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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-20
Applause Once Custom
In Religious Services

Someone having written a protest
against hand -ciapping as being an
inartistic method of appreciating
musical contributions. Clement An
trobus Harris in the Etude makes a
few observations on the antiquity of
the practice. He says:
1t is interesting to recall the fact
that in what we modernS regard
as less developed stage of musical
evolution, clapping the hands, far
from being looked upon as an out
rage on the musical sense. was an
integral part of an orchestral per-
formance. A bas-relief from Kou-
yunjik, found among the ruins of
Nineveh, and now in the British
Museum, represents a procession of
musicians. In front are men play
ing instruments. while following
them are a number of women and
children. probably singing, but GER
| tainly clapping their hands in time
one with another, the arms and
hands all being in exactly the same
position. In this the Assyrians were
following well-known Egyptian
and Ethiopian custom.
Most members of the more an
cient Communions will probably be
surprised to learn that in those
early days of Christianity to which
they appeal for authority, audible
commentator in churches was evil
IDENTIFY quite common-in approval
of sermons, if not of musical per-
formances.
With this allowance nay, en-
! couragement-of applause in a sa-
cred building. it is interesting to
contrast the prohibition of it in
secular ones. At one time demon
4 ffF,e .Df al.
the form of encores, were prohibit
ed in France, as was the calling of
an author before the curtain. Ap-
plause is generally tabooed at the
| performance of Wagnerian operas
to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-20
Dormitories Built in
u. S. Shipped Overseas

Queenstown. A large dwelling
house, with a considerable area of
land attached, has been acquired
near Queenstown for an American
naval hospital. 1t will be used for
men from the American warships
Wooden dormitories will be added to
the existing building so as to bring
the capacity of the hospital up to
ESQ beds. The dormitories are being
built in sections in America and
shipped to Ireland in knock down
form.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-20
Czecho-Slovaks on Way
to U. S. to Enlist in War
Against the Austrians
By Associatcd Press

\ Pacific Port, June 20.-Lieuten-
ant Colonel Raymond Robbins, head
of the American Red Cross Mission
to Russia, accompanied by Captain
Haywood Hardy and Alexander
Grunberg, members of the mission,
reached here late last night enroute
home. The party left Moscow on
May IA.
While Lieutenant Colonel Robbins
said he would make no statement
until he had conferred with the State
Department, unofficial members of
the party asserted that thousands of
-Slovaks are on their way to
the United States to offer their serv-
ices against Austria.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-20
Mrs. J. E. Sweeney, Of
Camp Hill, Chairman Of
Child Welfare Work

Carlisle, Pa, June 20.-The Child
Welfare Work for Cumberland coun-
ty under the women's committee of
the Council of National Defense, was
launched at meeting at the home OF
the chairman, Miss Mary Bosler,
with almost every district of the
county represented and members of
the local committee out in full force.
DR.. Harvey Bashore, of West Fair
view, county health officer, address
ed the meeting and offered many
suggestions. Plans were made for a
Baby Saving Show to be held in a
short time. The state has offered to
loan the committee its exhibits and
physicians of the county will CO.
operate. Mrs. ]. e. Sweeney, of
Camp Hill, has been appointed
chairman to look aTter this work in
the lower end of the county.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-20
THOUSANDS OF FOREIGN-BORN
CITIZENS TO JOIN IN PARADE
Men OF EDey Nationality to ShouLoyaly to Adopted Cou
try in Great Demonstration

Foreign born residents of Harris
Durg and vicinity to the number of
several thousand are planning to
turn out en- masse for the big patri-
otic parade on independence Day.
EDWARD Moeslein, who is chairman
or the committee in charge of getting
the foreign born people to parade,
is working hard to make this divi-
sion one of the largest in the whole
line Of march. A meeting of the
committee will be held early next
week, at which time plans will be
G Completed for the demonstration.
several bands will be secured to
furnish music for the division.
All national enmities and preiu-
dices will be dropped on this occa-
sion by the sons of the many foreign
nationalities living within the gates
OF Harrisburg. Former subjects of
the central powers will march side
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-20

by side with former subjects of. the
entente or neutral nations in the pa
rade for democracy. Large bodies
OF Italians, Austrians, Greeks, Ger
mans, Hebrews, Rumanians, Rus
SANS and people from numerous
other countries will be in the line
CT march. Plans are being made to
have at least a thousand foreign
born from Steelton and a large
showing from the mining districts of
Lykens and Williamstown, in the
upper end of the county. There will
ne no differences of loyalty for the
United States shown by the march
ing foreigners in the parade.
AS on former occasions they turn
out to show the native-born Ameri-
cans they they are as much back of
the Government in the war against
the autocratic nations as the Ameri-
cans are themselves.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-20
One Killed When Auto
Rolls Into Canal Bed
Bp Associated Prcs.

