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4 jr— ========= — ==== ——r VICTROLAS All styles all prices. | sls, $25, S4O, SSO, $75, SIOO, $l5O, S2OO. EASY TERMS Victor Records Wide Variety RJTHESJ 312 MARKET ST. Birthday Celebration For Miss Helen Pierce Miss Helen Pience, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Pierce, 44G South Fourteenth street, was given a Nwn party in celebration of her eleventh birthday. Festoons of pink and white, flowers of the sameicolors and bloom ing plants gave the lawn a festive air, and in the center of the refreshment table was a large in white and bearing eleven pinkfcandles. Pretty gifts were presented to Miss Helen by her guests, who included the Misses Mildred Arbegat*, Nellie Lack, Marie Wolfarth, Marion Orr, Jean Orr, Maryemma Orr, Blanclue Isele, Evelyn Smith, Ellen Holbert, Edith Holbert, Cathrine McCloskey, Jessie Stoner, Violet McLane, Doris McLane and Louise Dovyning, Charles Downing, Wilbur Arbegast. Assisting in entertaSning the 15ttle folks were Mrs. E. A, Arbegast, Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Mahon.JMr. and Mrs. J. C. Arbegast, Mrs. X. W, J . Downing, Mrs. George McLane and • Mr. and Mrs. George Pierce. Mrs. Clara Elder hais gone home to Chambersburg after visiting at the home of her son, W. F. Elder, 29 Ever green street. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rathbone, of Rome. Ga., are guests of their rela tives, Mr. and Mrs.'Howard Fairley, of State street. Miss Mildred Coppice, of Baltimore, is a guest of her aunt, Mrs. Richard G. Davis, of Market street. Mrs. F. F. Huber, of ChamSbersburg, was a recent guest,at the hoones of her sons, Walter and Norman • Huber, in this citj't Gifts and Good Wishes on Their Golden Wadding One of the always looked forward to by married pairs is their golden wedding, when the stren uous part of life is past and] they can quietly watch the shadows lengthen together. Mr. and Mrs. Rofliert Wal lis of 238 Hummel street, have reached this point in their lives and to-day are receiving beautifiil flowers, gifts and good wishes from many old friends. Miss Margaret W. McLinntand Rob ert Wallis were married in Tlhompson town, Juniata county. May 24, 18G6. Since Mr. Wallts' retirement from an active business life 20 yearsi ago, they have made their home in this city. Their children are Frank J., Ralph M., Miss Jean M., and R. Earl Wallis, all bf this city. There are no grandchil dren. Miss Mildred Staub, a studiemt nt Shippensburg State Normal school spent the week-end with her sister, Mrs. W. E. Glatfelter, 21. North/Fourth street. Pretty Costume Dances Seen in May Festival A May festival will be heddin St. An drew's parish house, Nineteenth ind Market streets, to-morrow evening, with general dancing from 8 to :».30 o'clock, cabaret at 9.30 and ribbon cotillion from 10 to 12, danced by forty couples, with ribbon favors. Dur ing (he cabaret refreshments will be served and the May pole dance, the lancers, Dutch dance and Irish lilt done by young girls in costume. The Misses Grace Seighman and 1-iola Heis ler will dance to Dvorak's humor esque and Louis Munnell will give a solo. Shuey and Delono will play and the •lancing will he directed by C. O. Sharr, of Camp Hill. This May fes tival promises to be the largest svent of its kind ever held in thie city. Suh criptions at a quarter each entitle the holder to see the special dances und participate in the general dancing. Summerdale Park Two orchestras Tuesday and Thurs day evenings. Band and orchestra Sat urday evenings.—Adv. -lUJItJI Mr. C. T. Ferry, Pro- feasor of Modern Dancing, and who Is r., quartered at the Savoy \ Hotel, will open his ' school of instruction ,/C~ JXL °f the latest up-to fp* /Jfllyv J» *1 date dances, on Friday ryjAl! 11 Al / evening. The entire [ I \Vf \ tlfth floor of the hotel !