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SOCIAL andPBRSONAL
YELLOW FLOWERS WILL
AID INJUFFRACE FIGHT;
Supporters of "Votes for Women" j
Plan an Interesting Campaign and j
Will Use No Other Color Scheme
in Their Decorations
Decorators, florists and hostesses of
the city will be kept unusually busy in
the future devising new and attractive
decorative schemes, table appointments
for their dinners, teas, dances and re-1
ceptions where everything must be yel-1
low, and the pretty bright shade of j
yellow which the suffragists have de
clared to be the official suffrage color.
Outdoors suffrage gardens of yellow
flowers will supply most of the color,
indoors the same color scheme will be I
carried out at all social functions given
by supporters of "votes for women.'' 1
This decision was reached yesterday
at a meeting of the flower committee,
an auxiliary of the Committee of Fifty,
which was held at the home of Mrs.
Frank A. Smith, 190S North Second
street.
Packages of seals, containing six;
different kinds of yellow seeds, j
have been prepared in convenient form
by the Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage
Association and will be placed on sale
in different stores. The packages of
seeds are now on sale at State suffrage
headquarters and they may also be ob
tained from members of ' the flower
committee. On the flower committee
are the following local women:
Mrs. Frank A. Shiith, chairman; Mrs.
Walter P. Maguire, Mrs. Paul Gendell,
Mrs. C. M. Cole, Miss Sarah MeCon
key, Mrs. J. G. Ingram, Mrs. C. J.
Freund, Miss Maude Kennedy, Mrs.
George A. Gorgas, Mrs. H. Lindlev Hos
ford, Mrs. W. W. Galbraith, Miss Ele
anor Walter. Mrs. David Kaufman,
Mrs. George Kunkle. Mrs. Horace Por
ter. Mrs. Horace Whitman, Mrs. W. C.
Baldwin and Mrs. C. 11. Kaltwasser.
Entertained for Sisters
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Stroup enter
tained at their home. 2045 Green
street, last night eomplimeutarv to
Mrs. Stroup s sisters. Miss Lottie*Zeig
ler and Miss Olive Zeigler.
The gjiests spent a pleasant evening
with music, games and dancing, after
which luncheon was served. The table
appointments w«re in pink and green,
dainty pink and green basket* of can
dy being used a* place favors. Music
for dancing was furnished by a Vic
trola. The guests present were:
Misses Margaret Diesroth, Blanche
Stamm, Edna Batemau. Esther Shakes
pear. Olive Zeigler. Ivy Jones, Helen
Holler, Gwen Shakespeare. Sue Shakes
peare, Clara Books, Ruth Fetrow, Lot
tie Zeigler. Mrs. F. B. Derrick, Merle
Harris, Master (fulp. Robert Deisroth,
Harry Ijong. Tom Middleton, Philip
Brvan, Earl Thomas. William Klitch,
Benjamin Albright Elmer Barkev and
Mr. and Mrs. H M. Stroup.
Meeting of Civic Club
The annual meeting of the Civic
Club will be held Monday afternoon at
3.30 o'clo-k in the Y. W. C A. The
president's report will be presented and
officers elected. The treasurer will re
ceive the \ early dues at this meeting.
The educational department will meet
at 2.15 and the municipal department
at 2.45.
JOHN H EARLY HOST
Entertained Employes of Factory Of
fice of Elliott-Fisher Company
at His Home
John H. Early entertained a num
ber of the employes of the factory of
fice of the Elliott-Fisher Company, at
his home in Hainton. last evening. A
pleasant evening was spent, amuse
ment being furnished by C. A. Livezv,
at the piano, and Aldinger and Romi'g
as Irish comedians, and Forrer bass
soloist. Those present were J. H. Ear
ley. J. H. Barley. Jr., J. Donald Ald
inger, M. Luther Forrer, Charles t \.
Livezv, Paul.G. Grimm. Kenneth M.
Rboades, Walton M. Romig, Robert C.
Hbaub.
MISS M i KAK HOSTESS
Entertained at Her Home in Progress
Last Night
Miss Ruth McCrae entertained a
ruinber of friends at her home in Prog
ress last night. The guests enjoyed mu
kie, games and contests, after which
dainty refreshments were served. Those
present were:
Misses Edna Rintz, Viola Kroh.
