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First Quarter, illgt; FuU Moon. 28th.
WEATHER FORECASTS
Harrisburg and vicinity: Fair and
ijjhtlv too lei tu-n : ght with lowest torn
urature about 4 4 degrees. Tuesday (fljf ~
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K'astern Pennsylvania: Partly iloudv Crl
west, unsettled in portion to- . *7
j;ht; cooler north portion. Tuesday
ir. continued cool. Moderate shifting "
Otis becoming northwest. WaaaaaaJ
YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, ."14; lowest, 46; Ba. in., 48; Sp. 111., 02.
WHY NOT ARBITRATE EVERYTHING?
While absolutely nothing of an official nature
is at this writing BEEN said in Berlin as to the
lit title the (jerntan government will take toward
e American note on the Lusitania tragedy, re
>rts have iieen received from several sources in
ashington diplomatic circles friendly to Germany
.V llie latter country may, in its reply, offer to
spend its submarine attacks 011 unwarned mer
ant ships pending arbitration of the question of
strictious 011 tile shipment of food supplies to the
aim of the Kaiser.
Such a plan, of course, would involve bringing
reat Britain into, the negotiations as it is the lat
r uatiou which is preventing the shipping of foods
urn neutrals into Germany. In other words, the
ineriean note might thus open the way for the
st negotiations of the war between Germany and
•eat Britain, and who can tell how far such ne
gations might go?
if Germany indicates a willingness to arbitrate
th Great Britain, through the good offices of the
iiited States, on the questions of food shipments
d submarine warfare, and Great Britain also
;rees to arbitrate, would not the situation hold
t possibilities for extending the scope of the arbi
ition plans to include all subjects at issue between
irniany and Great Britain?
At the outset of the war. it will be recalled,
lited States officially expressed a willingness to
id its good offices toward the restoration of
ace. That offer, presumably, holds good to-day,
twithstandiug the fact that United States has
ice been forced to take up through diplomatic
annels a grievance she has now with Germany,
lited States, — if Germany guarantees to suspend
tnnarine operations pending the outcome of arbi
ition such as it hinted at, — can lose nothing iti
e interim of the negotiations, inasmuch as sus
nsion of the submarine attacks would serve to
Dvide at least temporary protection for United
ites citizens and property and the matter of rep
ition for the loss of American lives and property
■eady sacrificed could be taken up at a later
te.
If, therefore, the American note shall serve ulti
itely to bring Germany and Great Britain to
ther in the first arbitration negotiations of the
r, who shall say that such negotiations could not
made the opening wedge for ending the whole of
S horrible struggle that is wasting most of
rope? The war from this distance looks almost
e a permanent deadlock so far as bringing it to
Inal issue through force of arms is concerned.
Then, et us be optimistic about this thing! If
rnianv and Great Britain can be brought to a
int of arbitrating anything at this time, why
1 they not be brought to the point of arbitrating
'rything? If they could settle everything by
>itration the nations involved in the dispute
uld soon be brought to peace.
IS A WOMAN OLD AT 30 ?
The Boston Young Women's Christian Associa
a considers a woman no longer "young" who
more than thirty years of age. It intends its
leflts primarily for young women, and conse
jntly has a rule prohibiting those over thirty
m making their homes at the institution. Mem
■B of the sex possibly age more rapidly in Boston
>n elsewhere, for in most other localities they
1 not openly called old women after thirty,
low the thirty-year division line between youth
HARRISBURG STAR-INDEPENDENT, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 191k
and age was decided upon is not explained by the
Boston association, although it is barely possible'
that those Bostonians have been reading swift again.
This authority says of a certain person that "she's
no chicken; she's on the wrong side of thirty, if
she be a day." The quotation is not only an apt
one in the present Connection, but it is also a
justification of the now common use of the term
"chicken" in speaking of the young of the female
of our species.
Chickens then, are no longer chickens in Boston
after thirty years of age. It is to be hoped that
The Hub is not endeavoring to establish a standard
in this matter. If Boston's Young Women's Chris
tian Association sees tit to exclude all but young
women, fixing thirty as the point of demarcation,
that is the association's business, and there is no
reason why similar organizations elsewhere should
be so rash as to make rules on so delicate a subject.
When the Boston Association puts its rule in
force next month, according to plans, fully half of
the lodgers in its buildings will have to move. Such
is the result of pitiless estimates, at least. The
older women ire asked to get out because the bene
fits of the institution are needed by girls of the
city who are earning smaller salaries than they are.
