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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-09
Fashions of To-Day By May Manton

IF the reader is considering a
trip to any one of the
Southern resorts she will
like to make this dress of silk
jersey or of pongee or of ma
terial of such sort. 1t is a
very charming model, adapted
both to sports and to general
morning wear. If a colder
climate is to be considered, it
would be pretty to make the
skirt of broadcloth or of serge
and the blouse of crepe de chine
in a matching color. Crepe de
chine is one of the pronounced
favorites of the incoming fash
ions and it will be utilized in
numberless ways. Here, how
ever, the dress is made of natural
colored pongee with bands of
narrow braid. If you want a
real sports effect you could use
a brighter color, you could make
the skirt of white and the blouse
of cerise or gold color or blue.
For the medium size the
blouse will require, 8 yards of
material SO inches wide, 254
yards a and the skirt, Al
yards of either width.
The blouse pattern No. o324
is cut in sizes from "a to AZ
inches bust measure and the
skirt No. 93Io in sizes from 26
to SO inches waist measure.
They will be mailed to any
address by the Fashion De
Partment of this paper, on re-
Ceipt of fifteen cents for each.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-09
Referee Dies While
Taking Train For Home

Elmer X. Saylor. referee in COM
pensation for the district comprising
Dauphin, Lancaster and adjoining
counties, died suddenly in a Pennsyl-
vania Railroad train which he had Just
boarded to go to his Lancaster home
yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Saylor had
been unwell for a few days and in
sisted on coming here to hold hearings
in scheduled cases, holding that they
were matters of importance which had
to be cleared up. He had just sat
down when he suffered an attack of
heart disease and died Immediately
after. His remains were sent home
accompanied by attaches of the Com
pensation Bureau.
Mr.. Saylor was named as one of the
first referees and had made an excel
lent record in disposing of cases. Mr..
Saylor was born in Washington bor-
ough, Lancaster county, on January z,
1862. He was a son of Mrs. Annie e.
(Keen) Saylor and the late David
Saylor. He resided in Washington
borough for twenty-three years, being
engaged during that time in farming
and the study of telegraphy. He then
moved TO Lancaster. where he was
made buyer of dry goods in the Watt
x Shand department store, which po-
sition he held for about six years
giving 1t up to accept a similar one in
Erie. Pa, but he was in Erie only for
a short time. During the admins
tration of Mayor John P. McCaskey
Mr.. Saylor was appointed assistant city
controller of Lancaster and held his
office until the expiration of Mayor
McCaskey's term, when he was ap-
pointed deputy State factory inspector,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-09
BY Beatrice Fairfax

Il can't decide" says Janet, "I haven't
the least idea whether ought to spend
my money going over to see my sister
for weekend, or whether I ought to
take the same money and buy her q
presest, or whether it will be better to
save the money. There are reasons for
doing each. 1 simply can't decide
Which means that Jane will not take
any of the courses she has outlined,
but will instead buy herself new waist
and some handkercheifs with the
money.
Do you knew what II can't decide"
really means? 1t means that you are
to sit down quietly and do little mem
tai and moral bookkeeping. 1t is al
ways possible to figure out what you
think is the best thing to do in n given
situation. If your decision turns out
to be wrong. at least you have the
moral force to make a choice, and you
have to be a good enough sport to abide
by it unless you are clever enough
manager to rearrange the situation and
its conditions.
When two or three courses are open
to you and you are tempted to say "I
can't decide" why not sit down with q
paper and pencil and figure the thing
out like a problem in mathematics?
Life is mostly human mathematics, af-
ter ala matter of equations and the
finding out the shortest distance be-
tween two points. And when it comes
to your personal equation, no one but
yourself can solve it, The sooner you
realize that the better.
Shifting the burden of responsibility
is an evasion that does not work. You
say, II can't decide but what you
mean is, "I hate the bother of making
up my mind. 1t is so hard to determine
what ought to do and as long as there
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-09

serving under the late CAPTAIN John c.
Delaney and later under Commissioner
Jackson.
When Frank Il. McClain, now Lieu
tenant Governor of Pennsylvania, was
elected mayor of Lancaster Mr..
Saylor was appointed superintendent
of the water works and served in
that capacity throughout Mayor Nc
Claims administration and during a
part of the term of II. l.. Trout, pres
ent mayor of Lancaster, who is
McClain's successor.
Besides his widow, who was Miss
Margaret Erisman, of Millersville,
Lancaster county. before marriage, he
is survived by his mother and these
brothers and sisters: T.. L. Savior, Fal-
liston. Bucks county; w. II. Saylor,
Ephrata, Lancaster county: Margaret
wife of NJ. II. Mill of Philadelphia,
and Carrie. wife of Samuel r. Myers.
of Bareville, Lancaster county
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-09

