12 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH : Established 1831 i, PUBLISHED BY i, THE TEI.EGKAPH PRINTING CO. T. J. STACKPOLK, Pres't and Treas'r. F. K. OYSTER, Secretary. QUI M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. < Published arery evening (except SUB- I day), at the Telegraph Building, fit , federal Square. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building. New York City. Wasbrook. Story a Brooks. : < Wei tern Office, 12S West Madisoa , street, Chicago, 111., Allen & ard. Delivered by carriers at six cents a week, i Mailed to subscribers mt 13.04 a year in advance. Sintered at the Poet Offloe in Harris- ! burg as second class matter. i 11 /fK The Association of Amec- J' *i (jjfll*! ican Advertisers has ex- | ' I wwV a mined and certified lo i 1 1 the circulation of this pub- i ' 1 lication. The figures of circulation < | ' I contained in the Aesociation'e re- : . I port only are guaranteed. , : ( 11 Association of American Advertisers 11 , j, No. 2333 Whitehall Bldg. H. T. City i[ !< ■ , Iwera dally average for the month of January, 1914 ★ 22,342 * Average for the year 1913—I • Average for the year 1912 —»1.1T» ( Average for the year 1911—1S.S6* , Average for the year 1010—17,-WS j # *■ __ TELEPHONES I Bell VHvate Branch Exchange No. »<>«•. 1 l aited I s Business Office, 208. i Editorial Room 688. Job Dept. lOS. FRIDAY KVKXING, FEB III'AH YlB ' MIDDLKTOWN S PROGRESS J FROM Middletown comes the news ( that the borough lathers are con sldering the paving of the town's J two principal thoroughfares. j j Good work! Action of this sort shows that Harrisburg's suburban neighbors are wide awake and intent on the development of their historic old ' town. Time was —and not so long ago at that —when this city was peacefully, 1 placidly plodding along through the ' mud and dirt of its unpaved streets 1 Then came the awakening that led to 1 the development of a highway system < second to that of no other city in the State. Who knows but what the pres- i ent improvement discussion at Mid- 1 dletown may mean the start of high- I way improvements that will make its street system second to that of no ( ©ther borough of Pennsylvania. j, Another Instance of the progressive , municipal spirit which has taken hold of Middletown Is the contemplated appointment of a park board and park superintendent to look after the park j system started last summer by the j opening of the town's first public park and playground. Perhaps this Is the year winter has chosen to linger in the lap of Spring. FOR NON-SUPPORT WHILE Francis Frank rested snugly in an all too cozy cell | in the Dauphin -county jail, | his stomach leisurely digest- j ing a breakfast of hot rolls and coffee, | and while his half-starved wife in 1 vain sought food for herself and two little girls, the little ones themselves, ! thinly clad, with no warm breakfast j to fight oft the chilling wind, huddled on a doorstep and wept, while' the thermometer hovered about zero. What manner of law is It that shuts : tip in a steamheated building and j bountifully feeds a man who will not I support his family and leaves his wife to struggle and suffer and his chil-j dren to starve and to freeze? Isn't it about time that we provide A place where such as these may be forced to work and the proceeds ap- j propriated to the needs of their de- j pendents? Charity workers say that their { greatest problems are those of wife desertion and nonsupport. A man j -who willingly sees his family suffer is well nigh hopeless. He hasn't: the qualities of the lowest of dumb j Jtnlmals, which are nothing if not de- : voted to their young. He does not know the meaning of disgrace. He is beneath it. There is only one way in which to j deal with such as these —make them I produce, and then take sufficient of j their earnings from them for the use of their families. The municipal work- - house idea, with modifications and j regulations, would seem to fit in here j pretty well. If to-day's temperature indicates the ! strength of the backbone of winter, it; will be hard to break. EDISON'S BIRTHDAY AS Thomas A. Edison sat in his : working clothes for a photo graph on his sixty-ninth birth- i day recently, some one of the company of newspaper reporters! present asked him to define genius, and he replied: "Genius is 2 per i cent. Inspiration and 98 per cent, per-1 splratloii." The great inventor was speaking' from his own experience. Few of us have not at one time or another en vied the genius of Edison, but not many of us would be willing to ac-1 quire Edison's fame by Edison's meth ods. He has attained his ends largely by working "over-time/' No labor union in the land but would stand aghast at the hours Edison has volun tarily spent in his laboratory engaged In the hardest kind of labor—that of doing something that nobody has ever done before. He boasts of eighteen hours as his regular working day and has frequently remained at ono task as long as thirty-six hours at a stretch. Yet he is in vigorous mental and physical health to-day. Hard work has not Injured him. Why? For the reason that it is not what we do while at work that breaks our health so much as what we do after work is done. Our pleasures, and not our ■ VI ,» • , - ' T' .. . T..