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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19
WHITE House AGAIN
INVADED BY CUPID
THE PRESIDENTS LAUN.
DRESS, LATEST VICTIM OF
DARTS OF LITTLE GOD.
Special to The Nel0S.

Special to The Ne10S.
Washington, ID. c., Feb. 1S.-Wil-
liam, who acts as doorkeeper at the
Cabinet room, but knows all the Cos
| sip round and about the White House,
says it was an elopement
Lavinia, however, declares it was
not Being the bride, she ought to
know
| John, who was the bridegroom, was
not at. the White House this morning.
He is hunting for work and could
not testify as to whether it was an
lelopement, or just an ordinary we'd
ding.
Perhaps Rev. Harris, of the Jeru-
Salem Baptist church of Georgetown,
can tell, for he performed the cere-
mony.
Until Cupid made his final conquest
by bringing the pair to the alter, La
vlnia Gibson, colOred, was a laundress
at the White House. She still il I'm
til John Mullen, colored, succumbed
to Lavinia's smile, he was trooper of
Troop d, Ninth Cavalry, serving on
the Texas border He now is retired
According to William, the colored
doorkeeper, who is positively the best
posted man around the lower floors of
the White House, the courtship began
seven years ago, Lavinias first hus-
band having died.
But even Williams did not suspect
how serious the affair was until the
news came several months ago that
John had broken through the ice on
some pond out west, and Lavinia wept
long hours and salty tears into the
washtubs at the White House.
She wrote John a. letter, says Will
liams, which persuaded the groom-to
be, now groom-thatis, to quit the |
army and come to Washington. Satur- |
day he arrived. Saturday Lavinia left |
her washtubs without so much as a |
mint OF her purpose, and today she |
returned to her tubs, happy and smil-
ing.
She was asked whether any of the u
other laundresses were thinking of I
following her example.
That" she declared, depends. You
all JUS can't never tell when dis yere
natrimony's gwine to git you.
Lavinia's son is a bell-hop in town
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19
RAWlS SPRINGS.


Miss Ethel Magee of Hattiesbure
spent the week end with her aunt, Mrs
Tress.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. D. Barnes of Ideal
were visitors to relatives here this
week
Mrs. Owen Lokey and little daugh.
.er. left for Star, Miss, few DAYS
ago. where they will join Mr.. Lokey
their home there
Mrs Frank Caroway, formerly Miss
Florence Short, of this place. left
Thursday for her new home in Shreve-
port, La
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Draughn of
Hattiesburg were Sunday visitors here.
Miss Myrtle Edmonson spent the
week end with friends in Sanford
Little Norris Edmonson, who has
been staying with his grandmother,
and attending school here, has re-
turned to his home near New Augusta.
Mr.. Geo. Dossett of Seminary was
Sunday visitor to his mother here
The friends of Mrs. ]. E. Davis
will regret to learn that she is still
on the sick list.
The Valentine party given at the
home of Mrs. Johr Davis Monday
evening. was enjoyed by a number of
young people.
The machinery is all up and ready
for operation at the Dixie gravel pit
here
The school is moving on nicely,
much interest being manifested. The
pupils are preparing for the field day
which will be held at the
Agricultural High School March 8.
Mrs. Eugenia Hughes was called to
her home in Sanford on account of
the illness of her daughter, Mrs. Nor
ris.
Miss Annie Dean Thatch spent a.
few days in Baskerville visiting her
sister, Miss Clea Thatch, who is teach
ing there.
Mr.. Oscar Barron of McLaurin made
l business trip here this week.
Miss Esta Talbert spent the week
end with her sister, Miss Elsie. who
S teaching near Epley..
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19