WHY CAN'T YOU DECIDE HOW
TO SPEND HOUSEHOLD MONEY!

is choice of courses I'd like some one
else to tell which to take. so that If
come out wrong won't feel have only
myself to blame"
Suppose your decision does turn out
to have been the less wise one? If you
know you made an honest effort to face
the situation and figure out how you
ought to meet ii, at least you have the
comforting knowledge that you tried.
Indecision is laZiness. or mental
weakness, or both. Who wants to take
unto herself the title of possessing
those characteristics?
When difficult situation arises and
there is choice of one or two courses,
If you really want to force yourself
to decision, try this Sit down with
pencil and paper ruled into as many
columns as there are choices. and in
each column make subdivision for
reasons pro and con. Actually reduce
the situation to mathematics. Add up
the reasons for doing a thing and the
reasons against doing it. When you
have subtracted one from the other, you
VIII get the actual value of action or
lnaction. And when you you discover that,
centage in thing" you'll have very
little difficulty in deciding against do
ing it.
suits of subtracting all your reasons
against action in one case from your
reasons for action. just compare your
result and take the one that is nu-
merically best and greatest.
Logic and mathematics and a con-
quest of mental inertia will do away
with the stupid old formula, II can't
decide Sadly 1 confess that inde-
cision is a feminine rather than a mas
culine fault. Men are sometimes in
clined to a fault in the opposition di-
rection-too great cocksureness and
certain stubbornness in deciding.
An open mind, a willingness to think
and a logical ability to estimate values
makes decision comparatively easy
thing.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-09
PROVES
PAC|FY|NG BALM
TO ITCHY SKIN

Try Poslam for any bad case of Ec-
Zema, particularly when nothing else
intolerable.
Poslam is so. active. stops itching
SO quickly. that 1t does away with much
rms directness-this getting right at
the trouble-is quality exclusive in
Poslam Poslam possesses healing en-
ergy IN such concentrated form that
one ounce OF Poslam is worth a pound
OF olntments less efficient. Use 1t to
of the skin
Sold everywhere. For free sample
write to Emergency Laboratories. 40
West 2bth St, New York City.-Adver-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-09
c. of c. Hears of Dishonest
Solicitors Every Day

Another warning has been sent out
by the Harrisburg Chamber of Com
merce against fake statesmen and dis
honest solicitors for special advertis-
ing propositions, church and charity
causes. All members are urged to
communicate with the Chamber so
that all propositions can be investi-
gated. Cases of dishonest operations
are reported daily, it is claimed.
Special notices have been sent out
by the Chamber urging members to
attend the meeting of the Harrisburg
Chapter of the American Red Cross
Society to be held in Fahnestock Hall
tomorrow evening. The Harrisburg
Auto Show, which will open on Satur-
day, also is commended
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-09

that is big desire. and in so doing you
have taught him one of the great les
sons of life, to sacrifice the impulse of
the moment for greater pleasure later
on. or do without the little things that
he may have the big thing.
Teach your children thrift when
they are little. 1t makes them good
citizens, good husbands, good wives.
1t assures them of independence and
prosperity. Don't be afraid of making
them care too much for money. The
people who care most for money are
those who haven't got it, and who feel
the need of it at every turn.
Don't raise your children to be
spenders.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-09

thing for Shakespeare that he was
born $50 years ago and work for the
people of that time rather than ours.
The Londoners of Elizabeth's time
Ialrly crowded to Shakespeare's plays.
1t is impossible TO get good audiences
FOR Shakespeare's plays now. Musical
comedies, TRIVIAL shows of many kinds
are crowded and sometimes run for
couple of years but Shakespeare I
plays, and a great many have never
seen any, it is quite impossible to get
q nearing for them in our large citiea
for more than q few nights.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-09
Husband Has Dying Habit,
but 1t Doesn't Fool Wife