- y«5 i ' -;!fPPr, ' j FRIDAY EVENING, BAWUBBtTRG (££& TELEGRAPH ~ FEBRUARY 13,1914. work, are. In most cases, our down fall. Few men work themselves to death: many rust out and more burn I themselves up In pursuit of happiness. But Edison Is not unhappy. He was not driven to the long working day. j 1 He went to it from pure love of the , ' thing. He made a success of life be- ! 1 I'aiiso lie made work his pleasure, and ; when he was through with one task, ' by way of recreation he took up an- J other. This is not an argument for an 1 eighteen-hour working day. All work ' and no play doubtless does make Jack , a dull boy, but it is also true that i too little work and too much play ■ keeps Jack a poor. boy. The point to , be made is that a minimum of work ■ and a maximum of play are n.ot con- 1 ducive to success. Ask any man who has gone far in the world, and back', of his career you will find written in' I large letters: "Over-time." , Real detective weather this morning , —sneaky. . Shamming injury and using crutches, \ a Woodlawn man won $5,000 damages ' from a railroad company. Showing how ] easy it is to get a verdict against a i corporation these days. 1 i A VEGETARIAN'S VIEWS ENEMIES of the Beef Trust, meat price boycotters and vegetarians will find joy in the announce- ' ment that Mrs. Margaret Clough ] Montville, matron of the general hos- ] pitnl at Kansas City, has not eaten a ■ mouthful of meat in sixteen years and \ for years has not touched an egg. At flftv-seven she says she feels as young ® as a school girl. j Mrs. Montville Is in fine health, but ' that does not argue in behalf of a ' purely vegetarian diet. So are thou- J sands upon thousands of meat eaters in robust health at fifty-seven. Mrs. Montville Is like many another , well-meanitig person. She has found something that she likes and which Is apparently beneficial for her. There fore, it is a panacea for all earthly ills 1 and humanity must adopt it or slowly perish. Every dietician has his fa vorite formula. Each is better than the other. But the ordinary mortal will go along on the food that has made his race strong and enduring. He will eat those things of which his ; palate and his stomach mutually ap prove and chances are, other things being equal, that he will live quite as long as though he did any or all of the things the food faddist urge. As for the majority of us, our only reason for restraining from meat is a fondness for other things as well, and the high price of tenderloin steak. Sixty-five men were arrested in Chi cago for spitting on the sidewalks. If anything like that were attempted here | the police force would have to be en ! larged. ( THE IiAUND HYMEN'S PLEA THE poor, down-trodden laundry man has turned at last. He has come to the point where he can no longer stand the weekly taunt of the patron whose brand new shirt Is returned from the "wash" with a rip down the bosom or the collar band torn loose. He has come to resent the i imputation that, like the monarch of | the railroad baggage car, he takes j pride in his ability to destroy the i property of his patrons. He is a care -1 ful, conscientious business man, he i asserts, despite apparent evidence to ! tho contrary, and he proposes to { prove It. As a result the Laundrymen's Asso | ciation has caused to be introduced I into Congress a bill requiring that every piece of fabric bear a label j stating exactly what it is, whether 1 wool, cotton, silk, linen or a mixture', J together with the percentage of each j used in the make-up. In support of this measure the laun drymen have sent the following to members of the association and to j customers whom they believe will be ! interested: i There is more deception prac | ticed by manufacturers of textiles to-day than is generally known. The public should demand and in { sist upon the same protection as i that afforded by the pure food law. When the bill which we advocate ; becomes a law, the public will