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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-05
GREAT CROSSES
TO BLAZE FORTH
[Continued From First Pagcl

CONTINUED From First Pagc1
pected to be striking. 1t will be of un-
usual interest because it is the first
time that anything of the sort has been
arranged in this city.
Ministers Laud Step
The structures from which the
illuminated crosses will be seen are
the Bell Telephone Building and the
Union Trust Building in Market Square
the Kunkel Building at the corner OF
Third and Market streets and the
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH build
ing. The crosses will blaze from to
10 o'clock.
Many favorable comments on the
plan were made to-day by ministers
and businessmen of the city. 1t was
the opinion of all that it would bring
forcibly to the people the significance
of Good Friday. The plan was sug-
gested by the HARRISBURG TELE-
GRAPH
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-05
New Hair Remouer
Gets Roots and All

Here's the greatest thing for hairs
distigured womankind that has hap
pened in a hundred years! A way to
actually remove the roots of super
tiuous hair - easily. instantly, and
harmlessly! A method that does away
forever with shaving, electrolysis, and
the application of preparations which
merely take off the surface hair.
The new phelactine process is so cer-
tain to remove the hair entire, roots
and all, that druggists are authorized
to refund the price in any case of dis
ness about phelactine, and il is en-
tirely non -poisonous-a child could
safely eat 1t. Get a stick of phelactine
today, follow the simple directions.
and you will have the surprise of your
life. With your own eyes you will
see the roots come out.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-05
GERMAN PRESS Is
BITTER OVER WAR
President Wilson Attacked For
aUpholding American
Rights
By AssOeidted Ptess

Berlin, April 4. via London, April 5.
Bitter personal attacks on President
Wilson and the reputation of the dis
tinction he drew between the German
people and their government feature
the comments of the German news
papers on the Presidents message to
Congress.
The Lokal Anzeiger says: America
must know that the assurance of
President Wilson that the war is di-
rected not against the German people,
but the German government, cannot
detract from the anger which his atti-
tude during the whole war has fos-
tered and which his last message has
famed into a bright flame For this
assurance is untrue and dishonest, as
all the rest of the document from the
first word to the last. Mr.. Wilson
knows that no war in all history was
so little dynastic and none so much a
war of whole people fighting for ex-
istence as this one, which was forced
on Germany by a circle of enemies in
all parts of the world whose hate was
born of envy"
''Wanted War"
Germania says: President Wilson
wanted war and nobody can get past
that. History will never go beyond
that point and history will Judge the
more severely because it can be said
to-day that war over such questions
would have been impossible at an
other time, especially between the
United States and Germany. Were we
at war with only one or other of our
enemies. President Wilson would never
have conceived the idea of pulling his
country into such n bloody adventure.
But the obvious side of war which
is based on such weak foundation is
the fact that it comes from a man
who has so far set himself up as a
sort of moral judge who felt called
to bring the world to eternal peace.
Even to-day no country is worse fitted
for such role than the United States.
As little as Italy and Rumania could
turn the scales against us. so little will
the United States be able to change
the tide of war
Sees Bad Faith
The Nossische Zeitung says: Those
who have so far doubted the bad faith
of President Wilson will know better
when they read the malicious distor-
tion of truth which forms the chief
contents of his message. His attempt
to set up a difference between the Ger
man government and the German peo-
pie is as perfidious and as absurd as
his claim that the German kaiser
started the war for dynastic reasons
and that the German war party spon-
sored it for conquest. This is contrary
to President Wilson's own knowledge
and merely for the purpose of agita-
ton obviously in line with his British
principles.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-05
This Greek Dance Was
Just a Little Too Much

Kansas City. April A tall
stranger. who admitted "he was much
in liquor" sang an Irish melody as
he walked into the Wyandotte county
treasurer's office. Miss Kate L. Co
wick county treasurer, and Miss
Grace Wallace. an assistant, were
alone in the room.
Inside. the stranger illustrated his
song with a few steps, paused and in
quired of the women what was their
favorite dance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-05
VIRGIN ISLANDS GARRISON