We do not envy the task, however, of those who
are to determine which of the women are 30 or
more.
THE FLEET ON EXHIBITION
The Atlantic fleet, described as the most power
ful array of fighting ships ever assembled in an
American port, is to-day being reviewed by Presi
dent Wilson in New York. This fleet, whose ef
ficiency, according to Admiral George Dewey, "has
never been so high as it is to-day" is np doubt
making a splendid showing. There has been prom
ised for to-day and to-morrow one of the greatest
naval spectacles ever witnessed in the country.
Cutter races to-night in the North river will be
made possible by electric illuminations from the
battleships assisted by the powerful searchlights.
Spectacles are now possible which put to shame
the demonstrations of the wooden warships of not
so many years ago, and of the vessels of the an
cients about whose glories some persons still de
light in reading.
The sixty-four fighting ships on review at New
York are gay with pennants and ensigns and have
been attracting thousands of visitors. Thcv are
for the time spectacles merely, and as such are
doubtless surpassing the expectations of the visi
tors. There is something gratifying in regarding j
these dreadnoughts, defenders of the nation, as ob-1
jects being used for exhibition purposes only, whilei
half the world is at war, their guns are being used'
only to fire salutes.
That the Atlantic fleet, comparatively small as it
is. could he more than merely a pretty spectacle if
occasion required, is the opinion of Admiral Dewey,
who asserted in his recent speech that our war
ships are at present the most efficient we ever had,
and that the enlisted men are superior in training,
education and physical endurance to those of other
uations.
It is hardly the desire of the people and surely
not that of the commander-in-chief of the army and
navy of the United States that actual test of
the efficiency of the fleet be brought about, yet,
nevertheless, it is encouraging to hear that effic
iency spoken of so optimistically.
It snowed in the Pocono Mountains yesterday. Perhaps
up in Monroe county they don't know wheu it's May.
Of course we do not want to go to war, but we cannot
help experiencing a feeling of mild satisfaction in the'fact
that the Atlantic fleet is on a tine efficiency basis.
Now it seems to be the Allies' turn to be gaining a few
hundred yards along the Western front. Each yard was
paid for dearly in German, French and English lives.
Harrisburg supported two automobile shows in one week
and they both broke records for good business. Now we
are called upon to support two carnivals in a week, and we
guess we can do it.
TOLD LIGHTER VEIN
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MATTER OF EXTREMES
The man with a cool million always gets a warm recep
tion.—Chicago News.
READY TO RELIEVE THEM OF IT
Lots of men are slaves to money, but then the world is
full of emancipators.—Omaha Bee.
NOT THE KIND HE MEANT
Voice —"Is this the Weather Bureau? How about a
shower to night f"
Prophet—"Don't ask me. If you need one, take it."—
Chaparral.
HIS PREDICAMENT
"How are you, Mr. Gloom?"
"Having as much trouble as a moving-picture hero,
thank you," replied J. Fuller Gloom, the prominent pes
simist. —Judge.
NOT OVERCUEIOUS
Passenger (to Chauffeur) —"Hey! you've run over a
man. Aren't you going to stop?"
Chauffeur—"N'aw! I can read all about it in the papers."
—Boston Transcript.
OF FAR MORE IMPORTANCE
Pat and a friend were reading an account of a ship
wreck in which they were greatly interested.
"Pat," said his friend, "in case of a ship-wreck, presence
of mind is worth everything else."
"Prisince of moind, ye say," replied Pat earnestly,
"Faith and I don't agree wid ye. In toime of ship-wreck,
absince of body is of far more importance than prisence of
mind."—National Monthly.
WITH THE BROAD "A"
It was at a fashionable Southern resort and the pretty
New England maiden had been tangoing strenuously with a
vigorous young man from the West.
"Really," she protested, "I must stop. I'd love to keep
on and on but I'm danced out."
"Why, how can you say that?" he cried in astonishment
as he escorted her to a seat. "I don't think you are darned
stout at all. You're just plump enough."—National
Monthljr.
Try to IMis
Jemiiiir
Care ftrid (Mcsra
Will Help You
Shampoos with Cuticura Soap
pr-ceded by light applications of
Cuticura Ointment do much to
promote hair-growing conditions.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold (rerrwhw*.
' Liberal ■amplp of each mailed frrc with 32-p. book.
