FRIDAY EVENING HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MAY 15, 1914.

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Many Guests Enjoy Musical Num-bers, Cards and a Buffet

Supper

Spend Three Days at AqueductCottage in the

Country

Guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Stuartat their home, 1624 North Sixth

street, spent a delightful evening in

music and cards with a buffet supper

following. Mrs. Richard Ray wood.Jr.. gave piano numbers, Mr. and Mrs.

James Berry sang and Mr. Hayward,

who is an excellent mimic, relatedseveral dialect stories.

Mrs. Grover McNutt won the first

firize in five hundred with the conso-ation gift going to Mrs. Edwin Fine-

frock.

Employes of the John C. Herman

& Co. tobacco interests had a mostenjoyable outing at the cottage ofEdwin S. Herman at Aqueduct Sat-

urday, Sunday and Monday,' testing

to the full country life and sports.

This is an annual affair, looked for-ward to with much pleasure by allthe men. In attendance were: J. M.Shelly, C. S. Shaak, J. H. Schrefflen,H. C. Sponsler, Shertz Snider, C. G.Wipperman, W. H. Jassaman, W. F.Ackers, J. E. Loban, Harry Kilmer,Merde Holenbach, William Shetter.William Lutz, Rae Zimmerman, C. N.McXaughton, John Mohn, Ed. Sturte-vant, Rae Chugh, F. B. Bair, HermanShell, Mlkel Peltz, H. F. Neale.

Housekeeping Shower

In the party were Sir. and Mrs.

James Fagan, Mr. and Mrs. EdwinFlnefrock, Mr. and Mrs. John Mc-Kee, Mr. and Mrs. Grover McNutt, Mr.end Mrs. Richard Hayward, Jr., Mr.and Mrs. James Berry, Mr. and Mrs.11. F. Stuart.

For Mr. and Mrs. AndersonMay Dance at Hanshaw'sGiven by the T. S. G. Club Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Ander.-

non, who were recently married re-ceived a large collection ol' housekeep-ing gifts last evening, at the home ofthe bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Her, 801 North Fifteenth street.

Among the young people a'ttending

e May dance last evening at Han-Shaw's hall, with the T. S. G. club,were: Miss Mary Meek, Miss JeanErnets, Miss Esther Taylor, Miss SaraMcLaughlin, Miss Ruth Mentzer, MissFrances Sawyer, Miss Helena Tet-temer. Miss Florence Kohrer, MissHelen Kaufman, Miss Ruth Hilton.Miss Laura Ewing Miss Verna G'seil,Miss Bertha Seifert, Miss MaudeFeise, Miss Anna Robbins, Miss Cath-arine Rea, Miss Mary Lewis, Miss

Helen Morsch, Miss Edna Cope, MissHelen Farmer, Miss Esther Gross,Miss Edith Stiller. Miss Miriam Beck.Miss Thelma Gladt'elter, Miss MabelWilbur, Miss Ross Leonard, Miss CoraNye, Miss Mary Sollenberger, Miss\u25a0Mary Schaub, Miss Bessie Raysor.Miss Nellie Sellers, Miss Naomi Win-pert, Miss Xora Sheaffer. Miss Kath-arine Kurtz, Miss Marie Kramer, Misst'ecelia Mountz, Miss Mabel Moore,

Miss Margaret Gilder, Miss RuthEicholtz, Miss Sara Allen, Miss EdithFtewart, Miss Helen Comp, Miss HildaKoch. Lawrence Lee, A. Cohen, Rus-

sell S. Huber, W. J. Corish, LawrenceMcLaughlin, William Klrby, VincentWeiger, Paul Crltchley, Robert Deis-roth, William Hoover, Wilson Kirkpat-riek. Lewis Xue, Oscar Moeslein. HarryJ). Long, Percy A. Chronister, WilliamCoil, R. H. Price, Jack Losey, ArthurW. Loeser, Harry Bowers, John Loe-ner, Lloyd Meyer, Foster Sowers, W.B. Bergstresser, 11. R. Anderson, H. M.Hippie, F. B. Gardner, William Stew-art. George B. Meek, Robert Willough-by, Harry Page, Robert Atticks, Sam-uel Booker, J. E. Eckenrode, B. H.Bennett, Lester Xesbit, Frank Blair,John C. Carey, Merlin Crawford,Frank Warner, J. Bowers, J. Klingand H. J. Lloyd.