- \\\ .has been fitted for A dancing purposes. One ;/jdPcyp-Ov." '/& Step, Fox Trot and the latest Waltzes will be featured. Private lessons will he given on request. Pupils will he given every consideration. As to terms, etc., ad dress PIIOI'ICSSOU C. T. FEIIRY Savoy Hotel or Hell I'hone 3£l<l, You Needn't Always Wear Glasses-- lAI if you'll act promptly when those faithful servants, your eyes, first send out their signals of distress. That headache, the burning, itch ing eyes are but "S. O. S." signals for relief. Properly fitted glasses will relieve the tension on the optic nerves and unless vour case is bad, you may, in a short while go without your glasses. At any rate, see Belsinger. Examining 205 Locust St. Prescription Optometrists Opposite Orpheum Thenter Opticians Belsinger Glasses ns low as $2.00 WEDNESDAY EVENING, PERSONAL--.- PLEASANT TO TAKE YOUR AT CEDAR CLIFF FARMS How would you like to eat a splen did dinner, served on a wide porch ! shaded by sweet-scented locust trees |in full bloom, with the lively strains j of an orchestra nearby, and in view of a swirling chrowd of dancing men and women? You'd like it! Well, you may do it, if you desire, on the evening of May 29. at Cedar I Cliff Farms, Yellow Breeches creek, j where the members of the Pure Milk ! Society will hold a Locust Blossom Fete t(j raije money for the purchase jof milk and the providing of nursing ENTERTAINMENT BY MUSIC PUPILS Little 80-Peep and Other Mother Goose Characters Will Take Part in Program t mi - ; i v >' TT —The Roshon Studio. There's quite a varied program for the entertainment to he held in the Board of Trade to-morrow evening by music pupils of the Mercy Home, so the taste of every one will be satis field. Dances, songs, recitations, Desarte movements, drills and a pantomime will all be Riven in delightful fashion, showing the progress the children have made during the past year's in struction. "Little 80-Peep" and her story al ways arouse interest, and with her to morrow evening will be five other "Mother Goose" characters, including old Mother herself. Miss Leanore Sourbier wil take the leading role in this little playlet, assisted by Little Miss Mischief, Mary Wolz; Little Boy i'lue, Francis Russ; Mother Goose, Sara Maloney; Old Man in Leather, I-oma Sites; Ked Riding Hood, Alice St. Peter; Jack Horner, Joseph Smarsh. MEMORI XL CHURCH LADIES GIVE STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Memorial Lutheran Church, Fifteenth and Shoop streets, will hold an ice cream and strawberry festival at the church Fri day evening. May 26. A cake and candy sale is also being arranged in connection with the festival. The committee of the society in charge is busy planning and working for the fete, which it is hoped many members of the church and their friends will heartily co-operate in making a suc cess. The proceeds will be for the benefit of carrying on the work of the Home and Foreign Mission Society. and medical care for hundreds of the needy babies of Harrisburg this sum mer. And after the dinner yo* may swim, boatride, stroll in the splendid grounds or join the merry throng that will be dancing in the locust grove from 4 un til 11 o'clock. Tickets for admission cost $1.50, good for the entire day's fete, which opens at 3 o'clock. Supper tickets for a full course meal, Will cost sl. Both are on sale at Rose's, Walnut and Sec ond streets. JULIUS CAESAR AS THE SENIOR PLAY Central High Class Aims High in Producing Shakespearean Play This Year The senior class of the Central high j school is rehearsing for "Julius Caesar" these days and planning lo I give the play at the Chestnut Street j Auditorium early in June. The nation wide celebration of the Shakespeare tercentenary originated with the Drama League of America and the | pupils of the Central high' school are ] not one bit out of date even if their ! building is not so modern. Despite ! the difficult and heavy tragedy for j amateurs, in keeping with the eele- ! bration which the year demands for ( the death of "the myriad-minded 1 Shakespeare as well as in accordance with.the talent which this year's grad- | uating class evinces along these lines, j backed by the efficient training of Miss Annabelle Swartz, the class of ■ 1916 of the Central high school will I give as its commencement play "Julius , Caesar." Judging from the success of former plays, "Jedbury, Jr., j>resented by the class of 1914, and "The College ! A\ idow," given by last year's class, the I success of this play is assured. A synopsis follows: Act I, scene 1, Rome, a street. ' Scene 2, a public place. Caesar and his train en route j to witness the races. Scene 3, a street during a storm. Act ll—Scene 1, I Rome. Orchard of Brutus. Meeting! of conspirators. Scene 2, Caesar's j house. Scene 3, street, before .he home of Brutus. Act lll—Scene 1, Rome, before the capitol. The assassi- ! nation. Scene 2, the Forum. Act IV j —Scene 1, a house in Rome. Meeting of the Triumvirs. Scenes 2 and 3, | camp near Sardis. The tent of Brutus, j Act V—Scene 1. the plains of Philippi. I Meeting of Antony and Octavius—vith ! Brutus and Cassius. Scenes 2 and 3, I a place near field of battle. Scenes' 4 and 5, another part of the field. Wcll-Balanced Cast The cast of characters comprises; ! Julius Caesar, Vernon Widder; ' Oc tavius Caesar, Marcus Antonius and I Lepidus. triumvirs after the death of I Julius Caesar, Homer Kreider, James Mlnnaugh and Edward Wallower; Cicero, Stanley Wengert: Marcus T!tu tus, Cassius, Casca,Trebonius, Ligarius, Decis, Brutus, Metellus Cimbcr and Cinna, conspirators against Caesar, Charles Segelhaum, Horace Nunc maker, Bmlin Hall, Jay Smith, Her bert Remmer, Ezra Strohm, Stanley Wengert and Robert Michael; Flavius, Marullus and the cobbler, tribunes, Jay Smith, Daniel Burkholder and I Lloyd Marcus; soothsayer, Paris Rapp; friends of Brutus and Cassius, Titinius, \ Messola and Volumnius; servants to i Brutus, Strato, Lucius .and Clitus, J Howell Becht, Sara Maloney and Ezra J Strohm; Plndarus, servant to Cassius, Paris Rapp; servant to Octavius, Wil- I linm Meyers; Calphornia, wife to Caesar. Miss Gertrude Wilson; Portia. ! wife to Brutus, Miss Gertrude Ed- 1 wards: citizens, guards, attendants, ; etc., Miss Sara Faunce, Miss Ethel ! Fisher. Miss Xita Snnngler, Miss Eva Selheimor, Miss Lillian Koch, Dai-iel 1 Burkholder. Edward Wallower, Wil liam Meyers and Homer Kreider. The opportunity to see and come Into touch with Shakespeare, especially when his works'are now in the lime light in this tercentenary celebration, is the high school play, and the door i is open—you enter with a mere ticket. Ry all means do not allow the door of opportunity (o swine: in your faces. Alricks' Men to Entertain Wives and Sweethearts Members of the Alricks Association will hold their annual "ladies' night" I on Friday at St. Andrew's parish i house. It will be the time for the' regular monthly social meeting of the club, but the executive committee has i arranged a more than usually elabo rate program In honor of the ladies. Will A. Kitchen, of T^ycominc' county, a professional entertainer, who is employed in the State Fire Mar- i shal's department, will he the star on l the program and will appear twice I during the evening.