphrosine—The True
1 Story of the Xoble Wife of Pontius
• Pilate, will oe told 'by Miss Reinoenl.
i Miss K. Booker, president of
the Story Telling Club, will tell of
The Movement of the Story," giving
a few illustrations from a selected
story. A brief business session will be
| held during which several important
; features will be discussed. Any one >'n-
I terested in story telling is invited to at
: tend the meeting.
NEWELL ALBHIKHT IN RECITAL
j Presented a Program of Difficult Num
bers in Fahnestock Hall
Xewell Albright was heard in recital
• last evening in Fahnestock hall in a
I program as varied in contrast of num
bers us it was in the periods represent
ed, consisting of compositions from
Couperin, Bach, Beethoven, Debussy ami
Scott. '
I Mr. Albright has made perceptible
advancement in his art and in his re
cital strongly exemplified the fact that
it is not absolutely necessarv for one
to go abroad to study if the pupil is
talented and has the capacity for hard
work. Mr. Albright and his instructor,
Prof. Frederick C. Martin, have reason
to be proud of the results attained.
QUEEN ESTHER CIRCLE MET
Business Session Held Last Evening in
Ridge Avenue M. E. Church
The members of the Queen Esther
Circle of Ridge Avenue M. E. church
met last eveniug in the Sunday school
rooms of tihe church. At the conclusion
of the 'business meeting the memoer,
made scrap books for the children's
wards in the hospitals. Refreshments
were served to the following:
Mrs. Roy Wal'born, Mrs. David W.
Fisher. Mrs. Frank Bratten, Mrs. Frank
H. Gregory, Mrs. Harry Jordan, Mrs.
Cora Ewing Harr, Miss Maud Sites,
IMiss Helen Xeeter, Miss Mary Xeeter,
M'iss Mary Evans and Miss Amy Win
ter.
Mrs. Hiatt at Executive Mansion
Mrs. James S. Hiatt, of Germantown, |
Philadelphia, wife of -tthe private secre
tary to Governor Martin G. 'Brum
baugh, is visiting her husband at the
Executive Mansion.
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, TUESDAY EYENiMU, MAKCIi 26, 1915.
ENGINEERS WILL BANQUET
Society to Hold Event Saturday, March
27 Prominent Educators
Among the Speakers
The Engineers' Society of I'ennsyl
i vanin will hold its eleventh anniversary
! banquet at the Harrisburg Club at 7.30
• o'clock Saturday evening, March 27.
j Prominent engineers and educators
' from various parts of the State have
signified their intention of being pres
j out, and the total attendance is expect
i ed to reach 150.
The list of speakers, which will brinjt
' together a group ol' men prominent in
various lines of endeavor, includes the
following: Dr. S. B. McCormick, chan
• cellor, University of Pittsburgh; Dr.
John H. Harris, president of fiueknell
' University; Dr. A. A. Hamerschlag, di
; rector Carnegie Institute of Technol
jogy; Dr. \V. A. Granville, president of
! Pennsylvania College, Get ty.-.'burg; J. V.
W. Heynders, vice president Pennsyl
vania S:et 1 Company; Thomas L. Mont
gomery, State Librarian. F. Herbert
Mnorw. chief engineer of the Public Serv
i ice Commission, will be toastmaster.
SIRS. HEUSUE. HOSTESS
\ Guests Were Teachers in Sewing School
of Stevens M. E. Churcn
Mrs. E. X. Herwhey entertained the
| teachers of the B. K. Stevens Memorial
sewing school at her home in (-'loverly
J Heights, yestei lcy afternoon. Vac
• ladies sewed and chattel after which
! dainty refreshments were served.