Address (>ost-card "Cuticura." Dept. Ist . Doston.
jTongue-End Top ics |
Friends of Conscription Angry
Premier Asquith's statement that
the British government is perfectly sat
isfied with the recruiting for the new
army has aroused the auger of the
extreme conservatives, who have long
pleaded for the conscript system and
thought the war would now force it on
the country, but the government, evi
dently with the support of the great
mass of the people, intends to stick to
the volunteer system.
In an editorial headed "The Worst
Form of Conscription,'' the "Express"
attacks Asquith's position.
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Attacks Asquith Position
"The point which is always ignored,"
says the "Express." is that a universal
obligation to serve would prevent the
best elements in the nation bearinjf the
burden that ought to fall equally on
all and would prevent the indifferent
and the slackers from escaping service
altogether. Moreover, even if such a
system gave the government many more
men than it needs, it would enable the
authorities to make a selection that
would be beneficial to the whole coun
try, taking the unmarried before the
married, and leaving the man whose
services are indispensible for indus
tries of national importance. It is pre
posterous that the price of coal should
go up because of the miners' patriot
ism and that the munition factories
should be impeded because of the num
ber of expert engineers who have joined
the colors, while there are tens of
thousands of idle and useless young
men of all classes too stupid and too
indifferent to do their duty."
This paper asserts that married men
outnumber the unmarried in the troops,
often constituting as high as seventy
per cent, of the battalions.
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Preserving the War News
When the war is over the Golonia)
Institute of Hamburg expects to have
on file the finest newspaper archives
of the great conflict. It already pos
sesses war material in catalogued form
that would make the librarian of a
newspaper green with envy. The data
is catalogued and cross catalogued
down to a hair-line fineness, with thou
sands of clippings on hundreds of sub
jects, which are being added to at the
rate of 500 clippirgs a day, taken from
some 200 papers and periodicals from
Germany and other countries. The
archives wefe established originally to
deal with politics and economics, and
contain, among other things, informa
tion about more than 6,000 commercial
undertakings and organizations of the
world. The subjects are arranged ac
cording to the countries in which fchey
fall, and are subdivided into more than
100 categories.
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Fine Collection of Maps
The data is apportioned by coun
tries and sub-divided so that it is pos
sible to get information from any angle
on any phase of the war at a moment's
notice. The map collection is said to
be one of the finest in the world, with
more than 4,000 plates catalogued. All
this material, in addition to a huge li
brary containing all sorts of works of
reference, are at the disposal of the
public. The Institute has also a pub
licity department where there are pre
pared and printed in a number of lan
guages pamphlets regarding [fhases of
the present war. Thus the three March
numbers in the English language con
tain discussions of "Germany and the
United States' Trade," the Dacia case,
editorial extracts from German newspa
pers regarding various incidents, dis
cussions of questions arising out of
war on land and at sea, "Belgian Neu
trality," Japan, the "Neutral Flag,"
blockades, financial war news and vari
ous articles on the political economy
of Belgium. '
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Speed Lawmaker Breaks Speed Law?
Senator Buckman, of Bucks, is the
author of the present bill regulating
the running of automobiles, restricting
their speed to a certain number of
miles an hour within certain limits. A
week ago the Bucks Senator was on his
way to Harrisburg from his home near
Philadelphia by way of Annville.
Taking note of the warnings set all
along the road against speeding, he
ran hie machine, according to the
guage, at the rate of twenty miles an
hour and thought he was within the
law. To the Senator's astonishment he
later received a notice from an Ann
ville constable to the effect that he
must api>ear (before an Annville justice
of the peace and hand over $ 12.50,
fine and costs for running through the
town faster than the law allows. It
seems that, as in a number of places
between Harrisbun* and Philadelphia,
the constables lie in wait for those
they think arc violating the law and
note the time it takes to travel a cer
tain distance. From the time taken
they calculate the speed per hour. Sen
ator Huckman is of the opinion that
the constable judged he was running
thirty miles an hour, but even with
the constable's submitted figures he
could not have been running more
than twenty miles an hour. When next
he gets to Apnville he will call on the
justice and ascertai-n by \vtiat process
twenty miles an hour can be made to
look like a thirty mile clip. The other
Senators are of the opinion that it is a
good joke on the man who drafted the
automobile speed law and had it
passed.
FIRST
(UNDER AN ARRANGEMENT WITH
THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND
INDUSTRY THE STAR-INDEPENDENT
PRINTS EACH MONDAY A PRACTICAL
ARTICLE BEARING ON THE "SAFETY
FIRST" MOVEMENT OR KINDRED
SUBJECTS, PREPARED BY THAT
BRANCH OF THE STATE GOVERN
MENT. OK WHICH COMMISSIONER
JOHN PRICE JACKSON IS THE
HEAD.)
