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APRIL
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MOON'S PHASES—
Last Quarter, 6th; New Moon. 14th;
First Quarter, 22nd; Full Moon, 20th.
WEATHER FORECASTS
Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair to-
'A> • I •wnt temperature about 40 de-
WVv ' T I grees. Sunday fair with rising teui-
Eastern Pennsylvania: Fair to-night
>. I and Sunday, frost to-night. Rising tern
perature Sunday.
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, 64; lowest, 40; S a. m., 43; S p. in., 51.
MR. TAYLOR S EXTRAVAGANT PLAN
hile City Commissioner M. Harvey Taylor de
clines to say whether he still has in mind his plan
to pay almost $9,000 an acre for about three acres
at Emerald and Fifth streets for the much-needed
playground for the rapidly growing northern sec- i
tion of the city, there is, of course, the possibility j
of the project being revived by him at the meeting
of the City Commissioners next Tuesday or at some
other meeting at an early date. It is well, there- j
fore, for the other Commissioners to be prepared
to defeat such an extravagant proposal for the ex- j
penditure of the City's funds.
Whether or not it is practical, as has been sug
gested, to establish the playgrounds on land already
owned by the City in spacious Wildwood Park,
there can be little doubt that a satisfactory plot
ean be purchased somewhere uptown on a far more
businesslike basis than that proposed by Mr. Taylor.
As has heretofore been stated another of the Com
missioners has declared that it is possible for the
City to purchase a plot that will serve just as well,
for which the City need pay less than $4,000 an
acre. This'suggestion is well worth further investi
gation by the City Commissioners, along with any
other plans that may be forthcoming from other
sources.
That section of the city for which the playground
is desired is far from being fully developed and
there may be other real estate holders who would
be willing to offer satisfactory plots at figures far
b*low the extravagant price Mr. Taylor would pay
for the plot at Emerald and Fifth Streets. At any
rate it would be a far more businesslike way to go
about the thing if the City Commissioners were to
invite proposals from land holders in the territory
affected, thus placing the plan to buy on a eoni
i>«'titive basis. A good deal of money admittedly
ha.> been saved by the City in purchasing supplies
of one sort or another on the competitive bidding
plan, which gives everybody a chance to sefl, and
there is no good reason that we know of why the
( itv should not take advantage of competition in
making the purchase of the playground plot.
GOOD INDUSTRIAL NEWS
y*he Pennsylvania Railroad's definite announce
ment last night that it will spend at once $20,000,-
000 for new equipment is the hfst news of the year
thus far for the industries of the nation. It means
that a large amount of work will be provided di
rectly for many industrial establishments, thus in
suring work for thousands of men who long have
been idle. Moreover the announcement indicates
the belief of the officials of this great corporation
that the long delayed period of marked business
revival is at last at hand. The psychological effect
of this attitude of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany is bound to be a renewal of confidence in in
dustrial and financial circles generally. In brief it
is reasonable to assume that the Pennsylvania Rail
road has "set the ball rolling" for renewed busi
ness tyrtivity.
There has, of course, been much improvement in
industrial activities in some of the big plants of
this country in recent months, but this improve
ment has been based largely on the demand for war
supplies from abroad and must therefore be re
garded as but temporary iu itself. The war will
end and the demand for war supplies will then stop
aid along with it will cease the industrial activity
dependent upon that demand.
But th<? industrial activity that bids fair to be
revived at bnce by the announcement of the Penn
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sylvania Railroad of ita plan to spend $20,000,000
for new equipment is not of the class that depends
for its life ou the uncertainty as to how long the
European conflict will last. It is that kind oSin
dustrial activity that is to be expected in normal
business times. Its arrival has been postponed
through peculiar conditions that have resulted in
abnormal financial and business depression,—a de
pression, however, for the existence of which there
is no excuse. This latter statement is
substantiated by the very fact that a great anil
conservative corporation like the Pennsylvania
Railroad recognizes that this is the logical time
to take the optimistic attitude.