know i exactly what it is buying. Cotton tablecloths will be labeled "cotton" and not "linen," or. if part cotton and linen, the exact percentage of ; each. Fabrics of all kinds will be 1 called by their right name, and not what they are supposed to be, and silk goods, when adulterated, will state so on the label with the kind and amount of same. It Is not the purpose of the laundry j men to improve the quality of Amerl ' can clothes and household fabrics, j What they want Is that the blame for poor material shall be placed where it i belongs—on the maker. When a I woman buys "linen" towels, the laun ; drymen want her to know that they ! are linen; when a man buys a "linen" | shirt, the laundrymen want him to 1 know whether or not he is getting a ! cheap imitation. They believe that by this means customers will not be so j apt to censure the laundrymen when their garments come home from the "wash" mere ghosts of their former i selves. In these days of pure food legis i lation why not go a step farther and pass the pure fabrics measure? I Holy Rollers, who trampled on a man !to rid him of seven devils, have been j j arrested. Evidently there are worse things than seven devils. MANN'S LATEST SPEECH WE have not heard the bellow of Democratic criticism that usually follows a speech of Republican Leader Mann on •, the floor of the House concerning the I j Congressman's latest utterance. In . part this is what he said: i We owe an allegiance to the | country above our party allegiance. El We owe It to California to protect her r'jainst herself. , I By this appeal Mann led straying I' Democrats back to the straight and .' narrow path. It was good, honest L love of country that prompted him to do it. There was in it nothing of I self and nothing of party. Therefore, . Democrats refrain from commenting s upon it. Fifty degrees below zero In the 3 Adirondacks? Maybe the observer B looked at the thermometer while stand r ing on his head. evenine a This is hardly the kind o£ weather to suggest soil study, but nevertheless the State has set about issuing In printed form the results of several years of systematic study of the soils of Pennsylvania and the printing presses will soon be humming with It. The study is the result of chemical and geological Investigations made by experts and It is expected that It Will not only prove interesting but valu able. And it might be added that the advance sheets will show some things about Dauphin county which will open the eyes of people who have come to regard the Conewago creek and its valley strewn with boulders dropped by glaciers as forming a barrier be tween the exceptionally fertile lands of Lancaster and the farms of south ern Dauphin. As a matter of faot, the farms in tho southern end of the county are said to show the same soil constituents as those of upper Dan caster, wiiich has often been referred to as a rich part of the garden county of America. The Dauphin farms clear up to the First Mountain have long been noted for fertility, and while some of them have not been culti vated with the intensity and care that have marked Lancaster agricultural methods, yet they are declared by ex perts to offer just as great opportuni ties as those which have made our mother county one of the wealthiest in the land. Harrisburgers will be interested to note the appointment of Robert V. Massey as superintendent of the Man hattan division of the Pennsylvania railroad at New York, succeeding C. S. Krick, the well-known Heading rail road man. Mr. Massey, who is con nected with several Harrisburg fami lies. is well known here, as he was stationed for a time at Mifflin as super visor of the Pennsylvania railroad. Mr. Massey is a graduate of Yale and entered the railroad service in 1892, his first job being to drag chains on an engineer corps, and he always prided himself on his ability to drive stakes. Mr. Massey is a member of the Harrisburg Club and has many friends here who will be glad to leacn of his advancement. W. G. Carl, of 117 Pine street, has a piece of Lincolniana of which he is justly proud and which he has refused to sell to New York collectors. It is an original copy of the New York Herald of April 16, 1565, containing the dispatch announcing the assassi nation of Lincoln. Mr. Carl has had the paper in his family ever since that year. Tho first sprigs of dandelion are about due in the markets and for once tho Berks county farmers appear to have gotten ahead of their friends In Dauphin. Dandelion was reported in Reading; on Saturday, in this section dandelion shows up about Washing ton s Birthday and has occasionally