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IgNaUßraaoh - No.
Wednesday, April 7, 1915.
APRIL
Sun. Hon. TUBS. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat.
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MOON'S PHASES—
Last Quarter, rtti: New Moon. 14th;
First Quarter, 2SJnd; Fall Moon, 28th.
B"T>. WEATHER FORECASTS
■MR-) tlarrisburg and vicinity: Fair to
-1 uight and probably Thursday. Some-
U what cooler to-night with lowest tem
-* perature about -40 degrees.
1 Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to-night
.»• "nd probably Thursday. Moderate
northwest winds.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, 6S: lowest. 40; 8 a. in., 40; S p. m.. 62.
WHY NOT BIDS IN BUYING LAND?
We are informed that in connection with the
proposed purchase of a site for a municipal play
ground which appears to be very much needed in
the northern part of the city, a desirable plot was
offered to the City Commissioners for $*27,000; that
subsequently the owner of another desirable plot,
presumably of the same size, offered it for $26,500,
and that after that the owner of the plot originally
offered came down to $26,000.
These circumstances suggest the possibility of
applying the competitive bidding method to buying
land for the city, just as it is applied to buying
municipal supplies. City Commissioner Bowman, in
the annual report of the Water Department, which
is under his control, says that the greater part of
the $32,000 saved for the city during 1914 by this
department can be traced directly to the introduc
tion of the competitive plan of awarding contracts
for supplies. Indeed it long has been a recognized
fact that the competitive plan of awarding con
tracts is a great money-saver for municipalities, and
the competitive plan of disposing of municipal bouds
also is in general use as an economic*one.
If money can be saved by this plan of buying
water pipe or lire engines or of building sewers or
of selling bonds for a city, why can it not also be
applied generally to the purchase of land?
Why not. for instance, when the City wants to
buy a plot for an asphalt plant or a playground,
have specifications drawn up as to requirements,
and have bids submitted in the regular vray! Bids
could be made on the basis of so much per square
foot of land. While it might not be practicable
always to make the purchase from the lowest bidder,
in view of the fact that differently located plots
often actually vary as to values, such a plan at
least would tend to cause persons having real estate
for sale to make the fact known and to offer it at
the lowest prices they would be willing to take for
it, and the City Commissioners could then determine
what site would be the best for the purpose intended.
UPLIFTING OF FATHERS PLANNED
Xot only has a movement for a Father's day been
started in this country, but now a rumor hfcs been
put into circulation that fathers are to have a mag
azine devoted to their interests as well. This mag
azine, if it ever sees the light, will no doubt aim to
do the same for fathers as the women's magazines
have been doing for mothers.—to advise them,
uplift them and reform them. The circulation of
the publication will be confined, it is understood, to
fathers and to persons in whose families there are
fathers.
Many prominent men iu this country have begn
fathers. As a class, fathers occupy a very impor
tant place in society. That periodicals have not
before now undertaken to look after their welfare
is difficult to understand. While mothers have been
receiving all sorts of helpful suggestions as to how
they may best do many things which they have to
do and many other things which they would never
have thought of doing, fathers have been pitifully
neglected.
There is a wide range of subjects which needs to
be discussed for the benefit of heads of families.
Among topics which ought to be treated, in a fath
ers' magazine might be mentioned such as "Handy
Reasons for Late Hours," ' Answering the Chil
dren's Questions Without Displaying Ignorance,"
"Easy Cooking Recipes for Use During Wife's Va
cation" and '"How to Make Cigar Expenditures
Seem Smaller." Ther£ are many other matters on
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 7. 1915.
which fathers might be enlightened, but those men
tioned seem to be of principal importance.
It is of course a question whether fathers would
ever read a magazine published for their benefit, if
such a periodical existed. The newspapers consti
tute the principal reading matter for the many men
who are not inclined to waste their time on things
intended to entertain or to advise rather than to
inform. There would have to be very, attractive
smoking sets or some such inducements given with
subscriptions to a fathers' magazine if such a peri
odical were to have a respectable circulation.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE IN THE GRADES
It is well that Superintendent Downes of the City
Schools, in his report on the advisability of equip
ping the High School Annex for the teaching of
domestic science to girls of the upper grammar
grades should have taken the opportunity to present
to the Board of School Directors a complete state
ment of the requirements for teaching domestic
science at centers throughout the city.