Those present were Mrs. Clayton A.
| Sniucker, (Mrs. ,1. 11. lyase, Mrs. C. Gas-
I trock, '.Miss Mary Gastrock, Miss Ben
i nett, 'Mrs. Johnston, IMrs. Ilerbein, .Mrs.
i Ray Reel, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Run!;,
| IMrs. Caroline Hftrshey and Mrs. E. X.
llcrshey,
XK. AM) M kl o|)l>\ H!>STS
j Entertained a Number of Guests at
Dinner Last Evening
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Roddy ente.-
! taincd at '.he r home, ISIO liegna
street, last evening ai dinner. Cover
were laid for Mr. and Mrs. E. X. Her
shey, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. StoulTer, Mr.
and Mis. Balsbaugii, Mr. and >vrs.
j I-oudeiiflager. Mr. an.l Mrs. Walters',
j Mr. and Mrs. Dull'. Mr. and Mrs. Bar-
J rick, Chester StoulTer, M'iss Kucb.er,
i Mr. Henry, 'Miss Sc'nell and Mr. and
I Mrs. Roddy.
High School Dance Friday
Arrangements have been completed
j for the second High school dance, whica
j will be held in \\ inter.lale hall Friday
! evening. The dance >vill be conducte I
bv the same committee which ha 1
charge of the dances held years ago in
! Chestnut street hall and the same or
! chestra, the J. Claude Stauffer orches
tra, will play. The committee includes
| Edward Trego, J ,hn B. Burtnett and
: Frederick Townsend.
Married at Lancaster
Marietta, .March 23. —Miss Mary
I Frank, of Lancaster, and Samuel T. Pot
! teiger, of Mountville, were married yes
i terday at the home of the bride, the
j ceremony being performed by the Rev.
l William F. Lichliter, pastor of St.
Luke's Reformed church, Lincaster.
After an extensive trip they will reside
at Mountville.
Barclay-Shaub Wedding
Holtwood, March 23.—Miss Helen
M. Shau'b, of this place, and Allison J.
IBarclay, of near here, were married yes
terday at the parsonage of the Trinity
Lutheran church by the pastor, the Rev.
Dr. J. E. Whi'ttaker, with the ring cere
mony. A reception followed at the
•home of the bride.
Charles E. Ripper 111
Charles E. Ripper, foreman of the
Star-Independent composing room, lias
been confined to his home, 25 South
Fifteenth street, for (he past week by
an attack of pneumonia. Mr. Ripper's
condition was slightly improved to
day.
Millhouse-Seifert Wedding
Marietta, March 23. —IMliss Emma G.
Seifert, of Mountville, and Edward W.
Millhouse, of West Hempifield township,
were married yesterday by the Rev. A.
S. Hottenstein, of East Petersburg, at
the home of the bride. A wedding din
ner followed.
Announce Birth of Son
Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Balthaser,
1365 Howard street, announce the birth
of a son, William Edward Balthaser,
Saturday, March 13. Mrs. Balthaser
was Miss Fannie Swartz, of this city.
News of Persons
Who Come and Go
Miss Irene FrecV, of Millersburg,
is the guest of Miss Marion Stcincr,
819 North Sixth street.
Miss Rebecca Harmon, 67 North
Seventeenth etreety has returned from
Washington.
Miss Catherine Mather, a student
at Springfield, Mass., is spending the
spring vacation with her mother, Mrs.
Mary F. Mather, 1713 North Second
•treet.
Miss Leslie G. Cameron, of Goucli
er College, its visiting friends in the
city.
Miss Mary E. Schmeder, who is the
guest of Harrisburg friends, is a resi
dent of Sendae, Japan, where her
father, the Rev. David B. Schmeder,
is iu charge of the college and semi
nary of the Reformod church.
Misa Bui'hla Hoverter, 1257 Mul
berry street, is home after a visit with
friends in Shippensburg.
Gustave Benkhart, of Philadelphia,
was a recent guest of J. Randall Kier
nan, 420 Hum met street.
Amos 11. Stover, 2i-35 North Sixth
street, has returned from Shamokin.
C. M. Sigler, 30 North Becond
street, has returned from a trip to
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing
ton.