full of the many dances given Thu
winter. She entertained at her home
the Robinson Inn, on Buschman street
as a lovely compliment to a former
Hattiesburg matron, Mrs. George
Wolfe, of Jackson, who is the house
guest of Mrs. j. R. Child on Third
street
The spacious dining room and re
ception rooms were thrown together
and ornamented with red shaded lights
and potted plants and ferns. The
guests were received by the hostess
and Mrs. T. G. Russell, and punch was
served by Mrs. J. NJ Miller. Dancing
was INDUCED in until a late hour, to
the strains of Inspiring music from a
string band.
The affair was delightfully."- informal
and was enjoyed by Mr. and Mrs. E.
NJ. Allen, Mr.. and Mrs ]. B. Grain
Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Craven, Mr.. anc
Mrs. Eugene Bridgers, Mr.. and Mrs
Quinn, Mr. and Mrs. John Stockton
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. WALES, Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Mac Jones, Mr. and Mrs
H. E. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wheel
er, Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Osteen, Mr.
and Mrs. w. r. Evans, Mr.. and Mrs
t. G. Russell, Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. At
hns, Mrs. Haas, Mrs. Harry Field.
Mrs. Pierce Withers, Mrs. ]. M. Mil
Ter, Mrs. ]. w. Davidson, Miss Nell
Rowan and Mr.. Taxi, Miss Corrie
Haney and Mr.. Causey, Miss Florence
McRay and Coke Collins, Miss Mar
garet Bennett and Sam Moody, Miss
May Haney and W. B. Glover. Miss
Attic Pickens and D. C. Lee, Jr, Miss
Agnes Haney and Floyd Brunson, Miss
Lois Wildberger. guest of Mrs. Pierce
Withers and Angus Mcleod, Jr., Miss
Annie Reeve and DIR. Bancroft. The
stays were Frank Moody. Bunyan
Dlke, Martin Stemme, William Powe
Rube Small, David ST. John, Preston
Robinson, John Webb. Griffin, Ernest
Nixon, Minis Holmes, H. C. Greer,
Jr, Gabe Hawkins and ]. E. David
son.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19
Society and Personals
AdKS ANDREW MAC JONES Editor

Pearl Moore, Willie Anderson, Willie
Jones. Edith Crawford, Bessie and
Ruth Clarke, Lille Easterling, virgie
baggett, and Miss Maud Terrell, OF
Vossburg, the house guest of Mrs.
Odom; Messrs. Henry Coursey, Gladys
Cooursey Pierson Clarke, Jake Easter.
ling, Everett Hathorne, Everette Chab.
peli, Dixon, Monroe Slayton, Henry
Aurelius kirkwood, and Ben
ME Hill.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19

Friends in Hattiesburg will be in
terested in the announcement of the
birth of a little daughter to Mr. and
Mrs. Karl E. Anderson of Menomonie,
Wis, the latter, formerly Miss Grace
MorfOrd, of this city. The announce.
ment cards received today by the per
sonal friends of the young couple state
that Emily Francein Anderson is tho
name which has been given the new
arrival, who came February TO-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19
Bay Street PRESBYTERIAN.

9:43 a. m.-Sunday school. r. G.
Hauenstein, superintendent.
IL a. m-Preaching, subject: BE
levers Without the Holy Spirit"
1850 p. M. = Preaching. Subject
The Test of Loyalty to God"
All are invited to attend these serv-
ices. Visitors and strangers are cor
Italy welcome
w. |. Mcinnis, Pastor.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19
Ennnaly srrutrra
at Enral Ghurrhrs
First Baptist


Sunday school 9:45 a. m. Adult
classes for men and women. Teacher
training courses. A thoroughly grad
ed school of the Al class.
Preaching by the pastor IL a. m.
and 80 p m.
baptism at the night Service.
) p. m.-Sunbeams.
} p. m.-Sunday school at New,
mans chapel
6:15 p. NIB. Y. P. L.
Good singing and music at all serv-
ices.
Strangers are always welcome.
.@e. john +. Christian, Pastor.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19
EAsTLAND CASE FAILS.

Grand Rapids. Mich. Feb. 19.-Fed-
eral Judge Sessions today denied for
a removal of six Michigan men indict-
ed in Chicago in connection with the
Eastland disaster. The men were freed
as far as the federal court is concern
ed, but it is understood that the prose
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19
Broad Street Methodist.

Sunday school 9:45 a. m.
Preaching by the pastor II a. m.
Subject: 1.-The Brotherhood of Man"
Junior league at p. m.
Senior League at p. m.
Preaching by pastor, 1870 p. M.
Evening subject: us the Young
Man Safe?'
You are cordially invited to attend
Strangers and visitors welcome.
w. A. Terry, Pastor.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19
Emmanuel Baptist.

Sunday School 9:45 a. m. Prof
Claude Bennett, superintendent.
Preaching services at II a. m. and
p. m.
Sunbeams and Royal Ambassadors
2:30 p. H., Mrs. CRANBERRY in charge.
T. w. Green. Pastor.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19
Main Street Baptist.

