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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
CAUTION AGAINST STOMACH ACHE

Precautions against excessive indulgence in can
dies are in order at this time State Health Com
missioner Dixon, in of his valuable talks on
health and hygiene, has warned children and grown
ups against eating too much candy on Christmas
and has advised them that what they do use they
should use with or Immediately following meals.
AS Doctor Dixon points out pure candies cannot
be harmful if eaten in moderation, for their princi-
pal constituent is sugar. and sugar is food, pro
ducing heat and energy. Excepting, of course, the
candies colored with coal tar dyes and having other
harmful ingredients, the sweets which are to be so
plentiful in most homes during the coming days, can
do no harm if employed in the capacity of after
dinner dainties.
The trouble is that children and sometimes adults
as WELL from the time they get their boxes of swee.-
meats on Christmas morning until the boxes are
empty, have constant access to them and indulge in
the candies at all hours of the day and night The
cream and mint and caramel and marshmallow and
peanut candies, not to speak of the sticky canes
and baskets and the transparent novelties, have
attractions at Christmas time that are too strong for
most of their recipients to resist.
Candies come with Christmas just as surely as do
ornamented trees and animated toys Many children
who get comparatively little candy during the year,
eACcpG VI INC variety, seem tO
that they must make up for their lost opportunities
on Easter and Christmas by disposing of all the
sweetmeats they receive these occasions without
the least delay Within several days they eat their
years allowance of fine candies-and then the doe
tors summoned and must patiently prescribe for
the common ordinary stomach aches of the writhing
little gluttons.
The proper remedy would hardly be to restrain
the children after they once get their Christmas
candy, for that antagonzes them and makes them
more determined than to have what is right
fully theirs. Much less is the proper remedy to
keep candies from them entirely, for that is too
cruel method to be practiced at this happy season.
If there is anything that will correct those chill
dren who in need of correction it is for parents
to parcel out moderate quantities of the sweetmeats
at one time. This has the advantage of making the
supply last longer Or still better plan is to carry
the Christmas spirit to small extent throughout
the whole year, by having candies on the tables at
regular intervals The children will thus have their
appetites for sweets satisfied from week to week
and will not go wild when the luxuries of pounds
and pounds of candies are heaped before them
Christmas morning.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
THERE rs A SANTA CLAUS

Seventeen years ago Mr. Frank P Church. an
editorial writer the New York Sun in reply
to letter from Virginia 0 Hanon, years old
who had some doubt about the existence of Santa
Claus proved that there is Santa Claus in an
editorial that is classic This reply to the little
girl cannot be repeated too often. 1t will be read
with pleasure and profit by young and old so long
as there is Christmas and we take great pleasure
in reproducing it from the Sun" of September q
1897, as follows:
We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prom
ncntly the communication below expressing at the
time great qualification that its faithful author
bered among the friends of "The Sum-:
Dear Editor: | am eight years old. Some of
my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.
Papa says If you it in "The Sum-" it's So
Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa CLAUSE
VIRGINIA O'HANLON, 115 W. 95th St."
Virginia, your little friends are wrong They have been
affected by the sceptctism of sceptcal age. They
believe except they They think that nothing can be
which is not comprehensive by their little minds. All
minds Virginia whether they be mems chdren,s,
little In this great universe of mere insect
an ant, in his intellect compared with the boundess
world about him, measured by the intelligence capable
OF grasping the whole of truth and knowledge
Yes, Virginia, there is Claus. He exists as GER
tainy as love and generosity and devotion exist and you
know that they abound and give your life its highest
there Santa Claus There would childrenke
faith then, no poetry to make toerable this
existence We should have enjoyment, except sense
and sight The eternal light with which childhood filed
the world would be extnguished
Not believe in Santa CLAUSE You might as well not be-
eve in airies You might get your papa to hire men to
watch in all the chmneys Christmas Eve to catch Santa
Claus, but even if they did not Santa coming
down, what would that prove7 Nobody sees Santa Claus
but that is no sign that there is Santa Claus The
real things in the world those that neither children nor
Did you fairies dancing on the lawn
OF course not but that's proof that they there
Nobody conceive imagine all the wonders there are
unseen and unseeabe in the world.
You might tear apart the babys rattle and see what
makes the noise inside but there veil covering the
world which the strongest man. nor even tbe
united strength of faith fancy poetry love- romance can
push aside that curtain and and picture the
beauty and glory beyond Is it all real? All VIRGINIA in
all this world there is nothing else real and abiding
No Santa Claus! Thank God he lives and he lives for
ever thousand years from Virginia nay ten times
ten thousand from he will continue to make glad
the heart of childhood.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24

tion of efficiency, economy and beauty
provided by the electric systems, the
odd effects that can be had with vari-
colored globes-these have .all been
factors that have helped to popularize
the electrically lighted Christmas
tree idea, according to Robert w. Hoy,
commercial manager of the Harrisburg
Light and Power Company.
"The demand for the Christmas
tree service,' said he, ''is greater this
year than ever before - Harrisburg it.
self officially has declared for the cleo
trieally lighted tree by providing the
fluid for the municipal tree.
The tiny electric lamps are arranged
in long strings which can be suspend
ed and festooned from the tree and
there is not the slightest danger OF
their setting the branches on fire. The
lamps are made in all colors and in n
great variety of shapes. Many of them
are made to represent birds, fruits,
men, animals, etc. One string of lights
is enough for small tree and other
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
At the Colonial