The very fact that lagging confidence and other
largely/ psychological considerations have caused
the railrftads to hold back for years their expendi
tures for extensions of their lines and for new
equipment, is bouud to result in exeeptionally large
orders being placed for rails and bridges and roll
ing stock as soon as confidence is restored. Rail
roads for a long time have been buying equip
ment "from hand to mouth," until now their needs
are far more extensive than if they bad been buying
liberally in recent years. If they all follow the
l<%d of the Pennsylvania there is reasonable ground
to believe that prosperity,—permanent and firmly
established prosperity which does not hinge on the
demands of the warring nations, —will be brought
back to this nation in a jiffy.
The Pennsylvania's plan to spend $20,000,000 for
equipment is bouud to have a direct benefit to Har
risburg and its environs. Although requests for
bids ou equipment have not yet been received by
the industrial companies, the Pennsylvania Steel
Company, with its big plant in Steelton. is certain
to share largely in turning out this work, and it is
far from unlikely that the Middletowu car works
will be an aggressive competitor for some of the
contracts for freight cars that are to be built out
side of the Pennsylvania Railroad's own shops.
MEN GRAFTING FORTUNES THROUGH WAR
There are certain persons in England, aud no
doubt in the other belligerent countries, too, if the
facts were kuown, who are making fortunes out of
the war. They are war grafters,—contractors for
army supplies who are providing inferior goods and
reaping large profits. For them, the longer the
war lasts the better.
Soldiers are leaving London these days in splen
did khaki uniforms, but after some slight wear
and tear on their clothing they are garbed in tat
ters. The contractors, it is said, are making the
uniforms of the cheapest material obtainable, while
basing their charges on goods of the best quality.
Not only uniforms, but also boots have been found
to be very poorly made.
It is revolting, not so much to think that the con
tractors have been so dishonest in furnishing army
supplies, as that they have been so heartless as to
' endanger the lives of the soldiers and even the
cause of their country by providing the men at the
front with faulty wearing apparel. Not only are
j the soldiers subjected to injurious exposure when
t their uniforms wear out. but also to rheumatism
when their cheaply made boots are filled with
water while they are on the march or living in the
j trenches.
| There has been graft even in the supplying of
' horses and of motor trucks .for transportation pur
! poses. Canadians have recently been found guilty
|of frauds of that sort. It is obvious that defective
i horses and trucks will retard progress at the front
; and that resultant loss of time may be disastrous
euough to mean loss of battles.
There could, perhaps, be no better example of an
unpatriotic citizen than a contractor who would
deliberately weaken his country's fighting forces
for his own financial gain.
Perhaps Wall Street got an early tip on the return of
boom times in industrial circles. .
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The war has given much impetus to inventive genius !
but we haven't heard of anybody inventing bomb-proof '
umbrellas for London.
If the May flowers are to be aa unqualified success it is!
about time for Weather Forecaster Demain to send along I
some April showers.
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jitney buses and jitney movies bringing down the j
cost of living, when can we look for jitney eggs and
jitney porterhouse steaksf
"Peanuts and ferns were decorations," reads a headline
in the "Patriot's" description of a dance. Perhaps the
"Patriot" meant "pennants and ferns" or perhaps the bead
line writer got the refreshments mixed with the trimmings.
Will "Froth" please explain?
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
MORE ECONOMICAL •
Mrs. Homespun—"What'll we contribute td the min
ister's donation partyf" .
Farmer Homespon—"Wal, I dunno, Hannar! Tatera is
'way up, pork is 'way up, fowl is 'way up—We'll save
money by giving him money."—St. Paul Dispatch.
ONE WAY OUT OF IT
Crabihaw—"l've no objection to your getting married,
my dear; but I really can't atand the expense of a wed
ding."
Marjorie—"l'll try to help you out, papa. Perhaps I
can throw a scare into George and get him to propose an
elopement."—Judge.
RAPIDLY RISING
"What's the temperature of this room!" growled Mr.
Blowster, after fidgeting for several minutes;
"It was only 70 degrees when you began to fret and
fume,' answered Mrs. Blowster, without looking at the
thermometer, "but I dare say it'a much higher n<JV." 1
Birmingham Age-Herald.
SEVEN LEAGUE BOOTS
.Tack the Giant Killer boasted of his seven league boots.