Superintendent Downes has estimated that two
domestic science teachers would be sufficient at the
present time to rraiu all the girls of the two upper
grammar grades in the city, and that five or six
centers would have to be installed to accommodate
pupils in all sections of the school district. It is
certainly evident that all domestic science pupils on
the Hill could not conveniently attend classes at
the Shimmell buildiyg, nor could the rest all go to
the new uptown building.
The suggestion made by Dr. Downes is not that
the needed five or six domestic science centers be
established at once. btit that the work be started
with one. or two centers and then extended from
time to time. If the work were to be begun next"
fall in the Shimmell building, as suggested, nearly
one-fourth of the girls of the City could be given
instruction in the new subject. That would not be
a bad beginning by any means. In the Shimmell
building there is a room to be used exclusively for
domestic science, purposes, and if it were to be
equipped properly along with the other class rooms
of the building, the teaching of domestic science
in grade schools of Harrisburg could be auspiciously
started next September.
There will be a good deal of expense involved in
the teaching of domestic science in the grades, but
the funds of the school district could hardly be put
to a better purpose. There can be no argument on
the desirability of giving girls in the public schools
that one course which in after life will be of the
greatest benefit to them. What this City's school
authorities need to be concerned about is merely
the arranging of the details, so that the work may
be started as soon as possible and then continued
with increasing efficiency.
If the Eitel makes a dash the British warships will make
a splash.
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It sounds rather incongruous to talk about making a
"City Forest."—but, why not?
We beg to suggest that the Eitel pay that little bill for
sinking the Frve before she slips out of Newport News.
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The cold water people forgot to pass a resolution thank
ing City Commissioner Bowman for reducing the price of |
that commodity.
The combination of a rise in the temperature and the]
presence of the local optionists here yesterday boomed the
grape juice business at the soda fountains.
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
JABBEBWOCKY OF SPRING HOUSECLEANINO
'Twas soapsuds and the scrubbing pail
Did mop and scourine in the slush,
All varnish was the carpet flail,
And fresh paint dusting brush.
"Beware the carpet "flick, my son,
"The broom will scratch, the whitewash bite;
"Beware the hot lye soap and shun
"The clothes-line in its flight!"
He took his ceiling-brush in hand.
Long time the cobweb foe he sought,
Then rested he by the hammer tree
And stood awhile in thought.
And as in washtub thought he stood,
The carpet tack, with eyes of flame.
Came coal-soot through the scrubbrush wood
And dustpanned as it came.
One. two! One, two! And through and through
The ceiling-brush went snicker-snack,
He left it dead, and with its head
He metal-polished back.
"And hast thou slain the carpet tack?
"Come to my arms my pearline boy.
"Oh window rag! Oh soiled clothes bag!"
He vacuum-cleaned in joy.
'Twas soapsuds and 'the scrubbing pail
Did mop and scourine in the slush.
All varnish was the carpet flail.
And fresh paint dusting brush.
—Harvey Peake in Philadelphia Record.
WASTED PBAYEE
A little city girl had been taught to say a morning prayer
in verse, two lines of which were:
"All through the day, I humbly pray
"Be thou my guard and guide."
One day, when-she had finished, she electrified her mother
by exclaiming:
"Mamma, that's the most foolish prayer I ever heard.
What do I want a garden guide fori We haven't any
garden."—Boston Transcript.
DISCRETION
"Did you meet the professor?"
"Yes."
"Fine conversationalist, of course?"
"I don't know. He only spoke once- Asked me some
thing about a couple of foreign mutts—friends of his, I
suppose."
"What was it he asked?"
"Why, he asked if I considered Nietzsche more original
than Treitsche."
"What did you tell him?"
"I was pretty careful. I never heard of the bounders,
you know, but I didn't want to show my ignorance."
"What did you say?"
"I said I was neutral."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
[T ongue-End Topics [
Food Sold by Film Courts
Fifty thousand tons of provision*
sent to English prize courts since the
opening of the war have been soM
within the last few weeks and the
moaev for flie cargoes is in tfhe hands
of the court oltkials. (Most of the
cargoes belonged to American firms.
