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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28
Two Friends,

661s HERE is too much petty spite.~
said a society woman one day at
the Acorn Club in Philadelphia, among
women who pretend to be friends.
Two women sat at tea the other aft-
ernoon in New York restaurant.
There goes Mr.. Smith in his new
car said one of the women. She adds
ed. with a shipper. What IL fibbing fiat<
terer he is. to be sure!
why? Did he tell you you were
pretty said the other woman. colby,
No. said the first woman. He told
me YOU were"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28

i
1t is great school for the highest of
high mathematics and Gen. ,Nivelle's
December victory at Verdun shows it..
He came out an artillery lieutenant
wished to be an aIl-round man in his
profession-he became a student in the
famous cavalry school of Saumur.
where even the United States sends its
young officers. This was not enough
for his desire of thoroughness, and he
next prepared and passed the severe
examinations OF the Higher School of
War This started him on his career
as general staff officer of the French
army.
The China compaign of 1900 and 1901
found him a captain and left him chief
of squadron. Then he was given a
special mission in Chosen and his re-
port. which was published. shows he
can write as well as fight. He came
back to command artillery in Corsica,
was next sent to Algiers. and there
was made chief of staff for the army
division. And then he was taken to be
a member Of the superior council Of
war This had been steady slow
progress upward in ranks. as is the
habit of peace, but he stood high in
the confidence of his superiors. And
actual war found him a simple artillery
colonel.
The 5th Artillery Regiment in gar
rison at Besaucon moved with the Ith
French Army Corps into Afsace whe.1
the war began under Col. Nivelle. At
the battle OF Dornach they smashed
with the fire of their batteries some
twenty-seven enemy cannon. At the
battle of the Marine. month later. tn :
German army. in it's terrific rush on
ward, was on the point of forcing tn =
retreating French across the River
Ourcq, just outside Paris. Col. Nivelle.
without orders. got together the cam
non he had left-twenty in sr-and
ran them IN front of the shaken in
fantry. opening quick fire at short dis
tance on the charging German troop
An entire German division was deci
mated. and fell back in great disorder
on it's own lines. The French so d 'ers
bad time to pull themselves together-
and they did not fall back again.
TWO weeks later Col. Nivele PLAYED
his guns with like success at the Aisne,
to which the German armies had has
tily retreated in their turn. He had
won his stars. and in Octobe'. 1914. he
had lecome Gen. N'veile in comma nd
Of tie brigade which stopped the
enemy before scissors.
In February. 1915, he was given an
entire division. and in June he brpke
the German line of trenches at QUEEN
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nevieres at the exact point assigned to
him in the attack. 1t was noticed then
that his most fatal work on the enemy
was with the least loss for his own
men. No wonder the military chiefs
began looking out for him,
By the end of 1915 Gen. Nivelle's
upward course put him in command
of the entire Sd Army Corps. In Janu-
airy and February. 1916. he accomplish
ed the difficult task of taking back all
that the Germans had. lately gained by
a surprise attack on what we now
call the Somme. From there, he was
rushed hastily in March to Nerdun,
where the Germans were making their
mightiest effort. In fifteen days he
won eleven fights and took back all the
ground which the enemy had gained
in his sector. No wonder that he was
given, on May 2, command of the entire
I'd army, on both sides of the Meuse,
There-at Verdun-Gen. Nivelle and
his men fought for seven long months.
until final victory in mid-December.
He had already been named to take
the place of Joffre, but he was allowed
to go back and command his men in
the final attack. Like all his fighting,
it was the work of mathematical
who calculates the enemys positions
to an inch and the play of his own can
non to second, SO that the destruc-
ton of heavy defenses may be complete
before the infantry charge. NO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28
The Two Types.

n GORGE ABE was talking about the
vi intricacies of the English Ian
guage.
There's that word smart for in
stance he said. The word may mean
highly Intellectual or again it may
mean fashionab le.' chic or elegant
"A man wanted 20 present me to a
lady the other day.
She's very, very smart, he said.
But I asked cautiously:
'Smart-humph. High brow or low
neck type?". "a sT $50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28
The Costly Passion.