been known as early as the 10th. This year, however, tho mild winter has been succeeded by the old-fashioned winter and while we do not have snow the weather is hardly conducive for hunting dandelion even on the lee side of a hill. Pottsville aldermen are in a quan dary because they do not know whether they are aldermen or justices of the peace. Owing to the fight over the legality of the third class city charter tho commissions sent from the Capitol have not been lifted by the magistrates. They do not care to as sume the burden of the cost and find that they afe outside the breastworks The upshot may be that the city may be without aldermen for a while. Ex-Governor Edwin S. Stuart has just been elected to the responsible post of head of the board of citv trusts of Philadelphia. This board, which is unique in American cities, handles millions of dollars' worth of property and its personnel has always been composed of eminent men. Governor Stuart succeeded General Louis Wag ner, who was for years the chairman. The former Governor is exceptionally well qualified because of his knowl edge of city affairs when mayor and his financial acumen. The city trusts include the Girard and Franklin and other bequests left to the public and include properties in Schuylkill and other counties' as well as in Philadel phia. Mrs. Frank M. Roessing. of Pitts burgh. who retires as chairman of the State society devoted to advancing the cause of votes for women, has many admirers here even among the men who are not at all favorable to the cause to which she has given so much time. Mrs. Roessing is one of the women who directed the suffrage I cause in this State in such a manner as to call forth astonished comments 1 from the ladies in New York who have counseled modified militancy, produc ing a result in the Legislature last ! winter which attracted world-wide at tention. H. C. Brenneinan, the York banker who died the other day, was a promi- j nent figure at legal and bankers' meet ings in this city for years and well | known among the members of the i Dauphin county bar. Few knew that before he entered the profession in 1 which he attained a leading nlace that I he had been a school teache'r and for six years was a member of the high school faculty. "I call this an unlucky dav indeed," ! remarked a man dolefully this morn- I ing to a newspaper reporter who bade i lnm a cheery good morning and asked what was on his mind. "Here is Fri- I day the thirteenth and" "Why, you're not superstitious?" "Oh, no. But yesterday I had a \ note coming due and I got a day's' grate because it was a liolidav and 1 the banks were closed. And here Is Friday, the thirteenth, and I've got to pay it. If the holiday had hit that combination it would have chased! away any thoughts of lucklessness." Trolley car operatives are having troubles of their own these cold days when the electric warmers do not work right. The other evening a car bound for the suburbs was filled with people who were grumbling because something was out of kelter with the heating apparatus. Finally a bunch r.f boys began to stamp their feet | More took it up and the car sped out l of the city to tap-tap of feet trying j to keep In tune with "Tram#, tramp, j tramp, the boys are marching." i^ygeurKnown^pgQPi^ri —S. E. Weber, the new head of the Scranton schools, lately at State Col lege, was formerly connected with Louisiana State schools. —George A. Levy, brother of Rabbi Levy, of Pittsburgh, has been ap pointed to an important place in the Pittsburgh civil service commission. —James Mapes Dodge, prominent Philadelphia engineer and manufac turer, has gone to Jamaica. —Eugene C. Grace, president of the Bethlehem Steel Company, is on a trip to Europe. —Powell Evans, who is one of the Philadelphia assay commission, ijj active in Philadelphia fire prevention. —Charles L. Miller, prominent Lan caster lawyer, has been chosen head of the humane society. —George D. Dixon, vice-president of the Pennsylvania, has returned from a southern trip. —Dr. Enoch Perrine, of Bucknell, Is taking a trip to study conditions in southern States. —Federal Judge C. B. Witmer is in Florida, FLINN AND RUPLEY WIS CROSSED Bill Flinn For a Slate and Carlisle Congressman For an Open Primary Next May DEMOCRATS WOO PALMER Ryanites Not to Put Up Any Can didate Against Him Unless He Gets Too Frisky The wires of ex-Senator William Flinn. chairman of the executive J committee of the Washington party State organization, and those of Ar thur R. Rupley, of Carlisle, Congresa man-at-large and candidate by "Invi tation" for renomlnatlon by tho Bull