Preaching by Pastor E. E. Dudley
at both services. He will give the
fourth sermon in the series on the
Prodigal Son. SaDJect: ''Ine Reso.
luton that Made Him a Man."
Sunday school $50 a. M. NJ. P. l..
Love, superintendent
$50 y. m.-Both the senior and
junior 3. Y. p. o., c. w. Causey and
Haddon Dudley, presidents.
Hattiesburg's greatest mems Bible
class. GAS a. m.
e. E. Dudley,
Pastor
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19
soo,o 600 HORSES FOR WAR.

New York. Eea 49, Records OF the
exports OF horses to Europe show ti.at
faore thau 5eaeoo horses, valued at
st25.ooo.0o0, have been shipped there
from this country since The beginning
OF the war. \ compilation made by the
Foreign Trade Department by tic Ma
tional City Bank discloses that about
44o,0 horses were shipped last year
The prices paid show a declining
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19

Mrs. f. G. Rowell. of Tulsa, Okla,
is visiting her sisters, Mrs. o. E. Buff
kin, on Laurel avenue and Mrs. c. w.
Bufkin on Main street.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19

Mr.. and Mrs. George futile, of New
Orleans are spending few days with
the latter's parents, Dr. and Mrs. s..
S. Turner on New Orleans street.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19
Court Street Metbosist

Sunday school 9:a5 a. mr., Dewitt
Cameron. superintendent
Preaching 4 a. m. ana 1870 p. M,
by the pastor
Morning service, subject, THE Final
Judgment"
Evening service, subject, "Happi-
ness"
2:30 p. m.-Junior League.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all to attend these services.
T. w. Adams,
Pastor
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19

Miss Phyllis Doherty has as her
guests today, Mrs. George Doherty,
Misses Marie Doherty and Maggie
Crane of Jackson, who came down
with the Legislators.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19

Miss Cora Morford, of California,
who has been the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. P. j. Toomer on Fourth avenue.
IS now the house guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. B. d. Moore on Southern avenue.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19
Fifth Avenue Baptist.

Sunday school 9:45 to 10:45 a. m.
Preaching IL a. m. to IL H., and :
to p. m.
You are cordially invited to attend
any or all services
j. N. McMilIin, Pastor.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19

The meeting Monday afternoon of
the West Minister Aid of Bay Street
Presbyterian Church will be held Mon
day at that church at 80 o'clock.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19

/ Tenderness. The average naico Il 1874
vas S2a0 laet she horses wefe sell
ing ct an go IS
Der. me las
plete reports we're reeetvets
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19

Mrs. E. F. Stollenwerck will be host
ess of Trinity Guild Monday after
noon at 2:30 O'clock at her home on
Bay street.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19
Main Street Methodist.

Sunday school $40 a. M, Fl. S. Ste-
yens, Supt.
Preaching II a. m. and 7:3O D. m.
by the pastor.
Everybody is cordially invited to
these services.
Charles w. crisler, Pastor.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19

The w. NJ S OF Court Street Meth
odist Church will meet Monday after
noon at 3 o'clock at the home of
Mrs. Harbough on Laurel avenue. with
Mrs. Harbough and Mrs. Hamblin as
hostess.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19
,>>~~>>~>>>>>>.
ON lE sick LssT.
S<~>~A~~~~>>>>x,

Friends of little Miss Lurline Swil
ey will regret to hear of her illness
1t the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. NJ. Swilley on Dabb street.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19

Mrs Ben Cragin has returned from
a visit to her brother-in-law and sis
ter. Mr.. and Mrs. George futile, in
New Orleans.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19

Miss Bessie Clarke has returned
from Vicksburg, where she went to
attend the Woman's Missionary Con-
ference as a delegate from the Petal
Beacon Lights.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19
Trinity Episcopal.

Lecture on the religion of ancient
Egypt at the night service at 7:3O.
Other services at 1880 and IL o'clock
in the morning.
All cordially invited.
E1 gss7
Simpson Atmore,
Rector.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19

cution will be pushed in the Illinois
courts. The Judge said the government
failed to make out case.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19

The Lydian Circle Of Main Street
Methodist Church will meet Monday
afternoon with Miss Sara Bolton at
the Mississippi Hall at the Normal
College. 1t is requested that all mem
')ers meet in front of McLeod's store
Main and West Pine streets in time to
catch the car leaving there at 8
o'clock. 1t is very necessary that all
members be present as the pipe organ
IS being installed
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19
First PRESBYTERIAN,

Sabbath school 9:45 a. m.
Preaching service II a. m.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all who desire to attend.
z. j. Currie, Pastor.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19

The regular weekly meeting of the
w. M. S. of Main Street Methodist
Church will be held Monday at tt
church at 3: 80 o'clock.
Mrs. T. S. Jackson on Main street
will be the hostess of the Y. W. A. of
the Main Street Baptist Church Mon
day afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19
Central Christian Church.