A DETECTIVE was talking about a
"a twenty -doilar-a- week clerk who
had been living at the rate of 100000
a year for tv o years previous to his
ar est for theft.
1T was. of course. love" said he,
~ hich started this t"en y-dol ar clerk
to buying tWelve-cylinder automobiles.
champagne sippers, platinum wrist
" "a ches ard gold mesh bags.
'On. love-
"'Tis love. it's love. which makes the
world go round. and it's also love which
prevents a chaps salary from going
half or even quarter way"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28
Goodbye, Home Life.

IS A PRIMARY cause of divorce is the
&@ disappearance of home life-the
extinction among US of all home senti-
ment"
The speaker was Mary Pickford, the
movie actress She went on:
"A man said to me the other day: .
" No, I'm rarely home. You'll find
me. as rule, at the country club. I'd
rather play golf than eat
" But how about your WIFE said l.
Does she approve of such sentiments?
Sure" he answered. Shed rather
play bridge than cook
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28

60wo months will be given over
III to a probe of the cost of living
TX in the District of Columbia
Already the bureau of labor
statistics of the Department of Labor
has increased its force of young wom-
probers to ten in number. If the
developments of the next few days
prove that the investigation isn't NOV
ing along swiftly enough to warrant
it's conclusion at the appointed time.
the force will be further augmented.
What il costs to live in the National
Capital will soon be added to the in
formation of the country at large.
But this information. as it will finally
be compiled and tabulated, is not cal
culated 10 contribute to the enlighten-
nent OF any new congressman who
have not yet been initiated into the
whirl of capital life. nor for political
aspirants after political Jobs here in
the departments who are wondering
how much it costs to maintain a house
hold in Washington.
The facts. as they are now being
gathered, will not beneht the prospec-
tive givers of dinners. receptions or
parties. On the other hand. the first
question that the young woman probers
ask when they ring the bell of house
is: Does the head of this house make
more or less than 81 800 per annum!
and IL the answer is more than l,Soo,
they turn upon their heels and proceed
to the house next door. The purpose is
to find out how families living on
81 .S00 and less manage to make both
ends meet.
So the family that is not inconven-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28

ed by the weight of the gram sample
less the coke and the moisture.
Volatile matter is the gaseous COM
bustible matter derived from heating
coal in closed vessel. The fixed car
hon represents the similar solid COM
bustible matter. the latter giving far
greater heat units. The fixed carbon is
ascertained by substracting from the
gram sample the combined moisture,
ash and volatile matter.
All this seems so simple, as il is eX-
planned by Harry NJ Cooper. assistant
chemist in charge, that it looks very
for himself he meets another PROPOSE
ton. 1t is hard to realize that one can
find out from a thimbleful of black
powder what the constituent parts of
a load of coal are. but it works out
right every time if the samples are uni
form.
The heat-givng power of coal can be
ascertained by series of analyses to
determine the chemical constituents
BY elaborate computations from these
results, the amount of heat in that coal
can be calculated. But the bureau of
mines has devised a simple and direc,
way of reaching the same end. The
heat power of given quantity of coal
is expressed in the number of its Brit
1sh thermal units, or the amount of
heat required to raise the temperature
of one pound of water one degree The
French speak of caloric or the guam
tity of heat that raises the tempera-
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fenced by the present prohibitive price
of beefsteak will only be slightly in
terested in the facts that the bureau
is now assembling under the direction
of Dr. Royal Neeker. commissioner,
and Ethelbert Stewart. chief clerk.
Rather will those families who main
tain an average standard of living con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28