| Among those participating in theI shower were Miss Gertrude Dunn,I Miss Margaret Swengle, Miss NaomiAdams, Miss Olive Bowman. Mr. andMrs. Fisher. Miss Bertha Philabaum,Miss Lulu Gingrich, Miss Lillian Sny-

Ider, Miss Anna Blough, Miss NolleMcCabe, Miss Hulda Sheaffer, Miss

I Florence Stine. Miss BessMiss Rachel Lingle, Miss Cecelia Su-ter. Miss Bess Wynn, Miss Margaret

I Payne, Miss Lou Leslie, Miss Anna! Herr, Miss Marie Knuth, Miss Maryi Holsberger, Miss Leah Guttschall,I Miss Katherine Plant, Professor and

i Mrs. F. Marion Sourbeer, Mr. andjMrs. Frank Bowman, Mrs. J. H. Hols-

! berger, Mrs. lego, Mrs. Lenig, Mrs. O.IWertz, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Karper,

1 Mrs. Moyer, Mrs. H. S. Anderson, John; Fisher, Miss Anna Mehring, Mr. and?Mrs. E. C. Herr and Mrs. Hunsieker.

T: A WITH MRS. ROBIIINSFOR NEW ENGLAND GUEST

I Guest at tea with Mrs. Frank A.

I Robbins, Jr., yesterday afternoon, at| her residence, 1517 North SecontlIstreet, had the pleasure of meetingMr. Robbins' mother, Mrh. F. A.

! Robbins. of Springfield, Mass.Lilacs and liris made effective floral

! decorations for the house with pinki and white snapdragon in the tearoom.

Mrs. David Watts poured tea andMrs. Charles A. Kunkel chocolate for

'the guests and were assisted by Mrs.ijohn E. Fox, Mrs. V. Hummel Berg-

| halts, Mrs. John M. Mahon, Jr.. Mrs.! Thomas Earle. Miss Jane Gilbert,jMrs. Payne and Mrs. Frank D. Car-ney.

WITMER, BAIR & WITMER WITHER, BAIR & WITHER WITMER, BAIR & WITMER WITMER, BAIR & WITMER

A Special List of a Few £ Hundreds of Bargains For Saturday10 new Spring suits, late model?light and medium, new browns, TI/*<

... JfL W7\, reseda, tan, tango, etc.. new materials, sls values $7.50 Wlittlery MJCHT CL Wlittler /\tltlCX

IS new Spring suits?made up for us recently at a price to sell foroff 11/ 1 * CM. «

$15.00. Earlier season prices $18.50 and $19.75; tango, new browns, wis- %SII WQlTlttt ijtTCQttaria, etc.; special for Saturday until sold SIO.OO

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io lit.., i White voile waists, low neck, \u25a0) i sleeves, with embroidered front. .SI.OO10 misses fancy and plain suits, 14 to 18 years, black, navy and othei .

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colors. Earlv season price $23.50; special for Saturday and until sold White voile waist, low neck, >4 sleeves, diop shoulder, buckled front, $1

$13.75 White waists, of striped voile, low neck, short sleeves, with cord and50 late styles of suits, all the new colors and material, all sizes. Earlier button trimming SI.OO

prices, $25.00 to $35.00; special for Saturday and until sold $1.1.00 White lingerie waists, low neck, short sleeves, drop shoulder, with square225 new suits, the new Russian Roman striped combination with long collar and lace trimming SI.OO

overskirts; other plainer long overskirt suits, as well; the many varieties of \Va is t of striped voile, low neck, M sleeves, lace and pleated trimmingtunics, flounces, etc., to please the great variety of tastes, values $2d.00 tu '

$1.25$50.00; special for Saturday and until sold out, $17.50, $19.75, $22.50 Waists of white voile, low neck, long sleeves, drop shoulder, with em-and $25.00 for the best in the store. ? broiderv collar and front of same $1.25

That you may have confidence in the above, relative to styles, materials, Whhe je waist low neck y sleeves drop sho ulder, trimmed withetc., and the fact that we do not allow garments to get out of style-last l ues-

imhation ba) Irish |acc si.soday one week ago we requested our salespeople tp go over all stocks and get White v£le waist low neck , .>4 sleeves, with best of figured voile andout every garment carrying a ticket dated before February 10th. these we . ? . -qrepriced and held for the following Thursday for our Housecleaning Sale a

Scotcli Plaid Skirts,'wiih'peg top and button "trimmed.'"Reducedwhich was a winner and for value-giving, never equaled by us. .

