The star-independent. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, October 16, 1914, Page 8, Image 8

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OCTOBER
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MOON'S FHASES—
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YESTERDAY'S TEMPERATURE IN HARRISBURG
Highest, ,">T; lowest. 49; S a. iu., ol; S p. m., 57.
MAJOR WIENER AS A HUMORIST
We ilo not believe that anybody regards with
any degree of seriousness the situation which con
fronts the Harvard University Corporation whose
members will meet on Monday to a t on the resig
nation of Professor Hugo Muensterberg as a mem
ber of the Harvard faculty. The eminent German
teacher submitted iris resignation following the
publication of a story that Colonel Clarence Wiener
will deprive Harvard of $10,000,000 that lie in
tended to will to the university, it' the professor's
connection with the Cambridge scat >»f learning is
not severed. Not that we do not believe the loss
of Professor Muensterberg would be a serious one
to Harvard, but the Harvard Corporation, if it
treats the situation the way it deserves will not
l'»se the services of the distinguished educator from
the realm of the Kaiser.
It is doubtful, indeed, whether the professor him
self views the situation in any other than a jocular
way. It is true his resignation, in formal shape, is
in the hands of the Harvard authorities and they
'• an accept it i? they see tit. but if they do accept it
they will, to say the least, display a lack of sense
of humor that is not expected of them. The pro
fessor s course iu resigning a very dignified
and proper one for him to pursue: in fact it was the
only one open to him, but it would be a very undig
nified and very improper thing for the Corporation
to accept his resignation in the present circum
stances.
Even if it were possible to construe seriously the
threat attributed to Major Wiener to withhold
$10,000,000 he had intended to srive to Harvard for
the reason that he believes Professor Muensterberg
has made harmful pro-German utterances to the
members o r classes in the university, the Harvard
< orporation could not with dignity and propriety
dismiss the German professor in consideration of
$10,000,000 or any other amount of money.
He do not belie\e that Professor Muensterberg
has said anything to his classes of a nature that
would warrant However, whatever
his pro-German utterances may have been, with
due allowance made by his classes for the fact that
he is German in all his sympathies, we do not be
lieve he has been so indiscreet as to say anything
intentionally that could actually be construed as
misleading his hearers with.regard to the facts of
the European war; but even if he has made any
utterances that might warrant his dismissal it
would be the height of impropriety to dismiss him
for the sake of saving 10 cents or $10,000,000 for
Harvard University.
As a matter of fact Major Wiener's alleged
threat must be regarded solely in the light of a
joke,—perhaps not very well-timed.—but at the
same time as a joke. The joke is made the more
apparent by statements coming from the major's
friends and relatives to the effect that the major
never had $10,000,000 and is never likely to have
anything like that amount of money, even if he
inherits all the possessions of all of his not-very
wealthv kinsmen, including those as far distant as
second cousins, three or four times removed.
Major Wiener has made a name for himself as
a not-very-discreet humorist, but beyond that the
incident is closed.—or it will be closed when thft
Harvard Corporation meets next week and decides
not to accept the professor's resignation.
BELGIUM'S CALL FOR HELP!
The people of Belgium, through their consul gen
eral in Philadelphia, are appealing to the people
HARRISBUBG STAR-rNDKPEXPEXT, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1914.
of Harrisburg and the whole of the l T nited States,
for help in this time of their dire distress. Through
no fault of their own they have been plunged into I
a war that was not of their seeking—a war that is
attended with worse horrors than ever the world
has seen before, and upon these Belgians has the
worst of the horror fallen.
A peaeeable. God-fearing nation, —not courting
war, not even prepared for it as preparations were
made by other nations. —they suddenly found their,
country overrun by opposing armies and their cities,
towns, villages and farms turned into battle
grounds. Of the terrible effects on the people of
Belgium the civilized world will never know the
entire story. What little has been told is enough
to shock all Christendom.