.vioiat iGiRifag9 Daniels Iil r1rna ; a. ,o1H1 Mrs;
member of the Chicago Grand
Opera Company, and wife of DR.. John.
t. Furno. a physician, blames cabarets
and women for their separation
He has bounded me so that at last
I've filed bill for divorce" she said.
The strange part of this is that I be :
HeVe he still loves me. He has habit.
of dying of ptomaine poison when he
wants to see me. He sends me tele-
grams saying he's at the point of death.
He fooled me once. But never again" :
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-09
Shirley MASON,S JOKE

This joke was written by Shirley
Mason of Mcclure Pictures, one of the
stars Of Seven Deadly Sins. She takes
all the blame.
Mother (reading from her paper) -
1t is "the most colossal. astounding,
audacious, powerful, stupefying, mas
terful. mammoth"
Father - What's that - more stuff
about the war? fst
Mother-Indeed not It's the des-
cription of the two reel picture that's
going to be at the Nickelodeon to-
morrow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-09

DIR. James j. Walsh, of New York
City, will lecture on Shakespeare
Then and Now" on Tuesday evening,
February 13 at o'clock; in the Tech
nical High School Auditorium. The
lecture will be conducted under the
auspices of the knights of Columbus
lodge. DIR. Walsh has lectured in all
parts of the United States and has
been recalled to the majority of the
cities where he has talked. Those who
have heard him many times know
that he will handle the subject from
an individual standpoint.
In his lecture DR.. Walsh brings out
the fact that it was a mighty lucky
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-08

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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-08
STRAIGHT and Curly Hair.

The question Of the manner OF the
production Of the straight and curly
varieties of the lair has long been a
matter Of conjecture, and hitherto no
satisfactory explanation has been
forthcoming. 1t is only known that
straight hair Is always circular in
section and is usually thicker than
curly hair. which Is ribbonlike and
fine. Each hair is provided with a Sc
baceous gland opening into 1t, togeth-
er with muscle connected with 1t.
The size OF the gland varies cOnsid-
erably in different individuals and ap-
pears larger and better developed in
the negro races. The muscle connect
ed with each gland has long been rec
ognized as having an influence on the
position OF the hair causing its cree
ton by pulling forward the root of the
hair. Such action OF these little mus
cles Is displayed when cat in rage
erects the hair Of its tail or straight
haired dog causes the hair of its back
to rise in q median crest. Their in
tiuence in man is commonly observed
in the condition known as goose
skim
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-08
AQavc Tree of Mexico

Chinese history records that one Hui
Shen. a Buddhist priest, native of
Cabul, in the year 400 returned to
hlng-Chow, capital Of the dynasty of
Isl, bringing with him from the coun-
try of Fusang, where he had been
acting as a missionary, number of
curious articles as gifts for the en-
peror. Among these were material
resembling silk, with very strong
threads, and n mirror. From the de-
Scriptlons the former is believed to
have been fibrous material from the
agare tree of Mexico, called by the
missionary, "fusang," the name also
applied to the country, and the lat
ter Is believed to have been not I'M
Ike mirrors used in Mexico and other
parts of the American continent.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-08
Home Obedience,

In discussing criminals a thinker
said: Il firmly believe that the re-
sponsibility for the majority of crimes
rests not upon the criminals themselves,
but upon the shoulders of their pa
rents! AT first that may sound like
very extreme statement, but upon
second thought Is 1t after all an exag-
geratton? The speaker followed up
his first statement with a second: "a
child who is not taught the value Of
obedience in the home will be less like
~ to respect the laws enacted by COM
munities for the good of that larger
family-humanity"
From this point of view the obedi-
ence of little folks assumes mammoth
proportions, for they are not only chill
dren, but citizens in the making.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-08

..car-G.a s!tter, appeared n the deer
way.
'Penr"d
ln>tinctlEciy. u" i"aF"" between h''f
ana tn" sacred bottle. i.'"t >h" lA'-,ly
not see II. lie trusted ~" woman IN
any Wi@at% "h"iF--i""~s II "I Il SIS
Ter.
faT q sent me " I" $50" what |"I
ar" doing:
N"'hlnG.
Then Why IN the world don't YOU
com" - hr"aNiaSt:
well. am coming. amt T. His
tone Was that of 2 person untusi!y at
tackled. "Wlat you all dressed up for
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-08