Washington. April 5. - Two hun
dred and fifteen United States marines
from Haiti and Santo Domingo have
been landed in the Virgin Islands, for
merly the Danish West Indies. to form
the first United States garrison in this
newly acquired island possession.
These soldiers of the sea- having
been stationed ashore guarding the
American legations abroad and the
naval stations in the island possessions
of the United States for years. the gar
risoning of the Virgin Islands is no
new duty for them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-05
West End Democrats
Back Wilson in Resolution

Commencing President Wilson's
course in asking Congress to declare
a state of war existing between this
country and Germany, members of the
West End Democratic Association last
night unanimously adopted a resolu-
tion to this effect. In it they pledged
moral, physical and financial sup
port.
The resolution was offered by John
II. Maloney, president of the organi-
zation, and a few moments later the
entire association approved it. A copy
will be sent to washington.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-05

I'VE like the Greek Dances" they
said.
pared to furnish the entertainment.
First off came his hat, then his coats
then his shirt.
Heavens" said the women as they
broke through the door.
When the Court House attaches
assisted him out of the office he
answered:
"Just few fanshy stepshs."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-19
"Old Newsboys' Day" Proves Inspiration

BIRMINGHAM responded generously to the appeal made
 yesterday for worthy institutions devoted the poor and forochidren and old and other dependents whom society must for.
 The 'od newsboys acquitted themselves we'll The day
 in every way Not shower about could dampen the willing workers for humane Prominent c who sold newspapers the streets for charity entered thoroughly into the spirit of the occasion and they mparted the glow of their weldong to thousands of people, with the suit that sales brisk and there Old Scrooge in town who dared ask for change
 Red ribbons, indicating that the had paid dollar more for his paper much in evidence Many pedestrians of limited means gladly paid quarters and hafdolar and while they not decorated their contributions fully appreciated and swcled the total amount raised
 Theatrical people playing engagements i'll Birmingham gave their services willingly and helped provide entertainment for the ongs who gathered about temporary platforms erected at street Young society girls citizens in all walks of
 e business clubs and other organizations worked hard from early morning until night
 'Od Newsboys' Day' inspiration to all who took part and all who contributed according their means The great heart of Birmingham still beats warm for humanity
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-19
GROWTH OF BIRMINGHAM
he Mobile Register.

ETOln the MODllc htSiSltI.
 x A revised United States census esti- mate gives Birmingham population ot 212, ,4S6, making Alabamas first city the second city of the south, and taking from Atlanta her proud position of Empire City of this section.
 The growth of the Magic City within tho past 10 years has been marvellous, and indications are that it is just be- was given by the Steel Corporation when ir recently appropriated $11,O00,0oO for inn plovements and betterments of it's plant in the Birmingham district This is a side of the money it will attract to Bir- mingham before many years have passed.
 It is stated on good authority that Birmingham is the center of the largest tinent. Red mountain, on whose sides part of Birmingham is built, is her great est asset. And in coming years Red mountain and the Warrior river another great asset, will make Birmingham a rival of Pittsburg whence the Alabama town derived its name.
 What Philadelphia and her great in- dustries are to the Pittsburg district, what Baltimore is to the Bethlehem dis trict. Mobile one day should be to the Birmingham district. The logic of events points to it, and all that it will need
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-19

By Samuel Minturn Peck. 'Tis pleasant to walk along Riverside To gaze from the bank on the water and mark The tugs and the launches like bees
 from hive, And at night time the steamboats
 that gleam in the dark To list meath the boughs what the sum-
 mer winds say To dream in the starlight:--it lightens
 ones care I know 'tis all charming, and yet. any
 day I'd rather stroll around Washington
 Square. In Central Park. too, there is much to
 delight It's pathways that lrre winding alleys
 of green; It's equipaged roadways all fashion-be-
 dight, With color and glitter soul-stirring
 scene; The riders. the drivers, the belles and
 the beaux, They blossom like flowers while talk
 ing the air; 'Tis all gay and lovely-but I'd rather go And wander an hour in Washington
 Square. have not forgotten fair Fifth avenue. e No, not for a moment. I'm free to
 admit There's nothing quite like it; and five
 o'clock. too
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-19
SHE WASN'T so CRAzy