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91Wool crepe, ratine and jacquered light weight wool dresses; colors and 1 om,. 'f . j

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black, reduced from $13.50 and $12.50 to $2.95 and $5.00 Sftch P laid sk,rts w,th >'oke tO P and button trimmed; reduced from

Silk Dresses-One lot of assorted brocaded silk charmense. flowered silk *? > o \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0- \u25a0?- ? ? -.... ???? ?? ? -

poplin, plain crepe de chine, etc., $16.7:, to $25.00, special for Saturday and whjte pBR $1 5Q and $2 (M)

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~200 other silk dresses colors and black, all sizes, $12..»0, ftlo.OO,Whhe Ljnen and Ratine Skirts sl#9s and .25

$1 <.oo, $19.70 and $25.00 for the choice of the stock. Natural Linen Skirts, smooth and rough weaves,30 beautiful evening gowns, sizes 16, 18. 36 and 38; reduced from .y>U.UU ' $1.75 $2.00 and $2.25

to $50.00; not anything newer anywhere; your choice for SIO.OO and #15.00 m pretty Summer Dresses?Misses' 14. 16, 18 and 20?Women's* 36Coats?l.i dark wistaria and 3 brown coats; reduced trom $/.oU to to 46 . .

, SI.OO $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 to $15.503 balmacaans, pepper and salt mixtures; special at $5.00; Saturday, $3.95 S i,k Petticoats--coiors and black $1.95, $2.50, $2.75, $2.953 Stylish rough cloth reseda coats, silk lining to match, $ll.OO, fin .at- -qq jsjew House Dresses?just came in this morning. Add this *o our

"rda y rk' 1,!? alreadv large stock and your choice is fine.10 extra fine mannish serge, full length coats, satin lined, $16.50 to S2O; ?

special $5.0050 raincoats, assorted colors and sizes, mixed cloth; $4 50 for $1.95; tan, w w w t q i i?* i?-

light weight, $5.75 for $3.95; mode gabardine, SIO.OO for $5.00; some I I JL Icheaper, some better. ? ? **7Chiffon hand embroidered waists ?Brown, mahogany, navy and taupe; I*#Jf *? ItY%mnf" (V

$7.75, reduced; special . .$1.95 * * UflUlULUlg VV UlllCfl50 lingerie waists, high or low neck, long or short sleeve, $1.95 to $5.00 Xo matter how fastidious your are, these house dresses will appeal and

values, for SI.OO appeal strongly. They are the prettiest and most distinctive creations everStriped messaline waists, black and navy, $5.50 value, reduced; speciaj shown, guaranteed to wear and wash.

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? ? sl*os They are made of standard wash fabrics.High grade Roman stripes and plaid waists, $9.50, $lO and $11.50 value; one of the appealing features of ELECTRIC BRAND HOUSEreduced to, special for Saturday pW<;F( , .

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IN AND NEW-IDEA HOUSE DRESSES.

i|7'. o * jO 1f 202 and 311 WALNUT STREETWltmer, DQ.IT GLW lltYl?VF OF(LCT SFORCS

Mrs. William J. Ettinger, of 122raider street, will spend the week-end in Baltimore, visiting her son,William J. Ettinger, Jr.

Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Gough, of 322T.ewis street, will spend the week-endJn Baltimore, visiting the tatter'sbrother, William J. Ettinger, Jr.

Among the guests were noticed Mrs.John Kinley Tener, Mrs. Frank Payne,Mrs. John Fox Weiss, Mrs. AliceWallis, Mrs. Richard V. McKay, Mrs.Ford, Mrs. Thomas M. Williamson.Mrs. Lewis Johnson, Mrs. Rollin AlgerSawyer, Mrs. Anna McLain, MissHelen Bruce Wallace, Miss MargaretMcLain and Miss Janet Sawyer.

Birthday Surprise PartyFor Miss Florence Hoke

Mr. and Mrs. Hoke gave a surprise

party Wednesday evening in honor of

their daughter, Miss Florence Hoke,at their home, 1209 Kittatinny street.

The house was decorated with flow-ers and fern and the evening wasspent with games and music. MissHoke received some beautiful birth-day presents.

Refreshments were served to thefollowing guests: Tillie Keister, MaryEbersole, Laura ilcGann, Edna Whit-comb, Mary Siple, Mary Lescure,Ethpl, Edna and Florence Hoke, Ed-win K. Bretz, Lindley McCleaf, RusselChalanger, Charley Cubler, FrankGardner, Charley Hoke, Mr. and Mrs.Miller and children and Mr. and Mrs.Hoke and children.