Moosers, got crossed last night. While Flinn was in "Washington urg ing that the Progressives unite on a slate and pick some one good man for the gubernatorial nomination aud then go into the primaries with every one united, Rupley was calling on all candidates mentioned to make formal' announcements of their candidacies for Governor and then go into a State wide primary. The open primary is exactly what the men attending the conference here last week rejected, because It might mean that Congressman M. Clyde Kelly could upset things. What Elinn, Van Yalkenburg and the other leaders are interested in doing v is to get a slate fixed up, as is indicated by the resolution passed at the recent conference. It is understood that while Rupley was making his play, Flinn was in forming Kelly that he must run -for a district nomination again, declaring that lie was for any "good man" for Governor and saying local option and woman suffrage were the live issues. He also said that if a boa constrictor should get Colonel Roosevelt in South America he would turn Democrat, and. that no matter who the Repub licans put up this year he would not vote for him. Lincoln Day banquets last night gave opportunity for several of the men in the political limelight to make speechs, but it is noted that almost without ex- ception they eschewed Lim*oln Ts politics and confined l*raised by themselves to the lau- Speakers dation of the great American. Senator Penrose made a notable speech, in the course of which he reviewed the his tory of the Republican party and its work for the people. At Mauch Chunk Congressman A. Mitchell Pal mer extolled Lincoln and gave out some political interviews on the 6ide, the chief being that McCorniick would not retire from the ticket. In Wll liamsport Congressman W. D. B. Ainey spoke at the big Lincoln din ner. and after discussing Lincoln, said that he was going to make a cam paign that would take him all through Pennsylvania. The Dauphin county Bull Moosers, j who are marking time until the word comes for them to g*> out and liuo up for Dean Lewis, last night celebrated blrth- Moosers day by a lecture eession Have nil and the dissection of Doc livening Kreider's hopes for Con gress. The county chair man, who holds down a well-paying office on Capitol Hill, lias aspirations to become a national figure and is said to be willing to take up the fight which Colonel H. C. Demmlng waged in 1912. However, the chair man will not make his announcement until the ways and means for a cam paign are in sight. This is the year when the party workers are to pay I | the campaign bills, according to Wll- I iiam Flinn. During last night's social j session W. L. Loeser spoke on good citizenship and Walter L. Vanaman conducted a symposium on political economy. The meeting was well at tended and others will be held later on. Judge Frank M. Trexler, appointed j a week ago to the vacancy on the j Superior Court bench caused by the j death of General Bea ver, took the oath of office yesterday at his Trexler j home in Allentown, and Takes His I will join his colleagues Judgeslilp on the bench at the I next sitting. The ap- I pointment of Judge Trexler has been I commended by newspapers without j regard to party throughout the State, I and influential men have promised I him hearty support for the nomina tion at tha primaries. The effort of 1 the Democratic State leaders to inject | Judge L. W. Doty, of Westmoreland, j into the campaign for the seat is said I to have been born of a desperate de * sire to get the old "Star of the West" I back in the Democratic column, but j the Judge is not likely to run. | Some interesting legislative moves are reported from Philadelphia and well-known legislators are concerned. William H. Wilson and E. M. Cox are slated to j Legislative be returned at the com j Candidates ing election, but there Are Active is some doubt about Frank Sherwood, for mer newspaper corre | spondent, although his friends say he will be returned. James A. Dunn will Ibe a candidate again and Lorenzo .Smith, the Washington party man, w*ill have to ftght for his seat against David C. Humphries. Representatives S. J. Gans, T. F. McNlchol and D. J. I Shern arc regarded as sure to come back if they desire. The name of ex-Judge Harold M. McClure, of Lewisburg, has been added to the list of men being considered for the Republican nomination for Governor by the voters of the State. The Judge, who was on the common picas bench of his district for twenty I years, is well-known in many counties. He has been asked by prominent men to be a candidate. The muddled Democratic