- Instrumental music will be fur- i nished by the orchestra of the Men's I Rihle Class of the Stevens Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church. Vocal solos will be rendered by I. B. Dick inson and C. Howard Reel, and reci tations will given by Parker Thiyer ! Barnes and Daniel E. Taylor. A stereopticon will be used for lan- | tern slide songs and moving pictures j supplied by a patliesconc. Refresh- ' monts will be served at the conclusion j of the evening. i HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH IgniMlMill IIIKM Mill lining Special Sale of Wedding x J Gift Furniture R li Foot Stool, $4.50 For Many Weeks We Have Been ""*""* Kxtra Special Preparing This I fj | j' f |jjj Telephone Stand TIMELY B' and Chair FURNITURE EVENT NestedTable9 I Solves the problem of where 153 to put the telephone. LY Set of four, complete; In- Is 410 CA dispensable to the woman = SIZ.:)U PTTTT QTTTTT^'TTT? Q Who entertain* Regular Price 118.00. vjir 1 orjHin.rjn,o $12.50 Uustrated Ire 1 : _ abo\e. <g| Farsighted buying at the prices of a year ago enables Regular Price SIB.OO. Tea Wagon us to offer you the furniture in this sale. ||j Windsor Arm j sls 50 ' 1 I The very symbol of home = Regular Price $22.50. ¥ * "1 "1 comfort. One of the most = Kl'inQ I I 1 j j comfortable. One of the most i= I) I 1 KJiCXiL VJIJL U popular wedding gifts in our lg Card Table # c °" ection - Very Bpeclal j Very practical, useful and /*\ J 1 \ $9.00 very popular as a gift. Wll OV/ L 1 V/I 1 Regular Price $15.00. SIO.OO . . _ ..... S Regular Price $16.00. ° f tHan ' SO deSl g nS 18 all Solld Sewing Table I hogany and Finest Workmanship The kind that wlu become jj . an heirloom In any family. Vg V-ane Arm Every piece has the excellence of design that appeals J QQ A veritable "home lover's" to those who love beauty and style. " J[ delight. Rocker to match. . , . . , , , , Regular Price $20.00. 1 his sale is your opportunity to buy at remarkable p| $12.50 heiow rated savings the gifts that honielovers will enjoy all their < lives—for vou know that when all other presents are Spinet Desk Regular Price SIB.OO * 1 ~ forgotten. Delightfully feminine in de- = sign and the number of Its E§ furniture is the ===:;: j rp GIFT THAT LASTS $25 - 00 — Regular Price $30.00. Sale BeginS Thursday Tea Tray, $3.50 | An Early Selection Is Urged Extra special Market Square Complimentary Musicale by Fager School Pupils The ninth grade, Fager building, I (aught by Miss Minnie E. Sample, un- ! der the direction of Miss Ella S. Yost, ' gave a musicale in honor of the eighth I grade. Miss Anna Bender, teacher, yes terday afternoon. The programs, I shaped like a thirty-second note, were made by the pupils and were quite unique. Following is the program: (a) "Corn Song," (b) "O Vales With Sun light," school; piano duet by Mary Levin and Margaret Reel; (a) "Bird Song," (b) "Song of Home," school, piano solo, Margaret Worley; (a) "Lift Thine Eyes." (b) "May Song," school; piano duet by Mary Harris and Emily i Sites; "Forget-Me-Nots," song by nine girls; "To Thee. O Country," school. GUESTS AT NARBKRTH Miss Carrie Gerberich, of Dauphin, ii left yesterday for Narberth, Pa., to be j' the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Graw and attend the commencement exercises of the Misses Shippley's school at Bryn Mawr. in which class Mr. and Mrs. Graw's daughter, Miss Mary Moore, is graduating. Miss Sara Lackey, of Enola, visited friends in town yesterday , I Three More Da.ys I To Take Advantage | I Of This Special j Offer To advertise our permanent I Harrisburg Office and the high- I class eye work we do. IMay 13th to 27th, Inclusive We offer you a guaranteed S pair of perfect vision, gold tilled I glasses. Six styles to select from, I first quality lenses and elegant I case, Including Crown Scientific I Eye Examination, all for SI.OO Special ground lenses at low- ■ est prices. ■ Invisible Bifocals, two pair in I one, far and near, no lines, no I cement, last for years. Crown Optical Go. 1 210 N. Third St., Second Floor I Harrisburg, Pa. Office hours » A. M. to 8 P. M. I " him minim iff I FORT WASHINGTON DANCES OPEN TO-MORROW EVENING j The Sara Lemer orchestra will play for the opening of the Fort AVasliing ton pavilion to-morrow evening, giv ing the following program: One-step, "Wake lip, America;" one-step, "1 Love You;" waltz, "When You're Dancing the Old-Fashioned Walsz;" one-step. "Ladder of Roses;" fox tiot, 1 "When T Get Back to the U. S. A.;" j waltz, "Alohee;" one-step, "The Happv ! Hottentots," one-sfep,\ "Where Did i Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday on Saturday Night?"