Remove, Pa, June 20 = George
Washington Bradney, aged 7s years,
of Remove, was killed, and Miss
Edith Baddorf, a trained nurse, of
Lock Haven, was badly injured in an
automobile accident near here last
evening They were enroute to the
home of sick relative of Bradney's
when their automobile overturned
into the old Pennsylvania canal bed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-20

ginally called from Glass / has led
to an entire change in the aspect of
the manpower situation.
If the present rate of shipment to
Europe can be maintained and
there is every reason to believe 1t
can be increased before very long
troops will move forward to the bat
tie fronts at the rate of more than
100000 a year.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-20
MURDERER ENDS
LIFE BY JUMPING
THROUGH WINDOW
When Jury Returns Verdict,
David Adams, Negro, Dives
to Pavement

Pittsburgh-Prefer suicide to
the electric chair, David Adams, aged
40, a negro, of Williamsburg, plunged
through a window in a criminal
courtroom on the second floor of the
courthouse when a jury found him
guilty of murder in the first degree.
He fell to the street forty feet below
and was instantly killed.
The suicide is the first of it's kind
in this county. Adams gave not the
slightest indication of his intention
of self-destruction. The jury reach
ed verdict late at night and was
brought into court in the morning.
Adams heard the verdict without ap-
parent emotion and when the jury
had left the courtroom he leaned
forward in his chair and asked his
attorney, j. Wexford Holmes. what
could be done. Attorney Holmes re-
piled that he would ask for a new
trial.
Makes Dash For Window
Deputy Sheriff John H. Daley,
who had Adams in charge, touched
the negro on the shoulder. Come
along, Dave he said. Adams rose
and made a dash for the window on
the Ross street side of the courtroom
twenty feet away. There was no one
before anyone could prevent him,
Adams sprang on chair and
plunged head first through the dou-
ble-thick plate glass window. which
body turned a somersault through
the air and he struck on his head
just beyond the curb between two
automobiles. City Detectives Cor
nelius Buckley, James Rea, Guy
Daley, Charles A. Freeborn and Mrs.
Margaret Taylor, a policewoman,
were showered with glass from the
broken window. but were uninjured.
Adams was placed on trial before
Judge j. McF. Carpenter charged
with the murder of his wife, Bessie
Adams, at their home, 1909 North
dNeHue. WllkenSDuTSs OH DeCelllDeI
last. Frank Morgan, negro, tes-
titled that Adams, his wife and him
self were in the defendants home
the day of the shooting. Adams was
playing the banjo and became eXas-
perated when his wife insisted on
him playing certain tune. The wife
continued to tease and importune
him, the witness declared, and
Adams becoming enraged. shot the
woman through the head. Adams
defense was that the shooting was
accidental.
Possible Escape Plan
1t is the belief of some court at
taches that the escape had been
planned by the prisoner in. the event
of an adverse verdict. Some think
that he had surveyed the situation
carefully in passing across the bridge
of sighs in coming to the courthouse
returning to his cell. He had op-
portunity of seeing the lines of au-
tomobiles with the tops up, standing
out on Ross street. just beneath the
courtroom windows. which are un-
guarded. BY diving through the win
dow and landing on the top of an
automobile he would escape with
slight injuries and he would have an
opportunity of making his getaway.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-20
HEARINGS EXTENDED
By associated Press

Washington, June 20. - Revenue
hearings before the House ways and
means committee have been extended
another week. the plan now being
to close them Friday, June 2S. Ar
rangements for a recess of Congress
while the committee frames the bill
during July will be made soon, ac-
cording to word passed by leaders to
their colleagues
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-20
zNgSE|ERIE g EEzTzSI

