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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-12
SURPRISE ON BIRTHDAY

Millerstown, Pa, April ia sur
prise birthday party was given Harry
E. Walker on Tuesday evening at
his home in High street. The even
ing was joyously spent in playing
games, after which refreshments
were served. The guests were: Mr..
and Mrs. c. c. Page, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Beacham. Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
ton Page, Mr.. and Mrs. Sellers Nip
pie, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Reisinger,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Diffendafer,
Mrs. Harry Hopple, Mrs. William
Walker, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Walker.
Misses Mary Kepner Carolyn Reis-
niger, Kathryn Rickabaugh, Daisy
Walker and D. A. Lahr, Max Walker
and D. Gilbert Rickabaugh.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-12
WRIST WATCH FOR OFFICER

Columbia, Pa, April IZ.-EIShteeh
applications for membership were
received by Susquehanna Aerie No.
293, Fraternal Order of Eagles, at a
meeting last night, when the trustees
were instructed to purchase a $500
Liberty Bond. Boom night will be
April "a, when a big class will be
admitted. May will be observed as
patriots day, at which time a serv-
ice flag will be unfurled.
A surprising feature of the session
was the presentation of a wrist watch
to the secretary, II. B. Clepper, who
is first lieutenant of the second
platoon, Company L, Reserve Militia,
by a personal friend, Otto Boetteger,
of Lancaster. NJ. NJ. Bernard made
the presentation speech.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-12
LANCASTER COUNTY DEATHS

Marietta, Pa, April 12. - Urias
Buch, aged 81. died at Akron after
long illness. He was a gardener
and trucker. Two sons. seven grand
children and ten great-grandchildre
survive.
Mrs. Emanuel Hall. of Lititz, died
Wedn esday night, aged 6S years.
Her husband, four children and a
number of brothers and sisters sur
vive.
Mrs. Katharine Weidman, aged rs,
native of Salunga. died at the
Brethren Home yesterday. One
daughter and a sister survive.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-12
LIBERTY LOAN MEETING

Dauphin, Pa, April 12.-Last even
ing the committee on the Intrd Lib
erty Loan met at the High School
building. They have arranged for a
public patriotic meeting m the in
te-est of the Loan 90 be held on
Monday evening next in the p. O..
S. of A. hall. DR.. Johnson, of Dun
cannon, and a Canadian soldier who
is on a furlough, on account OF
wounds will address the meeting.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-12
Plan Canvass of Voters
For ''Dry" Candidates

The Rev. e. E. Snyder, pastor of
st. Matthew's Lutheran Church, en-
tertained the members of the Mems
Brotherhood of the congregation at
his home last evening At this session
plans for canvassing the Tenth ward
voters to gain their support in voting
for the dry candidates for the State
Legislature were made. The canvass
will be conducted by the four church.
es in the ward.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-12
DELIGHTFUL PIANO RECITAL

MechanICsDufS, Pa, AprlI Il
Last evening a delightful pianoforte
recital was given by the pupils of
Mrs. M. B. Ibach at her home in
South Market street. The young
people played exceedingly well and
the compositions were well selected.
The following pupils took part in the
program: Dorothy Ross, Mary Ross,
Mooredean Plough, Helen Hoover,
Uhrich. Hazel DeVenney,
Margaret Dry, Blanche Eckert,
Helena Ross, Marian Shelley, Ken
meth Dry, Dorothy Heiges and Isabel
Ibach.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-12
a ..soCK COMMENCEMENT

New Bloomfield, Pa, AprlI II
Closing exercises of the New Bloom
field public schools will be held in
the courthouse on Wednesday even.
ing, May 1. All of the schools will
participate and good entertainment
is guaranteed. A mock commence
ment" will be presented by the High
school. No admission will be
charged, but a silver offering will be
lifted for the benefit of the Junior
Red Cross.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-12
MITE SOCIETY ENTERTAINED

Dauphin, Pa, April 12.-The La
dies Aid Society of the Methodist
Episcopal Church held its monthly
meeting at the home of Mrs. William
C. GarvericlS- After the regular bust
ness meeting the evening was spent
socially. Refreshments were serred
to Mrs. w. II. Zweizig, Mrs..C. S. Nc
Nally. Mrs. Isaac Fite. Miss Marga-
ret Fite and Charles McNeely, Jr.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-12
WORKMAN ELEoTRoCUTED