NECESSITY FOR REST
More and more, as the matter of ef
ficiency of employes is studied by
manufacturers, it is found out that a
proper amount of rest is a necessary
condition in order that an employe
may perform his maximum amount of
work. It has been a common practice
in the past to ask employes to work
overtime daily, in fact, very little at
tention has been paid as to whether
they had any rest or recreation what
soever. The fact that a large number
of orders had been placed and that it
was necessary to fill them ■seenie.d to
be the only thing which was consider
j ed. To-day, however, we find a great
change in the attitude of most manu
facturers. They are beginning to realize
that not only must an employe have
proper and substantial food in order
to perform his work efficiently, but it
is also necessary for him to have a
proper amount of rest and recreation,
hong hours, without a sufficient amount
of rest, tend to make a man sluggish
in his movements, and often careless.
From this latter standpoint the subject
can properly be considered as a safety
measure. •
This fact was brought < forcibly
home to one of the inspectors of the
department recently. He h.ad occasion
to visit a certain social centre in one
of the towns of this State, and while
there noticed a young man, about 20
years old, whose hand unfortunately
was disfigured by the loss of the
thumb and first two fingers. This
young man, when 1" years old, had
been employed in a paper box fac
tory. At one period of the year, when
there was a great rush of orders and
a shortage of help, the employer had
asked him to work a large number of
hours overtime. During a period of six
days this employe put in 80 hours, an
average of 13 2-3 hours per day. At
the end of the sixth day, Wednesday,
at 9 o'clock in the evening, the young
man was so completely exhausted by
the large number of hours he had work
ed that he became careless and allow
ed his hand to slip into the cutting
machine. In an instant his fingers were
cut off, and for the rest of his life he
will be hampered in the use of his left
hand. The young man was very em
phatic in his assertion that the injury
was due entirely to the fact that he
had become exhausted Iby prolonged
labor.
The Department of Labor and In
dustry would accordingly call the at
tention of employers and employes, not
only from the standpoint of efficiency,
but also from the standpoint of safety,
to the fact that each employe should
have a sufficient amount of time at his
disposal for proper rest and recreation.
The old adage, eight hours for work,
eight hours for sleep and eight hours
for play, is one which _can well be
borne in mind by all those who are
taking up and endeavoring to carry
out the safety movement to its full
extent.
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HEALTH IN OWN HANDS
Little Talks on Health and Hygiene
By Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL.
D., Commissioner of Health
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When in our morning prayer we ask
to be spared from sickness, let us
pause to realize that heailth is often in
our own hands to keep or fritter away.
We are often individually responsi
ble for our personal health amli in a de
gree for the health of those about us.
In the vast majority of instances sick
ness is the result of indiscretion which
is not unconscious though we may not
stop to calculate the results.
If we knowingly jeopardize our in
dividual health and risk illness on the
chance that we will escape "this
once," we are putting ourselves in the
same category with the criminal who
risks his freedom each time he breaks
the law. Ethically the one is no better
than the other. The man who wilfully
transgresses nature's laws by excesses
may have far less self control than one
who violates the penal code.
If each individual member of a
community failed to exercise control
in the matter of his bodily well-being
it would be dangerously immoral. If
we are to improve the general health
of our Nation it must be through stim
ulating in/lividual citizens to appreci
ate their responsibilities.
Each man, woman and child should
try and measure what individual health
means. He should be brought to real
ize how easily it can slip away never
to return. A single violation of a law
of nature may mean death or what is
worse a lingering illness.
We are vigilant in watching our
money lest it slip away and leave us
impoverished and yet we are prodigal
with our physical resources forgetting
that the poorest individual is he who
has lost his health.
ACADEMY ANDJECH RUN TIE
Final Games of Triangular Tennis
League Closed With Three
Games for Each
The triangular tennis league, com
posed of the three schools of the city,
the Academy, Tech and Central High,
played tho final matches Saturday,
with a tie between Academy and Tech.
In. tlie final match each of tho two
schools won three games.
•Horton, of the Acadenfy, won tlic
best match played in the league, after
three long, grueling sets. During the
first three games Horton made a rush
by walking away with them, but in the
next four games Polleck and Horton
split even. Following the next four
games were won by Polleck, but Hor
ton again camo to the front by taking
the last three games and winning the
first set. In tho second set Horton lost
by a score of 6-2, but in the final set
he again camo forward, winning by
6-4.