Young reople on Hike'Neath the Cool May Moon

! Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Stamm chap-eroned a party of young people on amoonlight hike to Paxtonia last even-ing, where they were delightfully en-

! tertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs.iE. J. Dare.

Games, music and refreshments(were enjoyed by the following: MissRachael Day. Miss Blanche Stamm,Miss Maude Umberger, Miss KatherineCooper, Miss Elizabeth Stober, MissAnna Yowler and Miss Barbara

JO'Neil; Messrs. Harry Fisher, MarkHartman, John Stamm, Ben Albright,Melvin Dare and Harry Page.

MARY BARN HART ENTERTAINS

Miss Mary Barnhart, of 322 Kelkerstreet, entertained a number of friendslast evening. Music and games wereenjoyed until a late hour, when adainty buffet supper was served. Thehouse was decorated in La Franceroses and sweet peas. Prizes wereawarded to Mrs. McManamy, MissAbramson. Messrs. Meckley, Ander-1son, Cleim and Rupp. The guestswere: Mr. and Mrs. George N. Mc-Manamy, Mr. and Mrs. George An-derson, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Meckley,Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cleim, Mr. andMrs. John Bird, Mrs. Lizzie Kniter,Mrs. M. Suttiff, Mrs. Margaret Keys,Misses Mary Barnhart .Minerva B. Mc-

, Manamy, Jennie Miller, Yetta Abram-son, Margaret Barnhart, Messrs. Henry

i Rupp, Henry Bird and Charles E.

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jROSS H. BOAS IS LEAVINGIX3II BINGHAM CANYON, UTAH

| Ross H. Boas, son of Mr. and Mrs.

C. Ross Boas, 115 State street, is leav-ing Monday for Utah to engage in hisprofession of mining engineering, in

; the great copper and lead districts.. Mr. Boas left for South America soon?after his graduation from Lafayette

ICollege, and more recently spent a

iyear or so in the northern part ofIthis State.

EPWORTH LEAGUERS PLANWALK THROUGH MOUNTAINS

on Saturday afternoon the mem-bers and friends of the EpworthLeague Chapters from the Fifth

'street and Curtln Heights M. E.churches will hike through the moun-tains. A guide and botanist will ac-company the hikers. They will leaveMaclay street on the 2 o'clock Rock-vllle car.

MISS HALDEMAN TO BEA BRIDE IN EARLY JUNE

The marriage of Miss Eliße Halde-man, daughter of Mrs. Richard J.Haldeman, of 219 South Front street,to Dr. William E. Wright, of this olt",will be solemnized Thursday, June i,at the home of the bride. After thehoneymoon, Dr. and Mrs. Wright willreside at 204 WesL Stale street

Miss Converse to WedYoung J. P. Morgan

Miss Louise Converse, daughter ofFrederick S. Converse of Boston, the

well-known composer, is to wedyoung J. P. Morgan, the grandson ofJ. Pierpont Morgan, and heir apparentto the house of Morgan. If this youngman's father, who is now head of theMorgan house, piles up money andpower as did the great J. P. Morgan,and If the young man about to bemarried does the same, the Morganfirm will become an institution aspowerful as some governments. Thebridegroom to be is now in Harvard,from which he will graduate this slim-mer.

Miss Converse's father, Frederick S.Converse, is well known as a com-poser from his operas, "The Pipe ofDesire," presented at the Metropoli-tan Opera House in New York cityseveral years ago, and "Sacrifice";also by his romances for the orches-tra, "The Festival of Pan" and"Endymlon's Narrative," both found-ed on Feats' poem, "Endymion." Heis a director of the Boston OperaCompany and a member of the Har-vard Club of New York.

jWoman and Her TwoChildren Murdered

By Associated PressIronton, Ohio, May 15.?Mrs. Dennis

Massle, her son Robert and daughterMary were murdered last night attheir country home at Greasy Ridge,this county, twenty-five miles fromIronton, their bodies being found to-day. The mother, 75 years old, the sonapd daughter past 45, were prominent-ly connected In this city, another sonbeing Tax Commissioner W. E. Massle.Miss Mary Massie was found in thekitchen of the house with her handstied behind her back and her throatcut. A search is being made for Har-ley Beard, aged 21, a man employedon the place.

HERSHEY PARKIiAY HOPWednesday evening, May 20. The

i event of ihu aciuoa.