Catherine Ernest, Gertrude R:mer, Vi
ola Gotwalt, Marguerite Bressmer,
Lula Johnson, Hazel Sowers, Margaret
Baruet. Mr. and Mrs. Hoke. John Mil
ler. Karl Grubb. Paul Carbaugh. llarrv
/-orger, George Tippery, George Bar
rett, George Miller, Raiph Hoffman,
Millard Greek, John Bowers, Miss Ruth
Mc< rae and Mr. and Mrs. 8. W. Me-
Crac.
Entertained Embroidery Club
Mrs. Otto Plack entertained the la
dies of the Friday Embroidery Club at
her home, 335 Crescent street, yester
day afternoon. Thoee present were:
Mrs. John Hatton, Mrs. C. Lehman,
Mrs. J. Odin Hoffman, Mrs. Frank Kef
fer, Mrs. Jesse Howe, Mrs. David Ober,
Mrs. William Shultz, Mrs. Joseph For
ward, Mrs. A. L. Holler, Mrs. Mervin
Cook, Miss Erina Grieshaber and Miss
Hannah Lawer.
Celebrated Seventy-first Anniversary
Peter We'.rich quietly celebrated his
seventy-first birthday anniversary at
his home, 620 North street, Thurs
day. Many friends called during the
day to extend hearty congratulations.
PRETTY SPRING DANCE HELD
Miss Carrie Holstein Hostess, Assisted
By Miss Hilbish and Messrs.
Fisher and Coover
A pretty spring danue was held
last night in Maennerchor hall with |
Miss Carrie Holsteiu as hostess, assist
ed by Miss Clara Hilbieb, Ralph Fish
er and Richard Coover. The hall was
prettily decorated with college pen
nants and ferns. Those present were:
Misses Minnie Reniver, Marjorie
! Nissley, Irene Gerber. Viola Holstein,
| "Sue Holetein, Bessie Huber, Eva Oyler,
' Aletta Oyler, Fay Abbott, A una'Agree,
; Florence Hambright, Yerna Miller,
Minnie Miller, Ruth Mentzer, Rose
j Lvnth, Marguerite Waltz, Grace Lize
' zev, Sara McLaughlin. Louise Blilean,
Ruth Newmeyer, Mrs. Gus Weist, Mrs.
I Seifert, Miss C. Meyers, Miss Mover.
1 The following gentlemen were in at
tendance: R. Wagner, Clyde Kenneth
McFarland, Charles Lear, John Buf
fington, Rolbert Meek, David Huber,
Arthur Simmons, Charles Sehields,
Harry Levinson, Milton Ketford, Wil
i liam Maguire, William Hoover, Spence
' Floathour, William Lawler, Martin
: Gross, William Sehlessman. Wayne
McCormick, Ray Levan, Harold Hip
pie. Charles Mutzabaugh, John Derr,
I Dr. Harbaugh. As guests of the occa-
I sion were Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Hol
j stein, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hoffman,
| Mrs. Hilbish. Mrs. Yoder, Miss Eliza
beth Holstein, Mr. and Mrs. H. I.
i Shatto.
MEIHORIAiTDAY SERVICES
Plans for a Twilight Service to Be Held
Sunday, May ;<O, Made
by Veterans
A meeting of ,'ost 58, Grand Army
of the Republic, was held last night r't
| headquarters, 26 North Third street, at
| which plans i for th# benefit concert to
;be giveu next Thursday evening in
! Chestnut street auditorium were per
! fected.
The musical features of the program
will be strictly local taleut, and drill
exhibitions will be given by members
! of the Sonr of Veterars Association.
for Memorial Day observance
! made by the Spanish War Veterans at
their regular meeting will include the
| holding of th ritualistic twilight serv-
I ice in fhe Harrisburg cemeterv, Sunday
j eveniug, May 30. This will 'be an in
! novation in Memorial Day observances
|in Harrisburg. The Rev. Dr. Clavton
j A. Smucker will be invited to conduct
this service.
