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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
80 Years Old, He Spends
All His Money For Ticket
to His Old Home Town

. Los Angeles, Cal. Dec %. - Be-
cause he wanted to spend Christmas
in sunny Tennessee in his little log
hewn cabin and to greet once more
his few old comrades in Johnson City
who still remember Bull Run and the
battle above the clouds Henry Elkins,
80 years old and palsied with age
spent $55.45-all 'cept 55 cents for a
ticket to the East.
With his few remaining cents he
sent a porter out for some canned
hash and a loaf of bread all he
would have to eat until he reached
his destination. But the hearts of
the porter and the other Southern
Pacific employees were touched by his
genTleness and the porter came back
carrying a large basket filled with
good things to eat. AS the train pull
ed out a purse containing enough of
money to give him comfort on his
long journey was slipped into his
hand.
Although the old man wore poor
and shabby clothes his quaint, old
fashioned charm Immediately struck
responsive chord in the hearts of
those who saw his happy departure.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
Death Rate Among Babies
of OverwOrked Mothers Is
High, Bureau Finds

mo one knows how many fathers
or how many mothers there are in the
United States. No one knows how
many mothers are at work for gain
outside thier homes" The Children's
Bureau of the U. S. Department of
Labor brings out this fact in it's third
annual report made public to-day.
and says that. it is impossible to de-
termine the relative importance of
the high death rate among babies of
working mothers until we know how
many mothers there are at work in
industry.
The Children's Bureau is conduct
ing detailed inquiry into the social
and economic causes of babies
deaths The present report shows
that the two items of the inquiry
during the past year re-
veal an average infant death rate of
1874 out of every 1000 babies in a
steel-making and coal-mining town
as against a rate of "a out of every
1000 in a residential suburb. An even
greater contrast is found between the
most congested section and tho
choicest residential section in each Of
these two communities.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
Their Married Life

Copyright, 1915. International News


Copyright, 1915, International News
Are we going to the theater? %
asked Helen. It was one of the
rather eventful Saturday afternoons
that they had spent together of late
and they had just finished lunch.
No. have something else in
mind" said Warren as he slipped
his coffee and looked across at her
critically. Helen was wearing the
blue suit trimmed with beaver, with
a smart little toque to match. She
looked well in the outfit, but some
thing in Warren's gaze made her ask
suddenly:
What's the matter, dear is
anything wrong with me?"
Not a thing. / just wondered II
you would ike to hear a little piece
of news"
"Of course would"
II wonder if this would be a good
time to tell you"
hear?"
Helen asked this so timorously
that Warren laughed good natured-
ly. He was always feeling well
when he was drinking coffee and
smoking a good cigar.
That depends" he said teasingly.
"All right, I'll tell you and relieve
you of anxiety on that score" and
he drew out some papers and
spread out an official looking docu-
ment before her.
What does 1t mean?" said Helen
puzzled.
Money" said Warren shortly.
Helen perused the thing with
wrinkled brows for a moment and
then gave it up in despair.
Tell me what it means, Warren. "
Warren folded up the paper, not
troubling to explain.
We'll" he said a little shame
facedly, Il invested a little money
last week, and had some luck"
Helen's joy at the announcement
was somewhat taken away by heI
fear
But we haven't enough money to
take risks, have we?"
We'll, no, we haven't; but I de-
cided to take a fling; it wasn't
much"
How much?"
"A thousand"
Isn't that a lot?"
1T is if you lose it, but I hap
pened 10 win five"
You didn't really, dear?"
II certainly did; that's what I am
trying to explain"
Helen was silent in her surprise
We'll, are you properly inn
pressed" said Warren, knocking the
ashes from his cigar and taking up
the check leisurely.
Yes, I am overwhelmed. Five
thousand dollars" And Helen drew
a long breath and the color came
into her cheeks suddenly. 1t was
certainly dangerous to speculate
and they might have lost a thou
sand dollars, but they hadn't, and she
hadn't the heart to scold Warren as
she felt she ought to do.
And now do you want to know
what we are going to do?" Warren
interrupted her thoughts by say
ing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
HOIO To Make the
Quickest, Simplest COuqh
Remedy
Much Better than the Ready
Made Kind and You Save 81.
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used IN more homes than any other cough
remedy. Its promptness, ease and GER
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chltis, .spasmodic Group, bronchial asthma
and winter coughs.
Get from any druggist 21b ounces of
PlneX $50 cents worth , pour it in a mint
bottle and fill the bottle with plain pranu-
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cost OF only 81 cents-a full pint of better
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lakes but few minutes to prepare. Full
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You will be pleasantly surprised how
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10 avoid disappointment, be sure and
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and don't accept anything else.
A guarantee of absolute satisfaction.
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this preparation. The Pinex Co., Ft,
Wayne, Ind.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
No; what?" she said enthusiastic

