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Cleveland County herald., 1918-12-05
BRIEF INFO 0RMATION

England's prison population pe1ofe tbe war was 1S,O00; it is now 9,5oo.
 Portable electric machinery has been invented to screen coal and load it in wagons.
 Of the 5000 or more islands com prising the Philippines only about 4oo are inhabited.
 Adding an ounce of camphor to each five gallons or gasoline he uses, an English automobilist claims to effect fuel saving of 20 per cent.
Cleveland County herald., 1918-12-05

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 indescribable 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 if today you will open to him the door of your heart, he will enter in and im- part to you eternal life.'
 MT. and Mrs. Norton, graduate stu dents of the Moody Bible institute of Chlcago, have labored so successfully 1n the interest. of the Belgian soldiers since the summer of 1915 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 12,OO0 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. 6,0OO boxes went to Belgian soldiers in German prison camps. A reply card was inclosed, and within a few months the entire number of 6,OOO had been received, asking that copies of the Cos pels be forwarded.
Cleveland County herald., 1918-12-05

The inventor of pulley with de- pressions in its surface contends that belts will not slip when it is used.
 With view to meeting eventually the national demand for wool, the Jap anese government will establish three sheep farms early in the new year.
 A few Japanese women have been put on the cars of the Mino Electric company because of the shortage of men laborers, who have entered the manufacturing activities. If these women conductors prove satisfactory more will be similarly employed.
Cleveland County herald., 1918-12-05

dark color and is extended below the waistline at the back and front. It has striking decoration in colored silk embroidery, of which notable feature appears in two groups of five small overlapping disks at each side that, whether Intentionally or not simulate medals. The neck is typical of the mode of today which is plain or almost plain. In this blouse there Is narrow collar which does not extend across the front
 The other blouse is in light color with tucks at the front and a wide, turned-back collar. There are bead motifs on this. The sleeves have plain band cuffs and little buttons ornament them.
Cleveland County herald., 1918-12-05
GATHERED FACTS

The Emergency Fleet corporation has girls chorus, all employees. "ltn MISS Beatrice Eaton as leader.
 With walls but two inches thick. a concrete motion picture theater. 80 bv 40 feet and IS feet high, has been built in England.
 The discovery in Sweden of loar of bread made from pea flour in tba time Of the Vikings has disclosed the fact that peas were cultivated in E,,- rope more than 1000 years ago.
Cleveland County herald., 1918-12-05
FOR SOLDIERS OF BELGIUM
Americans to Bring Christmas Cheer to Every Man in Valiant
 Army.

MT. and Mrs. Ralph c. Norton, who last year distributed 25,000 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 100000. The gift will consist of choco- late, toilet soap and candies, furnished at a total cost of $40,000. A Christmas greeting card will be inclosed, bearing the following inscription, printed in
Cleveland County herald., 1918-12-05
GsA~ Rnz~Az / I
Variety in Vooue.

Many very youthful evening dresses in tulle or georgette crepe are trimmed with fringe called golden fleece" or with silver or monkey fur fringe. Fur pompons are much used and make amusing black spots on light dresses, placed at the ends of sash, on the points of an immense collar, or on a redingote.
Cleveland County herald., 1918-12-05

Christmas in America has to adjust itself to a different environment from the old world setting, The heroic strug- gles of our pioneer ancestors tuned the Tyre of one of our ballad writers to tell of "The First Christmas in New Eng land' His picture of the forbidding New England coast presents a pitiable contrast to the warmth and cheer which memories of Christmas suggest. ''They thought they had come to their
 port that day,
 But not yet was their journey done; And they drifted away from Provincetown In the fireless light of the sun, With rain and sleet were the tall masts And gloomy and chill was the air; But they looked from the crystal sails to
 Christ,
 And they came to a harbor fair The white hills silent lay
 For there were no ancient bells to ring No priest to chant no choirs to sing, No chapel of baron, or lord or king. That gray, cold winter day.
 Then the voyagers remembered the bells of old England which were ring ing for Christmas worship and they forbore to devote the day to labor. tShaH our axes swing on this day of days When the Lord of life was born?"
 The tragedy of the Civil war trailed its. shadow over Longfellow's Christ mas verse and even his courageous spirit faltered:
 "I heard the bells on Christmas day Their old familiar carols play,
 And wild and sweet
 The words repeat
 Of peace on earth, good will to men And thought how. as the day had come, The belfries of all Christendom
 Had rolled along
 The unbroken song
 Of peace on earth, good will to men"'
 Then echoes of the accursed cannon laundering far away in the southland
Cleveland County herald., 1918-12-05
CHR RsllS kSifrs p0EEI1,IE<,'YY IE<,'Y
 K D1@aEQL LG9 s-~~