Hagerstown, Md, April 12.-Har-
ry l.. Butts, formerly of Hagers-
town, an employe of the Potomac
Light and Power Company at Mar
tinsburg, was electrocuted at the
plant by being pinned to the switch
board by q live wire of high voltage.
Butts was engaged in splicing wire
when the accident happened.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-12
APPLICATIONS TO BEAR STAMPS

Sunbury. Pa, April i2.-By rul-
ing of the Middle dictrict revenue
collector, all applications for the
transfer of liquor licenses must bear
81 in revenue stamps. This matter
seemed in doubt and q number of
such applications were without
stamps. A decision was then asked
by Prothonotary Summers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-12
KILLS SON, THEN A SUICIDE

MiIIcFs, N, Y, April 12.-After
killing one son and attempting to
kill the other at her home here, Mrs.
John Butler took poison and in
fiicted wounds on herself from which
later she died. Mrs. Butler is be-
lieved temporarily to have been made
insane by a prolonged illness.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-12
EXEMPT ELEoTRICAL STUDENTS

WHbDIns tUn, ApTII Iz.-Jne PfONOsL
Marshal-General yesterday ruled that
students completing two and one
half years electTical engineering
course, or the equivalent. at any
American college recognized by the
War Department, are eligible for the
Signal Corps enlisted reserve. and
after enlistment may claim eXemp-
ton from the draft.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-12
SCORES UNSTEADY PASTORS

Wiikes-Barre, April 12.-Ministers
who find trivial reasons to change
their posts of duty during a confer
ence year were yesterday told at the
Wyoming Conference by Bishop Ber-
ry that the practice must stop. The
Bishop was roundly cbeered.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-12
WANT Ib-CENT pTECEs

Washington, April 12.--Coinage of
lucent pieces. to facilitate the han
ding of crowds at moving picture
theaters on account of the war tax,
Is proposed in a bill introduced by
Representative O'Shaunessy, of
Rhode Island.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-12
son ARRIVES IN FRANCE

HummelstOwn, Pa, April 12.-Word
has been received by Mr.. and Mrs.
Dudley Brinser of the safe arrival of
their son, Charles Brinser, in France.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-12
Schleiisr,er's S
Mems Shop
28-3O-32 N. 3rd. St.

Il understand the
conditions of the
times they might
fdget at paying a
little more
but eUery man Is
a,Uale e to the scarcity
of good goods and he
kno,US that to get
something better it is
necessary to pay a
little more than in
the old days
Steel is higher, Iunt-
Der is highers coal is
higher = everything
is higher and by
!. looking at the matter
SquweIy in the face
and considering
QUALITY instead of
price-he will knotU
that WOOL costs
more.
Yet he ,Uaits WOOL
and he can get it
here in SchEeiner
/ Clothes.
Paying a little more
doesn't mean paying
a higher price. 1t
m cans paying.
ENOUGH to get the
right kind of clothes.
SchIeiSner clothes for
men are so UdstLy dit
ferent from other
kinds that COM
pariSon M ereLy
strengthens the ar
gument IN their
faUor.
If Schleisner Clothes
uUOiILd cost = more \
than other kinds =
that ,UouId be ,Uorth
looking into = but
THEY DON'T.
Spring Suits and
Top Coats
$40 to $50
and sold qDith
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-12

Ne,U Goats
for all occasions
are particularly attractive
being Uery unusual models
including the ne,U sleeveless
coatS-much the Uogue
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-23
FOUND MAN TO COOK CORN
Lucky Find Solved Big Problem for
One Of Hoover's Helpers In Hard
Times In Belgium.

A cargo Of corn sent to the COM
mission for the relief of Belgium
early in 1919 was problem to dis
pose of until Robinson Smith, one
of Hoover's helpers, ran into luck
on dusty Belgian road one day.
None Of the Belgians had ever
used American corn. The cargo
was useless unless some one could
be found who knew how to cook 1t.
Smith was thinking over the prob
lem as he drove along in his car, he
related the other day. He espied a
ragged-looking negro sitting by the
roadside. He drew up his car.
"Are you an American citizenY' he
asked the bundle Of rags.
II doan know, boss" the bundle an
swered. 81 comes from Norfolk. All
I knows Is amt got no business heah,
sah.''
'sBut you can cook, can't youT
Smith asked with rising hope.
''Bes' thing do, sah"
Without pass for him, Smith was
perplexed as to how he could get the
find back to Brussels. He took
chance, and put the negro in the rear
of the machine under blanket and
drove him off to the @. r. B. kitch-
ems. ~
They put him in a chefs uniform
and brought In the corn. The way
the BelgIans ate corn pone, corn bread
and corn cakes made that cargo go
so quickly the @. r. B. soon had no
problem on its hands.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-23
TAUGHT INSECTS TO THINK
Remarkable Act of Scientist That
Hardly Seems Worth the Time
1t Must Have Taken.