The first double match, between Hor
ton and Hoke for the Academy and
Polleck and Fager for Tech, the latter
team won by Bcores of 6-4, 6-4. In
the second set of doubles, between
Holmes and Broadhurst against Oer
berich and ILlovd, the former won by
scores of 8-6, 6-3.
Total number of games won by
Academy, 63; by Technical, 66. Num
ber of sets won by Academy, 6; by
Technical, 7. Total number of points
scored by Academy, 426; Technical,
417. The score bv matches;
First Set
Horton
4440526222444 4—47
Pollock
10 2 4344444612 0—39
Second Set
Horton 3523115 I—2l
Polleck 534544 3 4—32
Third Set
Horton 416531146 4—35
Polleck 2 4 4 3 5 4 4 t 4 o—3l
First Set
IHolmes 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4—30
Gerberick 5200511 2—16
Second Set
Holmes 4 5 4 2 4 4 4 —27
Gerberick 1 3 1 4 2 0 o—ll
First Set
Shreiner
2 3 1 4 4 4 11 0 3 5 5 1—43
Beard
454201 94537 4—48
Second Set
Shreiner .... 4343340 3 4 1 —29
Beard 0 5 2 5 5 2 4 5 1 4—33
First Set
Horton and Hoke
5 3 3 0 4 6 0 0 4 4—29
Polleck and Fager
S 5 5 4 1 4 4 4 1 6—37
Second Set
Horton and Hoke
34244 2423 1—29
Polleck and Fager
524224245 4—34
First Set
Holmes and Broadhurst
22414 94442535 4—53
Gerberick and Lloyd
44041 11 12243 5 7 o—4B
Second Set
IHolmes and Broadhurst
44244724 4—35
Gerberick and Llovd
0 6 4 1 1 5 4 0 1 —22
First Set
Shreiner and Senseman
4 14 4 3 6 2 2 6—32
Beard and Ramev
64225444 8—39
Second Set
Shreiner and Senseman
4 2 1 0 3 1 4 I—l 6
Beard and Ramev
1 4 4 4 5 4 1 4 —27
4l'To TOSSES CONGRESSMAN
T. S. Butler Not So Badly Hurt But
Sister-in-Law Is
West Chester, Pa., May 17.—Con
gressman Thomas S. Butler, of the
Seventh Pennsylvania district, and five
other members of his automobile party
were injured yesterday when the steer
ing gear of their car broke near here.
The machine plunged over a deep bank
and struck a tree, throwing all the oc
cupants out.
Other members of the party were
Mrs. Butler, Percy Darlington, her
brother, his wife and little son and
Miss Edith Darlington, a sister of Mrs.
Butler. Miss Darlington's collar-bone
was broken. Congressman Butler re
ceived only slight injuries about the
stomach, and his wife's heart was cut
and a bone in her hand broken. The
others were bruised.
BABY'S NAP SPARES BURGLAR
Parents Prefer to Be Bobbed to Wak
ing Fretful Child With Shot
Scottsdale, Pa., May 17. —Bather
than waken the baby by firing the re
volver he held in his hand, Frank
Weiss, a tailor, sat ou a stairway in
his home and watched a burglar ran
sack the dining-room. The intruder's
movements were plainly visible through
a transom. When the burglar founili a
pocket'book in a drawer and transferred
its contents to his pockets, Weiss' grip
on the revolver tightened, but his wife
bugged at his sleeve and whispered an
appeal not to shoot.
Mrs. Weiss, after four hours' ordeal
with a fretful baby, had succeeded in
getting it to sleep when a sound down
stairs prompted an investigation.
The ignorant of surveillance,
left unmolested.
UNI ONTOWN MAN FAILS
Involuntary Petition in Bankruptcy
Filed Against James B. Barnes
Pittsburgh, May 17. —An involun
tary petition in bankruptcy was tiled in
the United States District Court Satur
day against James R. Barnes, a real
estate dealer, of Uniontown. Claims of
tho petitioners amounted to $109,179.
Barnes' failure is a result of the
closing of the First National Bank, of
Uniontown, of which J. V. Thompson
is president. Tho First National Bank,
of Uniontown, claims $94,633; the
First National Bank, of Connellsville,
$9,000 ami Claude D. Anderson", of
Connellsville, $5,526. The claims of the
Connellsville bank represent notes Of J.
V. Thompson, and the claim of the
Uniontown bank represents notes en
dorsed by Barnes.
