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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18

Mrs. Cora E. Britten has gone South
to spend the remainder of the winter
with friends in Brooksville, Tampa and
Palm Beach, Fla.
John C.-Motter and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank A. Dobbins, Jr., are in Fred
erick, Md, attending the ice-Motter
wedding to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Russ, of 12
North Market Square, are spending a
month in Jacksonville, Fla,
Mrs Marlin E. Olmsted was hostess
last evening at an informal dinner for
Mrs. Arthur B. Emmons, who is visit
ing her mother, Mrs. William o.
Hickok.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18

]. E. B. Cunningham, former
Deputy Attorney General for Pennsyl-
vania, and Mrs. Cunningham, are Har-
rlsburg visitors at the Marlborough
Blenheim, Atlantic City.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-01-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Reuben J. Brown, OF
pittsburgh, were recent visitors at the
nome OF their relatives, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Clay Brown. of Green street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Strouse. of
Second and Hamilton streets, are en-
Joying weeks stay in New York city.
Mrs. Frank S. Hesser, of Swatara
street, was given a surprise party by
some of her friends and neighbors
Tuesday evening.
DR.. John Barr McAlister addressed
a medical society meeting last evening
in Shamokin.
J. Z. B. Cunningham, former
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-10-20

ticket as candidate for sheriff is sus-
tanned by him.
ST. Margaret's Guild will meet at
Mrs. VIM. STEERS, APP Park Avenue,
or Wednesday afternoon, October "a.
Kindly note the change of day. This
will enable all who wish to attend the
meeting of the Needlework Guild at
Absecon, on Thursday afternoon.
The Republicans have arranged for
mass meetings to be held in Pleasant
vile as follows: Tuesday evening, Oct.
80, Samaritan Hall; Thursday evening,
Nov. l, Hubin's Theatre. At both of
these meetings the county candidates
will be present and address the voters.
Norman Allen, colored, aged four
teen, while racing with a playmate on
a bicycle on Tuesday, collided with
an automobile at Park avenue and
Main street, receiving severe lacera-
lions about head and shoulders. He
was Immediately hurried to the At
lantic City Hospital, and his recovery
is now assured.
Early yesterday friday morning,
a small delivery Ford, driven by STAN
ley Zippler, to which was attached a
large trailer, was ditched on Franklin
avenue, when the trailer broke loose
and jammed the Ford off the road.
One of the real wheels of the car was
completely demolished, but no further
damage was done.
The Pleasantville Firemen are ar
ranging their annual fall masquerade
ball to take place next Thursday eve
ming, Oct. 25, in the Fire House. Ev-
cry effort will be made to make the
affair even more entertaining and sue
cessful han the well remembered sue
cess of last year. Music has been ar
ranged for as have the many prizes.
Tickets can be had from any OF the
fremen or at Crawford's Drug Store.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-10-20

PHOTOGRAPHS. = Anything - Any.
where. Max H. kirscht, 3 N. Main ST
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-10-20
CONCISE NEWSLETS
ABOUT THE CITY
Interesting Local Occurrences
Briefly Told

Mr.. Lewis B. Glenn has purchased a
new car, a Dodge sedan.
Madam Lambert has changed her
Studio to Is Georgia Ave-, having a
larger music room, with library. Col
ored pupils not refused.
Mark English broke his right arm
this week while cranking his automo-
bile. This is the second time such a
misfortune has befallen him.
The Junior League of Bethany M.
E. Church will hold a Halloween Soc
ial on Monday evening, Oct. 29th
Refreshments will be offered for sale
Everybody welcome.
The Rosary Society will have their
semi-monthly Euchre at the home OF
Mrs. Scott M. Long, SO E. Verona W.
nue., on Wednesday afternoon next at
2 o'clock. Everybody invited.
Attorney General John w. Wescott
has filed an opinion with County Clerk
Parker that the refusal to accept the
petition of milford T. Rose to have
his name placed on the Republican
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-10-20
Modem Joan Of Arc Of Italy
By C. Kay Spencer