John W. Coghlin has demonstrated
what patience and perseverance will
accomplish, and has also exploded the
old-time theory that it was impossible
to teach insects to understand the hui
man voice and action. Some time since
he had the good fortune to discover a
hill of Madagascar neuropters, or
marching ants, says the Pittsburgh
Press. They were about the size of
the common June bug and of a dirty
brown color, and he says that they
are numerous in India and South AZ
rica-that he can account for finding
a hill of them in Maine by being
brought there on some vessel. Mr..
COghlin invited some Of his friends to
his camp at Patterns Pond, where he
amused them by putting the neurop-
tereans Gas he called them) through a
course of sprouts. The way he caused
the little army to go through their
evolutions was q marvel to all pres
emit. Marching by twos and by fours,
over inclines and bridges made of
toothpicks, with the regularity Of
trained troops, he finally caused them
to break ranks by lighting match
before the leaders. He says that artf-
fetal light will confuse them; there
fore they can be made to perform only
In daylight.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-23
NEED FURNITURE IN GERMANY
Problem Of Its Supply Has Added One
More to the Troubles Of the Gov
eminent.


The German government has so far
been unable to find any substitute for
furniture, and has not yet had the
temerity to ask Its subjects to follow
the example Of their Turkish allies
and sit OIL the floor. The result is
scarcity that has caused secondhand
dealers to reap enormous profits.
A secondhand kitchen chair that
formerly cost about so cents now sells
for SIS. An old bedstead that used to
sell for So now brings $780, Second
hnnd dealers have secured the country
and old tables and chairs have been
brought from cellars and garrets, but
the demand still outruns the supply
and prices already 1000 per cent above
Z normal, threaten to go higher.
The problem is likely to become
more acute as soon as the war ends.
Thousands Of couples that married
when the men were called into the
army will wish to establish homes Of
their own. The government has pro-
yided many houses in advance but
these will be of little use without
furniture.
Some urge that the government
make the same rule regarding second
hand furniture as is now In force in
the old clothes trade; put the private
dealers out of business, fix lower prices
and make it crime for anyone to sell
the secondhand articles except to the
state.
A number of capitalists and furni-
ture manufacturers have formed an
association to make new furniture and
sell it at four per cent above cost on
the installment plan, requiring one
third of the purchase price as first pay
ment. The cost of new furniture, even
under this arrangement, Is almost pro-
hibitive, because of the scarcity of ma
terials and the high wages of labor.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-23
MEALS AT NOMINAL PRICE
Emergency Kitchens in Dutch Capital
Have Been Found to Be of
Great Value.

Emergency kitchens were not known
in Holland before the war, but are now
established in all the larger cities for
the purpose of supplying the poor, as
well as persons and families of small
means, with one warm and wholesome
meal day at nominal price In The
Hague are three such kitchens, which
are well patronized and have accom-
plished great amount of good
One was established by the munich
pal government and is mainly intend
ed for the use of the really poor of
the city. 1t furnishes to all callers
one meal daily for the price of four
cents.
The menu for one week follows
Monday, oatmeal, milk, butter, and
sugar; Tuesday, potatoes, carrots, on
ions, and beef; Wednesday, potatoes
red cabbage, and beef; Thursday, pea
soup, with pork; Friday, potatoes
sauer-kraut, and edible fats; Saturday
potatoes, beets, and edible fats. Nc
meals are served on Sundays.
Another kitchen was established by
1.-THE Dutch Society of Housewives, y
and is intended for the use of small
salaried persons. Dinners are served
in the restaurant for II cetts, and foI
10 cents If sent for. The dinners con
sist of meat or soup, vegetables, and
potatoes.
The third kitchen was also started
by private initiative and is patronized
by the better salaried persons, such a:
teachers, clerks, officers of the army
ETC.. who here get a good square meal
for 80 cents.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-23
HAs Good as Yours.D