He in yo' little bed Jes laik de birdies in de nest
 De nanny bird hab fed Till jingle, jingle in de mawn,
 When all de bells will say: 'De Holy Chile ob Gawd am hnwn,
 An dis am Christmas day."
 James Whitcomb Riley, in his Rhymes of Childhood, says: After thoughtful, almost painful
 pause,
 Bub sighed, I'm sorry fer old Santa Claus.
 They wuz no Santy Claus, ner couldn't be, When he wus ist little boy like me-"
 His "Who Santy Claus Wuz' is well known:
 "Jes' a little bit O feller; remember still
 List to almost cry for Christmas, like a youngSter will Fourth O Ju1y's nothing to 1t! New Years ain't a smell! Easter Sunday-circus day-jes all dead in the she'll Lawsy, though! at night, you know, to set around and hear | The old folks work the story off about the sledge and deer, l An "Santy'' skootin' round the roof, all wrapt in fur and fuzz. I Long afore I Iknowed who "Santy Claus" wuz"
Cleveland County herald., 1918-12-05

Prefer diligence before !dleness. un- less you esteem rust before brightnesa Plato.
Cleveland County herald., 1918-12-05

seemed to drown the music of the bells.
 1 "It was as If an, earthquake rent The hearthstones of a continent. And in despair I bowed my head There is no peace on earth I said, For hate is strong
 And mockS the song Of peace on earth, good will to men? Then pealed the bells more loud and deep; God is not dead, nor doth he sleep! The wrong shall fail, The right prevail With peace on earth, good will to men!
Cleveland County herald., 1918-12-05

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, 'Fo Santa Clause goes ridin' by
 Wid him ole jolly face, Oats allus smilin' cause dey say,
 He lubs de chillun so, An brings dem gifs each Christmas day Across de miles of snow. "I's mended dem from top to toe,
 Dey'l hole de t'ings yo' need, One Tile garden rake and hoe,
 De book ye longs to read, Wid fife and drum fo' yo' to play;
 Dat Santa Clause boun' know De t'ings yos prayed fo' ebery day
 And make yo happy so. Hang up you stockin den an rest.
Cleveland County herald., 1918-12-05

lOTIUcf kuIScI SO lIC oODSS and carols which spring from these festivals carry with them distinct flavor of the different nationalities which inspire them. Even two coun- tries so closely akin as England and America infuse certain national at mosphere into the literature of Christ mas. In England one may trace the Christmas carol from the quaintest or old folk songs
 "As Joseph was a-waukin',
 He heard an angel sing,
 This night shall be the birth night
 Of Christ our heavenly king - down through sort of procession of Christmas ideals in successive cen turies to our own time, when
 ''4ark, the herald angels sing'' seems to embody Christmas joy in Eng lish-speaking lands the world over.
Cleveland County herald., 1918-12-05

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 it her regretful ghost
 Or witchcraft of the almanac? I am his creature, and his air
 I 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, a 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 c. Moore, which begins: "'Twas the night before Christmas, when
 all through the house, Not a 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.
Cleveland County herald., 1918-12-05

Hang up you stockin' den an rest
Cleveland County herald., 1918-12-05

The testimony of the shepherds had a varying effect-some wondered. and others kept the sayings and pondered them, but the shepherds went back glorifying and praising God for all they had seen and heard. Those who have believed the gospel message and proclaimed 1t abroad have peculiar joy which must express itself in praises to God.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18
AMERICAN RED CROSS NOTES