handing officer. She carries an auto
matte at her hip and she knows the
Austrian position. She Is a native of
the parts and, has won the confidence
of Austrian officers.
The engine of blue steel flashes
duly from her hip to her hand and
points upward and onward. She
cheers-a wild Italian mountain cry
and the troops respond. The officer
had not the chance for orders-if he
would have given them. Before he
realized the situation the B~ersaglieri
were in motion; following the young
woman, who marched rapidly and
firmly with her automatic in the fore,
greedy for a target.
They soon encounter their own ad-
vanced patrols and, joining, they make
a precarious way yer piles of age
worn rock.
Direct to the task she leads them.
She fights with them her pistol spit
ting its doses of death into enemy
breasts; her cheers ringing shrilly
above the maelstrom of swirling foes,
and steel firing steel on its errand
into enemy vitals.
The encounter was violent and de-
cisive. The Austrians were routed
to be technically correct-were ami
hilated. The Italians occupied the
position and signalled headquarters
the location of adjacent enemy out
posts. The result was the eventual
occupation by the Italian armies Of the
entire Austrian" system or that sector.
In Rome, a few days later, a "medal
to military valor" was struck and pre-
sented to a coy young girl, vino Ia
sisted that she had done nothing re-
markable In thus serving her country.
Italian poets and novelists are per-
petuating her name aid exploit. She
Is the idol of King Victor's soldiers.
Her real name is Maria Abriani, but
the men in the Bcrsaglieri know her
as Jeanne dare d'Italia.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-10-20
This Is an AGE of Young Men
But They Are Still Young
If on Sunny Side of Sevent,

A generation ago it was customary
to talk of those who had reached forty
as of mature age. A nan of those
years is now considered young, and
at sixty or seventy can have a bril-
liant future still ahead.
That our fO%refathers had no such
conception of relative youthfulness can
easily be shown, says Thomas F. Ia
gon In LeSlie's Weekly. The Constitu-
ton provided that no n should be
eligible for election to the senate at
an earlier g than t~hirty-five, the
reasons advanced being that such a
restriction was necessary in order to
keep the senate made up of grave and
reverend seigniors-elder statesmen,
who would not be blown about with
every veering wind of political doc
trine. Today there is not a senator
who is just barely beyond the age
limit, and the great majority do not
come into senatorial honors short Of
fifty and fifty-five.
Alexander Hamilton was a sedate
secretary of the treasury at thirty-two.
The younger Pitt became prime minis
ter, first lord of the treasury, and
chancellor of the exchequer of Eng
land at twenty-four. Washington
spoke of retirement from active life
to ~well-earned rest and leisure for
his remaining years when still but
fOrty-six.
In recent times we have had no
presidents young In years by the for
mer standards, unless Roosevelt be
classed as an exception in connection
with his first term of service. Even
the popular novelists have sensed the
change, now making their successful
business men of forty or Whereabouts
attractive to the heart of the female
reader. This is admittedly an age of
young men, as has been claimed, but
they are still young anywhere on the
sunny side of seventy, and many of the
most efficient have passed the three
score mark.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-10-20

1t was dusk in the Carnic Alps.
The deep green hues of the mountain
forests were blending In the cleaning,
In the mountains. Insects hummed
and droned among the blue grass of
the pastures. Devious pathways cut
an uncertain course through the volup-
tuous color of the vegetation.
Along one of these overgrown guild
ing ways a regiment of the Italian
~Bersaglieri was making a tortuous
ascent. The crests of the plumes In
their helmets were rustled by mel
low breaths from the Adriatic, and the
gravel was crunching under rough
shod soldier feet. Otherwise no sound
came from this ~redoubtable column.
For these men were moving forward
their air forces had failed to locate
all through a humid day of death.
The Austrian battery had swept
with whitening waves of steel the
backs of these hoary Italian mountain
crests. Thirteen thousand of Italia's
first line troops had vainly e~ndeavored
to PASS the enemy emplacements. The
blood of Italy's IONS dried on every
leaf and gravel path, and her wounded
lay where the Red Cross could never
reach-at the feet of these eternal
piles, mangled masses of human flesh.
The Bersaglieri, Italy's strange,
swift-loping infantry, was going into
the action; expert, accurate marks
men, every
The advanced patrols and several
on the TANKS had engaged enemy pa
trolls several times and had only sue
ceeded in adding to the perplexities
of the situation.
Suddenly there was a challenge, an
oath in Italian, and presently a cor
poral was seer making his way to the
main body. With him was a woman
a young girl, self possessed and smil-
ing. She inquiries her way to the COM
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-10-20
Raindrops Make Lightning.