situation was further complicated yesterday by the announcement that the Ryan peo ple would not oppose Congressman Palmer Democratic for the senatorial Situation nomination. This, fol- Bemuddled lowing ex-Senator De waifs declaration in favor of Palmer as a senatorial candidate, has caused much talk about possibilities. Some Demo crats have been talking of running Judge John M. Garman, of Luzerne, or Henry C. Niles, of York, for the senatorial nomination against Palmer. Palmer, who is not wealthy, does not want a contest and wants to save his strength for the election campaign and not fritter it away in the primary. Ryan's people have followed the ex ample of their chief and declared i without any qualifications that they will support the party machine. The i Philadelphia Record says to-day: "The strong sentiment manifested In many counties In support of Kyan for Governor, coupled with the lack of re sponse In favor of McCormlck, has tirouted the reorganize™ to a realiza tion of the unpopularity of their plan to force a slato upon the Democratic voters, and it is said that Palmer per- 1 tonally is now more willing to consider a harmony ticket for the Fall cam-1 palgn than ho has been at any time > for months. Palmer is hegarded as primarily Interested In his own cam - ] palgn for Senator, and with Ryati, the only Democrat who has darrled Philadelphia for years, on his ticket, his friends contend that his prospects for success in his flght for Senator would be greatly enhanced. McCor mlck, it is further argued, would bring no votes to him other than those that he would receive normally." —Messrs. Saussman and Craven contending for a Democratic nomina tion In the upper end would be very Interesting. —Palmer seemed real peevish over the idea of McCormlck getting out of the race for Governor. It is going to be an expensive campaign. —The thoughts of Clyde Kelly must be interesting just now. —Doc Kremp will make u speech to the Berks county committee to-mor row and retire as county chairman and then quit a* division chairman. But he will continue* to speechify. —Democratic newspapers do not seem to "gee" very well on their news about withdrawals. —Joseph M. Smith will tight Sena tor John T. Nulty, of Philadelphia, for his seat. —Senator Dick Farley does not seem to mind the reorganisation thunders one bit. —The Yares appear to be making the most of the situation in Philadel phia. —With Roosevelt running for Gov ernor in New York and Garfield In Ohio there would be plenty of action outside of Pennsylvania. —One S. S. Bryan will run for the Democratic nomination for Congress In the Brie-Crawford district If the leaders let him. —Justice Mestresat now says he was not at the White House. Maybe the White House would be glad to see him. ■—Judicial Bilenue is somewhat note worthy since the Democratic slate came out. STILL THE SCHOOLMASTER tFrom the Literary Digest.] President Wilson's conference with the Senate committee on foreign rela tions—his "clinic," as the Boston Tran script called It—loosed a flood of news paper conjecture and speculation, and all Washington, as one correspondent reports, suddenly began "to buzz with gossip about foreign alTairs." This buz zing, of course, assailed the Presidential ears, as well as those of meaner men, and there Issued from the White House a statement variously described as a reproof, a rebuke, a reprimand, a cau tion, a "direct Intlmßtlon." For the news dispatches had told In convincing detail how our Government stood In a more or tore splendid isolation, how we were estranged from our nearest neigh bors, how we were involved In a num ber of controversies which might "gravitate to a common center of hos tility." So the newspaper correspon dents were Informed that it was incum bent upon them "to refrain from dis cussing the foreign relations of the United States." This, us the represen tative of the New York Times under stood It. "was put forward as a general Froposltlon, and not as applying merely o present conditions." According to the New York World's report, the Presi dent fears that the administration "will be regarded as disingenuous" In some quarters If speculation goes on, and un less it "is at least curtailed ho may be forced into denouncing by name the papers engaged in that class of work." 1 wr^i-re. i p j Bhe didn't know Henry Hawk had anything to do with the railroad until she overheard her father say he was a stationer. "FRIDAY, THE THIRTEENTH" By Wing Dinger Of all the days that come around The worst that'B ever seen la when unlucky Friday Falls on the date thirteen. No matter If you don't believe