This is a record OF rapid advance
ment in the French army and in this
war. What kind of a man is this Gen.
Nivelle?
Well. he looks like an Englishman
and he is. in reality. half English; he
had an English mother. Gen. Joffre
was already the establishment of all
those English and Americans who
think Frenchman must be small
and forever gestculating. Joffre is
tail. massive. inperturba BILE, with
broad unmoved face and kindly eyes
under bushy gray eyebrows HIS SOL
diers all called him Papa Joffre-
They are enthusiastic also over their
new commanderin-c chief and will fight
TO the death for him and with him, as
they have been doing at Nerdun. but
"Papa." He is too British for that,
though not at all with Byron's British
rnatron's stony stare. No, he has known
how to excite among his men all that
devoted confidence which war leader
must have; and those who come in con
tact with him realize his watchful
kindness. He is tall, with head thrown
back. a face Ike "A cameo and piercing
siveness and. where Joffre wrinkles
hnperturbably. Gen. Nive!les face is i'm
passive. That is the English Of it.
In the month of MAY of DR.. Samuel
Johnson idst year. i'o1, ne dt
the invitation of Garrick's widow, with
Mrs Elizabeth Carter. Miss Hannah
Moore and Miss Fanny Burney
"rhere are not three women like them.
he said: and the three names remain
IL, our English literature. Mrs. Elizabeth
Carter was Gen. Nivelle's great grand
aunt She was a learned lady and
translated Epictetus from the Greek
The generals great-grandfather was
also a true Rr.ton who published two
volumes of his travels in France and
elsewhere abroad. He found every
thing lovel~-when tx was just the
same as in England. The generals
En.Iish- tnGtheI 2 Miss Srarrow. edu-
ucat~d in France, had relatives in both
English army and navy
Gen. Niyeile is d soldier born by his
French family. He was born in his
fathers garrison and his French grand
father was an officer decorated by Ma
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specisI Correspondence of The Star.
PARIS January Is, 1917.
CHE French people have had time
to get used to Gen. Nivelle, who
was suddenly. in December, put
q in place of Joffre as active COM
mander- chief of the northern ana
northeastern armies-that is, along the
whole French front. Gen. Joffre had
come to seem an essential part of the
war front and with the war he has
grown old. He has been promoted up
ward and remains the generalissimo-
governments counselor for all the
armies on all the fronts-and he has
moved his staff up to Neuilly, at the
gates of Paris.
Gen. Nivelle is young in age as gen
erals go-hfty-nine years old. But ne
is younger still in promotion, which
is a French novelty resulting from war
and its changes.
when war burst from clear sky
Nivelle was an artillery colonel IN
frontier garrison. In two months,
after two citations in the order of bat
tie DAYS, he was made brigaGier gem
eral Four months more in the thick
of the fight and he became DIVISION
general After two more months he
was named commander of the Legion
of Honor as reward of fighting merit
At the beginning of 1916 he was given
command of army corps and. on the
Cd of May, of the whole second army
around Verdun. At his moment of fnai
victory, in December, he was made
grand officer of the Legion OF Honor,
and the same week he was named COM
mander-in-chief of all the fighting
French armies in France. the post of
active service which Joffre had held
until then.
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ture. but the bureau has guaranteed to
all of its co-operators that the infor-
nation given will be held as strictly
confidential.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28

The food items cover all staple ar
ticles that form part of the meals serv-
ed upon the ge table. The agents
are supposed to set down as nearly as
possible the quantity and cost of beef.
veal. pork. mutton, poultry. sea food.
eggs. milk, cream, butter, cheese, tea,
coffee, sugar. molasses. lard, -four,
cornmeal, bread, rice, cereals, fruit,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
Evangelistic Services Are
Opened in Two Churches

Evangelistic services were opened
in two city churches yesterday. At
the Ridge Avenue Methodist Church,
a campaign is being conducted by the
rev. David Hughes, of WaIe !. At the
christ Lutheran Church, the Rev. Or.
Walter Russell, Oak Park, ILL.,, is the
evangelist At the Ridge Avenue
church, DIR. Hughes began building
UP "a choir yesterday.
Or. Russell began his campaign
with three sermons, morning, after
noon and evening. The subjects of
his sermons were: Morning, THE
Value of the Vision" afternoon,
Bible Botany" and in the evening,
Rights of Redemption" Meetings
VIII be held each evening, except
Saturday night.
At the Derry Street United Breth-
rem Church, DIR. George B. Huille, OF
the Moody Bible Institute, will be-
gin an evangelistic service, January
9Th. At the Stevens Memorial Church,
Thirteenth and Vernon streets, an
evangelistic program will be opened
next Sunday morning. The CAM
paign will close January 30th. The
campaign will be known as THE
Win-One League Evangelistic Cam
paign."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31