Recently there arrived at one Of our
Atlantic ports an American who re-
Gently managed to get out of Russia.
He tells an amusing story illustrative
of the chaos and the lack of respect
for government which recently have
come into existence in Russia.
The Kerensky government. 1t seems,
at one time put out an issue Of forty
ruble notes. They We're about the size
of large postage stamp, and quite
artistic in design. Almost Immediate
ly they were copied by band of coun-
terfeiters, who in an ecstasy OF frank
contempt for the government, printed
across the face of their notes:
"Ours are just as good as yours"
AS an example of Slavic humor, It
must be admitted that this has Its
merits. And as things are turning out,
the words of the counterfeiters were
apparently as true as they were anus
Ing.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-23

efficient of these machines viii cut 21e
layers of heavy fabric in one opera.
ton.
When the garments are cut they &c
to the assembling room, where toy
are sorted into bundles. One girl col.
lects all the small pieces that go to
make the sleeves, collars, cuffs and
pockets Of pajamas. These are then
passed on to another girl, who adds
the front and back pieces A third
girl adds the other parts and completes
the garment, which is then wrapped In
bundle with two others A similar
procedure is followed in assembling
other garments.
No Material Wasted.
Each bolt of goods is measured be
fore cutting and an estimate made Of
just exactly how many garments II
contains, For example, PIG layers oil
jean contain IA dozen hospital shirts
If the material lays 296 high. 1877 dozer
may be secured from one cutting
From a ninety-foot strip of material
eight hospital bed shirts may be cut
To find piece of waste material larg
er than a three-quarter inch triangle
is unusual. Even these scraps are not
wasted, for they are sold to rag deal
ers.
An electric marker for making pat
terms accomplishes In fifteen minutes
the work of one man working for foul
hours. After the pattern is marked
on the top the circular knife revolves
through the cloth at the rate of 6,OOC
times minute.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-23
Our Own "TropIcs."

Only at one place in the United
States is there real tropical vegeta-
ton, says Popular Science Monthly.
Florida and California have what is
called "sub-tropical" vegetation. In
the midst of desert in the extreme
southern part Of California is true
oasis. The oasis. Palm Springs, lies
$50 feet below the sea level. So hot
is 1t there that there is a riot of vege-
tation all the year round Enormous
fig trees and mammoth grapefruit and
oranges are always to be had. The
lemons that grow there weigh two and
half pounds apiece. The RESPONSE
bility for all this may be laid to beau
tiful little stream which is fed by the
Colorado river and which flows
through the oasis only to disappear
into the ground at its end.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-23
RED CROSS soLARIUM
OPENED AT CAMP DIX.

A Red Cross Solarium, or GONZALES
cent home, at Camp Dix, Wrightstown,
N. j., was opened recently In the pres
ence of officials of the army and the
Red Cross and an unusually large gath
eripg of Chapter workers from the
nearby counties and towns. The
solarlum is similar In design to the
thirty-eight other model solariums
soon to be put into service by the Red
Cross.
AT the conclusion of a short speech
Albert W. Staub, Assistant Manager Of
the Atlantic Division, said:
''This building represents the spirit
of the American people and their In
terest in the health and comfort of
the American soldiers. 1t is now ready
for use, and the Red Cross is prepared
to conduct its activities under the su-
pervision and subject to the wishes of
the commanding officer"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-23
STRINGENT STEPS
TO PREVENT GAS
WASTAGE ABROAD
American Red Cross Gets Every
Ounce of Driving Power Out
of Every Gallon Used.