Wilson Uunmire, 236 Wood'bine
street, was a recent visitor to MtiVey
town. ,
Miss Addie Darlington, of New
Bloomiield, spent yesterday at the
home of tier brother, Dr. E. E. Dar
lington, 2025 North Sixth street.
Miss Mildred Thomas, a student at
West Chester Normal school, is spend
ing her ICaster vacation with her par
ents, 1246 Walnut street.
Miss Helen Whiteman, 2'09 Hummel
street, has returned from a visit in
Philadelphia.
Miss Rachel Dare, of Lebanon Val
ley College, is the of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Dare, Nine
teent.'i and Regiua street®.
John C. Ewing, 26 North Eigh
teenth stl'eet, left yesterday morning
for Pittsburgh.
Miss Maud E. Robertson, 2(22 Ma
clay street, left last evening for Johns
town, to attend the funeral of her
uncle, W. G. S. Robertson. Mr. Robert
son was a nephew of Dr. C. M. Ewing,
1500 North Sixth street.
The Rev. John I). Fox, 216 Slate
street, returned yesterday from the
Central Pennsylvania conference at
K'haniokiu.
The Rev. Rankin S. Caldwell, of
Mereersburg, en route home from Sha
mokin. was the guest of his mother,
Mrs. Sarah Caldwell, 501 Calder street.
C. P. Ilench, 23-5 Woodbine street,
has returned from d week's trip
through the South.
Mrs. .1. W. Ellenbcrger, 922 North
Third street, has returned from a sev
eral days' visit in Hhamokin.
Mrs. Hi chard Mn>;uire has returned
to her home in Altoona, after a week
end visit with Miss Edith Yau Camp,
1533 North Fifth street.
Lewis A. Hoover, 034 Penrt street,
has returned home after spending sev
eral days in Philadelphia.
Harry Jacobs has gone to New
York after a visit wit'u Mr. and Mrs.
Mortimer J. Wolff, 2116 North Fifth
street.
Miss Dollie Knoiise and Mis 3 Ethel
Showers, of the Donaldson apartments,
are home from Eli>;abethtown.
Robert li. Boyles, of Philadelphia,
j'cut the week-end with his mother,
Mrs. R. E. Boyles. 340 Hamilton
street.
Misses Elsie anil Edith Clendenin,
47 North Thirteenth street, ind Miss
Bessie Hemprrley. 15)29 .Market street,
spent to-day in Philadelphia.
Mm. ( :irl Brandes Ely, who lias
bcrn spending ?:x weeks ar New Haven
j an.l Atlantic City, lias returned to her
! home, 3C'7 North Front street.
Miss Kilen Kohkr, of Meehanics-
I burg, ami Miss Lnura lioyer, of Car
' lisle, are the guests of ' Misa Alice
Klinepeter, 317 Kelker street.
Shuman IJ.-.rt, of the University of
PenEaylvniKa, is the guest of his par
ents, the R v. aad Mrs. B. H. Hart,
| 17"(> North Sixth street.
Mi.-* Grace Rcincrt, a student at the
West Chesrer Normal school, is the
guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
.James ISeincrt, 19 North Seventeenth
street.
Miss Temp'&r Hostess
Mi-s Bertha L. Templar entertained
the members of the N. L. Embroidery
i' 1 u'b at her home, 11 South Eighteenth
street. Refreshments were served to the
following guests: Mrs. George Diehl,
• Mrs. George H own son, Mrs. Arthur
A.lams, Mrs. M'.lton Beach, Miss Mar
garet Flowers and Mrj. Wiley.
Stale College Banquet Postponed
The banquet which the Pennsylvania
State College Association of Central
Pennsylvania was to have held Friday
night in the club rooms of the Kn
g'.noers' Society has been postponed un
til a later date. ,
SEEING THE SUN
A Traveler's Experience Among tae
Natives of Manchuria
In Thirty Years in Mukden" Dr.