Treat S Seals, vaudeville's most
wonderful animal actors, come to the
Colonial to-day, to hold forth as prob
ably the most interesting of the at
fractions booked to entertain at the
Busy Corner over Christmas Day.
This will be the second local appear
ance of this wonderful animal troupe
and when they were here before they
attracted much interest among grown
ups as well as children. The seals do
everything but talk, being educated to
marked degree. Another sterling at
traction will be that presented by Gra-
ham and Randall, who will offer clev-
er variety skit; Port and Delacey will
appear in comedy songs and patter, and
Charles Bennington, the one legged
wonder, will add the thrills of the Of
fering. "Broncho Bill Turns Judge, -
an excellent moving picture attraction
in two parts, will be the special feature
in the moving picture entertainment.
Adv.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
JUDGE TALKS ON FRANK CASE
Sulzbsrger Comments OIL Manner in
Which Trial Was Conducted

Philadelphia, Dee. 24.-Judge Mayer
Sulzberger yesterday characterized the
trial of Leo NJ. Frank, convicted of the
murder of Mary Phagan, at Atlanta.
Ga, as "veiled application of the
lynch law" His criticism was deliv-
cred when commenting on the movement
here to petition the Governor of Georgia
for communication of the death SEN
tence.
In speaking of the manner in which
the trial was conducted, Judge Sulz-
berger observed:
The presiding judge in the case, at
a certain point in the trial, called in
colonel of militia and the chief of
police to prevent violence that was ap-
pretended. This is, at bottom. the rea-
son why Frank was not brought into
the court, because it was feared that,
should he be acquitted, he and his coun
sci might be in danger of violence. The
chief of police sat on the bench along
side the Judge, in plain view of the
Jury, and | cannot avoid the conclusion
that, from the moment when the mill.
tary and police authorities intervened,
the court automatically was adjourned
The verdict was received by Frank
when at yresent in the court, and it
was rendered by jury that was no
longer constituent part of the court.
conclude that this is nothing more than
lynch law veiled."
Committees have been formed in ev-
cry ward in the city for the circulation
OF the petitions for a Communication of
the death sentence.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
The Newspaper Tree"

On the Third street side of the park,
just in front of the north wing of the
Capitol, is birch bark tree known as
the newspaper tree," because it was
planted by three Harrisburg newspaper
men, two of whom are now dead-Wil-
liam Rodearmal and George NJ. Wan
baugh. When the old Capitol burned
this newspaper tree stood in front of
the building and was badly scorched,
so much so that it was considered as a
dead one. Superintendent Rambo, who
was afterward in charge OF the con-
struction of the Capitol, decided to
make an effort to save it, and he had a
trench made from the trees first loca
tion to its present one, and workmen
showed the tree, roots and trunk, to
where it now stands, and it is one of
the handsomest trees in the park.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
MAJESTIC
"a Pair of Sixes'

The typist on the stage, that is, the
woman typist, is always a delightful
and interesting character. She is al
ways jolly and sometimes pert. Authors
never seem to put the serious kinds
into their plays. There is one feature
of the stage typist that sometimes jars
and that is her typewriting. The
business portion of the audience shud-
der because they know the stage typist
never knows how to type, but hold!
Miss Caroline Leonard, who plays the
part of the pretty typist in "a Pair
of Sixes,' the sensational farce sue
cess which will be seen at the Majestic
tomorrow matinee and evening, knows
how to type. When she starts on the
machine, a great sigh of relief and sur
prise watts upward to balcony and gal
lery with pure enjoyment of the edu-
Gated clicks. The stage typewriter has
absolutely written! Everyone in the
audience Immediately assumes that she
must have been typewriter before
she became an actress. The truth is,
she had never struck key until she
began rehearsals for her part in the
play. Adv.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24

their feet from the icy pavements. No less than a
thousand such cases are now awaiting relief.
Education of children in the public schools can
not be made compulsory in fulllment of the state s
laws, if children have clothing in which to go to
and from the school buildings and not enough food
to nourish them and enable them to profit by their
studies 1t is well that thousand such children
are to receive needed attention.
The unlucky little boys and girls in all cities who
are handicapped in their school work through want
of sufficient food and clothing, need to be cared for
while they there more than any other class, for
they the boys and girls who will leave school
the first day the law permits them to- in order that
they may start to labor for their livelihood
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
At the Qrnhaum