Tomorrow. at the Orpheum Thea
ter, the Cort Theater. New York, pro-
duction of Victor Herbert
THE and Henry Blossom 5
Pat" "The Princess Pat" will
nee, and night From it's opening
night. in New York. it played with
undated success for over six months,
ana after short road tour it will re-
turn to the metropolis, where 1t is
safe to assert it will prove as great
taNorite as during its original run.
FOR The Princess Pat" Mr.. Blossom
Is very bright and humorous and.
what Is more, has given to it con-
slstent and interesting story of the
manner in which a Irritation may be
employed TO win back the warm love
OF husband by his charming, but
neglected little wife. In evolving this
plot to its satisfactory conclusion. an
plications are met with
Combined with a book that fairly
sclntlllates, arc score of numbers i'm
Mr. Herberts characteristically happy
style. There is rather wide range of
music going from the whistleabl
klhd TO that which borders very close
TO MS grand operas, "Natoma" and
Madeleine.' An unusually elaborate
scenic equipment, from the studio of
rioinore nom F. Emens, Americas fore
most scenic artist, is promised. The
pay mas three scenes, all laid on Long
island. The first shows beautiful
garden, the second a livingroom,
WhiIe the third is a Smokingroom of
the Wcstmoreland Hunt Club, all per-
rect specimens of the best there is in
that particular art.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE
By HSSociafcG 1FcSs


PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 81. - Wheat =
Steady; No. i, red, s2.27; No. |, soft,
red. s2.SS; 10. ). red, :S.3l; No. :. soft, f.
red. 1919; No. 4. red s2'17; No T. SOFT
Corn - Market nominal; No. 2;
yellow. s2.35@2.40: No. 3. No T. and
No. 5. yellow nominal o
wSitt. Gfss 91qsse; Markf{ No. !, hF% White. Gse
Bran - Quiet. but steady; soft
winter, per ton. s4650@47OO; spring
per ton, $44.50 a 1870. a
poRaapsS RspsS sqge!' sase! lnG NasFsf ssrsnulatSd
Butter = The market is firm
western. creamery, extras. 5Oc; near
by prints, fancy, sac. ,.,,,o,,;,
Eggs-Market firm; PennsylVahld'
and other nearby firsts. free cases '.s
s17.7O@1S.OO per case; do, current re-
ceipts, free cases, $17.4O per case
western. extras i'sts. Tree 1ases 49,
$17.70Q1S.00 per case; do. nrsts, ,Se inse
cases, $17.70 per case; selecteu' PacN
ed, 81 D6Sc per dozen. >r,,,
Cheese = Quiet, but steady; New
York, full creams, 22q 25c. oo0
Live Poultry = Quiet; fowls, hfc,,ens S%g
SSe; roosters: @ 1ge; ,Sp sPriRs as a SSc; do.
Indian Runner, 22@24c; geese 2oQ
CSC; turkeys. 27@2Sc.
Dressed Poultry The market
is steady, but quiet; turkeys, nearby
choice, to fancy, 35@3Sc DO,
fair to good, 32@34c; do, old, 81 q SSc
do. western, choice to fancy, .S5 S6c'
do, fair to good, 300 S4c; 40
old toms. 31@32c; do, old, common,
24@ 26c; fowls, fancy, $50 29hc; good
to choice, 2S6D2Shc; do, small sizes,
22@27c; old roosters, 23c; broiling
chickens, nearby, 3O@37ci do, west
ern, 30M32c; roasting chickens, ZZW
soc; ducks, nearby. ESQ 29c; do D. @eSo. WeSo-
do, western, 23@27c. .
Tallow Steady; city prime IN
tierces, l7c; special loose. 171ac; prime
country, 161Ac; dark, 15 " q l6c; edible
in tierces, 1874 @19hc.
Potatoes - Dull and weak; New
Jersey. No. /, per basket. 75W9Oc (SS
Ibs.); New Jersey. No. 2, per basket
@2.20; Pennsylvania, per 100 lbs2$2, 70
a. $50; New York, per 100 1bs., $2.20 "a
2.4O; western, per 100 lbs, $2.2OQ
24O.
Flour - The market is firm
wyith a fair demand; winter straight,
$40 100 1O.25. Kansas. cleaI So -
1000; do, patents. $lo.do@ld, 70;
spring ii. It's. clear mill shipment
s975@1O.OO; spring bakers, patent,
spot, S11.406D11.60; spring patent, mill
shipment, $1O.70@11 11.O5; spring family.
brands, $11.00@11.50.
Hay-Firm and active; tim
SSthy arEs secSpd5ns Sp1dn Gat'oS No.
i. small bales, s2S.oO@2s.5O; No, 2,
samples. $1O.OO@21.OO; no grade,
clover mixed hay. Light mixed
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31

at
of
but rank society," rich worldly omeov-
this
nasn $ eache
cause. ethe 70 home OF for
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED

Waynesboro, Pa, Dec. 31.-The
engagement of Miss Lois Eliza Gels
er, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
f. Geiser, of Mauch Chunk, and
Adolphus II. Rossman, of Waynes-
boro, has been announced at Mauch
Chunk by Miss Geiser's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. +. Geiser. Miss Geiser
is a very attractive young woman
and several years ago resided here,
and moved to Mauch Chunk with
her parents when Mr.. Geiser became
the general manager of the Carbon
Transit Company.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31

Dunbar's mississippi Misses" is the
vaudeville headliner at the Majestic
the early half of the pres
Al the ent week. This is a song
Majestic and dance revue of unusual
splendor and is presented
by nine people. The act consists
chiety of picture dances with beauti-
ful girls in alluring poses. The whole
production is beautifully costumcd
and stupendoUsly mounted and pro
sented. An added attraction on th-
DlIl - the appearance Of Valentine
NoN, the celebrated ventriloquist. i'm a
very entertaining Offering Mr.. VoX
Is well known among vaudeville de-
Notees and has appeared i'm this city
on several different occasions, each
time receiving a warm welcome. Val
and Ernie Stanton, two clever bows
are also included on the program
They are Offering a comedy variety
act and introduce quite a bit of COM
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31

Harvey ID. Orr will offer the New
York success, by Louis WeslNn,
There She Goes with Har-
There vey and Han old Orr and the
She original New YORK cast anu
Goes" production. at the Orpheum
Theater tonight. The open
ing scene is enacted from a setting OF
. beautiful Long Island Country Club
golf course. the second down in Homo
lulu. The leading action of the play
centers about Harvey and Harold Orr,
who. as Professor Ichabod simmons,
bugologist, with very absent mind
I'd trait. and his lackey, Rufus NJ:
Washington, colored gentleman OF
distinction whose antics are in Il
large measure the laugh of the COM
cdy. There She Goes" hinges about
the love story of Valentine Van Dyke
and Patricia Parmlie. which family
evolves in the marriage of John Smith
md Mary Brown. the latter being the
: real names of the couple. the former
their society dressings. Replete with
lnirth- making situations. tuneful
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
REGENT

To-day. only - Fannie Ward in Her
Strange Wedding" -.
Thursday-"The Judgment House,
from the novel by Sir Gilbert
Parker.
Friday and Saturday. double attracrc
tion - Wallace Reid in Nan oil
Music Mountain" and the Mack
Sennett comedy. THAT Night.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31

To-night-"Red, White and Blue
Riood." with Francis y. Bushman
and Beverly Bayne. ~.
Tomorrow and "Wednesday - Norma d
TaImadge in THE Secret OF the
storm Country. 1,,o
THE Auction Block
saturday = Earle Williams. with
Grace Darmord. in In the BAL
ance."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31

melodies and really beautiful stage
effects, all parts and the chorus of
twenty-five voices are of the classy
variety. Among the numerous song
hlts are: There She Goes. Some Girl
Rag" my Sweetie,' Sometime If
Dreams Come True" and Hawaiian
Moon"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
lAMUSeM01fSI
ORPHEUM

To-night-The musical comedy sue
cess, There She Goes"
Tomorrow (New Years Day), matt
nee and night-"The Princess Pat.
Saturday, matinee and night, January
5-The New York Casino musical
comedy success, "Furs and frllls.
Coming. next week, Tuesday ana Weo-
nesday-M. G.. Field Greater Min
strels.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31
wATCHNIGHT SERVICES

Watchnight Services viii be held IN
the Park Street United Evangelical
Church tonight btween the hours o.
and 12 o'clock. The hour from 8 to
10 o'clock will be called the fellowshi ,
hour. The remainder of the servi .
will be spent in praise, prayer a i
preaching. The Rev. A. Il. Hang64
pastor, will preach on According n
the Pattern Shown in the Mount"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-12-31

plenty of action throughout the five
reels and this, together with the
beauty of the natural settings,
should combine to make this u picture
OF unusual interest. Many of the
scenes are laid in the region of pic
turesque Winsted, Connecticut. the
birthplace of John Brown, the Ameri-
can marty. This portion of Connec-
tlcut is one of singular beauty and
lGfms an attractive background for
the action Of this drama
Tomorrow and Wedne sday -
charming Norma Talmadge will star
in big SelZnick production, The
Secret of the Storm Country"