ELKS TO HOLD JITNEY DANCE
Social Committee Plan Another Novel
Social Affair Which Will Be I
Held Tuesday Evening
| The social committee of Harrisburg
Lodge of Elks planned an innovation |
' in the form of a "jitney dance" which 1
will be hekl at the club home, on North
iSecond street, Tuesday evening, April
| The dance will be held in the so- j
j cial room of the club and the jitney
service for dancers will be enforced!
j from the time the orchestra begins to j
i play, hence the preparation of the sign,®
I "one dance, one jitney" which will be!
! placed above the ball room door.
The social committee have planned;
many novel dances anil entertainments j
that have been held at the Elks' home
in the past but the "jitney dance"
j bids fair to outshine all past efforts.
Habecl'er-Warfel Wedding
Lititz, Ap.il 17.—A pretty wedding
was solemnized to-day at the home of i
Mr. and Mrs. John J. Warfel, when!
their daughter. Miss Edith Warfel, was
married to John B. Habecker, the Rev.
j Dr. Haupt, of the Grace Lutheran I
church, Lancaster, officiating. The j
j couple was unattended. A reception !
i followed. The bridegroom is engaged j
in the garage business here.
Wright-Snepf Wedding
Marietta. April 17. —Miss R, Eliza- i
beth Suepf, of Gap, and William J. i
Wright were married last evening at I
the parsonage of St. Paul's Methodist i
church. Lancaster, by the Rev. Joseph l
;L. Gtfnsemer. They were unattended. |
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your appetite, causes con
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and a general rundown
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the appetite, aid diges
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that the Stieff "Player
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the world of the player
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makes purchasing easy.
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212 North 2nd Street
News of Persons
Who Come and Go
'Mrs. Samuel Donnelly, .1923 Penn
street, is visiting in Pittsburgh.
Eugene DeLone, 923 North Third
street, is in Gettysburg.
Mrs. D. W. Barr, 1319 Derrv street,
spent yesterday in Philadelphia.
Miss Ruth Kirk, 1015 Green street,
will spend several days in Columbia.
Charles Wilhelm, 1706 Green street,
is the guest v* Philadelphia friends.
Mrs. Samuel Bbersole, 1625 Penn
street, lef| yesterday for a visit in
Chicago.
Mrs. Hiram Shenk, 2TI Hamilton
street, left yesterday for a visit to Co
lumbia.
\fliss Ruth Baker, of Worrtilevs
burg, has returned from a trip to Wash
ington, D. C.
William Arbegast has returned to
his home in Atlantic City after beiugi
the guest of Harrisburg friends.
Mrs. George Ebersole, 1625 Penn
street, was caller, to Bellefonte on ac
■ count of the illness of her mother.
Mrs. William B. Cunningham, Hum
mel street, letf to-day for York, where
She will spend the week-end.
Miss Jane Dawson has returned to
her home in Philadelphia after visiting
Miss Mary Wilhelm, 1706 Green street.
Mrs. A. E. Shiroy and son, Robert M.
Shi rev, 1517 State street, have returned
from a two weeks' stay in New York.
Mrs. Robert W. Moorhead and lit-
tie son, Robert White Moorhead, Jr.,
are spendirig the week-end in York.
Miss Cora h. Bonawitz, 1710 Green
street, and Miss Dorothy E. Stewart,
224 Crescent street, !eft to-day for
Elizabethville, where they will be the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac N. Bona
witz.
Mrs. Xormaii Haverstock, with her
little sons. Hobert and Kenneth Haver
stock. is staying at the home of her
I grandmother. iMrs. James E. Kreitzer,
of Eberlv's Mills.
Miss Elizabeth Mann has returned to
her home i.. Bai.imore after spending
several days with Miss Mary Creel, 263
Cumberland street.
Mr. and Mrs. Marks Biddle Scull, of
Lebanon, have returned home after vis
i iting their daughter, Mrs. J. Geiger Im
| gram. 2030 Penn street,
j S. H. Baker, of Cerrogordo, 111., who
1 was called to Newport on account of
the illness of his sister, Mrs. Delancey,
has returned to his home after spend
ing some time with his niece, Mrs. Rob
ert B. Wadsworth, 1618 North Fourth
street.
Mrs. Henry Blake Bent, 207 State
' street, left to-day for Baltimore, where
she will be the guest of Miss Sarah
; Poe.
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Kirk, 108 North
I Second street, are attending the Mary
j land Kennel Club show at Baltimore.