Santa Claus closes his engagement
at the Orpheum after this afternoon s
show. With his knapsack of nice toys
that he presented to the girls and boys
each afternoon this week, Old Saint
Nick proved quite hit. There will
still remain '"The Dream Pirates,' a
delightful one-act musical comedy; Der
kins Animal Novelty called "Dogville
on a Busy Day. and Josephine Davis,
pleasing singing comedienne; Emmett
Dewey and company in farce comedy
called "His Wife's Mother" and three
or four other Keith attractions of a
high order. 1t has been long time
since lineup of Keith acts seemed to
strike the popular fancy like the offer
ing that the Orpheum is presenting this
week.
Heavy advance sales accordingly are
reported at the box office for the re-
mainder of the week. Next week, Kitty
Gordon, hailed as the most beautiful
woman on the American stage, is an
nounced as the Orpheum s bright par
ticular headliner. In presenting Miss
Gordon and company for next week the
management says she is the highest
salaried artist who ever came to Har-
risburg for weeks engagement.
Adv.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
TOLD IN LIGHTER VEIN
THE HEIGHT QUESTION

General Arthur Murray said at dinner in San Fran
cisco, apropos of the height of soldiers:
The British Army has raised the height limit for vol
unteers to five feet FIVE Short Brtsher object to this
and with For consider the Japanese Thew are
Incompatible soldiers. Yet the five feet five limit would
bar most of them out Consider the Gurkhas the Tribe
soldiers of India They valiant as the Japs vet
their height runs from feet, /, to feet, A.
"At of the London recruiting stations lust after
the establishment of the rule short and chunky East
Ender who had been registered by the examining
pointed with scowl toward taller East Ender who had
been accepted, and sad
Aw, look at i'm! An knocked is ead off last Sat.
urday night Exchange.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
At the Photoplay

Most popular "movie" action,
Francis X. Bushman, will appear to,
day at the Photoplay in two-act Es-
ssanay drama, Every Inch a King"
Mr.. Bushman makes very impressive
king and is supported with an all-star
cast, including Baverly Bayne and
Bryant Washburn. For Christmas Day
our present to the public has been the
booking of a Vitagraph Broadway
Star production, featuring clever Anita
Stewart, famous lead in ga Million
Bid. - She appears Christmas in
"413," a three-act drama, dealing
with gang of diamond swindlers who
operate between Europe and America.
Anita Stewart, as Elain Hall, daughter
of the chief smuggler, and Harry
Morey, secret service man, Northrup,
as Baron Barcellos, the smuggler and
Julia Gordon, adventures, in love with
the Baron, complete an all.star cast.
adv.*
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
CLOTHES FOR A THOUSAND CHILDREN

thousand school children of Philadelphia. now
unable to attend the public schools because of lack
of sufficient clothing, to be cared for by the
Emergency Aid of that city, with the cooperation
of school officials and charitable organizations
Garments and shoes will be supplied to the unfor
tunate boys and girls, so that they may not only
be able to attend school but may be kept reasonably
warm during the winter months
Recent Investigations of truant cases in Philadel-
phia have brought out the fact that children of
impoverished families are unable to attend school
because they have no undergarments to protect
them from the cold Winds and no shoes to separate
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
BOSTON DIALOGUES

Willie was wipng his spectacles.
Where have you been, WillieF his mother inquired
Il have been making call my dear teacher" the
afectionate child replied.
What was the nature of your errand!" asked the
mother.
went to my teachers home to request her hold the
study of geography in allegiance until the authorities truth
fully determine the boundaries of those nations that
are at present engaged in cruel inexcusable war;
"And what did she say'"
II hate to repeat it, mother"
DO you hesitate my account my child7"
''She called me protopastic prig.' ~
How intensely shpcking"-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
The Simon Cameron Trees

Along the North street side of the
park, from Capitol to Fourth, and from
North to State streets, are a number
OF buttonwood trees that were planted
by the late General Simon Cameron,
when he was Adjutant General of the
State, in 1929. 1t was found necessary
to remove some of these trees several
years ago, but there are still some fine
specimens left.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
A Floral Murderer

The mocassin plant is wanton mur-
derer. Its flowers are so SNAPPED as to
lure ants and other wingless insects to
them. Once inside they have small
chance to escape. There they stay,
struggling until they starve to DEATH
These orchids are not considered insect
eaters, but they undoubtedly draw q
certain amount of nourishment from
the decayed bodies of their insect prey.
Many other flowers trap insects, which
they kill and gradually digest as food.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
RHEUMATISM Goes
If HOODS Is USED