The sword and the gun and the torch have been
employed to lay waste to a beautiful country and
slay its people. Those who remain are in distress.:
Their story need not be detailed now. Details will i
come afterward. What is needed now is help. j
With one accord these poor people look toward]
the I'nited States and hold up their hands in a piti
ful plea for aid. Nowhere else can they sro for
assistance. All Europe is involved, either directly
or indirectly, and the Belgians cannot look to any
country over the sea to aid them.
Naturally they turn to this land of peace and
plenty and call upon our people to give them at
least a moiety of that which we possess in such
Treat abundance.
Help now! Remember that "he who gives quickly
gives twice!" Send contributions to Charles C.!
Harrison. Jr.. & Co., Lafayette Building, Philadel
phia. treasurer of the Belgian Relief Fund for Des
titute Non-combatants," who will forward the
money direct to the Belgian Minister in Washing
ton !
Do it now, for quick relief is sadly needed !
In a tittle more than two weeks the spell-binder will be
hunting the "throat-ease."
The Beston ball player who got $40,000 for h-.s seasou's
work is a subject of eux v for the "captains of industry."
It is a sign of progress to learu of the present genera
t;on of Quays being so utterly opposed to the idea of
bossism.
To-morrow the Stough tabernacle builders will give a
practical illustration of what, through united effort, can be
accomplished in one day.
The National Pan Hellenic, representing 70,000 college
sororitv womeu. has decreed that all high school girls be
longing to Greek letter societies who do not resign before
November 15 will be barred from membership in such
organizations w'aen they go to college. The high school
girls hereafter will have to be satisfied with wearing the
"frat" pins of the boys.
TOLD IN LIGHTEFTVEIN
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THE VOICE OF IMMUNITY
It's wrong to hoard your coin, they cry.
And still you hear in accents bored:
"How does this line of thought apply
To those who have no coin to hoard *"
—Exchange.
THE ONE EXCEPTION
' Americans are expecting to use cotton in every possible j
form hereafter."
"Ves." replied the patient native citizen: "every form'
except guncotton."—Washington Evening Star.
SAFER
"It's curious how thin all you guides are," said the j
huntsman.
"Ves," replied the patient native. "Seems like a pro
vision of Providence. A thin mau isn't so likelv to be hit
by a stray bullet.'* —Exchange.
EVENING UP
"Escuse me. suh." said Mr. Erastus Pinklev. "but did
you know dat de quarter you done presented me wif was
counterfeit!"
"Certainly not. Let .me see it."
"I ain' got it no mo'. What I desired to say is dat if
you's got any mo' of 'em to pass out Cum time to time
I would be mos' appreciative to be remembered. De men
I shoots crap wif has been so lucky dar ain' no sense o'
me stayin' in de game unless dey carries some handicap." !
—Washington Evening Star.
AN IDEAL MATCH
"Are they well mated?"
"Perfectly. She's afraid of automobiles and he can't
afford one."—Detroit Free Press.
SURE TO ATTRACT ATTENTION
Employer—"Did you put that note where it will be
?ure to attract the foreman's attention when he comes in?"
Office 80.v —"Ves, sir. I stuck a pin through it and put
it on his chair." —Boston Transcript.
REASON FOR HIS FAITH
"Brudden and sistahs," began Jim Dinger, the gambling
man. during the revival in Ebenezer Chapel, "I rise to
testify dat I has done been snatched fum de slough o' sin
and de sasspole o' niekertv whah I has been wallerin' for j
lo dese many days."
"Halleiooyer! Bless de Lawd!" shouted a dozen earnest !
voices.
"Vas, brudden and sistahs, de Lawd's done made muh >
eyesight so po' yuh of late, dat I kain't sea'cely see de !
spots on a cvahd. and I mought dess as well jine de church
as to Btay outside. Muh days o' usefulness is ovah, any-!
how."—Kansas City Star.
MADE HIM TOO BUBY
"Why don't you advertisef" asked the editor of the
home paper. "Don't you believe in advertising!"
"I'm agin' advertisin'," replied the proprietor of the i
Haysville racket store.
"But why are you against it!" asked the editor.