No; what?" she said enthusiast
cally.
we are going shopping"
He gave bill to the waiter, who
returned a few minutes later with
the change. Helen followed him
out of the hotel, and they walked
down Fifth avenue.
Do tell me what you are going
to buy Warren" coaxed Helen.
"YoL'll see."
Were going in here" said War
rem stopping, and she followed him
into well-known furriers.
What for, dear?" she managed
to whisper.
ITO buy you a coat" Warren an
nounced.
Helen was speechless, and she
heard Warren's voice from a long
distance asking to see something
in fur coats for this lady.
Even then Helen found time to
whisper remonstratingly, we can
do better, dear; they are sure to
be so expensive here"
We don't have to consider ex-
pense,' said Warren, loftily, and
Helen relapsed into silence AT that,
and the saleswoman came back with
three coats over her arm and spread
them over chair before Helen.
The first was of Hudson seal, ana
Helen slipped into it luxuriously.
Once she had longed for a Hudson
seal coat, but she had never ex-
pected to own one. 1t had a collar
of lynx and was lined with brocade.
Helen picked up a caracul coat
and discarded it after a brief glance.
II don't like caracul," she ex-
planned, ut looks old"
The third coat was of squirrel,
and Warren did not like it on her,
so they turned back to the first
model. At that moment tn e sales
woman came back with another
coat over her arm. 1t was of mole
skin and Helen gave a little cry
OF rapture. 1t was lined inside with
gold colored satin and had a collar
and huge cuffs of blue fox A coat
like that had been the dream of her
life. OF course 1t wasn't practicable,
but it was what she longed for
more than anything.
only six bundled dollars" the
woman was saying, "and this muff
goes with it," and she handed Helen
muff of the same fur with a bor-
der of blue fox.
II guess this is the coat" Warren
/ said peremptorily, "I'll take it, and
you can send it home right away"
Warren paid for the thing with
crisp new bank notes, and Helen
still in dream, followed him out
Tn going to put the other four
thousand in the bank. and take this
four hundred and start an account
for Winifred," Warren was saying.
Warren, dear" Helen began "I
don't know how to tell you how I
feel But Warren silenced her i'm
mediately.
Now none of that" he said
roughly. Lets ride up on the Fifth
avenue bus shall we? wanted
you to have the coat and that's ali
there is to it, so don't say another
thing"
(Another instaIment of this de-
lightfuI series will appear here soon).
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
Stone to Retire as Holy
Trinity Rector, on Jan. |
Special to the Telegraph

Philadelphia, Dec. 2S.-The long
heralded resignation of the Rev. II.
Charles Stone as vicar of Holy Trinity
Chapel, Twenty Second and Spruce
streets, was verified yesterday when it
became known that Mr. Stone resign
ed several weeks ago, and would re-
linquish his pastoral duties on Janu-
airy l. For reasons of their own, the
Rev. DR.. Floyd w. Tomkins, rector of
Holy Trinity parish. and the Rev. Mr..
Stone decided to suppress the news of
the resignation until this time.
The Rev. Mr.. Stone will take a
nonparochial office, in order to give
his full time to the Stonemen's Eel
lowship, the interdenominational or
ganization which has enjoyed a re-
markable growth since last March.
The fellowship is said to have about
100000 members.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
TRAVELETTE
By NIKSAH
NORTH CAPE