Let us do all do The worrying; it
won't bother us much"
The high spirits and fearlessness of
the American Army in France ex-
pressed in the sentence from a letter
written home by Washington SOL
der now at the front. The letter
was given to Home Service workers
Of the American Red Cross as evil
dence of the sort Of experience the
American soldiers were having. and
the way in which they are meeting
the dangers and hardships of army
life.
I'VE are having the time of our
lives over here and getting splendid
training, and not toe much of it. so
when you read the papers about of
fonSives and causualties and every
thing, you must worry q. great deal
We don't worry ourselves, and from
what the mon say who come back
from the front there is really nothing
to worry about. Your chances are
splendid-abOut 1000 to l. Last
night was Billy Malone's birthday and
we had q party. Fried chicken and
fried potatoes, salad. cakes and
wonderful coffee And as we sat
down to our party last night there
was q feeling of guilt that you were
probably worrying about US when we
have been having such q good time.
Let lis do all the worrying, it won't
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18

bother US much.'
Owing to the change of plans on
the part of the Army medical
authorities the Red Cross War Council
has rescinded its action appropriating
$54, $500 for the leasing. eduipping
and maintaining of hospital for
American nurses in Great Britain. A
new plan cOntemplates having one
wing in a large Army hospital near
London reserved for nurses of both
the Army and the Red Cross, and the
American RED Cross Commission to
Great Britain has been asked to CO.
operate in the eQuipping and running
Of this wing.
Carrying out an additional request
vision has been made for Red Cross
conValescent home for nurses outside
the city of London. For this pur-
pose the Commission to Great Britain
has leased ~ house at Putney with
two and One-haIf acres of ground, to
ValeSCent nurses. This house has a
capacity of twenty-five.
An appropriation of $3S, 10000 has
been voted by the War Council to
cover the estimated share for the
Red Cross Of the expenses incident
army hospital above mentioned for the
period ending December 81, 1918, and
to provide for the convalescent home.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18
WHY Madge Said to Weak and Weary
Dicky Put Your Arms Tight
Tight About Both of Us"

MY baby is in my arms at last!
I could shout my triumphant JOY
aloud TO heaven. Instead, l Groom it
softly to the yet unhearing morsel of
humanity cuddled against me- Ihe
wonderful tremulOus neVer-to-pe-
forgotten JOY of motherhood is upon
me. The little heart that has beaten
beneath my own for so many joyful
expectant weeks is now pulSlng fyth-
mically in the tiny body of my son.
"Our first-bOrn, Dicky's and NINE!
I repeat the quaint, homely' old
phrase, realizing anew as [ have done
each day since the coming of our little
one, the peculiar special sacredness
there is in the word 1t is like con-
secration from on high, this vision OF
motherhood first given reality before
a woman's yearning eyes, Life can
offer no other experience so hallowed.
Three weeks old today is Richard
Graham, Jr. and we--baby and /
have been permitted to go downstairs
for the first time. 1t has been quite
royal celebration, with my father and
Diclzv's mother lowering around their
grandchild as if no such baby as TINS
ever had favored the earth with ms
presence, each absurdly jealous OF the
others interest in him, yet joined III
strong resentment against what my
mother-in-law terms that idiot of a
Katie's impertinence about the baby.
Katie herself, the mere wrath of
the volatile, laughing girl who first
came to me, almost justities their
structures by the nonchalance with
which she treats every other duty
since the advent of His Tiny Royal
Highness-the tenacity with which
she attaches herself to any place that
holds him. But l, remembering the
tragedy of thwarted motherhood IN
Katie's life, and the promise [ had
given her that she could help me when
my own baby came, cannot forget her
resolute cry of that awful night
Nov I live, and [ love dot little
babee just same as if it mine'-cannot
deny her the boon she Graves of minis
tering to the new, infinitesimal ruler
of our home.
am back in my low chair before
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18
News For Women Readers -----