/fox trot, "Babes in I the Woods;" waltz, "Somewhere a Voice is Calling;" one-step, "Ole Vir ginny;" waltz, "The Sunshine of Your Smile;" one-step, "Are You From I Dixie?" fox trot, "The Bugle Rig;" cne-step, "When the Colored Rogi- j ment Goes Off to War;" waltz, "The Last Farewell." Manager H. J. Mac Donald has ar-1 Bulletin No. 1 A Mistake in the Policy of the Bethlehem Steel Company To the People: The Senate of the Unted States has passed a bill to spend $11,000,000 of the Peonle'i money to build a government armor plant. The measure is now before the House of Rep resentatives. Tt Is said that manufacturers of armor have "gouged" the countrv In the past, and that a government plant is necessary to secure armor more cheaply. 11 lip mistake of the Bethlehem Sled Company has licon Hint it lias kept quiet. \ e have allowed irresponsible assertions to he made for so long without denial, that many people now believe them to be proven facts. e shall make the mistake of silence no longer. Henceforth we shall pursue a policy of publicity. Misinformation will not be permit ted to go uncorrected. Tt is and has been the policy of our Company to deal with the American Government fairly and squarely. We shall henceforth place the details of our relations with the Government before th» American People. v The I nited States has for twenty years obtained the highest grade of armor and has Paid lower price for it than has tiny other preat naval power. I *]lK»re« officially compiled for tlie Senate Committee on \nval Affair* from tile Xaval lenr Hook shim tlint under condition* prevailing; Juxt before llip Knropenn nar, the chief naval power* of the worltl were paying fhe*e price* for nriuort England. $503 per ton: France, SI80; Germany, UMBO; Japan. $100: UNITED STATES. SI2S A government plant cannot make armor any cheaper than we can do It: anil— We are prepared to manufacture armor at any price which the Government itself shall name as lair. THAT BEING SO. SHOULD $11,000,000 OF THE PEOPLE'S MONEY BE WASTED TO BUILD A GOVERNMENT PLANT? CHAR M. SCHWAB, Chairman. T> ,LI I I N eugene g. grace, President. Bethlehem Steel Company MAY 24, 1916. , ranged with the Valley Railways Com- p | pany to run special ears to aceommo- j date the larpe crowd which is expected t to attend. The tioor will he in charge J of H. George Hess. WORKING IN FRANCE letters received liy relatives in this city from Jackson Herr Boyd, who has taken up work with the American am bulance corps in France, are full of ! enthusiasm for work he hopes to do at | the front. Under the French govern ! ment he has instructed a score of men i in assembling automobiles for use as I ambulances. William J. Rryson, of Chicago, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Sanford D. t.'oe. North Second street. Other Personals on Page 5 Hershey Park May Hop I Thursday evening, May 25.—Adv. George Sutton Sings Solo Part in Several Oratorios j George Sutton, baritone soloist at jthe Pine Street Presbyterian Church, will sing the part of Sir Olaf in the "Krl King's Daughter," by Gode, which will be rendered by the Middletowu Choral Society in the Realty Theater in Middletown to-morrow evening. This is Mr. Sutton's seventh appear ance as a soloist for the Middletown Society. Mr. Sutton will sing the bari tone part in "The Rose Maiden" at Brookville, Jefferson county, on Fri day evening. The other soloists in this oratorio will be Pittsburgers. Mr. [ Sutton will not sing at the usual Fri | day evening service at the Ohev Sho | lorn temple but will return in j time for the Sunday services in the Pine Street Church.