From te Cincinnati Enquirer. Catherine Alsopp, washerwoman of Sheffield, England, hanged herself with a clotheslne in her bedroom. The coro- ners jury rendered a verdict of Suicide during temporary insanity" even though the following verse, written by the wom- an just before she hanged herself, Mas read for the benefit of the jury: Here lies poor woman who always was
 tired; She lived in house where help was not
 hired. Her last words on earth were: Dear
 friends, I am going Where washing ain't done, nor sweeping,
 nor sewing; But everything there is exact to my
 wishes, For where they don't eat there's no
 washing of dishes. I'll be where loud anthems will always
 be ringing, But, having no voice. I'll be clear of tho
 singing. Don't mourn for me now; don't mourn
 for me never I'm going to do nothing for ever and
 yer"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-19
War Subsidiaries
Made in Germamy

n WARTIME comedy with a EN tragic ending is related by a newspaper man of Prague, in de- layed dispatch received by way of Amsterdam. An artist in Prague grew tired of life and decided to com init suicide. He took what he supposed to be deadly poison, but waited Tn vain to die. The next day. he had the remains of the vial analysed. He had taken "war substitute.
 Still bent on self destruction, he tried to hang himself, but the rope was made of paper pulp and broke. Viewing these frustrated attempts as a sign of good fortune, he hied him briskly to restaurant and ate what he supposed to be meat stew. The stew was also "war substitute" and two hours later the artist died.
 Behind this story of luckless German, lies the tragedy of the Ger man people, whose very existence de- pends on substitutes. Indomitable scientists of the fatherland have made discoveries of great value, by which Germany has been able to continue the war, but there must be many dreary instances where the "war sub stitute" not only fails to serve the purpose for which it is intended, but in the case of foodstuffs, causes dis ease, suffering and death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-19
LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

Fate pulls off some queer stunts It often mates a woman who reads noth- ing but religious periodicals with a man who reads nothing but the sporting page.
 A girl doesn't mind knowing that she hasn't any brains as long as she knows that she is pretty.
 A senu3ne pessimist hopes for the worst because he never expects his hopes to be realized.
 Sometimes woman gets so that she can't even make up her mind without the aid of rouge and a powder rag.
 Give a woman plenty of closets in a house and she will take chance on a skeleton getting into one of them.
 It amazes us that some theatrical pro- ducer hasn't thought of pulling off a revival of Ben Hur with automobiles in the chariot race.
 Figures may fool the single men, But the married men know that they are not always what outward appearances indicate.
 An heiress doesn't have to fish for a husband. She can always buy one in the open market.
 Some of these days a genius is going to invent skirt that can be worn rear side in front when it wears slick be- hind. But he'R never be able to in- vent that kind of a skirt for a corn fed girl.
 Kipling was all wrong when he said that a woman is only woman. as any married man can tell you. She can also be an angel and devil at times.
 Our idea of a superman Is one who can entertain a sense of humor and a toothache at the same time.
 This is strange world, in which the flower of the family often develops into the wall flower.
 A man places a heap of faith in his wife. He will set the alarm clock for 6:30 and then tell his wife to be sure and get him up at 7:30. woman never knows what she doesn't want until after she gets it.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-19
KIuttz Phi Gamma Delta Man

'I noticed in your issue of Monday, July Is, 1917, an account of the transfer of MT. Warren L. Kluttz from Tusca- loosa to Sheffield" said Eugene H. flaw kins of Bessemer 'The article states: He also took large interest in the Sigma Nu fraternity at the University of Alabama
 "As a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at the University of Ala bama, and having known MT. Kluttz as a member of my fraternity from the University of North Carolina for the past two years, I make the request in behalf of our chapter at the university that as soon as convenient you make the correction. It will be most highly ap- preciated by my fraternity, MT. Kluttz and Secretary of War Baker, the two last named being members of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity instead of the Sigma Nu.
 "I wish to congratulate The Age-Her .ald on its paper, which, in my opinion is the peer of the state dailies."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-19
WASHINGTON SQUARE