ner from his old, light, springing
naovements-and comes toward me.
Shall [ take him, sweetheart?" he
asks, bending over me.
Dicl<y's Brooding Silence.
But the baby has already cuddled
closer, gone to sleep again, and 1
reach up my hand and pull his father
down to the rug beside me. He rests
his head against my knee, a favorite
posture of his, and gazes into the fire.
light steadily, solemnly.
And all at once, the conviction
comes to me that there is something
menacing in that brooding silence.
feel 1 must do something, and that at
once, to combat the black devils my
prescience tells me are settling over
my husbands soul.
"Dicl1y, look at me!' I say quickly,
feverishly, and startled by my tone he
turns and Obeys me. I lean toward
him, holding the baby out to him.
Put your arms tiGht--tight about
both of us [ say, and he needs no
second request.
Il want you to remember some
thing, L fear you are in danger of
forgettine." l hurry on, that no mat
ter whether you're strong or not,
whether or not you are getting well as
fast as you wish. baby and I cannot do
without you. We-we-should--
-if-anytlling -tO-happen-
to-yOu."
Dicky catches his breath sharply,
tightens his arms around us, and for
a long minute there is silence. Then
he bends his lips to my ear:
II will remember, sweetheart. Our
baby shall have his father"
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18
FADS AND FASHIONS

Collars incline to be large and
deep in back; next to nothing in
front
Orange and turquoise blue are col
ors especially charming for sweaters.
Fringe Of the same material and
color as the gown is the only kind
used.
Instep length is good average
length for women past their first
youth
Children's hats of cloth are very
easily made from good patterns at
home.
White Indian head is a most ex-
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18

the open fire in the alcove room up
stairs mine now by the grace of my
mOther-in-laW, who always claimed it
before, but who imperatively de-
manded that her sons child should
open its eyes in the "best room in the
house" And on the couch, near me
asleep, fatigued by the excitement of
the little celebration, is Dicky, never
more royal lover husband than he has
been in the days Of anxiety preceding
the advent OF Richard Graham u,
and the days OF joy since his coming.
But q the leaping fla flash their
rays over his sleeping face | see upon
it again the shadow which is always
there when he is unconscious of OBJ
servation. the shadow that has hung
over our little household for months,
but which each one of us has ignored
for DickN's sake, my poor, brave
Dicky, who tries hardest to shut it out
from himself rs well as from the rest
of us.
For Diclly, whose convalescence
from his airplane accident has been q
matter OF months of suffering, of
slowly healing wounds, still more
tardily knitting bones, is yet far from
well. and the fear which l suspect
obsesses his every waking moment,
that haunta even his dreams, has eX-
tended it's cOnta gion to the rest of us
the fear that Dicky may never be
strong again. that he will be added
to the tragic army OF the permanent
~ disabled"
In the Ranks Of the Disabled.
''Pcrmanently disabled" while still
conscious of the splendid. wonderful
power that was his before he mad
been given a chance to strike even
single blow for the cause to which ne
had given himself! | knew that my
husband would far rather have been
instantly killed in that awful drop
from the skies than to face this posi-
bility.
With the swift, fierce pang this
thought always brings me-for
wOman-like I would love and cling to
my husband if but a fragment of him
were left me-rny arms tighten uncon-
sciously around my sleeping baby. He
stirs. protests loudly against such un-
heard of rudeness, and Dicl1y wakens
suddenly, rises-in so different a man
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18

To make mushrooms most delect-
able, peel them dry, wash then
mince and drain. Have butter hot
and put in a few at a time.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18

A chimney open to rain and snow
will let SCOT and moisture form in the
back f1ue of the ranged mixture
which will eat out the flue.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

For lunch, leftover oatmeal may
be mixed with sliced boiled apples,
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18

When shrinking fine white mater
ials, it is a good plan to iron them
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18
while damp, thus saving the time
spent in sprinkling and rolling.