Wheat, flour and all sorts of provisions
were included. Tired of the dalav in
getting a hearing oo their cases, agents
of tlie owners of most of tie cargoes
weiK-ome the sale, providing the money
is paid promptly. The provisions wore
consigned to firms in Hdland, Sweden,
Norway, Denmark and Germany, ami
most of t'hem were shipped early in the
war to firms Which the British suspect
ed were German agents, but the cases
never came up for coqrt division. The
supplies were bought, for the most part,
on a much lower market than the pres
ent, Naturally the owners have suffered
great loss through the delay, but the
sale prices were well above the cost and
would enable American sfhippers to
'break even if speedy settlements were
made.
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Sold at Current Price
Under tlie international regulations
controlling foodstuffs, tie regulations
generally accepted by both England and
rhe United States, food is not contra
band unless destined for the use of a
| hostile force. It would have been ex-,
; tremely difficult to prove to the satis-
I faction of any court that most of the
food consignments held in England
! were of enemy destination, much less
1 that they were for use of the German
army. Apparency the English govern
ment did not eare to undertake such a
task. At one time it was suggested that
all detained foodstuffs should be sold
to the American Commission for the
relief of Belgium, but the English Board
of Trade would not consent to such
sales, taking the position that the food
stuffs were needed in England. Conse
quently the cargoes were finally sold at.
current prices.
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Raising Anti-Vermin Fund
An anti-vermin fund is the latest aud
most unusual product of the war. It has
been started by the central committee
in Berlin in charge of gifts to the sol
diers, Which lias appealed to every Ger
man in the empire to contribute at least
one mark. The biggest banks in Ber
lin. with brancies iu every large city,
have been made the depositories and
agents. The unique fund is the outcome
of almost- jitifu'l appeals from the sol
diers in the East, increasing in number
every day. Worse thau hunger, thirst
or sickness, they say, is the terrible
scourge that has attacked them and
against whicth they ore powerless. Sup
plies of materials for combatting the
pest have 'been exhausted and at pres-
I ent there are no funds on hand for the
I purchase of more. The appeal that has
I gone out is headed: "Give quickly!
| The Need is Urgent!" It is believed
to be the largest campaign of its kind
in history. Not only are the soldiers
HINDOO ROPE M YSTERY TO BE
SHOWN HERE BY MAGICIANS
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Hindoo magic will be featured at the Majestic Monday and Tuesday with
daily matinees when Le-Rov, Talma, Bosco and a company of fifty magicians,
illustrations, fakirs and iugglers come on their round the world tour, it will be the
first local appearance or the celebrated trio of mystery people who have baffled
Europe for many years. Oriental magic is particularly exploited by Leßoy,
Talma and Bosco. The Hindoo rope trick, in which a small boy who climbs a
rope disappears into the air along with the rope, will be seen for the first time,
it is said. As far as it is known Leßoy is the only white man who has ever
performed the Hindoo rope trick.
Three African lions, 100 bead of other live stock and a mass of parapher
nalia, filling three baggage cars, are used in the production. Along with the
company are fifty European artist who offer the latest novelties of the variety
world.—Adv.*
suffering terribly, but when invalided
back home Me apt to spread disease.
Advantages of Being Thin
The thia man is eulogised by the
'' Koelnisehe Zeitung" not only M a
food saver m compared with the stout
man but aa a more active and usetal
member of society.
"Tho thin msn," says this paper,
"has need of much less food to sustain
life than the stout man. Every step
wo take every inovam«ait, makes a de
mand on nourishment equal in propor
tion to tho quantity of fat used up In
the movement. Whoever, therefore, has
diminished his weight by teu per cent,
for example, diminishes at the same
time the quantity of food that he needs
by ten per cent. Very thin men enjoy a
physical vigor and energy that is really
extraordinary. Hence in these days,
when we are constrained to economize
in our meals, it becomes at the same
time a sacred duty toward the Father
land and an individual duty to reduce
one's food consumption and one's fat/'
Music as a Cure for Wounded
Music as an aid in the recovery of
mental faculties lost as the result of
harrowing experiences at the front, is
being used with success at the hospital
for paralysis, (Maida-Yate, London. Tfce
hospital authorities pointed to the case
of Bandsman A. G. Reynolds, of the
Second Wiltshire regiment, as typical
of oases of tbis class. He was buried in
a trench for thirteen hours by the ex
plosion of a German shell at Ypres, ami
for three weeks afterwards his mind
was a complete 'Mnnk. He was brought
to London and given "treatment" with
the piano and ot her musical instruments.