Mrs. S. H. Alexander, 1534 North
; Fifth street, and Mrs. Ross R. Ressing,
, 1116 Cowdeu street, spent yesterday
| in Newport.
Mrs. William Snyder and Mrs. Mary
! Burtner, of Altoona, are the guests of
Miss Dolly Knouse, of the Donaldson
apartments. .
Mrs. D. J. Kline, 579 South Front
street, left for a visit with her daugh
ter, Mrs. Morris Rifkin, of St. Paul,
I Minn.
Mrs. Nat Goldstein, of Patchogue,
! L. 1., is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. J. Kline, 57 9 South Front
| street.
I 'Mrs. Serena Miller and Miss Serena
IC. Knabe, 1413 North Sixth street,
! left to-day for a week-end visit at their
i summer home in Hummelstown.
| Mist Lillian Lefever, of Chicago, who
I has been the guest of Mr. and LMrs.
i ;ieorge Ebersole, 1625 Penn street, re
\ turned to her home yesterday.
Miss Elizabeth Gulick and Miss Belie
Gulick, of Princeton, New Jersey, who
' were the guests of the Rev. and Mrs.
J. S. Armentrout, 228 Woodbine street,
returned home yesterday.
Extended Western Trip
Mrs. C. T. Morlev, 212 Harris
street, and Mrs. Ida Gable, 214 Harris
street, will leave on Tuesday for an
extended trip through the West. At
San Diego they will visit the former's
son. Edward V. Morley, and at Winni
peg, Canada, they will visit Robert M.
Morley.
Announce Birth of Son
Mr. and Mrs. Harry S. Pressler an
nounce the birth of a son, James Mc-
Dannald Pressler, Sunday, April 11.
Mrs. Pressler was Miss Helen McDan
nald prior to her marriage.
Moving Pictures
Motion pictures were first given in
New York City in March, 1894. They
were of the strong man Sandow. Mr.
Edison at that time bad juat about
completed bis kinetoscope, and with
that date the "movies" may be said to
have begun.—New York American.
Failed to Absorb
"My shock absorber was a failure."
"How sot It looked all right."
"Couldn't manage to manufacture it
cheaply enough."
"I see. It woludn't absorb the
shcck caus-jd by the announcement of
the price."—Louisville Courier- Jour
l ual
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OF INTEREST 1
TO WOMEN
TENDENCIES OF STYLES 1
Suggestions for the Spring Trousseau-
Fashion Demands the
Proper Flare
New York, April 17. ]
April, with apple blossoms and ar
butus and the fresh green of the first I
leaves of Spring, has become the bride's 1
month. If not the month of weddings, j
at least the month when the fascinating j
garments for the trousseau are dis- j i
played. i i
A traveling costume which I saw not | '
lonj; ago was shown with all the things!
necessary for a trip across the eon- ,
tinent or for European travel. The suit
was of a very finely-twilled gray covert
cloth, a fabric which is both stylish
and serviceable. The jacket", made with (
raglan sleeves, had a back slightly
fitted and flaring below the waistline.
The front was the unusual and dis
tinctive feature of the jacket. It might
be called surplice, for the right-front
buttoned with cloth buttons diagonally
over the left side, and at the waist
line it was extended into a tab, which
buttoned again beneath the arms. Braid 1
was used at the sides, on the back and ;
on the sleeves. The collar was n round- 1
ing affair which reached around the ]
back and the sides, with the rounding ,
part in the front. The plain skirt, in
two pieces, had the front cut with an
extended tab to correspond with the
tab on the jacket.
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A Rose Colored Linen With the New
Smart Bolero and the Flaring,
Pleated Skirt
With this suit was shown a trim little
turban of straw the same color as the
suit, but with gay double wings of rose
color placed directly on top of the hat.
These divided so that one of the wings
went on one side and one on the other.
A pair of high gray kid shoes that laced
up the side instead of up the front and
had narrow black patent leather tips
was displayed to go with this costume.
Batiste and handkerchief linen with
inch-wide strines of blue, gray, laven
der, green, pink, or yel!ow r and white
are extensively vised for tailored shirt
waists # and are a decidedly smart inno
vation after the vogue for plain colors.