Dugald Christie tells the following
story of an experience that he and the
Rov. John Mai lntyre underwent on a
trip they took from Mukden to the riv
er Yalu, the border of Korea. 'On their
way back they found themselves to
ward dusk one day in a sparsely in
habited district several miles from the
only inn. They reached it by fording
a swift river swollen with melting
snows and found a poor hovel with only
cne common room and two old men as
innkeepers.
"There was neither candle nor lamp,
but the end of a tarred ro; e that hung
from a beam was burning, and 'by this
dim light I looked at my watch," says
'Mr. Christie.
" 'What is that toy?' asked one of
the old men.
" ' It tells the time,' I answered.
" 'What time! W'hat do you mean
by time?"
" ' It shows where the sun is.'
''Turning to his brother, he asked in
a puzzled way: 'Hut the sun's down
long ago. How can he tell where it is?'
" ' Ai-ya!' said the brother, with
awe. He can still see it in the glass.
What can these foreigners not do?'
"Early tire next morning we were
astir, preparing to go on. As our horses
were being saddled the old man ques
tioned us again:
" 'How far away is your eountry?'
" 'Many thousand miles.'
" 'And did you ride all the way on
that horse?' "
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| The Daily Fashion Hint.
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A charming circular rape of black
satin. It has a very novel collar, which
stands away in an up to date flare, or
can he pulled up around the neck. This
cape is short on the sides, curving up
to the arm at tne elbow and forming a
sort of dolman shape at will by a move
ment of the arms.
PLENTY oFAMNION IS
ESSENTIAL PROBLEM OFIHE
WAR. SAYS SIR JOHN FRENCH
Paris, March 23. —Ammunition,
ammunition, nothing but ammunition,
that is the essenti-al problem which the
war presents, in the opinion of Field
Marshal Sir John French, commander
of the English forces in France and
Belgium, according to the Havas
Agency'« correspondent at British
headquarters.
"Ammunition is the prerequisite of
all progress and of all pushing ahead,"
Sir .John is quoted as saying in an in
terview with the Havas correspondent.
"Everyone needs plenty of ammuni
tion 'but the Germans need it more
than we do. I have had a feeling for
some time past that they were spar
ing with their shells. They don't squan
der as at tha beginning. They are
economizing because the lack of ni
trates necessary for the manufacture
of explosives is making itself felt in
Germanv.
"Neither is the morale of the troops
the same. One gets from them an im
pression of fatigue and lassitude. They
; had based all their calculations on a
i sudden smashing Victory. That plan
! failed and the state of mind of their
I troops has suffered as a consequence.
" Economic difficulties in the interior
of the German empire are daily be
i coming more serious. No doubt the
Hermans still are far from famine
| but they manifestly are hampered in
obtaining a food supply and that is a
great deal.
"I do not believe it will be a long
war. Spring promises well for the al
lies. We are convinced, I and all those
here, that a decisive and definite vic
tory awaits us at the end of all these
hard months of war."
Suspicious Nature
"So you don't care for poetryf"
"I admire it," replied Miss Cay
enne. "But 1 can't help thinking that
it's dangerous to attach much import
ance to language that is selected be
cause the words rhyme instead of for
tue purpose of communicating facts."
—Washington Star.
If Your Hsur U Falling Out
we know of no better remedy than
fi a ir T on i c
A preparation which we gladly recom
mend to you. 50c. a bottle.
George A. Gorgas
Put A Stieff Piano in Your
House and Make It a Home
No house without the influence of music is worthy
the name of "home."
Stieff's Big Removal Sale is the opportunity to
make YOUR house a home.
Every piano and player-piano in the Stieff ware
rooms will be sold during this sale at
10 Per Cent. Off
Then, too, you save the middleman's profit when
you purchase a Stieff or a Shaw; they are sold direct
from the Baltimore factory to you in the Harrisburg
branch store.
Visit our warerooms to-day and let us show you
why the Stieff is nationally called—"The Piano With
the Sweet Tone."