"That's nothing," we cried, "we own a pair of spats you ;
can see that far."—New York Sun. I
DEFINITION f
Knicker—"What is baseballf" ,
Booker—"A revival without religion an 4 a war without c
bloodshed."—New York Sun. t
TUT TIRED FEQJRC
Ballered by "Hood's Sanaparilla, Which
Renovates the Blood
That tired feeling that comes to yon
in the spring. year after year, is a sign
that your blood lacks vitality, just as
pimples, boils and other eruptions are
signs that it is impure; and it is also
a sign that your system it in a low or
run-down condition inviting disease. It
is a warning, which it is wise to heed.
Ask your druggist for Hood's Sar
saparilla. This old standard tried and
true blood medicine relieves that tired
feeling. It cleanses the blood, gives
new life, uew courage, strength and
cheerfulness. It makes the rich red
blood that will make you feel, look, eat
and sleep better.
Be sure to get Hood's, because it
is the beet. There is no other combina
tion of roots, barks and herbs like it —
no real substitute for it—no "just-us
good" medicine.—Adv.
Tongue-End Top ics|
No Militant Intentions
Many suffragists of the West and
South, who already have obtained the
vote or who are able to spare the. time
from"' their own States because the
campaigns there will not in
earnaet until next year, have volun
teered to help in the campaign in
Pennsylvania. They are receiving no
fees of any sort for their work. Mrs.
B. B. Valentine, president of the Equal
Suffrage League of Virginia, is now
speaking in the vicinity of Harria
burg.
"When we first started suffrage
work in Richmond in 1910, we were
almost ostracized," said Mrs. Valen
tine. to-day. "It took fully six months
to make people realize that active suf
frage work had not made us into mere
sensational notoriety seekers. Our first
task was to convince the public that
we had absolutely no militant inten
tions; that our only desire was to
point out the justice of our cause and
leave it to the conscience of the men
folk to insure our getting the vote.
When this was at last understood we
were regarded much more tolerantly.
We -gained converts rapidly. We start
ed our first league in Richmond with
seventeen members. At the last nation
al convention we were able to report
an enrollment of 7,000 active mem
bers of the party."
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Aim Is Educational Work
"Education of the public and of
the future voter*." continued Mrs.
alentine, '"has been our main work.
We are eager to get the men to realize
that woman suffrage will mean to them
a« much as to us. For this reason we
make a point of speaking at county
fairs, school exhibits and other gatli
ering places. I>abor meetings are also
frequently addressed. Inasmuch as our
State is largely a farming one we
sometimes have to traveh long dis
tances to get audience*. W e have been
much hampered in the last few months
by the condition of the roads. In a
week or so I hope they will have all
dried out because I finish my
campaigning here I hope to start im
mediately on an automobile speaking
t ? Ur .° f Vip <* inia - The conservatism of
\ irginia which we had feared eo much
when we first started work, proved not
nearly so difficult to overcome as the
lack of interest in suffrage which ex
isted in some parte of the State. We
found it hard to ge* people out of
their old line of thought on this ques
tion. There are few factory towns in
\ irginia and the women and <ihildren
do not suffer from the labor hardehips
which exist in some other States, so
there is very little to excite the burn
ing interest in suffrage (hat exists in
these other States."
Mrs. alentine has given up most
of her social duties and has devoted
herself entirely to the cause.
Berlin Improvements Go on "~
Foreigners who go to Berlin now are
astonished to find how much new con
struction, notwithstanding the war, is
going on in and under the streets. The
municipality is building a subwav un
der the principal north-and south street
of the city, and in carrying out this
plan it has just torn away the chief
bridge over the Spree. It is also put
ting a four-track tunnel under the
famous street Unter den Linden, so
that it shall no longer be impaired in
appearance by the sight of street cars
crossing it. Further to the east an
other new subway ilyin course of con
struction through very crowded business
sections. One of the two great elec
trical companies is building it. It will
connect suburbs in the north and north
east with those in the southeast.
Constructing Many Schools
Another important improvement has
been undertaken by the Prussian rail
way authorities—the enlargement of
the Friedrich-Strasse station, the prin
cipal railway station in the heart of the
city. The enormous arched roof has
been torn away in order to double the
size of the building. The eity of Ber
lin is engaged in other work besides
those mentioned above. It is excavat
ing a great harbor for canal barges on
the western side of the city, after hav
ing opened a new one to the east of
the city only about a year ago. It is
also building a wholesale market hall,
a school of industrial art, beside* about
half a dozes other schools.