News Items of Interest Iin Central Pennsylvania j

Reading. At yesterday's eighteenth jannual conference of the Women SjHome and Foreign Missionary Society |of the Reading Conference of the Evan- .geiical Lutheran Ministerium of Penn-

sylvania, here, it was decided to change .the name to the Women's Missionary |Society of the Reading Lutheran Con- |ference of Pennsylvania and Adacent jStates.

Mahanoy City. Grasping a live Iwire at the Buck Run mine yesterday, iGeorge Hoysock, aged 31, was killed.

Mahanoy City. Frank Fowler, of jFrackville, hurrying to release hishorse's foot from a frog caught while icrossing the Philadelphia and Reading |tracks at Mahanoy Plane, last night,sustained erliaps fatal inurles when Ithe horse dashed away. The wagonwheels passed over his head, crushing

his skull and fracturing his jawbone.Shamokin. Reynard General, after ,

Igniting fuse for a blast at the Buck |Ridge colliery yesterday and while de- jscending a manway to u place of safety, jwas buried when the manway collaps- 'ed. A rescue party dug him out, buthe was dead.

Reading. At yesterday's meetingof the Berks county prison board com- ]plaint was received from prisonersjthat they have not been receivingenough to eat. The complaint was asevere jar for the inspectors. The day'sbill of fare includes coffee, bread, soup,meat and potatoes.

Mt. Carmel. Alexander Hovitskie,a young man, was found dead in frontof his home here yesterday. It is be-lieved that while ascending the stepsto enter the house he fell to the side- |walk from heart disease. Ills neck was ,broken.

Mission House MayBe Moved From West

By Associated PressLancaster, Pa., May 15.?Consider- i

able time was devoted to-day by the 1general synod of the Reformer Churchto the discussion of the propositionto remove the mission house a Frank- !lin, near Sheboygan, Wis., to some'other point. No action will be takenuntil a later date. Additional com-mittees were appointed and the home

mission board presented a report Inwhich they recommended that he gen-

eral synod apportion the sum of $250,-1000 annually for home missions dur-jIng the next decennlum.

ECONOMISTS STIRRED BYCONGRESSIONAL RECORD

By Associated PressWashington, D. C., May 15. ?Demo-'

cratlc economists of the House, In-cluding Representative Barnhart, ofIndiana, chairman of the House print-ing committee, were stirred to-dayover the appearance of a special editionof the Congressiontal Record contain-ing information Senator LaFollette, ofWisconsin, desired published on thequestion of railroad rates. The specialedition contained 368 pages, printed ata cost of $13,650.

VETA STOVE POLISHis the handiest thingever put on the W.

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special display anil demonstration attfownuui & Co.

On Ladies' CoatsEvery one a Distinctive Model

For to-morrow's selling we have made up twogroups of Ladies' coats wherein we offer values ofa sensational nature ?values that we feel certain noother store in this city can duplicate. "Seeing themis the convincing proof of their worthiness.

An assortment of about 50 different beautiful models in Ladies'and Misses' Coats. Made of Covert Cloth. Chinchilla, French PoloCloth, Shepherd's Plaid, French "Fuzzy Wuzzy" Cloth and Whiteand Old Rose Golfine. All the prevailing colors are represented.Every coat splendidly finished and beautifully *7l**trimmed. Original values were up to s2o.Off. Very * /?*special at v/» f

A collection of exclusive French models in Ladies' and Misses'Coats. Made of White Bedford Cord and Corduroy, Golfine, Mate-lasse, Wide Wale Worsted, Eponge and Wusttne Cloth in everyfashionable shade of Copenhagen. Old Rose Tango, Plumcot andmany others. All lined with high-grade satin in correspondingcolors. These are just the kind of coats style-and- -rquality particular persons want. Original values % I Ijllwere up to $25. Very special at

Children's Silk Mo're CoatsSpecially Reduced

A splendid line of Children's Silk Moire Coats to fit the girls'4 to 14 years old. In Copenhagen, Tango and other colors, somewith self-girdles in contrasting shades. All are beauti- mmfully lined and finished throughout. Original values \V /were up to $12.75. Very special at I~

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49c FRESH CUT 49cDozen CARNATIONS Dozen

98c Fresh Cut Long Stemmed 9fcDozen ROSES Dozen

& Hardy Deutzia Plants E3ad,

Full of Flowers. Can Be Planted OutFine For Cemetery Planting

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