Therefore, the bride may select one, or
two, of these striped waists to go with
her traveling suit unless a plain colored
voile, crepe de Chine, or chiffon would
be more useful. These are also smart
and often more serviceable.
A very stylish linen suit for the bride,
or for others who are adding to their
wardrobe, may be seen in the illustra
tion. Rose-coiored linen is the material
from which the suit is fashioned. These
new. long-sleeved bolero are
often closed only at the collar and a but
ton or two below the neck-line, from
which point they flare open in the ap
proved manner. Beneath the jacket one
glimpses a dainty blouse of sheer linen.
The skirt, pleated and stitched at the
waist and hips, is made with wide tucks
at the bottom. A sailor hat with simple
trimming is the accompaniment of this
costume.
A frock which will be a standby in
any woman's wardrobe is of sand-col
ored twilled taffeta. The bodice is full,
with a high white organdy collar, which
openß and flares in the front: this gives
it the name of the Henry Clay collar.
The sleeves are set in and rather full,
having -wide cuffs flaring over the
hands. The many-gored skirt is very
plain, but bears the earmarks of the
latest cut.
An evening dress is made of change
able green taffeta, with a bodice round
ing low, in front and back, and edged
with a pleated frill of fringed taffeta.
Following the line of the neck are sev
eral buttonholed slits, through which is
drawn a lavender ribbon. This ties in
the front in a large lover's knot, is in
, visibly tacked to the waist and has the
ends finished with tassels of flowers,
which hang free. The taffeta skirt
slashed to the waistline on one side over
a chiffon underskirt, is edged all the
way around with black, while through
' the slashes, a few inches above the bot
; A NOTRE DAME LADY'S APPEAL
To alt knowing sufferers ol rheumatism,
whether muscular or of the Joints, sciatica,
lumbagos, backache, pains in the kidneys or
neuralgia pains, to write to her for a home
i treatment which has repeatedly cured all of
these tortures. She feels it her duty to send
it to all sufferers FREE. You cure yourself
t at home as thousands will testify—no change
: of climate being necessary. This simple
discovery banishes uric acid from the blood,
e | loosens the stiffened joints, puri6es the blood
f I and brightens the eyes, giving elasticity and
tone to the whole system. If the above
interests yon, for proof address Mrs. M.
1 Bummers, Box B. Notre Dame, lad.
RECIPE TO CLEAR
A PIMPLY SKIN
Pimples Are Impurities Seeking An
" . Outlet Through Skin
Pores •
Pimples, sores and boils usually re
sult from toxins, poisons and impurities
which are generated In the bowels and
then absorbed into the blood through
the very ducts which should absorb only
nourishment to sitstaiu the body.
It is the function of the kidneys to
filter impurities from the blood aud j
cast them out iu the form of urine, but |
in many instances the bowels create
more toxins 'and impurities than the 1
kidneys can eliminate, then the blood !
uses the skin pores as the next best '
means of getting rid of these impurities <
which often break out all over the skin
in the form of pimples.
The surest way to clear the skin of
these eruptions, says a noted authority,
is to get from any pharmacy about
four ounces of Jad Salts and take a
tablespoonful in a glass of hot water
each morning before breakfast for one
week. This will prevent the formation
tif toxins in the bowels. It also stimu
lates the kidneys to normal activity,
bus coaxing them to filter the blood of
impurities and clearing the skin of
pimples.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, harmless
and is made from the acid of grapes and 1
' lemon juice, combined with llthia. Here !
j you have a pleasant, effervescent drink 1
; which usually makes pimples disappear:
I cleanses the blood and is excellent for
| the kidneys as well.—Adv.
torn, is drawn lavender ribbon, which i
ends on either side of the stash with a j
large bow-knot and flower-tasseled ends. ;
For afternoon frocks, verv large polka!
dots are very smart and new. Cream,
white, and ecru, dotted with red, green,
blue, or lavender dots are seen. These
dots are widely spread and sometimes
are as large as a dollar. N !
A striking costume is made with a
blue polka-dotted skirt with fullne-»s
held in at the waistline, trimmed with
two scant ruffles on the lower edge. A
waist in Eton effect is of plain ecru
silk, matching in color the background
of the polka-dotted material. A natural
colored leghorn hat, trimmed with blue
velvet ribbon and pink roses, is worn
with this dress.