Is the hour to choose at d window to
 sit And glimpse through the smoke-rings the
 gorgeous array & To muse on the follies that challenge
 a stare: M But as soon as the tribute to wonder I
 pay, I What a joy to return then to Wash
 ington Square! I know it is old--some deem it passee; see but above it quaint aureole. And what if its glory is faded today? While aging it's beauty hath found it
 a soul. With the years that have vanished, the
 dim long ago,
 Time only hath robbed it of what it
 could spare; And now but the sweetest of memories
 flow
 From the stately old houses of wasn-
 ington Square. The tall windows smile on the people
 that pass;
 A lingering blessing I feel as I stray, And gently it steals to the trees and
 the grass
 To twine round the children that pratt
 tie and play. o long may it bide in the great city's
 heart, By the footsteps of traffic untouched
 is the prayer pr all who love poetry, music, andsSrt, A home for the Muses dear Washing ton Square 7,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-19
EFFECTIVE TESTIMONY
From Everybody's.

rom EVerybodys. s.
 The budding authoress had purchased a typewriter, and one morning the agent called and asked
 How do you like your new type writer, madame?"
 Its wonderful" was the enthusiastic reply. T wonder how I ever done my writing without it.''
 Would you mind," asked the agent. giving me little testimonial to that effect?'
 Certainly not" she responded 'I'n do it gladly"
 Seating h'Sself at the machiAe, she pounded out the following:
 "Afteb using thee Automatid Back -ac- tion atype write, CT for three emonth an d Over, I unhesitatingly pronoun ce it tobe al ad more that the manufac- turss claim. for it Durinh the tim e been in nlyy possession a B. thre month it had more tn an paid for Itself in thee saving off tim e andD laborr-'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-19
Messer Proud of Peaches

Il suppose people thought I was brag- ging about my peaches" said R. P. Messer, and so l have brought in a bas- ket from one of my trees to show that I had a right to boast. I think they are as fine as can be grown anywhere in the south. Since notice of my lit tie home orchard appeared in this col umn week or so ago, I have been busy answering letters from the city and state asking me to give the varieties. l had to have a lot of carbon copies made to supply the demand. Evidently everybody reads the lobby column"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-19
GEORGE WIILlLIllERS

Shrewsbury. to whom he addressed these lines:
 What a dull fool was I, to think so
 gross lie,
 As that I ever was in love before"
 Lady Buckingham bore his infidelities after the fashion of the day. as a mat ter of course. Jealousy was then an impertinence, and her husband, what ever his conduct, had ever treated her with kindness of manner. For years he had continued to live with the Coun- tess of Shrewsbury, and two months after her husbands death, had taken her to his home Then, at last, the Duchess of Buckingham indignantly observed that she and the countess could not possibly live together.
 So I thought, madam" was the re- ply. T have therefore ordered your coach to take you to your father's.' The duke retreated with the countess to Claverdon, near Windsor, where they lived for sometime, and. on the death of Charles II in 1885, Buckingham re- tired to the small remnant of his York shire estates. His debts were now set down at the sum of $7QO,o0o and they were liquidated by the sale of his es- tates.
 Bucl1ingham's death took place at Helmsby, in Yorkshire, and the irn- mediate cause was an ague and fever. It is said that when he was dying, d minister from the neighborhood asked him what religion he professed. Tt is.' replied the dying man, "an insignificant question, for l have been sham and disgrace to all religions"
 The duke left scarcely a friend to mourn his life. The Duchess of Buck ingham survived him several years, dy- ing in 1705 They left no children and the title, therefore, became extinct which at one time had been enjoyed by the great and gifted family of vil- Hers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-19
ADRIFT WITH THE TIMES
A PLEA FOR CHARITY.