An English scientist declares that
the splitting of raindrops in falling
through the ascending air currents,
which are characteristic of thunder
storms, is the source of lightning. The
small drops with negative charges. go
up with the wind while large ones with
positive charges stay below. Thus dur
region of positive electricity between
the positive earth and the negative up
per portion. When the charge has
become sufficient a series of direct cur
rent discharges usually takes place
along approximately the same line and
these reduce what we see as a light
ming flash.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-10-20
some SMILES
Still at It.

$50 Pegs en-
gagged to be mar
ried again?"
Yes, again."
But she didn't
marry the a S {
one"
mo. "T h e r g
doesn't seem to be
any last one."
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-10-20
Business Editorial No. Rse Weaver Store.

Our Soldiers must have food to eat and clothes to keep
them warm if they are expected to fight for us, and it is up
to Uncle Sam to furnish the Sc things. This is why the Gov
eminent is compelled to take over the khaki mills for Uni
forms; hosiery mills for footwear; rubber factories for boots,
arctics and rubber coats; und erwear factories, shoe factories,
etc, and this is why these things r scarce and high, and
are still getting scarcer and higher.
But we shouldn't kick, as it is much more comfortable to
stay at home and pay the price than it is to go into the
trenches and suffer.
Our stock is still we'll filled up, and we r struggling
to keep it so, but find it harder every day.
Have full stock of BOOTS, RueBERs, ARcTIcs, HosI-
cry, UNDERWEAR, ETC, but notice has gone out that
when the orders now in on some things are filled, that will
be the last for this season.
The lesson is plain a S the nose on your face
BUY EARLY. Prices Rioht.
THE WEAVE STORE.
We give and Redeem MoNENBAcK STAMPS.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-10-20

w. Lewis, Mrs. Joseph B. Thomas,
Mrs. Lewis R. Smith, Mrs. John E.
Blake, Mrs. Lucy Bossler, Mrs. Clar-
ence Daugherty, Mrs. A. F. Bossler.
The Club will be entertained by Mrs.
Lewis R. Smith on next Tuesday af-
ternoOn.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-10-20
THE CLOVER CLUB.

The Glover Club was entertained at
the home of Mrs. Albert F. Bossler, on
Washington avenue, on Tuesday after
Those present were: Mrs.
George M. Bates, Mrs. WOODBURY. Hud-
son, Mrs. Rollin A. Gale, Mrs. Henry
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-10-20
What Did She Mean?

Minnie-So sorry to hear of your
motor accident?
Lionel-Oh. thanks it's nothing. Ex-
pect to live through many more.
Minnie-Oh, but l hope not!
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-10-20
Out of Date.

Mrs. Longwed-I always c%ongratu-
late myself on having a model husband.
Mrs. Justwed-But you've had him
a good many years. My husbands a
this years model.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-10-20
DISGUST Mas Mutual.

Bride-I am disappointed in you. I
thought you had brains.
GrOOm-But think of my disappoint-
ment | thought you had money.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-10-20
Killed the SPIES.

Knicker-Why did you kill my chick
ems?
Becker-They were spies trying to
find out what l had planted.-New
York Sun.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-10-20
UnethicaI.

"Why did they manage to get Bull
lit out of that automobile club?'
Because every time he was arrest
ed for speeding he admitted he was
going just as fast as the cop charged"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-10-20
Not an Economist.

Are you practicing food economy"
Il tried 1t out, but it didn't work.
My husband simply refused to eat the
cold boiled egg that was left we from
the day before"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-10-20
Loan Is a Gift.