A simple dress of striped linen is
shown in the second illustration with a
V-shaped front, filled in with an or
gandy vest and collar. The bell sleeves
are faced back with white organdy, and
the sleeve turned up a trifle to give a
cuff effect. The full skirt is pleated at
the waist without the pleats being
pressed in at the lower edge. A hat in
seuii-poke-bonnet effect goes with the
dress charmingly.
The collar-and-cuff sets are very use
ful to wear with simple frocks, and
many a dress not quite up-to-date can
be made so with the addition of one of
these sets, in linen, organdy or
Georgette crepe. The material and the
type of collar-and-cuff set to be appro
priate depend on the style of the dress.
An Effective Striped Linen, With Or
gandy Vest and the New Bell Sleeves,
Showing the Turned Back Cuff
Very fashionable is a wide Colonial
collar, with gauntlet cuffs to match. A
Henry Clay set is made of stiffened
voile or organdy, flaring up about the
chin, with points turned over a trifle in
front. The cufl's to accompany this col
lar are cut to flare top and bottom.
The ribbon accessories which are
worn this year are unusually attractive.
Very wide ribbon is fashioned into belts
about eight or nine inches wide, having
tiny pockets on either side of the front.
Girdles are made of wide ribbon, with
narrow ribbon pleated and placed all
around the edges. Another very hand
some girdle was corded five times and
finished at the top with a frill of the
ribbon. Still another girdle of large
figured ribbon in shades of pink and
white was edged around with a narrow
black velvet ribbon. Down the center
of the front the ribbon was placed back
and forth, crossing each other as though
it wer>e a lacing. Another basque-like
girdle has straps over the shoulder and
iB made to come to a point in front,
where the closing is finished with eye
lets and laced.
Sermons at First Baptist
The Rev. W. S. Booth of the First
Baptist church, Second and Pine
streets, will begin to-morrow evening at
7.30 a series of sermons entitled,
"Epoch's in Christianity." The first
sermon will be "The Church Under
ground in the Catacombs." The sermon
will be illustrated with lantern slides.
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ONE TYPE OF JITNEY BUS THAT
IS PROPOSED FOR HARRISBURQ
The Jitney Transportation Company, organized by Harrisburg capitalist!
\ who propose to operate a live-cent auto bus lino in this city and Steelton, his
! adopted the type of car shown in the above picture as one that will be used,
| Officials of the company say orders will be placed for a number of these cafi
! as soon as the company xets the State charter for which it has made application.
LOTS READY FOR PLANTING
Technical High School Seniors Lay
Out Benevolent Association's
Garden No. 1
Thirty-seven lots, to be assigned
early net week to families making ap
plication to the Harrisburg Benevolent
Association, are to-day ready for
planting. They comprise Workers' Gar
den No. 1 at Thirteenth street near
Sycamore. The second garden is now
being ployed at Twelfth and ('aider
streets.
Seven Technical High school seniors
yesterday afternoon surveyed Garden
No. 1 and are making a blue print of
it. They laid it out into lots 25 by
100 feet. The boys worked under the
direction of Professor Wolf of the
Technical faculty.
John E. Dare and J. B. Montgomery
each contributed the services of a team
of horses and a driver, while D. M.
Shearer, of Sycamore street, gave the
use of the necessary implements, with
the result that the more than four-acre
plot was speedily brought into condi
tion for planting.
LEGAL FALLACIES
Ancient Superstitions That Tenacious
ly Cling to Life
On the subject of "Some Popular
Legal Superstitions," Case and Com
ment says that there are many miscon
ceptions of legal doctrines, usually
tenaciously held ami sometimes rashly
acted upon to the client's undoing,
some of which are so grotesquely dis
torted that it is difficult to trace them
to their origin. One of the most widely
spread, but fortunately harmless of
these is that in order that a will disin
heriting an heir may be valid he must
be "cut oft' with a shilling." This no
tion is erroneous, but Blackstone finds I
a foundation for it in the civil law I
and Isays:
"The Romans were also wont to set
aside testaments as being inofficiosa, |
deficient in natural duty, if they disin- l
herited or totally passed by (without
assigning a true, sufficient reason) any i
of the children of the tpstator. But if i
the child had any legacy, though ever
so small, it was proof that the testator !
had not lost his memory or reason, 1
which otherwise the law presumed, '
but was then presumed to have acted j
thus from substantial cause. Hence, !
probably has arisen t'.iat groundless
vulgar error of the necessity of leav- !
ing an heir a shilling or some other ex- j
press legacy, in order to disinherit him !
effectually."