When you stand on the bold rocky
promortory. that juts into the Arctic
ocean from the Norwegian coast, you
have come as close to the pole as is
possible on European soil. North
Cape is the northernmost point of the
continent. 1t is a huge rugged rock
almost a thousand feet high, jutting
grim and forbidding into the icy arctic
waters.
AS you look northward from it's
towering crest, there is nothing to
be seen save an endless desert of toss
ing sea, gray as the rock itself. Your
gaze is drawn on and on, to lose it
self where sky and ocean meet on
the far horizon. You feel that you
can almost touch the ice-locked secret
of the north.
Then, if you have come on the
regular tourist steamer, you turn
round and buy a dozen post cards of
the Cape to send your friends. If
there is enough light you may even
have your own photograph on one of
the cards. North Cape is too valuable
an asset to be neglected in tourist
haunted Europe. A good path has
been cut all the way to the top of
the rock, with ropes here and there
for the struggling climber During
the summer, number of guides camp
at the foot, to help the feminine visi-
tor with her camera, shawl and um-
brella.
Once on top, you find traces of visit
ing royalty. in the shape of a monu-
ment to King Oscar of Norway, and
a cairn built by the German emperor
fourteen years ago. The North Cape
trip is a favorite with Wilhelm II,
and for many years he made 1t an
nually. The last voyage or two have
been unavoidably postponed, owing
to pressing engagements in France
and Russia, but it is confidently ex-
pected that he will resume his visits
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28

when these little matters have been
adjusted.
If you are very lucky, indeed, you
may stand on the cold rock at mid
night and see the wonderful glow of
the midnight sun. Every tourist who
goes to the cape claims to have seen
this glory; it is like the tale of the
six-pound bass that got away-a
harmless flight of the imagination to
be winked at by the recording angel.
AS matter of fact. the phenomenon
is very rare, but worth a dozen fruit
less trips to see it once. The sulIen
glow in the angry heavens, the black
northern waters jtinged with fire, the
silence broken ,only by the lay of
waves and stirring of icy breezes,
make an impression never to be for
gotten.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
Street Car Passengers
Not Pawns Court Decides

Washington. d. c., Dec. 2S.-Rail-
roads which take on more passengers
than car can seat have no right to
move such passengers about like
pawns on chess board" according
to a decision by the District of Co
lumbia Supreme Court.
Judgment of the lower court was
affirmed awarding 1000 damages to
William A. Morgan from the CAPITAL
Traction Company, whose motorman
tried to enforce a "move-up-fron
order"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28

This is one of the smartest as we'll as
one of the simplest of the favorite one
piece gowns. Here, it is made of plain
gabardine and is trimmed with plaid
taffeta, but you could copy 1t in great
many different materials. If it were
made of velvet, for example, with fur
collar and cuffs, it would be an exceed
ingly handsome frock and for such ma
terial, the pockets would be omitted. If it
were made of taffeta, it would be very
pretty afternoon dress, and for everyday
use, it could be made of gabardine, serge
plaid or striped material or of anything
of the sort. The plated skirt is joined to
a loose blouse and the fulness is held at
the waist line by means of the belt. 1t is
the simplest thing in the world to make,
for there is no fitting required The
neck may be made high with faring collar
or cut square.
For the I6 year size will be needed,
5I yds. of material SO in. wide, AZ yds.
"A, 3A yds. 54 in. wide with y yd. "a
in. wide for the trimming. The pattern
No. 1872 is cut in sizes for 10 and IS
wars. 1t will be mailed to any address
81 the Fashion Depart ment Of this paper,
on receipt OF tex ce4lA
AGENCY, Bessie E. POORMAN.
222 Locust Street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
MILLIONS USE IT
TO STOP A COLD
"Pape's Cold Compound" ends
severe colds or grippe in
few hours.
comes instantly.