S h tt say,
old man, can you
lend me $40?
Longley = M
p o S i I've
tried to lend you
money S e
times, but you al
ways seem to look
upon it as a gift.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-24
!. s. SHOULD PAY FARES

Editor The star beg for
some Information and enllghten,
ment IN these times OF high cost
OF living. aud. being patriot. |
would like to know how one should
figure. having good.siged fam.
iN--will say about ten children
nd all with good. ordinary ap.
petite. and where the one who
VAS Just ready To help to ease mp
the burden In the way OF helping
90 support the little brothers and
aisters went and enlisted TO serve
his country. OF which certainly
approved. but nov here IL where
the rub comes
is Il right where a young man
OF rs years past who IL hard
working hoy and has been work
ing an the railroad as sestion
hand with the measiy sum they
pay for such labor. should pay hts
fare from bis home TO the Armory
five or six times. pay for hts liy.
ing and room reat. which is NJ
least 81. 80. aud fare round trip. VI :
Is It fair DO YOU not think
that when any young man offers
his service TO his country that the
country should stand at least his
travelling expense while he Is put
thru the Tormality az being accept
ed or rejected You viii notice
that most ~ these young men
come from families that are not
rich In money but certainly are the
right Kind OF material TO stand up
10 defend thelr country with their
btuod II necessary. &. H..
Bothcli
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-24
"UNDER TWO FLAGS"

and bis sister the Princess Veneiia
Corona
Amid the festivlty which reiSned
fhruout the camp one alone re-
mained apart.
His heart was sick. To remain
was TO risk that recognition "hicn
he so dreaded; and TO Zee was 10
leave IA desertcrs memory
lie shuddered AZ he sat In the
glow of the fire Of pinewood; she
was so near. and he could not be
hold her The evening wore away,
unmeasured By him Till voice
broke on his musing.
You are wanted yondcr
lie looked up YEARLY. could he
never be At peace?
"Milady wants TO rec you; Nine.
la PrincesHe. at once
He crossed the breadth that part
ed the encampment from the mar
quees Of the Generals and their
guests. unseen save by the SEN
tinels. TO the tents o. the Corona
suite. The Marshal and his male
visitors were still over their wine;
she had Withdrawn early; there
was no one 10 notice his visit e1.
ccpi the men on guard.
Madame, this In very merciful'
| know not how 10 thank you"
She motioned him TO a seat near
her.
Il only kept my word she an.
svered. for We leave the camp to-
morrow. Africa next week"
She paused; he merely bent his
head.
First" she continued. Il must
entreat you TO allow me TO tell
Philip what I know. You cannot
conceive how intensely oppressive
Il becomes 10 me TO have this Sc
cret from him"
His eyes turned on her with that
dumb agony which once before had
chilled her soul.
30 you think. II ! could speak In
honor. should not tell you all?"
But" she said. gently and hur-
r1edl may y not be that you
oycrrate the obligations OF honor?
II Is natural for an honorable man
TO ovefestimate the sacrifice re
CURED OF him. do not bid you
derise: ! only bid you confide in
Philip. who would sooner cut off
HIS own hand than counsel base
thing. Yours is magnificent mag.
nanimIty: but IL may surely be also
false Justice alike 10 yourself and
the world"
lie turned on her almos, fierceiy
IN the suffering she dealt him.
1t ia' II was madness a
Qulxotism the Wild, unconsidercd
act Of a fool What you VIII. But
II 70 done. cannot change the
choice Of a madman by repenting
OF Il with towards caprice. All.
You 90 not know how YOU tempt"
lie threw himself down beside
her as the incoherent words poured
out. his arms flung across The pile
OF cushions. his face hidden on
them.
She looked At him. moved to a
greater agitation than ever had had
sway over her.
Answer me- Choose for me-"
he said yehemently. BE my law"
She gave a gesture almost OF fear
Hush. hush The woman does
! not live who should be that 10 any
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-24
NEXT NOVEL
THE GOLD BUG"
BY Edgar Allan Poe

man"
You shall be II TO me- Choose
for me"
u cannot. You leave 40 much
in darkness and untold"
Nothing that you need know 10
decide your choice for me. save one
thing onIy--tbat ! love you"
As she heard her face grew as
white IA his own.
You give me great pain. great
surprise" she murmurcd. All +
can trust IL that your love ls OF
such sudden birth that II will die
az rapidly"
He interrupted her.
you mean that under no cir.
cumainnces even were ! TO
possess my lnheritance-could you
give me any hope that ] might
wake your tenderness"
She looked at him full In the
eyes with the old instinct OF refu-
sal which had made her 30 indlf-
ferent--and many said so pitilesS
to all. Al his gaze, however, her
own wandered from him.
Choose for me. Venetia." he
muttered at last once more.
She rose with what was almost
gesture OF despair.
Heaven help me, cannot Il
dare not And am no longer
capable OF being JUST"
Continued In Our Next Issue
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-24
Conscript Surplus Wealth