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German Trap tor the French
In one of their trenches, close to the
French position, the Germans have
fitted two trap doors, whieh can be
opened or closed "by means of mech*n'
ical devices ffom a place of safety
when an attack at night is feared. The
outer door consists of barbed wire net
ting, what the; call a "Spanish rider,"!
and the inner door a few yard* further
back it competed of three layers of ar
mored Meet plates with loop holes. If
tho attacking soldiers get between these
two trap doors they are ooraered; es
cape is impossible. la one of the Vos
gots valleys the. Germans have construct
ed a cable railway 1,600 yards long,
capable of conveying supplies for sev
eral thousand men! The railway leads
from the bottom of a mountain to the
top, about 100 yards above tho val
ley, A car takes 10 to 15 minutes
from the bottom to the top and vico
versa. Kven the wounded men are
transported on this ingenious line.
STEELTON LIKELY TO CET
PARTOF mOOO,OOO WORK
Ceatlaaea From Flrot Pas*.
ber of working hours. The ,«»w or
ders will probably put all Altoona em
ployes back on full time.
Of 146 now all-steel passenger cars
whisk the company will buihl. 56 will
be constructed at the Juniata shops.
Bids for materials will be asked to
day. The other 90 cars are to be of
fered on the open market and feHls are
to be asked to-day. The 146 new pas
senger cars are divided in kind ae fol
lows: Fifty standard coaches, 114 com
bination cars, 4l! baggage and mail
cars, 15 baggage and express care aud
5 horse exprees cars.
Freight Cars to Be of Steel
Almost half of the 100,000 freight
cars to be built will be made of steel.
The order includes 2,000 steel box
cars, 2,500 gondola cars, 4,919 coal
and coke cars, 224 refrigerator cars
and 162 flnt cars.
The company intends to build 1,000
of the steel box cars, 1,000 of the
gondola cars and all of the refrigerator
and flat cars in its Juniata shops. This
leaves 7,419 cars which the company
will have built by outside companies
and 2,326 in its own shops. Inquiries
for both materials and construction are
to be made to-day. '
The eutire construction order for the
Altoona shops is 144 locomotives, 56
steel passeuger cars, 1,000 steel box
cars, 1,000 gondola cars. 224 refriger
ator cars and 102 flat cars. Materials
for these will make big orders vari
ous iron and steel companies.
Outside construction orders total 90
steel passenger cars, 1,000 sieel box
cars, 1,500 gondola cars arod 4,919
coal and coke cars.
Means Work for Many Men
Pennsylvania "s statement draws
attention to the fact that this is prac
tically the first equipment buying of
any magnitude by their company for
more than a year. The only equipment
orders placed with outside companies
in 1914 were for 50 locomotives with
the Baldwin Locomotive Works and
for 1,000 freight cars with the Cam
bria Steel Company.
Since 1906, when the company an
nounced that all future additions and
replacements in passenger equip
ment woukt be of all-steel construc
tion, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has provided more than 3,000
all-steel passenger cars, not counting
the all-steel Pullman cars in service ou
the system.
It is likely the Juniata shops will
resume a 55-hour full-time ' schedule
with the new- orders. A year ago the
Pennsylvania dismissed 1,500 work
men at the Altoona shops. Pew of
them have been reemployed. The new
locomotives will be built in the Juni
ata shops, the cars at the Altoona car
shops. The former plant has 2,000 men
at work on a 36-hour schedule.. The
car shops have no detiuite schedule.
LOCK 10 BRITISH OFFICERS
, IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
_Halle-on-the-Salle, Germany, April
IT, via lx>ndon, 1.25 P. * M.—Ten
British officers, prisoners of Germans,
have been taken from the local camp
of prisoners of war and placed in soli
tary confinement in Magdeburg. This
is a measure of reprisal for the treat
ment by Great Britain of the crews of
Oerman submarines held prisoners in
England.
The ten officers referred to include
the son of a former British ambassj
dor to Berlin. The name of this officer
however, is not given.
500 Arrests For Smuggling
v 'a Paris, April 17, 5.35 A.