Another erroneous idea, quite gener- j
ally entertained is that a signature :s 1
not binding unless written in ink. I
Still another curious notion enter- |
tained in some localities is that an j
eye witness may not testify to any oc
currence seen by him "through glass."
This is probably attributable to the
! fact that the imperfections of ancient
window glass might deceive the on
\ looker as 16 what actually took place.
; The writer recalls an instance adduced 1
by his instructor in physics while lee- :
turing on the refraction of light of I
a window paue in his house through j
; which passersby on the opposite side '
of the square appeared on coming op
posite to a church, to leap over the
1 steeple. A condition this sort
brought out on cross-examination
might effect the weight though not the
admissibility of the evidence.
Witness My Hand
In the early days only u few scholars
I knew how to write. It was then cus-
I tomary to sign a document by smear
| ing the hand with ink and impressing
j it upon the paper, accompanied by the
words, "Witness my hand." After
ward the seal was introduced as a sub
stitute for the hand mark'and was used
with the words above quoted, the two
forming the signature. This is the ori
gin of the expression as used in modern
documents.
Recital by Noted Organist
An organ recital will be given in
Harris Street United Evangelical
church on Thursday evening, April 22,
at 8 o'clock. Professor Dreyfuse, or
ganist of Bethlehem Presbyterian
church, Philadelphia, will preside at the
organ. Ho will be assisted by Mrs. R.
W. Bressler, soloist, and th« Ladies'
Quartet of Harris Street church. An
offering will be received. The general
public is invited.
LINCOLN'S KIND HEART
It Showed Itself in His Aversion to
the Death Penalty
It is related that one day a man
cauio to Lincolfi with a sad tale. Uii
son hail been sentenced to death, an
only son, too. Lincoln said kindly:
"I am sorry 1 can do nothing foi
von. Listen to this telegram I re
ceived from General Butler yesterday,'
and he read the following:
" 'President Lincoln—l pray vot
not to interfere with the courts inartia
of the army. You will destroy all disci
plino among our soldiers.' "
Lincoln watched the old man's grief
for a minute and then exclaimed:
"By jingo! Butler or no Butler,
here goes! "
Then ho wrote:
"Job White is not to oe shot until
further orders from me."
"Why," said the old man sadly, "1
thought it was a pardon. You may or
der him shot next week."
"My old friend'' replied Lincoln
"I see you aro not* very well acquaint
ed with me. Jf your son never dies til
orders come from me to shoot him he
will live to be a great deal older than
Methuselah.''
One day a woman, accompanied by
a Senator, called on President Lincoln
The woman was the wife of one ol
Mosby's men. Her husband had been
captured, tried and condemned to be
shot. She came to ask for the pardon
of her husband . Lincoln heard hei
story and then asked what kind of a
husband her husband was.
"Is he intemperate; does he abuse
the children and beat youf" asked the
President.
"No, no," said the wife. "He is a
good man, a good husband; lie loves md
and he loves the children, and we caaj
not. live without him. The only trouJ
ble is that he is a fool about politics]
I live in the North and was born
I there, and if I get him home he will
do no more lightii (; for the South."
"Well," saiil Lincoln, after examj
ining the papers, "1 will pardon him
and turn him over to you tor safekeep
ing."
The womnn. overcome with joy, be
gan to sob as though her heart would
break.
"My dear woman," said Lincoln,
I "if T had known how badly it was go
-1 ing to make vo < feel I never would
have pardoned him "
"You do not understand me," sli«
I cried between sobs.
| "Yes. yes, I do," answered Lincoln,
/'And if you do not go away at oncd
| T shall be crying with you."
!(f BEAUTIFUL "
HERSHEY PARK
With its acres of lawns, shade
i trees, its flower beds, free zoo
and children's playground, is the
ideal place for your picnic. Write
or phone for available dates at
once.
MANAGER OF PAEK, "
Hershey, Pa.
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