A FLEA FOR C1ARlI4. Nicholas Romanoff says he is poor, Talks as if hungers wolf stood at his
 door Sadly inquires if the government will Maintain his family, paying the bill. What's half million now?" murmurs
 Czar Nick. Hitherto I have had always first pick. "skimming the cream off Russia's great
 store, Never quite weary of calling for more" Thus he laments, and the bitter tears
 fall. Do we pity Nicholas? sooth, not at all.
 THE MODERN EQUIVALENT. When we were youngsters we used to dream of growing up and being pi- rates"
 That's true. Still, don't believe my son is a mollycoddle simply because he has never expressed desire to be the commander of a U-boat"
 HAS ALL HE CAN DO. "It's too bad that our soldiers haven't found suitable marching song" "The regulars may need something of that sort" replied the man who had just returned from a visit to training camp, "but my observation is that rookie on hike Is usually short of breath and couldn't sing song if he had one.'
 A DIscREDITED EXPERT. "sit down and let's talk about the war"
 NO, thank you.''
 'Why not?
 I'm one of those misguided persons who predicted that the war would end last year"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-19

From the Pittsburg Post. III T was the profiigate habits of George villiers, the second Duke of Buck ingham, that caused the name to become extinct, although he must be credited with wit and talents and with having done something for the literary taste of his age. His questionable in- |seemed to stoop to nothing to further his ends.
 When villiers learned that Cromwell had bestowed York House upon Richard Fairfax, and that he had an only daughter, Mary, Villiers at once set out to win her, hoping not only to gain her fortune, but to have restored to him his own.
 At the time Mary was IS years of age, and although not very attractive the conscienceless duke De Grammont tells us that Mary, in her early mar ried life, became a short fat body" and in the latter period Vicomtess de Longueville described her as little round crippled woman, very fond of finery," and she adds that on visiting the duchess one day she found her. though in mourning, in a klnd of loose robe over her. all edged and laced with gold.
 Mary knew of villiers outrageous infidelities, and she should not have
 
 married him. But she did on September G. 1875. Cromwell was highly exasper- ated at the nuptials, for he had intend- ed Villiers for one of his own daugh- ters, and because he had married Mary Fairfax he committed him to the tower where he remained until the death of the pretender.
 For sometime after his release he lived a quiet and respectable life, and was accorded high honors py the king. Finally he got into a scandalous in trigue with Anna Maria, Countess of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-19
Band Players I'm
 Demand For Army

1NHE demand for bandsmen for our
 U national army that will fight in France is greater than the supply. It will not be long before nearly 700,- 900 American troops will be ready for the front. A band will be needed for every regiment-at the start be- tween six and seven hundred bands of between fifteen and twenty men each. Of course, the regulars and the National Guard have their bands al- ready, but the regiments raised by conscription must find their band material chiefly among the amateur musicians.
 President Wilson has manifested much interest in the army bands. Nothing is so restful to the tired sol dier and nothing is so inspiring to the soldier about to make charge as music.
 In view of the heavy demand for band players and the short time al- lowed for training it would be well for the war department to appoint high-class bandmaster-a man of the Sousa type-to take charge of the musical section of the national army during the continuance of the war. Sousa performed a patriotic service as volunteer when he undertook to organize and drill 300 band musicians for the navy at the great lakes. He might be induced to do the same kind of work for the army in France. But he would need many assistant band masters. Sousa himself, however, would be wonderful inspiration.
 As many amateur cornet players and other performers on brass as there are in this country there are few who play with style or who could pass an entrance examination in Eng land or France But Uncle Sam, being so greatly in need of musicians, cannot afford to be very exacting at this time. Many third or fourth rate player will be accepted now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-19
Knox Is Also Poetic

T was greatly interested in what Secretary Lane had to say about the friendliness of our Alabama oaks, as reported in your last Sundays paper,' said John B. Knox of Anniston. Tt shows that he has the soul of poet have always felt that the outstretching limbs were natures way of shaking hands with men. 1 am on the building committee of the library and one of the trees sends a friendly branch up to one of the windows. Some wanted it cut away, but I begged to let it stay, for somehow it makes for homelikeness''