We into this for selfish sordid motive bur
only the world from slipping back the Dark Ages
VIC shall OF II with nothing gained except the
proud that have kept the faith and
trihu,ed share 10 the of mankind.
Ii may be a hard fought We may suffer many
There may be many darkeucd homes II promise
10 be ordeal tina, in all respects will manhood and
sincerity.
Here is whose only the nation has taken to
fight for the exalted principles that led into the The
has lost his life in battle The father lonely the
grave
Shall show to him. then, the carefully guarded mill
lions of neighbor? Shall remind him that while
called for the sacrifice OF lives and the breaking of hearts
kept intact the heaps of dollars'
We have enlisted We enlist the dollars just
As
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-24
Continued From our las, lssue)

Continued From Our Last issue)
Lord Royallieu," she said. soft.
~. you may be Chssseur OF the
African Army. but none the less
are you Peer OF England, This
liz madness"
no, II IL neither. have told
you should stand az a fclon In the
eyes OF the English law"
but why do you permit q false
charge 10 rest on you. and consign
Yourself forever to this cruel
agony"
His lips shook as he answered
her.
because ! can do no less In
honor Tor Gods sake. do not you
tempt me-"
Forgive me" ahe said. after a
long pause. Il sill never ask you
that again"
She could honor honor too well,
over TO become his temptress In
bidding him forsake a. She stood
silent long. leaning against the
oval OF the easement. In the dis.
lance there approached three rid.
ers. She started. and turned TO him.
1T Is Philip lie Is coming for
me from your camp today"
His eyes strained thru the sun.
glare.
g, cannot NEE, him have not
strength. For Heavens sake prom.
ire inc never 10 speak my name -
Il promise until you release me. p"
And you can believe me limo
cent slill. In face OF all7'
She stretched her hands 10 him
once more. Great. burning tears
fell upon her fingers as he bent
over them
God bless you. You were an
angel OF pity TO me in your child.
hood In your womanhood you give
me the only mercy | have known
since The laS, day you looked upon
M face Ma come 10 you once
morr7"
"Yes.' she granted simply.
In The GOODNESS OF the late even.
lng. her brother lounRcd with her
and watched the afterglow burn
out.
MY dear Veneiia'" cried the
seraph. Il inquired for your sculp.
tor-t-.asEeur-that fellow Victor
but failed 10 sec him. for he had
been sent on an expedition. by
the way. In Berkeley gone7"
Left yesterday"
What for?-where to?"
Il VAS not Interested to inquire. .
"Ah' you never liked him Odd
enough 10 leave wIthou, reason or
apology"
Tic had HIS reasons. doub;iess'
Her brother looked a. her earn.
.stly. there was a care upon her
face nes 10 him
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-05-24
FROM JAPANESE VIEWPOINT

Editor The Star have read
with grcat interest your editorial
on the nov proposal to suspend the
immigration Law. In order to per
nit Oriental immigration into this
country. hut nov let me say some
thing about Il from the Jspancss
point OF view. II was very funny
10 be voiced. such a proposal by
Americans themselves much more
so hon Il Il made b. the Ameri.
cans on the Pacific coast
Do they remember WHY tue Jap
ansc government made toe gentle.
mons agreement with the tnitei
States government. and What VAS
III. cause OF the Japanese Ameri'
can problem
There " no shortage oil labor In
this country What seems 10 be ~
Ia not real. but II Ia because many
people. mostly men, forgetting
themselves or the sacredness o. Ia
Dor. want to get easy money by
easy work: and they arc quite IN.
different 10 the welfare OF the na.
ton whom We call Sla kers OF Ia
boz. Il the mans labor ~ short.
let ,he women work In place OF
men
The California question. which
Ia properly called toe Japanese
American problem. was caused by
the immigrants from the Orient,
and endangered the friendly rria.
lions nf these Two countries.
A. TO the japanese immigration.
I don't think u necessary 10 have
them inmigra,c TO this country any
more. and tn. Japanese government
does not want Il either. because u
viii not b. desirable for the fu'
tur. Of both countries
Tue American misunderstanding
abou; Japan and Japanese "a
mainly caused by the uncdnca,ed