The genuine old reliable Hoods Sar-
saparilla -corrects the acid condition of
the blood and builds up the whole sys-
tenn. 1t drives out rheumatism because
it cleanses the blood thoroughly. It
has been successfully used for forty
years.
For rheumatism, stomach and kidney
troubles, general debility and all ills
arising from impure blood, Hood Is has
no equal. Get it from your nearest
druggist to-day. Adv.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
PRECAUTIONARY

Mke--"Begorra an had to go through the woods the
other night where Casey murhered last fall an that
they say is haunted, an bedad, walked backward the
whole way
Pat-"An what for We after don' thatf"
Mike-'Faith that could see if ANYTHING wuz
comm up behind me.''-Exchange
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
An Observing Parrot

A little while ago Jones managed to
get good record of his parrot s cries
on cylinder. BY way of experiment
he set it going while Polly was in the
room.
Pretty Poll! Scratch Poll, Give
me bit of sugar, uncle' whirled the
machine.
The parrot looked scared. "I want
some sugar, some sugar." came from
the gramophone.
Great Scott" screeched Polly as
she looked down the trumpet. "EWhat
a beak for sweet stuff ''-London
Ideas.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24

strings may be added according to the
size. The cord is provided with an
ordinary screw plug which fits any
electric fixture. The lights can be snap
ped off and on as desired. In this way
the Christmas tree is thing of beauty
and a joy throughout the holiday sea
son, without danger of fire.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
ELECTRIC CHRISTMAS TREES
They Are More Popular Than Ever and
Eliminates Fire Danger

Almost. 900 Christmas trees that
will help make tomorrow the "big
day OF the year in home, church, fra,
ternlty room and fire house and club
room, will be lighted by electricity.
The ever growing danger of fire from
the oldfashioned candles, the combina-
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
Tonaue-End Topics
His Christmas on the Stone Pile

For the first time in many years,
Joe Toner, panhandler and police
character, will not spend his Christmas
behind prison bars. "Joe" is serving
a sentence imposed by Mayor Royal,
although instead of being in Jail, he is
mapping stone ON the stone pile at the
almshouse. Toner remarked yesterday
to officials at the county home that he
would rather be in prison than at work
on the stone pile. Records show that
for many years Toner has passed his
Christmas in Jail.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24

Turkish court martial has decreed that three of the
surviving officers of the Turkish batteshp Messudyeh
which was blown up through the daring exploit of a
British submarine to be put to death for having
prevented the disaster Evidently Turkish officers
jeced to more pers than those for which enemy is
resnonsible.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
Only One Ohio Buckeve

The only real Ohio buckeye tree in
the park stands along the North street
side of the park near Third. 1t is very
different from the horse chestnut tree,
of which there are so many fine speci-
mems in this city.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
Preservinp Capitol Park rrees

The State having gone into the cord
wood business, it has been suggested
that outside of the old trees recently
cut down in Capitol Park and sold
there is a number of others that could
be cut down before they fall of their
own weight from decay. The attempt
last year to save the trees recently cut
down by having them doctored by tree
doctors from the State College, was
not as successful as was expected, and
the only way to reforest the park is to
plant new trees, which will be done,
but it is also found that their growth
in the park is very slow. A tree plant
ed ON the Third street side of the park
by Governor Pennypacker some years
ago has not grown perceptibly, and it
is possible that the former governor
may be asked to plant another one.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24

The Kaiser is not near dead yet. Fact is he is now
hurrying back to the firing line, very much alive.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
Hastings Tree Grows Well

tree planted in the park by Gov
ernor Hastings, in the small plot at the
head of the Third street walk while
he was in office, has grown to wonder
full size, and is one of the ornaments
of the park. Along the walk, to the left
on the way to the Capitol, are two
trees planted by Captain John c. De-
laney when he was Superintendent of
Public Grounds and Buildings. They
are tall and symmetrical and so much
alike that they look like twins. When
Captain Delaney planted them he
named one NJ. s. Quay and the other
c. l.. Magee-one for the veteran Sen
ator and political leader, the other for
the Pittsburgh political leader who
learned the political game from Quay,
afterward fought him, but before he
died was again his close friend.
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24
D E G E M B E r
WEATHER FORECASTS

Harrisburg and vicinity: Snow or
rain this afternoon and tonight, Low
est temperature tonight about % de-
grees. Friday generally fair and colder.
Eastern Pennsylvania: Snow or rain
this afternoon and tonight. Friday
partly cloudy and much colder, prob
ably preceded by snow in the morning.
Fresh southwest shifting to northwest
winds
The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-12-24

YESTERDAYS TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, 2S; lowest 10; a. M, 22 8 p M, %.