M. Drastic steps are bein'g taken bv
the Italian government to prevent
trade in contraband articles being car
ried on with Austria, according to the
newspaper which averts
that oIHI persons were arrested on Fri
day while attempting to smuggle flour,
nee and spaghetti across the frontier.
Plan! "Quality"
Sweet Corn Seed
Scbell's Sweet Corn Seed is all
carefully selected, gilt-edged stock,
tipped and butted. I guarantee my
Corn to germinate. Why t Be
cause I offer only one grade of
seed—absolutely the best and test
the vitality before offering it—that
is why
yhey Grow Better
They Yield Better
•Here are same of my best Extra
Early \ arlttlm
Scheie* \r« silver Brant?
Sweetest, largest and grandest extra
Early Sweet Corn that has up to
this time been introduced. Ready
for market In about nine weeks;
ears averaging ten Inches In length,
finest quality.
, ««>l4ea Bantam Extra earlv;
beautiful golden yellow ears; very
sweet.
Here are several of the Best Late
Varieties.
OoMtrj- <»entlemnn—Deep grains,
zigzag rows; exceedingly sweet:
matures in about 90 days.
Stanell'a Evergreen—The best late
or main crop corn; large ears; deep
grains of finest quality; closely se
lected, butted and tipped: make
planting every two weeks for corn
all summer.. .
"Everything For th« Garden"
Walter S. Schell
"Quality Seeds"
1307-09 Market Street
HARRISBURG TRUST CO.
16 S. Market Square
From the Report to the Rewiring Commissioner
of April sth, 1915.
RESOURCES
Lo#uw, $1,753,415.85
Bonds and Stocks, 264,248.12
Real Estate 147,800.00
Cash and Reserve, 565,318.96
Overdrafts 310.69
$2,731,093.62
LIABILITIES
Capital, $400,000.00
Surplus, 400,000.00
Undivided Profits 42,880.64
Dividends Unpaid, 115.00
Deposits, 1,888,097.98
$2,731,093.62
$2,143,197.36 Amount of Trust Funds
$24,513,000.00 Corporate Trusts
One Hundred Thousand Dollars
«• plarr on tnt nntmn on Improved real nla(f la
»■»»»<" horn WOO to »10,000, for on* to tea reara. Partial
payaaeata ran be aiadr at anj latmat pcrtad, and latereat
▼rill craw oa aaauati ao paid on thr principal.
E. KEIBTEB, Trait Officer.
' PEOPLE'S_COLIim
The Star-Independent does not
make Itself responsible for opinions
expressed in this column.
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CALLS FOR A SQUARE DEAL
Friend of "Hardscrabble" Gives His
Ideas of Justice Expected of City
Editor, the Star-Independent:
Dear Sir:—l take this means of
thanking the kind friends who have
written in favor Of fair play in the
"taking over" of the property in the
so-called " Hardscrabble" district.
"Observer's" remarks in regard to
the "hearing" hit'the nail squarelv on
the head. It was an up-to-date
Comedy." Some of the witnesses took
the City's bluff too seriously.
If the City wants 'our property it
must '"come clean" and pay us enough
to buy fully as valuable property in as
good a location as we now own,—"and
then some" on account of the incon
venience of moving—and even "senti
ment." In equity and justice wo aro
entitled to all that our property would
sell for if located on the east "side of
| Front street after tho buildings on the
west side are all removed and the park
fully established. We are entitled to
the "unearned increment" which
would accrue from the "breaking up
I of our homes."
i The contention of the City that we
: should sell our property from Front
| street to "high water mark and throw
in the balance to low water mark,"
including all the buildings, is too silly
for any use. It is too ridiculous to
receive the consideration of anv sane
person.
If we don t owb to "low water
mark ' why did the city officials urge
us to deed it over to them? How can
i we give away or sell for $1 anything
| to which we have no clear legal title?
llf they expect to get our old home
steads for an old song, "they have an
j other guess a coming.''
We must be fully paid for the sacri
; fice we make "pro bono public."
That we had no right to build walls
| on our own property over sixty years
! while the City builds retaining walls
l on property to which it holds no title,
j may be law, but—"l'm from Missouri
and must be shown." That sort of
hawkee-walki will act as a boomerang.