Relief comes instantly.
dose taken every two hours until
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1t promptly opens clogged-up nos
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genuine.-Advertise
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
CANADIAN HONIESTEADERS
QUIT; FEAR CONSUMPTION
Special to the Telegraph

Omaha, Neb., Dec. 2S.-A large
number of farmers who went from
Nebraska and Iowa to western Canada
a few years ago to secure cheap Ca
madam lands have returned to their
old homes in the last two months, hav-
ing left Canada through fear of con-
scription. In order to secure free
lands from the Canadian government,
the Americans became naturalized Ca
nadians, and they now fear they will
be called upon to fight.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28

the auspices or the lnterdenOml-
national Minister'S Conference of Har-
risburg and vicinity and will open at
s o'clock. The Rev. DR.. U. G. Leeper
will preside.
The program will include special
music by the choir, under the direction
of Professor Hayes Harrod, and con-
gregational singing. The Rev. DIR. T.
Fl. Ames will offer the invocation and
the Rev. G. J. Henderson will read
from the Scriptures. Among the
speakers will be w. Justin Carter, at
The Meaning of a Life" and the
Rev. E. Luther Cunningham, who will
deliver an address on Booker T.
Washington: Being Dead Yet Liveth."
Other topics on the life and work of
Booker It. Washington will be as fol-
lows: THE Man Among Men, DIR. C.
Fl. Champion; THE Leader of His
Race" the Rev. DIR. u. G. Leeper; THE
Lover of the Masses" Professor ]. p.
Scott; His Antidote for Race Preju-
dice" the Rev A. j. Greene; "A Ma
tional Asset" the Rev. B. NJ. Ward;
THE Teacher and Executive" the
Rev. w. II. King; AT Home and
Abroad" the Rev. o. P. Goodwin; "As
James; THE Christian" the Rev. w.
Toliver.
The Rev. Mr.. Tollver will pronounce
the benediction.
The officers of the ministers con-
ference are The Rev. u. G. 'Leeper,
president; the Rev. r. NJ. Ward. secre-
tary, and the Rev. E. Luther Cunning
ham, chairman of the memorial com
mittee.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28

lion, which took and got along nicely.
could sit up, and my back did not
hurt me. Was so nervous l could not
sleep nights; my heart troubled me
and my back had sharp, stinging pains
when l would lean my head forward.
l wrote to DIR. Pierce and was advised
to take 'Favorite Prescription I used
several bottles and now l do all my
own work and tend to my garden and
flowers. May God bless you is my
prayer" ELLIS w. STFFLER,
Route 2, Box So.
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
speedily causes all womanly troubles
to disappear-compels the organs to
properly perform their natural func-
tions, corrects displacements, over
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BILE and exhausted women.
1t is a wonderful prescription pre-
pared only from Natures roots with
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liquid form
If you are troubled with indigestion,
Constipation, Biliousness, Bilious Head.
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depend upon al inactive liver-.use DIR,
blercc's Pleag"ut Pellets
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
CARDINAL GIBBONS GIVES
SUPPORT TO BILLY SUNDAY
I to the Telegraph

Baltimore. Md, Dec. 28.-Cardinal
Gibbons gave his sanction to the
BILLY" Sunday movement in Balti-
more yesterday when he assured a
committee that he had no objection
whatever to the Catholic clergy being
asked, in a letter, to cooperate with
their prayers in the campaign.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
Cumberland Valley Railroad
TIME TABLE
In Effect June "a. 1e16.

TRAINS leave Harrisburg
For Winchester and Martinsburg at
''gSD For Haserstown. chaREbersburs ri RS Car
isle, Mechanicsburg and intermediate
stations at .5:0s. .7:62. '1i:5s a. m.
Additional trains for Carlisle and
Mechanicsburg at 9:4s a. m, 2:1s. s:2e
500, 9:35 a. m.
For Dillsburg at 500, '7.52 ana
'paily. All other trains daily except
Sunday. II. A RIDDLE.
]. Fl. TONGE. q. p. 4.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
Usher in the New Year with the "NIum-
mers" In philadelphia. Special Excur-
sion Pennsylvania RaIIrOad

carnival OF Fun and Frolic. Big
"Mummers" New Year Parade, Phila-
delphia. Saturday, January 1, Special
Train leaves Harrisburg 6:20 A. NJ Re
turning leaves Philadelphia 1853 p. M.
Round Trip Tickets only $2.50.-Adver-
tisement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28

near dying. When
1 got able to go
about, my back
hurt so when L
would bend over
that l would have
to take hold of
something wit h
my hands to get
up. My husband
got me two bot
ties of DR.. Pierce's
Eounrita prasprin-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
MEMORIAL FOR
DR.. WASHINGTON
To Commemorate Life and
Work of Negro Leader at st.
Paul Baptist Church