Gas consumption in France, at least
on American Red Cross Ambulances in
Europe, Is measured by blocks to the
liter rather than miles to the gallon.
Gas or essence" is a precious article
In the war zone and not at all easy to
get-in fact, almost impossible to buy
for cash.
Fortunately, the gas stations MAIN
tanned by the French and American
armies cooperate with the American
Red Cross Motor Service and allow
ambulances and trucks to obtain lin
tied quantities of gas on "carnet" or
triplicate orders supplied to Red Cross
drivers.
Any gas obtained from French Sta
ton, however, is merely borrowed, and
the Red Cross must return it liter for
liter from stocks reaching it at the va
rious ports. The official orders filed
from American Army stores are re-
deemed In cash. The French, how
ever, will not part with their gasoline
for money.
With gasoline, as well as motor
equipment, so precious, the Red Cross
has instituted unusual gas saving meas
ures governing its entire fleet of 634
ambulances, trucks and other gas We
hicles. Carburetor adjustments re-
ceive unremitting attention. No car is
allowed to continue to run with leak
ing valves or any other defect which
will lower its "blockage" per quart or
waste oil. No chauffeur who is not an
expert in getting maximum "blockage"
remains long at the wheel Every
chance of 'joy riding" is eliminated by
a system which well might be adopted
by owners Of pleasure cars and trucks
of the United States
No car leaves the garage even for a
trip of four blocks until the odometer
reading is taken carefully and gas in
the tank or in reserve cans measured
accurately The driver starts out with
trip card registering all these facts,
and new readings are taken on his re-
turn to the garage or on his arrival at
the next Red Cross Motor Transporta-
ton station.
If his odometer shows that he has
deviated from the shortest path be-
tween the garage and his objective, or
II his time indicates that he has been
delayed. he is called upon for an ex-
PLANTATION. A doubtful excuse brings
a sharp warning. A second offense
puts him on the wash rack" washing
, dirty cars for several days. AS all
Red Cross drivers are militarized. he
has to take his medicine. A third Of
Tense may send him to the Provost
! Marshal of the American Army in
Paris as a military offender. Vari-
Gus punishments are neted cut, but
the most feared of all, they say, is an
order that the man be separated from
the Red Cross and sent back to Amer
! lea in disgracel
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-23
Man in the Makino.

We are all sculptors Of life. From
the anthrppoid ape stage clear up
through the ages, in the slow process
Of evolution, man has been at work
chiseling himself. Always on the whole
lettering himself a little, eliminating
the animal, the brute qualities more
and more, in spite of setbacks, he has
persistently struggled toward the real
ization of his ideais-the higher man,
the ideal man.
Our sculpturing is mental; our
thought is the chisel that traces the
ideal In life's marble. Angel and de-
mon, beauty and ugliness, success and
failure lie side by side in the mar
BILE of life.-Dr.. Orison SWEET Marden,
in New Success.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-23
"Nutsn of Prisrend.

Prisrend makes remarkably modest
demands on photography for a Balkan
town, being spelled in only six differ
ent ways.
1t has no need for a water board,
because the river Biritza, called the
Martha by casual geographers, cuts
the town In two, while in almost all
the streets there are brooks that be-
come torrents after heavy rains.
The Prisrendian nuts" are the most
gaudily dressed people in the Balkans,
and the local bazaars blaze with gar
ish garments, beside which the rain
bow-hued neckties inflicted on inno-
cent Englishmen at Christmas would
look drab.-London Chronicle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-23
In His Spare Moments.

There was hideous noise issuing
from the waiting room Of the lonely
country station, and the stranded pas
senger feared foul play.
who's that bowling in thereT he
asked the small boy who played porter.
THAT'S the station MASTER" said the
lad. "'E's got so little to do now
there amt many trains stop 'ere-so
'e's settin' the timetable to music for
the porters to learn when they come
back from the war."-London Tit-Bits
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-23
Etiquette in Mexico.

Travellers through Mexico report
many peculiar customs which reflect
the temperament of the people. Some
of these are founded upon supersti-
lions hundreds Of years old while 9TH
ers date from more recent days. There
is a prevailing belief in the country
that there is bad luck in a sequence
of threes and wherever possible the
combination of three is avoided. This
is shown very often to persons strange
to the land in the lighting of a Gig
arctic.
In the United States one often sees
three men light their pill from one
match. 1t would be a gross insult
in Mexico to offer a man q light from
match that had already started two
cigarettes going. Instead one must
blow out the match and give him a
light from the ignited coffin nail.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-07-23
ITALIAN SOLDIERS PLAYING
BASEBALL WITH AMERICANS.

American baseball is supplying a
new bond of fellowship between men
of the Italian army and American Red
Cross workers along the Italian front.
1t made an instant hit with the ItaI-
ians. One of the ambulance men wrote
recently: "Most of them as yet catch
the ball with their stomachs, but they
are making rapid progress. They bor-
row our ball whenever 1t is not In use. "