"It keeps a feller too durn busy," replied the pro
prietor. "Advertised in a newspaper one time about 10
years ago and r never even got to go fishing.' '* I'nited
Typothetae Bulletin.
RAD EXAMPLE FOR TRAINS
"A train leaves New York," supposed the teacher, 1
"traveling 40 miles an hour. It is followed 30 minutes !
later by a train traveling 80 miles an hour. At what
point will the second train run into the first!"
The class seemed at a loss; that is. all except Willie
Green, who wag standing in the aisle vigorously wagging
his hand.
"Well, Willie?" said the teacher.
"At the hind end of the rear car, ma'am," answered !
Willie. —W )man's Home Companion. ,
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I rong ue-End Topics j.
The-Languages of the Soa
Twenty-live years ago to-day repre
sentatives of twenty one nations met ,
IU \\ ashington to lay down uniform
rules for ocean travel an.i trafti-. It ,
"as the first Internationa! Maritime
Conference. It was world-wide, some '
of its members coming from such dis
tant countries as Siatn. China and 1
Hawaii. The purpose was voiced by
Secretary of State Blaine, who said:
"The spoken language* of the world
will continue to be many, but neces- j
sity commands that the unspoken lang
uages of the sea shall be one." In
those days the "Languages of the'
Sea" were indeed many. Some of the
rules were heritages of centuries back,
and 111 conflict with the rules of other
nations.
Mapped the Ocean's Currents
One of the first steps toward mak
ing ocdau travel safe was taken by the
American Commander Maury, who
mapped the currents of the se4. Even
before the Civil war he advocated that
Vansatiantie ships would follow cer
tain lanes to avoid icebergs and dan
gerous fogs. The assembly adopted j
these suggestions, and during the eleven j
weeks which the sessions covered, i
many minor points, such as fog signals, I
limits of local draughts, the seaworthi- j
ness of vessels, fixed responsibility for !
wrecks, systems of bou.vs and beacons,;
as well as tests for sight and color j
blindness, were made stafldard through- !
out the world.
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Uniform Buies of Sea
To-day the 2,000,00u and more
ocean travelers who cross the Atlantic *
ocean every year, not to mention
countless millions who traverse seas
in other parts of the world, are safe- j
guarded by nu{ only the uniform rules |
whose foundations were laid a quarter j
of a century ago, but many new ones. I
Some are to overcome new elements of
danger brought about by new diseov- I
eries in propulsion, and others to reg-!
ulate the use of new discoveries and j
inventions serviceable in saving life at i
sea. Under this head comes wireless
telegraphy, and submarine bells.
Recklessness •
"Aren't you afraid of getting free-'
kled if you walk in the sunf' asked I
Maul.
" Yes," replied ilaymie. "But:
what's the use of a shadow skirt if you
walk on the shady side of the street
I —Washington Star.
Fiil Your Windows With
Live Merchandise
To Every Merchant Who Sees This
Advertisement —
National Newspaper Window Display
Week, Beginning next Monday, Oc
tober 19th, offers every retailer an oppor
tunity to reach out after more business
The live goods you have iu stock are
those that are advertised by the makers in
this and other good newspapers.
These are the goods for which there is a
direct demand. You can turn this direct
demand into sales over your counter if you
let the public know, through your show
windows, that you sell these standard
articles.
Every time a manufacturer advertises
his products which are sold by you in the
newspapers he is making customers for
. your store. You can help him make these
customers bv keeping your show windows
attractively decorated with this live mer
chandise.
National Newspaper Window Display
Week is a movement that will extend all
over the North American continent. It is
bound to encourage many other manufac
turers to spend money in advertising
which creates direct demand upon your
store.
This newspaper has furnished you with
signs to paste upon your windows during
next week when you show goods adver
tised in these columns. If you want any
more of these signs we will gladly furnish
them free of charge.
Make this Window Display movement
a big success in this community. This is a
good time to reach out after more busi
ness.
Evarjr Movement if This Kind it Bound ft Harry Altng
the Prosperity Which is Within Sight