In spooks and such, beware This Is the day when hoodoos throng About you everywhere. If you should 'neath a ladder pass Bad luck will come from that, The same as if across your path There rflns a big, black cat. You'd better stay at home to-night, That's far the safest way. To dodge the ghosts that walk around This awful, awful day. Laugh at bad luck signs, if you will, That bring to many fright, B"ut take a gentle tip from me, Be wise, stay home to-night. Tip of Tranagrcasvr* "Ef, ez dey say," observed Br'er Wil liams, "de devil Invented de tango dunce, sinners should practice It night an' day, kaze it'll be a life-saver ter 'um w'en dey hits de hot pavement down below ter know how ter hop high."—Atlanta Constitution. "Do you take exercise regularly?" "Yes." "Gymnasium?" "No, I travel a great deal and always take an upper berth."—Washington Star. news' d idPAtct) ea - -Of-Thfr-civil*WAß. [From the Telegraph of Feb. IS, 1864.] What the Fulton Did New York, Feb. 12. —The steamer Fulton has arrived from Port Royal, which she left on the 9th. She left Charleston bar on the morning of the 10th inst. with the Eighty-seventh Ohio Regiment on board. Enemy Ijanded in Force Charleston, Feb. B.—An official dis patch from Lake City of the Bth re ports eighteen of the enemy's vessels, gunboats and transports as having ar rived at Jacksonville. It is believed that a large force had landed, which was said to be advancing last night. Bargains To-morrow • i • ••UL*a ; ' « S Suits & Overcoats •it Marks & Son yJS &iiilsland Overcoats we sold all season at / $16.50, $lB, S2O, $22, $25, S2B, S3O T ™ $lO & sls "Clothcraft" Suits and Overcoats that sold up to S2O at SIO.OO Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits and Overcoats that sold up to S3O at sls Big bargains in Furs—Muffs and Scarfs—Men's and Ladies' fur trimmed and fur lined Overcoats. Many bargains in other goods—Men's Furnish ing, Trousers, Raincoats; all at clearance prices. H. Marks & Son Fourth and Market Sts. Letters to the Editor VICE PICTURES To the Editor of The Tilegrrfh: I see by your paper that a lecturer Is coming to town with 3,000 stereop ticon slides illustrating a talk to be given in a local church on commer cialized vice. Will the chief of police stop it? If not, why not? Will the Civic Club and the Ministerial Asso ciation be as loud in their protests as they were on Monday when a sim ilar exhibition was given in a local theater? If not, why? Does the church sanctify vice? In the lan guage of the blatant Dr. Swallow, the coming attraction promises to be "a v«ry dirty play." What are you going to do about it? A. COBB. PROTECT THE TRAFFIC OFFICERS To the Editor of The Telegraph: I write this to the City Council, Chief of Police, or Civic Club. When we travel away from Harris burg to other cities we learn to ap preciate the many improvements we have at home, and yet, soemtimes, we see things which We would like to see at home. During a trip to Bal timore, toward evening it began to rain and I took notice that all tralllc policemen arc provide# with a nice platform to stand on. It is about two feet square on top and live inches high and is covered with carpet. Right j back of each officer is an iron stand holding a large umbrella over his ( head. , I The officer is not stationed out in the center of the four corners but over near one curb. This arrangement struck me as be ing such a sensible way of taking j care of the health of those who take j care of us, that I would offer this sug gestion that Harrisburg may do like wise. Yours respectfully, CHAS. 11. SMITH, 214 N. 14th St. REASONS FOII CHURCH-GOING To the Editor of The Telegraph: I have noticed with delight the co operation of the public press in the va rious movements for the uplift of the people. I desire to express my grati tude for the assistance rendered the churches of Steelton, Highspire and Oberlin in advertising the Go-to- Church-Sunday," on March 1. The following are a number of rea sons, with brief amplifications, why men and women should attend church: First, all should go to church because of our gracious union with God. Nehe mlah writes, "We will not forsake the house of our God." The church is the house of God, and all connected with God should be dear and sacred to us. We should revere His word. His ordi nances. His people. We should, there fore, revere the nouse of His abode. Secondly, we should go to church be cause It is our clear and imperative duty. Each person should have a lively Interest in the welfare and prosperity of the church. We will seek the good of the Lord's house. Our praises shall