MAJESTIC
Hlgh Class Vaudeville and Musical
Comedy.
COLONIAL
to-day and tomorrow - Williamson
BROS. in The Submarine Eye"
saturday only = May Allison in 1.-THE
. winning of Beatrice"
Monoay and Tuesday = Madge Ken
nedy in THE Fair Pretender."
REGENT
To-day-"The Crisis" and THE Son of
Democracy"
Tomorrow and Saturday - Tyrone
lower in "A Modern Lorelei," and
The Son of Democracy"
Monday - Henry B. Walthall in ''The
Birth of a Man"
VICTORIA
To-day Sergeant Arthur Guy
Empey in "Over the Top"
Firebrand."
PAXTANG PARK THEATER
Vaudeville Specialties.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-20


In addition to the many wonderful
scenes representing great battles in
the Civil War, which
"The Crisis" will be revealed to
at Regent theatergoers at the
Regent Theater to-
day, when "The Crisis" will be pre-
sented, there are elements so vitally
human and so universal in their ap-
peal that the spectator is held SPELL
bound. Among these scenes may be
classed those in which Abraham Lin
coin is shown advising, and coun-
selling the young man from the
North, stephen Brice, who. seeking
his fortunes in the southern section
of the country. has fallen in love with
one of the fairest daughters of the
South. Virginia Carvel. Their love
affair Is proof of the old adage that
true love does not run smooth" for
they have differences of opinion to
keep them apart until they are finally
united at the coffin of the martyr
President
Tomorrow and Saturday = "a
Modern Lorelei," starring Mabel
Jones, California's perfect venus.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-20
A Second Appeal

TWO weeks ago the Telephone Company re-
= quested all telephone users to please refrain
from asking the operators for the correct time, ex>
planning that this request necessary because
of the considerable volume of such calls which,
if eliminated, would so reduce the abnormal
calling volumes to permit of redistribution
of both operators service and telephone equip
ment, and result in the Company's ability to
care for the very heavy telephone demands of the
present and the even greater demands for service
which are expected in the months to come
1t was explained that the same service on the
part of the operators, the same length of time,
and an equal general use of telephone equipment
are necessary to answer such questions as are
required to complete an ordinary connection
While the response to this request has been
very gratifying and the volume of such calls has
decreased appreciably, the burden has not been
entirely lifted
We, therefore, again bring the matter to the
attention of those users of the service who did
not read or who not impressed by our
earlier appeal, urging them to discontinue the
practice of depending upon the telephone oper-
ator for the correct time.
The Telephone Company feels that it can count
on a continuation of the public's helpful atti-
tude which will be of very real assistance in
meeting the ever-ncreasing volumes of tele-
phone calls and demands for telephone service.
THE BELL TELEPHONE co. OF PA. A @A
w. H. FETTER, Local Manager X d. Il
HARRISBURG, PA. @sE@M
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-20

The Williamson Brothers will be
seen at the Colonial Theater, at the
Coloniars regular
"The Submarine prices, in "The
Eye" mt the Submarine Eve"
Colonial Theuter The timeliness of
this picture is re-
markable in view of the havoc being
wrought by submarines. Then, too, il
dlscloses the uncanny things which
inhabit the bottom of the ocean. The
pictures are not marvels of rare
beauty, but full of dramatic inten-
sity.
Saturday. only. May Allison. the
pretty little Metro star, will be the at
traction at the Colonial Theater in
The Winning of Beatrice" AS an en-
PERTAINING factor the picture meets
full requirements. 1t is quite simply
told and will hold the interest of the
audience from beginning to end.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-20

Julius Shlomberg, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Shlomberg, 4271k Ver-
beke street. who will leave with the
Harrisburg contingent of drafted men
for Camp Lee, Va, on Monday. has
been for the past three years en-
ployed as foreman at the merchant
mill department of the Bethlehem
Steel Company at its Steelton plant.
He is also an honorary member of
Good VIII Fire Company, No. Z.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-20

Along with a very good vaudeville
snow, made up of acts new to Har-
risburg theatergoers, the
At the Majestic Theater will offer
Majestic for the final three days of
the week "Mollie and Her
Suitors," the moving picture that was
made on the Majestic stage a short
time ago in full view of the audi
ence. This Is the picture in which
many local amateurs took part. The
big attraction among the vaudeville
numbers is "Help Police" a musical
comedy girl act, that takes front rank
among lively summer vaudeville offer
ings.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-20

picture lovers and everybody interest
ed in why Uncle
cover the Top Sam is at war for
With Sergeant the protection of
Guy Empey human rights will
have an opportu-
nifty to see Sergeant Arthur Guy
Empey (himself) in "Over the Top"
The book, "Over the Top" has no
doubt been read by more persons than
any book within the last decade and
the perturbation of it will, in all
probability, break all house records
for attendance wherever it is shown.
1t is one of the most gripping fea-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-20