It will "come back" and hit the fel
low that slings it. It will be ignored by
the "fair minded set of viewers" who
will accord to our claims "the fullest
consideration,' aud they will be ap
plauded by all the good citizens of
"Greater Harrisburg," who love truth
and justice and hate a lie or robbery
of any kind.
Yours, in F. L. & T.,
John Yingst,
Front ami Cumberland Sts.
Why Move to Chester?
Editor, the Star-Indeponijent:
Dear Sir:—Yesterday, passing Ches
ter, I saw from the train window a
large sign on a vacant lot. The Board
of Trade of Chester informed travelers
that they were "wanted" in Chester.
NEW Metropolis
YORK
Low Rate Excursion
Bee Broadway; Pennsylvania ■ ■■■
Station; Central Park; Riverside 3■ I IIIJ
Drive; Grant's Tomb; Metropoli
tan Art Gallery; Brooklyn Bridges « ————'
and get a glimpse of the greatest ■ ■ D Qun| | T.j.
city on the American Continent. "
Sunday, May 2
SPECIAL TRAIN LEAVES
Harrlabar*. 5.40 A. M. | Ulcutcr, S.4S A. M.
glfi?*". I CMMlmmm 7.13 A. M.
XMiMtm, e.OO A. >l. I I'lrknhum 7.2 A A. M.
miMkttkton, «.1J A. M. I Doaten llle rjMA.M.
E' or J" J» A. *. I DoinlMlm 7.88 A. M.
M«. JOT, (JIA.H. I
RMmlac, leave* New York, 6.50 P. M.
See flyers! Consult Ticket Agents
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
A Baltimore manufacturer, sitting by
me, asked what Chester had to offer to
' induce him to move. I told him that
if he wonM' move his plant to that va
cant lot, the assessors of Chester and
Delaware county would not only put
'the usual tax on the lot, but, also, that
they would "soak" him annually on
the value of the buildings and" ma
chinery; they would teach him what it
meant to improve Chester. Few people
know that, excepting in the cities of
Pittsburgh and Seranton, where it is
lawfully exempted, and in Philadelphia,
where it is unlawfully exempted, ma
chinery in Pennsylvania is taxable as
real estate. In Delaware county the as
sessors are definitely instructed" in print
so to tax it.
The Baltimorean said he could se
cure such disadvantages at his present
location. Why, then, move to Chester?
He inquired about Pittsburgh and
Seranton. I told him that in 1911 those
two cities were lawfully empowered to
exempt machinery, and in 1913 they
were empowered gradually to exempt
improvements to the extent of fifty per
cent. In n few years manufacturers
there will be taxol only on land value
and on one-half of building value. The
Baltimore man said:
"That is interesting. They want me,
and hold out an inducement, but Ches
ter holds out a threat!"
Every locality should be empowered
to hold out the inducements offered by
Pittsburgh and Seranton. The General
Assembly is in session. Why not ask
it? Why not now? A cltfb is not au
inducement.
Samuel Milliken.
Philadelphia. April 12, 1915.
RUTHERFORD Y. M. C. A. BALLY
O. P. Beckley of Derry Street Men's
Class Will Make Address
A rally will be hold under the au
spices of the Rutherford Young Men's
Christian Association to-morrow at
12.30 o'clock in the auditorium. An
interesting program has been arranged
for the occasion, and a plan to take
the census of the employes in the rail
road yards will be started.
O. P. Becklev, one of the teachers of •»
the Bible class of Derry Street Unite I
Brethren Sunday school, will deliver
an address. A ladies' quartet of Har
risburg will render special music. Tho
meoting will be open for men and
women and a large attendance "is ex
pected,
PAGEANT AT GRACE CHURCH
Seventy-five Women aud Girls Will
Give Program on Wednesday
A missionary pageant, "The Torch
Bearers, 1 ' will be given on Wednesday
evening at Grace Methodist church by
the Standard Bearers. Seventy-five
women and girls will participate, un
der the direction of Miss Elizabeth
Campbell, of Seranton, who will also
give a monologue entitled, "Life of
the Hindu Woman." No admission
charge is to be made.
The Harrisburg Polyclinic Dispensary
will be open daily except Sunday at
3 p. m., at its new location, Front and
Harris streets, for the free treatment of
the worthy poor.