Central Christian Church,
Bible school 10 O'Clock a. mauJames
Metz, superintendent ~ a.n
Communion service at 10:45 a. IN.
Dismissal promptly at II o'clock.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19

Services at a. m and 10. a. M.
Sermon by the Rev. B. A. EMS.
O. p. brother of Father EMS.
3 p. m.-Instruction in Christian
doctrine by the pastor, and at p. m,
beuediction.
Joseph EMS,
Rector.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19

The Junior Missionary Society
of the Main street Methodist
Church will meet next Monday
afternoon at the residence of Mrs.
I. M. Ferguson on Main Street at 4
O'Clock.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19

The Ladies' Aid of the First Pres.
pyterlan Church will meet Monday af.
fernoOn at 2 o'clock at the home Of
Mrs. d. Emmett McInnis on West Pine
street to sew. Plans will be completed
FOR silver tea which Mrs. r. w
cochran, Mrs. C. P. Smith and Mrs.
Jack Kennedy will give Tuesday af-
ernoon at the residence of Mrs.
Cochran on Court street.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19

Mrs. Robinson's Dancing Party
For Mrs. Wolfe of Jackson.
, The dancing party at which Mrs
Olive E. Robinson was hostess Friday
evening was one of the most delight.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-19

GULF G SHIP ISLAND THE TABLE
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-08
THE BIG ISSUE
TOLONEL ROOSEVELT hit the
. nail right on the head the

NOLONEL ROOSEVELT hit the
" nail right on the head the
other day when, in almost so
many words, he said that the coming
campaign must decide whether we, as
n nation, intend to stand on our
rights or whether we are to confess
ourselves a parcel of "pussyfooters"
ready to patter out the backdoor the
moment we suspect that trouble is
coming down our street. Either we
must put a man in the White House,
with Congress at his back, who will
insist upon due regard for our rights
as people or we must endorse an ad-
ministration that has witnessed Amer
lean rights trampled upon in Europe
and absolutely disregarded in Mexico.
We cannot continue indefinitely to
turn one cheek and then the other.
The day of reckoning will come surely
if this sort of thing continues. Either
we must soon say stop; so far and no
farther" or we must prepare to ac-
cept the kind of thing that any power
so minded does to China.
lillS Is W DG the great issue OIL lHG
coming ampaign-greater than the
tariff, greater than the interests of in
dustry; greater than any or all of the
other issues that may be raised. Are
we to stand for American rights and
be prepared to enforce that stand, or
are we TO continue "pussyfooting"
from note to negotiation and back
again to note while our citizens are
being slaughtered and our rights are
being violated?
Whether or not Theodore Roosevelt
is nominated, the Republican party
must stand during the coming cam
paign on this broad platform of
America for Americans, for the rights
of Americans everywhere and for the
creation OF n force sufficient to COM
mand the respect of the world when
we speak. Other men have realized
this for months, and newspapers have
been calling attention to it, but it re-
mained for the colonel-skilled as he
is in the arts of politics and publicity
to give voice to the thought in lam
guage that has swung it around the
earth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-08
DIXIE GOES AHEAD
The Profitable Alligator
By Frederic J. Haskin

CT. AUGUSTINE-Ther is a farm
here which is stocked with 5000
~ alligators. 1t is no mere
curiosity shop either. Although it
has a great many visitors, its chief in
come is derived from the sale of alli-
gator leather, young alligators as pets,
and old ones as exhibits for geological
gardens. 1t has put the alligator on
a business basis.
The alligator is in many ways the
easiest creature on the earth to raise.
a sort of survival of the buried age
of dinosaurs, he is practically immune
to all the ills and dangers of modern
life. He has no diseases, and his
armour-like hide, deadly jaws, trucu-
lent disposition and repellant odor
make the entire animal world go out
of its way to avoid him. He is about
the only creature in existence that
preys but is not preyed upon.
Furthermore, the alligator is all
but immortal. Men who have OBJ
served alligators all their lives SOL
emnly assert the belief that they live
to be seven hundred years of age.
At any rate, an alligator has never
been known to die of old age, and
there is one at the farm, near here
which must have required at least
four hundred years. at the usual and
well-known rate of growth. to attain
his present leviathan length of four
teen feet. There are also a couple of
twelve-foot youngsters that are given
credit for two hundred and three hum
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-08
By BRIGGS