He began to improve immediately, and
to assist, the treatment, pieces of music
Which had been played to him were
left in his room and on his bed. Gradu
ally he beptu to read the musical nota
tion and later the ordinary printing.
PEOPLE'SJOLUMN 1
The Star-Independent does not
make Itself responsible for opinions
expressed in this column.
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MISSION IN NEW QUARTERS
Rescne Work Now Is Being Done From
107 1-2 South Second Street
Editor, the Star-Independeut:
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Dear Sir:—Harrisburg's youngest
philanthropic institution, the City Res
cue Mission, one of the chain of "Mel"
Trotter's Missions for the "down and
out," has more than justified its exist
ence since its organization last fall.
Owing to the lack of accommodation
at 3 North Fifth street to carry out
th*< needs of the Mission, the directors
have for some time been on the look
out for a more commodious building
which has now been secured at 107 1-2
South Second street.
A large room at this address, with
basement, will be occupied sometime
this month, as soou as alterations have
been completed. The main floor will
be fitted for meetings, which are held
every evening, but the rear will be tit
ted with shower and other baths for
the use of the male unfortunates who
frequent the Mission. The basement
will be fitted as a store room for cloth
ing which is donated to the Mission by
friends.
The Mission is endorsed by leading
THE GLOBE OPEN TILL SIX THE GLOBE
YESTERDAY
Was tha First Rial Spring Day
How cheerful everybody was—how
beautiful everything appeared. The
bafmy spring showers brought out the
buds, the plants and the flowers.
Time NOW to think of that Spring suit.
Conservative Worsted Suits
For
The Plain Appearing Man
Silk Mixed Worsteds woven into neat dark
mixed, striped and plaid effects—the suit to please
most every man of modest tastes who wants a ®
garment suitable for every occasion. 1
sls—s20 —$25 \ I
Our enormous stock contains every size for mefi 1
of every build and we can fit you with very little
(if any) alteration.
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A Spring Freshet of Soft Shirts
of Unusual Value at SI.OO
Hundreds of shirts of striking styles a.nd neat effects—
soft cuffs mostly, but many of them laundered. The qual
ities are equal to any sold at $1.50.
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The Alpine Hat lor Men The Luggage
Comes Into Its Own Question
„ , „ Don't put off buying your
I eail Gray sa\f> Dame traveling accessories until
Fashion for Spring and the day before you start. DO
after all what can be more IT NOW. We are showing
stylish—just the hat to till in everything new in travel
the gap between the derby equipment.
, , , . Bags and Suitcases,
and the straw hat. ?5 fp s ls
AA Trunks, .... $4.95 to $lB
SO.UU Bureau Trunks. $25 to $35
THE GLOBE
citizens and by the Police Department
of the City. A great work is being
done under the direction of the super
intendent, Griffith Jones. There were
77 confessions in Jesus Christ, during
March, and abundant testimony to a
change of heart by the outward conduct
of many of the converts.
The number of Christian workers
who are taking a part in the work of
the evening meetings and an interest
in the Mission generally shows a steady
increase. The aim of the Mission is not
to set up a separate organization, but
resident converts are handed over to
the church denomination of their choice
and become useful citizens.
R, G. Webster, Director.
Artistic Printing at Star-Independent,
fGet the Saving Habit
Let Us Start You
Union Trust Co. ol Penna.
Harrisbvrg Light
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ELECTRIC LIGHT THE
HOME ILLUMINANT
Every home should use this ideal illuminant. It is
by far the cheapest and best. It is the safest light,
the coolest and handiest. Besides possessing won
derful possibilities in the way of lighting effects,
electric light allows the use of numerous household
appliances.
WHY NOT H .
HOME WIRED NOW?
Let us submit our special wiring prices. We do
the wiling and furnish fixtures or drop cords.
Have the wiring done during the Spring house
cleaning.
Mrs. Rebecca Dunlap
The funeral of MTS. Rebecca Dunlap,
wife of David Dunlap, who died at her
home. IS2O North Second street, Satur
day, was held this afternoon at 2
o'clock from the Covenant Presby
terian church. The Rev. Harvey Klaer,
pastor of the church, officiated. Inter
ment was in the Uarrisburg cemetery.
DR. JOHN F. CULP
has moved his offices to the
Park Apartments
410 North Third Street