If you wish to get rid of the smell
of onions in the frying pan, try wash
ing the pan as usual, then hold it up~
side down over a piece of burning
paper in the stove.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18

The flavor of succotash is improved
if corn and beans are cooked together
for a few minutes, few of the beans
being mashed.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18

A new evening gown with long
wide sleeves is of CHEEKY red velvet
and black satin
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18

apron.
Even blanket bathrobes follow the
prevailing straight lines of the sill
hOuette.
Paris designers make the simplest
Of dinner gowns out of day materials
like silk jersey.
A young girls suit of black vel
veteen has a collar, cuffs and vest
of gray SQUIRREL.
A smart black veil of chiffon
boasts a little diamond-shaped open
ing at the lips.
now auoniucr GOWN with long.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18

In the sickrocm don't have the pa
tient lie with his face to the window;
he is sure to suffer from the light if
you do.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18

Three tablespoonfuls of vegetable
oil or a small piece of fat and lean
corned beef can replace salt pork in
baked beans.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18

Wipe the top of the stove off after
using, with a damp newspaper and
you will save much time spent in
backing.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18

nodded, fried and rolled in granu-
lated sugar.
New Britain herald., 1918-10-18

White Indian head is a most ex-
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-26
Cash For Red Cross
From School of Music

About seven or eight hundred peo-
pie attended the eighth annual COM
mencement exercises of the Dunmire
School of Music held at Technical
auditorium last evening. The concert
was one OF the most successful ever
given by pupils OF the school. The
youthful pianists executed from mem
ory difficult classical numbers with a
clear. ripping technique and an in
depreciation which is the result of
careful training on the part of their
instructors. Prof. II. Stuard Dun
mire, director of this school, has had
remarkable experience as a teacher
OF pianoforte. Miss Bricker, of the
department of dramatic art and a
student of Miss LeVan. was received
enthusiastically. Miss Brown dis
played remarkable violin technique in
the Seventh Concerto" by DeBeriot.
The stage, arranged by the Berry
hill Nursery. represented an attrac-
tive drawingroom scene. 4 brief
memorial service for ten young men
in service, former pupils of Prof.
Dunmire, was conducted. Five repre-
sentatives of the Red Cross who were
present received $50 for the benefit
of the local chapter.
The Rev. Dr. ]. 4. Lyter. of Derry
Street United Brethren Church. made
an address and presented the GER
tiicates of promotion.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-06-26
C. A. 0. PICNIC AT {
PAXTANG PARK
Girls of Central High School
Hold an Outing This
Afternoon

The C. A. o. Society of '1s were the
guests of the c. A. 3. Society of the
Central High School of IT at a pic
nic at PaXtang Park this afternoon
ukulele music, knitting and games
helped pass merry afternoon. A
picnic supper was served to the fol-
lowing: Guests - Miss Ethel For
ney. Miss Emma Keeny, Miss Nancy
Mccullough. Miss Kathryn CIeckner
Miss Mildred Sheesley, Miss Helen
Levy, Miss Katherine Roeder, Miss
katharine Cleckner, Miss Elizabeth
Lady. Miss Eleanor Jones. Miss Helen
largest Hoffman. Miss Elizabeth
Watts. and Miss Lillian Speakman.
Hostesses w @ Miss Alice swab. Miss
Margaret Wingeard, Miss Mary Alma
Allen. Miss Getha High, Miss Eveiyn
Speakman. Miss Gertrude Weston.
Miss Louise Johnson. Miss Katherine
Kelly. Miss Margaret Bacon, Miss
Helen Wall, Miss Helen Ferguson.
Miss Sabra Clark, Miss Margaret Lam
dis and Miss Caroline Hahn.
Mrs George Robson, Jr., and
children have returned to their home
in Lock Haven after a visit with
Mrs. George Robson, 1928 Green
street.
Miss Verna Horton, of Broad Ton
city, visited Mrs. E. ]. Knisely on her
way to her class reunion at Ships
pensburg.
Miss Mary Lemer instructor OF
art at Ely Court, Greenwich, Conn,
has returned for the summer to he's
home, 215 South Front street.