A ship doctor on an English liner
notified the deathwatch steward, an
lrishman. that man had died in state
room number As. The usual instruc-
tions to bury the body We're given.
Some hours later the doctor peered
into the room and found that the body
was still there.
He called the matter to the attention
to the Irishman, who replied:
II thought you said room number as.
l whit in there and seen wan Of thin
In bunk. Are ye deadT says I; No
says he, but I'm pretty near dead So
l was getting ready to bury him."
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-08

SnakclrSs. There arr, some things
money cannot buy.
"Nha1 time is il getting I" be-
prur">r suddenly inquired aloud.
Thee WAS a little clock on Mar
.;urct'~ dressing table. bat it had
Stopped Upon an impulse, Il" juiHp-
~ ~ ana ran downstairs % the hiich-
III. There tEc noisy old vail clock
rrH~~tr"G him ~oothia-Iy. II marked
fifteen minutes after ten.
Way P"nrod !"
This WAS i shout from the yard, and
going IL The door. P"ur"d hrhrld Sam
Williams, radiant with excitement.
Come on over to our stable, shout
rd Sam. Come on. Come on and look
ut him."
Pcnrod did not stop for Iii; hat a
Jealous fear, suddenly reused, added
fear to his feet. And when they
reached Sans stable he was Profound
ly resolved to find Sans ''Snake" no
more advanced toward the great trans
lDFlHullDu llldH llS own. ne eApItSNtNl
the opinion, indeed, that this was much
further along.
"Why, how could it be?' demanded
Sam resentfully. 1--WE been sittin' here
loukin' at mine ever since breakfast,
aud never took my eyes off him. Well,
sir, saw him breathe--he did it lots
of times You can't tell it just lookin'
at him this way. You got to keep
lookin' ut him and lookin' at him; you
bet saw him do It, all right! And
once he almost wiggled"
"'Almost wlggled. Mine did wig
GLE" Penrod said-and thereafter be-
lleved IL.
well, sod mine" said Sam.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-08

Proceeding to the top Of the front
stairs, he heard the voice Of Margaret
and Mr.. Robert Williams, Sans
brother, senior on vacation. A
glance over the railing revealed the
collegian, beautifully attired, confront
ing Margaret, who leaned against the
newell post in q way very irritating
to brother who wished to get out
to the stable without being stopped or
questioned. When Margaret got her
back to the newell post like that, Pen
rod knew she might stay there 'hOurs
and hours!''
margaret" said Mr.. Williams, in a
voice wholly inexplicable to Penrod, Il
believe you care more for the bowl of
gold fish, in yonder, than you do for
me-
Penrod retired from the hallway into
Margaret's room, and feeling satisfied
that she would not come there for a
long time, withdrew the treasure from
beneath his coat, set it upon her dress
ing table, and seated himself beside it..
Gold fish!
With the prospect before him of
what was going to happen at, or be-
fore, 16 minutes of IL, the lives of 9th
er people-Who had no hope of own
ing pet snakes, Matched in the bot
tle-seemed pitifuIly vacant. He felt
sorry for Robert Williams. He pit
led the young man for having nothing
better to do than to talk to an unin-
teresting girl about whether she liked
him as well as she did some gold
fish in a glass bowl!
A motor whizzed in the street, and,
glancing out of the window at his ell
bow, PenrOd found occasion to be
sorry for another young man, evil
IDENTIFY coming to interview the uninter-
esting girl; and from various over
hearings Of late, Penrod had little
doubt that this one, too, would be dis
cussing at the first opportunity, what
Margaret liked.
He was dainty, and exquisite
young man, more than well-tO-dO, much
encouraged by Mrs. Schofield; and it
was he who had given Margaret the
bowl of gold fish-which lends some
flavor to Robert Williams dismal COM
parison. Mr.. Ethelbert Magsworth
Bits was generally believed to be
very happy and fortunate youth; he
had a yacht somewhere; he had mo-
tor car, then at the curb; he had
money enough to buy all the candy in
town If he chose; yet Penrod pitied
him. Sixteen minutes of eleven that
aorning would find Mr.. Bits utterly
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-08