CHAS. M. STIEFF
24 North Second Street
LADIES' BAZAAR
Buy Your Easter Garment Now
From the Widest Assortment
There's a distinct advantage in buying your Easter
suit now, before the usual late day rush comes. As
sortments in models, fabrics and price range are
greater at this time, and our salespeople can give you
undivided attention. Come to-morrow.
Madish Suits far Spring and Summar
Every sha.le, model and fabrie that will be popular this spring is
to be found here at the price you can pay. There are serges, *ab- '
$9.98 $14.99 $19.99 919.98 ad 829.99 \
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Pretty Coats Dresses
J 1 "* I '.'" 1 come in w | in ,. ,
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$3.98 to s 12.98 $1.98 t0 $4.98 '
Many New Dress Skirts
AVe call particular attention to Shepherd check skirts in four
a new arrival in fine basket different models, worth $2.50 to
weave, in gray only, side pitch $7.00, our prices
pockets, inverted panel, front and C 1 QQ to OU
back, button trimmings, circular • >'o v >»yO
model, worth $5, Others in every stylish fabric *
and shade,
$3.98 $1.98 t0 $5.98
Don't Forget | A |« f JiL *1 Don't Forge*
the Number U — lt #■ "HP »li the Numb«
CLASSIC WAR POBMS
Selected by J. Howard Wert
No. as. THE SONG OF THE CAMP
BY BAYARD TAYLOR
When, in 1854, England, France and Sardinia joined in the protection of
i the Sultan against the assaults of the Czar, a large army of the allies landed on
[ the Crimean peninsula and assaulted Sebastopol, the siege lasting nearly a year.
Amongst the bloody battles of the Crimean campaign were Alma River, inkertnan
and Balaklara. An incident of the lust mentioned battle, as immortalized in
Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade," has already appeared in this series.
Some of the principal Russian forts defending the city were named Maine,
lon, Malakoflf, Great Redan, and Little Redan. On the evening before a general
assault on these grim fortresses art incident occurred almost without a precedent
in warfare. An English soldier in the trenches began singing "Annie Lawrie,"
and soon the singing spread, right and left, until 30,000 voices had joined in
that grand old song of love and sentiment. The story has been thrillingly told
bv Pennsylvania's great poet. Bayard Taylor. His poem has always been a
treasured classic in the English schools, better known there, perhaps, than e\en
in America.
"Give us a song!" ths soldiers cried, i
The outer trenches guarding,
When the heated guns of the camps j
allied
Grew weary of bombarding.
The dark Redan, in silent scoff.
Lay, grim and threatening, under; j
And the tawnv mound of the Malakoff j
No longer belched'its thunder.
There was a pause. A guardsman said: |
"We storm the forts to-morrow;
Sing while we may, another day
Will bri'ig enough of sorrow."
They lay along the battery's side,
Below the smoking cannon:
Brave hearts, from Severn and from
' lyde.
And from the banks of Shannon.
They sang of love, and not of fame;
Forgot was Britain's glory:
Ea(h heart recalled a different name,
But all sang "Annie Lawrie."
I Voice after voice caught up the song.
Until its tender passion
Rose like an anthem, rich and strong,—
I Their battle-eve confession.
; Dear girl, her name he dared not speak,
Vet, as the soug grew louder,
Something upon the soldier's cheek
Washed off the stains of powder.
! Beyond the darkening ocean burned
i The bloody sunset's embers,
I While the Crimean valleys learned
I How English love remembers.
And once again a fire of hell
Rained on the Russian quarters,
With scream of shot, and burst of shell.
And bellowing of the mortars!
And Irish Nora's eyes are dim
For a singer, dumb and gory;
And English Mary mourns for him
Who sang of "Annie Lawrie."
Sloe]), soldiers! still in honored rest
Your truth and valor wearing: »
The bravest are the tenderest, — ,
The loving are the daring.
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