PAXTANG PARK THEATER
Specialties.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-20
ITALIAN LINES
ARE STIFFENING

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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-20

MAJESTIC
Hlgh Class Vaudeville and Musical
Comedy,
The Jasper news., 1918-12-19

Flemish on one side and French on the
other:
Belgian soldier, our beloved friend
and brother. we, your American
friends, greet you this Christmas day,
1918. How bravely you have endured
and how courageously you have fought
during four years of lndescribable
hardship But be Of good cheer. Your
day of deliverance is drawing near.
Listen to the angels song, GLORY to
God In the highest, and on earth peace,
good will toward men, Jesus Christ
was born for you, dear friend, and IL
today you will open to him the door of
your heart, he will enter In and Inn
part to you eternal life"
Mr.. and Mrs. Norton, graduate STU
dents Of the Moody Bible institute of
Chicago. have labored so successfully
in the interest of the Belgian soldiers
since the summer of 1918 that the
queen of the Belgians has given re-
peated recognition to their work, and
the Belgian army authorities allowed
them access to the front line trenches.
Over 1900 Of the Belgian soldiers
have Joined their League of the Holy
Scriptures" and their names are
among the most popular in the ranks.
OF the gifts distributed last year,
5000 boxes went to Belgian soldiers in
German prison camps. A reply card
was inclosed. and within few months
the entire number Of 5000 had been
received, asking that coples of the Cos.
pels be forwarded.
The Jasper news., 1918-12-19

pattern is cut in various sizes for dolls
ranging from IA to &c inches in length.
the proportions Of your doll may be
quite different from the doll used In
cutting the original pattern. If the
clothes do not fit 1t Is not very diff
cult matter to make alterations in the
patterns.
You never need to allow any outlay
for materials for dolls clothes. for
there are always enough pieces In your
work box, or a friends work box, to
make all sorts Of dainty garments.
There are sure to be odds and ends of
lace and insertion to use on the little
underwear and pieces of ribbon with
which the dresses can be trimmed
The Jasper news., 1918-12-19
DRESSING CHRISTMAS DOLLS
ape Sure the Clothes Come On and
orr 10 Advice of Woman Who
Has Had Much Experience.

BE sure the clothes come on and
or" This is the injunction that one
woman has to make every year when
she gets to work at her usual Christ
|hlnas task Of getting 80 dolls dressed
4 IN 9 little orphans who live In an In
in which she is interested.
- Il buys the dolls at wholesale prices
s>dnd then gets good folk she knows to
dress them, but always with the re-
quest goes this injunction-"be sure
land don't sew the clothes on"
The reason for this is the fact that
these 80 little girls are like all other
little girls in liking dolls that can be
dressed and undressed, and the first
thing they do on receiving their Christ
mas doll is to see how readily It may
be- dressed and put to bed and then
dressed again.
In dressing dolls 1t Is possible to buy
paper patterns for doll clothes. One
set, sold by leading pattern concern,
contains a cape with hood, jumper
dress and guimps, bathrobe and a
potticoat and drawers-all for ten
cents. The only trouble with this sort
OF pattern is that 1t doesn't always at
the doll you choose; in fact, It is by
the nerest accident that the paper pat
farm would at the doll. Although the
a. I.
The Jasper news., 1918-12-19
FOR SOLDIERS OF BELGIUM
Americans to Bring chrlstmas Cheer
to Every Man In Valiant
Army.

Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph @. Norton. who
last year distributed $4,000 Christmas
boxes to the Belgian soldiers. with the
cooperation of the Belgian govern
ment, have perfected plans for extend
ing the Christmas cheer this year to
every soldier in the Belgian army of
10000. The gift win consist of choco-
late toilet soap and candies. furnished
at total cost Of $4,000. A Christmas
greeting card viii be inclosed, bearing
the following inscription, printed In
The Jasper news., 1918-12-19