hallow It; oilr Influence shall support it; our prayers shall be for It; our hearts shall be In It, and we shall sing with the Psalmist, "If I forget Thee, O Jeru salem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember Thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief Joy." Unless we have enthusi asm we can have no progress. If you belong to a church, and you do not lovs it, why then there Is no pith in you. Let us have enthusiasm and rapturous attachment to persons, places, ideas, programs. Let every heart have a Zion for which it would die. St. Paul had passion in his heart, enthualasm in his blood; a man of fine, high, keen temper, and the old days were singing In the chambers of his memory. Would to God that the church would Increase her enthusiasm —Its deep, pathetic, ten der love of sacred things; we should row and then hear its voice above a whisper; now and then the loudest thunder In the air would be Issuing from the church, singing proudly its holy anthem —rapturously Its majestic paeon. Publlo worship Is of God's own appointment. It Is enjoined by God, and therefore authoritative and binding, for : to forsake God's house is to forsake Ills expressly revealed law. Again, wo should go to church, be cause of our public profession. We aro God's people, and, of course. His house is our home; it is our spiritual resi dence and our beloved abode. Wo are the Lord's, and as such must appear In His courts. Also, because of the special advan tages derived. In the church, our de sires will be exalted, our souls elevat ed to God, our minds enlarged, our graces revived, our spirits cheered, and our souls enriched with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus. "A day in C4od's courts Is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God. than to dwell In the courts of wickedness. For the Lord God Is a sun and shield; the Lord will give arace and glory; no good thing will He withhold from them that wain uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth In Thee." "They who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall rise up with wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint." Lastly, we should attend the house of God because of Its connection with the celestial world. The House of God j Is the gate of Heaven. The celestial 1 temple is supplied from the terrestial i temple. The earthly tabernacle is pre paratory to the temple of God not made with hands eternal in the lioavens. it Is here that men are nurtured In grace, and thus lltted for eternal glory. "O Christ, our hope, our heart'! desire. Redemption's only spring! Creator of the world art Thou, Its Saviour and Its King. O may Thy mighty love prevail Our sinful souls to spare! G may we come before the throne, And find acceptance t^iere! 0 Christ, be Thou our present Joy, Our future great reward; Otir ohly gloty may it he To glory In the Lord!" FRANK EDWARD MOYER. Hlghspire, I J a., February 11, 1914. . |-HVf>ARUI«&UR&-f t IPTy- ye ars - Afroro-PAy ! [From the Telegraph of Feb. IS, 1864.] Rebel Prisoners Pass Through A train containing about 400 rebel prisoners passed through here yester day en route for Baltimore; * These prisoners were brought from John son's Island and were in charge of a detachment of the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ohio Regiment. School Bell Ringing The boys' high school of the South ward school district, formerly taught by F. U. Worley, will reopen on Mon day next at 9.30 o'clock in the build ing in Mulberry street. 1 ; I&OITORIALgCOMMenr Too Hot For Mr. Terrapin | _ [From the Baltimore News.l No one can blame our distinguished eltlsen, Mr. Terrapin, if he complains that the annual bannuet season sots a , killing pace for htm. He'* k Regular (joosebnne [From the Washington Star.] The man who, years ago, predicted that Roosevelt would drop out of sight, is about as reliable us the ground hog prophet. A young man of thirty years has 82 chances out of 100 of living to receive payment to himself of a 20-year endowment policy. PENN MUTUAL LIFE 1M IV. Secoad St. Isaac Miller, 1 Local F. O. Donaldson, J Agents. £ \ HEADQUARTER! FOR SHIRTS SIDES & SIDES ii mmJ AFeather* ( <JJ The fact that most of our customers hare sent us other patrons is indeed a "feather in our cap," as it demon strates without doubt that our work is as good as it's pos sible to make it (J Our Artists and Engravers are men of experience and ability in their respective lines. Let us prove it to you. Phone us and a representa tive will call s^elcQrapb i = Department ....
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