dred years of age, respectively.
With no diseases, no natural enc
mics, and a life line that trails off
into the mist of ages, the alligator
would seem pretty we'll fortified
against all the vicissitudes of exist
ence; but there. is just one thing that
keeps his tribe from multiplying un-
duly. That is the tendency of every
alligator to eat every other alligator
For this creature has about the
most indicative and deadly character
conceivable. He is q cannibal by
choice, and murder Is his favorite
sport. His cruelty inspires awe. 1t
cruelty of cold blood. Having chewed
a leg off his mate or one of his chill
dren in a moment OF hunger or irrita-
ton, unless removed from the enclo-
sure he will slowly and enjoyingly
devour his victim alive, limb by limb,
perhaps taking several days to finish
the feast
Although possessed of amazing
power and agility, the alligator is the
epitome of laziness. When very young
he displays sort of sporadic playful
ness, precocious desire to mutilate
his brothers and sisters; but as soon as
he begins to attain weight and girth
he retires to a large puddle, from
which he repels all intruders and
there he stays so continuously that his
back becomes entirely covered with
moss, and his person indistinguish-
GContiDued on Page 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-08
Guards Differ
LSenator Nelson, of Minneso
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Congressional Record.
Mr.. President, remember what has
occurred in the past. | believe the
citizens of Minnesota are as patriotic
and are as willing to fight for this
country as are any other men in this
Union. We had two or three regi-
ments in the Spanish War of State
volunteers; we were ready to furnish
any additional number that might be
required; and yet during all of the
time since then we have only had two
or three skeleton regiments. They
meet once a year in an encampment
and have a jolly good time. / once
had an opportunity TO inspect them
when I was Governor of the State of
Minnesota. 1t was a very interesting
and clever performance, but il never
struck me, as an old soldier who had
served during the Civil War, that
there was much real soldering about
such State encampments,
must say, on the other hand, that
I have seen the National Guard give
some very fine exhibitions 1 recall
especially the Pennsylvania troops
that 1 saw on the occasion of the
inaugural ceremonies some years ago.
see my good and genial friend from
New Jersey (Mr. Martinez in front of
me. | do not recall having seen any
of the New Jersey troops on that oc-
casion, but | saw several regiments
of the Pennsylvania militia which 1
very much admired. They had some-
thing of the gait and something of
the swing which the old soldiers had
IN the days OF the Civil WU
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-08
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
DEGREES POOR ATTENDANCE

Harrisburg, Pa, April Z, 1916.
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
1t must have been disheartening to
say the least to Mile. Artois, the little
Belgian actress, to have had to lee
ture to an audience of from forty
to fifty people on Thursday evening
in Technical High school auditorium.
and I am at loss to account for this
small attendance. 1t cannot be laid
to lack of publicity, for the papers
noticed it generously in their columns:
nor to any specific attraction, for there
was no other than the usual run of
amusements that night. Not to any
lack of merit in the lecture itself, for
the mademoiselle told of her MANY
most interesting experiences in n
naive, straightforward manner which
had much charm. Her information
was first-hand and her viewpoint uni
que, so that those who were not there
missed an exceptional opportunity.
But, why were there so few there =?
Are Harrisburgers so absorbed in
themselves, so wrapt up in their own
affairs that they take no interest in
events outside of their Immediate
sphere? A native of Belgium and a
popular actress at that, comes direct
from Belgium to tell of her expert
ences of the great European war, and
only fifty out of $4,000 show interest
enough to go and hear what she has
to say. One would think that many
would be attracted, If only out of Gu
riosity, since she, a Belgian, announces
that she is strictly neutral I'm her
talk, and even strains a point to speak
favorably of the Germans.
What can be the matter? Have the
movies so enthralled us that we have
eyes for nothing else? Theatrical
managers say of us: Harrisburg is
"musically dead" and that has been
proven to be so many times, but let
us hope 1t is not true that we are
intellectually dead also.
A Citizen of Harrishurr