Gives to Good Roads Movement
Towanda, Fa., May 17.—'Floyd Ki
zcr, president of the First National
Bonk, and the Towanda Water Com
pany, offers the use of three automo
biles and fifteen workmen for service
on the township roads in Brail-ford
county on Good Roads Day, May 26.
It is expected that many farmers in
Bradford couuty will donate use of
farm help and teams on that day.
MIDWAY OPENS TO-DAY
Big Carnival Under Auspices of the
Loyal Order of Moose Begins
This Evening
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The Leon W. Washburn's Mighty
Midway Shows, Trained Wild Animal
Arona and Carnival Company have ar
rived and everything will be in readi
ness at Sixth and Mahantongo street*
to open to-night for the Loyal Order
of Moose charity fund May festival.
There will be something doing when
it all gets up mid open, and for six
days, rain or shine, every afternoon
and evening, tho gay festival will con
tinue. Every day will be a special day,
every night a festive night; there will
be something doing every miuute.
The grounds will be well officered
to prevent rowdyism and boisterous ac
tions and, as is quite unusual with car-
I nival companies such as show on the
small town lots, you will find the very
best and cleanest attractions ever as
sembled on one show grounds.
Everything from nature's wildest
and oddest freaks and curiosities to
the teddy-bear barker, knock-'em-down
baby man, hit-'em-Jack Johnson, etc.,
etc., all set in a riot of color and sound
that gives to the Washburn Mighty
Midway an atmosphere all its own, anil
lhat proves fascinating alike to obi anil
young, male and female, and to the
whole family.
There are many original and extra
ordinary features that imitators dare
}iot attempt, novel and spectacular sen
sations that are unapproachable, and,
all in all, it is safe to say that it is
the mightiest popular-priced amusement
enterprise in the universe.
Experience, ability, integrity and
capital is the foundation of the great
Leon W. Washburn's Shows and noth
ing immoral, unchaste or vulgar is per
mitted on the show grounds; therefore,
the entire family are invited to attend
and spend a few pleasant hours at the
Mooso Mighty Midway, May Festival
and Gala Celebration.
There is the big Eli Ferris wheel
and the $15,000 three-abreast jumping
horse carrousal and many other riding
devices for the jolly boys and girls;
you will be delgihted with the music
of the several Washburn challenge con
cert bands. Everybody should pay the
charity carnival a visit this week, as
it is so different from others who show
the small downtown lots. This is no
overland gypsy camp nor a ha! Hal
show, but a down-to-the-minute amuse
ment enterprise. Never before has
anything remotely approactyng their
aggregate magnitude been even sug
gested in the extravagant flights and
vagaries of amusement geniuses. The
lavish expenditure in trained wild ani
mals of the forest classes makes the
Washburn Shows an organization of
superlative stupendousness.
A special feature of the Mooso May
Festival is to have definitely decided
wtihout question or future doubt which
of the Harrisburg organizations is most
popular. Much discussion has been
heard on this question of late and the
committee of Moose are so determined
to get the correct answer that they are
offering two prizes—a $75 silk banner
anil a $25 silk flag—to the organiza
tions showing the greatest number of
votes up to Saturday night, 10 o'clock.
Thirty balloting places have been es
tablished throughout the city and
twenty-four organizations are entered
in the contest. The vote will be pub
lished to-morrow anil daily thereafter.
It is not too late for organizations to
enter and those who desire to enter fnav
call up tho Moose home, at Third and
Boas streets, for particulars.
The 'Moose desire to have it made
known that a downtown ticket office
has been opened at 18 North Third
street, where you can purchase special
coupton tickets, good for all over tho
midway any and every day during the
week. The price is only 50 cents.
These tickets will be withdrawn from
sale in another day, so take advantage
and buy to-day.
One of the notable occurrences of
the Moose Charity Carnival takes place
Tuesday afternoon. This will bo
known as Charity Day and on that day
every charitable institution in the city
has been invited to allow their charges
to be present at the big May Festival
as the guests of the Loyal Order of
Moose and W. Washburn. Ar
rangements have been completed to
convey all the children from the differ
ent institutions to the show grounds
and return them to their respective in
stitutions again after their half-holi
day's enjoyment. Kvcry thing will be
free on Tuesday for these children and
everybody who can do so should be
present on that afternoon to help en
tertain the children. Adv.*
Pottsvilio Teacher Dies Suddenly
Pottsville, Pa., May 17. — Miss Hel
en Frazer, a teacher of the free kinder
garten in this city, died suddenly yes
terday from pleurisy.