Memorial s erv-
ices commemorative
of the life and work
of the late DIR.
Booker T. Wash
ington will be held
Monday night, jan
uary 8, at st. Paul
r a p tist Church,
State and Cameron
streets. The serv-
ices will be under
N1,a T,f1-lA~ a,,,f
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28
Are You Weak, Nervous,
Exhausted?

Don't feel like working, everything GO
ing wrong? Digestion poor. blood I'M
poverished. cannot sleep?
DR.. Emerick'S Body Builder
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28

A PENNSYLVANIA
.,n WOMAN TESTTFIES
Back Hwt-Nervous-Sleepless.

Cherry Tree, Pa.-"Eight years ago
yshen nv little girl WAS horn l cana
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-12-28

a ReconstTuctive Tonic, is prescribed
by the famous DIR. LIMERICK for these
conditions. Valuable after severe
sickness. Price S1.00, prepared by the
DIR. NJ. l.. limerick Co, Ridgway, Pa.
Sold in Harrisburg at Gorgas' Drug
Store
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-18

a red apple in his mouth, which, alas he could
never eat, and garnished him with holly.
At last the company came, the mistress pre-
serving a calm exterior, but with inward
anxiety lest something be burned spilled at the
last moment
When all rs ready the beaming host says.
Friends will thee join in the Christmas
FEAST? And with great dignity he leads them.
with the guest of honor on his arm, followed by
the older people and the children.
The Table Decorated.
The table is picture to cheer the hungry.
The large turkey is at end and the pig at
the other end OF the long table with everything
they are to eat between, excepting the plum
pudding.
After the silent grace which stills the noise
for moment. the takes his knife, and
with a deberation born of steady nerves carves
under the fire of twenty pairs OF eyes.
The directions in "Gentlewomans House
wifery" says: Raise the leg fairly of the tur-
key and open the joint with the point Of the
knife, but do not take OF the leg.
Then lace down both sides of the breat bone
and open the breast pinion, but do not take it
OF. Then raise the Merry Thought between the
breast bone and the top of it, and till
the turkey is boned While this is being done
the Christmas bowl is passed.
After they helped to turkey and pig they
pass the vegetables and delicacies and even the
mince pie is eaten when they have the desire
for it.
The Correct Manners.
The proper conventions are strictly adhered
to. The book of etiquette says: "A gentlewom-
must not lean her elbows the table. By
a ravenous gesture discover a voracious appe-
tite. talk with her mouth full. smack her
lips like pig.
The children kept in order. In all the
feast was decorous but merry for all that
At last. when they have eaten to the extent Of
their capacity the plum pudding, blazing and
with piece of holly stuck in the top is brought
in and eaten with brandy sauce. Then the toasts
are drunk with the good home-brewed wine. and
the feast is 6Sne
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-12-18
DESCRIBES LIFE IN TRENCHES
EngIishman's Graphic Picture ct the
"Joys" That Are q Part of Sol
dier's Existence.

Albert Robbins Of Kearney, n. J., r.
ceiTed letter from his brother, Harry
Robbins of Evan, Worcestershire, Eng
land, who is fighting in the trenches,
exactly where Albert does not know
Harry has got q hit on the forehead
with a piece Of sbrapnel," but is car
rying on" Here is his picture OF life.
near the firing line:
We get It pretty stif out here now
and again, especially when there IL
a bombardment on and hundreds Of
shells of all sorts and sizes whizzin8
and Ehistling round like rain, and
when one has a lovely dinner OF Chi
cago canned meat and biscuits as hard
as bricks, and a drop OF water with
good percentage Of Condy's fluid In
to kill the germs, put before you in q
huge rabbit hole dug in the ground,
called a dug-out, where you have to
keep your head down and look out
for trench mOrtars coming over"