In his more serious strain he says:
"They's a kind o. feel In the air to me-
When the Christmas times sets In,
That's about AS much of a mystery
AS ever I've run ag'in!
Fer instance. now, whilse gain In weight
And general health I swear
They's a goneness somers, can't quite
state
A kind O. feel In the air,
Is 1t the racket the children raiser
wy, no!-God bles 'em!-no!-
Is It the eyes and cheeks ablaze
Like my own wuz, long ago?
Is 1t the bleat o. the whistle and beat
o. the little toy drum and blare
o. the horn? Mol no! 1t is jest the sweet.
The sad. sweet feel In the air.
Paul Laurence Dunbar, in his char
acterlstic dialect, says of Christmas:
step wild de banjo an glide wild de
fiddle,
Dis ain no time flu to pottah an piddle;
F>u' Christmas is comm. Its right on the
way,
An dey's houahs to dance To- de break
o. de day.
What II de win is talkin' an whistlin'7
Look at dat fab how hits spittin' an
Heat In de ashes an heat In de cindah.
or Mistah Fros' kin look thoo de win
dah."
To return to the real spirit Of Christ
mas, as 1t commentaries .he birth of
Christ. Margaret e. Sangster says:
I'VE love to think of Bethlehem,
That little mountain town.
To which on earth's first Christmas day
| Our blessed Lord came down;
| A lowly manger for his bed,
| The cattle near in stall,
There, Graded close in Mary's arms,
| He slept. the Lord of all.
Now breaks the latest Christmas morni
Again the angels sing,
| And far and near the children throng
| Their happy hymns to bring.
| All heaven is stirred All earth Is gladl
| For down the shining way
| The Lord who came to Bethlehem
Comes yet on Christmas day"
The Jasper news., 1918-12-19

Another favorite with the children
is christmas Day." by Ruth Ray
mond.
Now. chile, go hang yo' stockin's high
Dyar by de chimbly place,
Flo Santa Clause goes ridin' by
Wild him ole jolly face,
OATS allus smilin' cause dey say,
He lubs de chlllun 30,
An brings dem gif's each Christmas day
Across de miles of snow.
us mended dem from top to toe,
Dey'l hole de things yo' need,
One l'ile garden rake and hoe.
De book ye longs to read.
Wild fife and drum To- yo' to play;
Dat Santa Clause boun' know
De things yo's prayed TO cherry day
And make yo' happy So.
Hang up you stockin' den an rest
The Jasper news., 1918-12-19

| Flemish on one side and French on the
The Jasper news., 1918-12-19

Snow and Christmas winds seem to
be so closely mingled with Christmas
In the minds Of English-speaking peo-
pie that many of us are scarcely aware
that new traditions of Christmas eli
mate are being built up in parts of our
wide country. The poet Sill, with his
exquisite art, paints for us picture Of
Christmas in California;"
"Can this be Christmas-sweet as May.
With drowsy sun and dreamy air,
The new grass pointing out the way
For flowers to follow, everywhere
Has time grown sleepy at his post,
And let the exiled summer back,
Or Is 1t her regretful ghost
Or witchcraft of the almanac7
am his creature, and his air
breathe, where'er my feet may stand;
The angels song rings everywhere,
And all the earth is Holy Land"
Besides the religious spirit of Christ
mas poetry, great deal of verse has
been written In honor of St. Nicholas,
Kris Kringle or Santa Claus, as he Is
called, and the children. Perhaps one
Of the best known of these poems Is
"The Night Before Christmas" by DR..
Clement G. Moore, which begins:
"'Twas the night before Christmas, when
all through the house,
Not creature was stirring, not even a
mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney
with care.
In hopes that st. Nicholas soon would be
there;
The children were nestled all snug in
their beds,
While visions of sugar plums danced In
their heads" ETC.
The Jasper news., 1918-12-19
Too Many for Him,

Nipper-Dld your rich uncle make
any provisions for you in his will?
Ripper-Yes, he made so many 1t
was impossible for me to live up to
'em and get the money.
The Jasper news., 1918-12-19

Keep clean inside as well as outside by taking
z gentle laxative at least once a week, such as
Doctor Pierces Pleasant Pellets. Adv.
The Jasper news., 1918-12-19

seemed to drown the music Of the
bells.
1T was as II an earthquake rent
The hearthstones Of continent.
And In despair bowed my head
There is no peace on EARTH 1 said,
For hate Is strong
And mocks the song
OF peace on earth, good will to menP
Then pealed the bells more loud and
deep;
God is not dead, nor doth he sleepl
The wrong shall fail,
The right prevail
With peace on earth, good win to menr "