swell, who said he didn't? didn't
say he didn't, did ~
"Well, who said you did say"
"Come Onr' interrupted Penrod.
Lets go back and look at mine"
mo, sir! l want to watch my own
snake change, don't L? You better
stay here and wait till he's all good
and changed, then We'll go and see II
yours"
mo, sir" shouted Penrod over his
shoulder, as he started home on the
trot. I'm goin' back to watch q good
Snake!"
He passed through the kitchen of
his own home at the same gait, diSre-
garding a request by Katie, the house
maid, for a hearing.
"NIister Penrod," she began, "Td like
to know what fer you want"
Scat fur" facetiOuSly shouted Pen
rod, already ascending the back stairs.
"Cat fur, to make kitten britches'
with"
Next moment, a fearful howl is
sued from Margaret's room. Mrs. Scho-
field. hurrying thither from her own
apartment, encountered her son in the
pasSageWay.
"Penrod. what's the matter"
"Whpre's my srake?'
"Whcre'S what?'
"My snake" he beloved. 81 want
my snake. Where's my sna-a-ke?"
"PcnrOd, are you craZy?' she cried.
"What on earth are YOU"
MY snake! 1 left it on Margaret's
bureau and it's gone! Who's took it?
Who's been in there? Who's got my
snakeT
Mrs. Schofield began to be alarmed
in earnest, her sons manner and look
were frantic, and his words. to her, In
comprehensive.
"Penrod," she said nervously, "yOu
must take some castor oil. There
wasn't any snake In Margaret's room.
| heard her come upstairs for some
thing a minute ago, and go in there.
If there'd been snake there she'd
have screamed, but she went down
stairs again, and"
So did Penrod go downstairs again.
He plunged, three steps at time, and
exploded himself into the parlor,
where Margaret sat Cooking family
embarrassed) with Mr. Ethelbert Mays,
worth Bits (who had come to
take her to drive and was froWning)
and Mr.. Robert Williams (wt0 had
come to take her for a walk. and was
scowllng), and the gold fish (who
were swimning).
where's my snake?"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-08
In the Snashup,

Were the parties in the automobile
accident made p.ryous by the cars
turning over?'
well, they were very much upset
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-08
A Boiling CrisiS.

They say the hotels axe facing a
cook famine
"Ah, that Is one over winch the pub
lie will stew until it roaSts the hotels"
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76e Young biologists
Genrod and Sam Have Three Weeks Thriller
With Horse Hair Snake
By BOOTH HARRINGTON

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El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-09-06

III the state can use the water / guess 7
can" was an expression heard from many
people yesterday. This is the very situa'
ton which the community is trying to
avoid-everyone would use the diminishing
water recklessly because some one else
neglects to conserve. And the point is, II
IT doesn't rain We shall all need every bit Of
water to drink.
Meanwhile, many citizens are suggesting
the advisability of developing a subsidiary
water supply fro mthe underiow in the
Santa Fe valley. It is declared that wells
could be u n at reasonable expense which
would supply sufficient water to tide the
city over such an emergency, rare as, II
may be. Moreover. the city is growing and
some provision. 1t is declared, musx be
made for supplying the increased popula-
ton which Santa Fe looks for in the fu-
ture.
El Nuevo mexicano., 1917-09-06
Shot Pet Bear With
Ford Ball-Bearings

Willard, N. M, Sept. 4.-Three local citi
zens were disturbed from their sleep early
in the, morning when r. H. Golfer an
nounced to Messrs. ]. N. Underwood, ]. A.
Chapman and R.iL. Hit the presence Of a
bear in the vicinity of Willard, says the
Record. Immediately these gentlemen
started in pursuit of Bruin, equipped in real
war style with high-power guns, and went
to where the quadruped brute was last
seen, determined to get him dead or alive
before he would commit any depredations.
They found he had headed toward Broncho,
and decided to go to Mountainair and get
dogs to chase him down, but by the time
they returned some farmers near Broncho
had chased him up a telegraph post and
shot him with a shotgun loaded with ball
bearings taken from a Ford car. 1t is now
understood that this was a pet bear owned
by a restaurant keeper at Vaughn, and
was absolutely harmless, but was kid
mapped" by some soldiers passing through
Vaughn with intent of drafting Him in the
army, but evidently Bruin either deserted
or the boys found him physically d~isquali.
fed and dumped him out of the troop train.
1t is rumored that the owner will put a
claim of $500 against the government for
the loss of the bear.