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CM.DIKR and Statesman, mi—
Sent unlfton:
Tl I jujli-polweil example of
55553! Kr< " B< ,lon '"
BSSgsKS 9lin pI y a» breathing, ■
aw# world'* tumors worn
An life's InilltTerrnt gifts to
all men bnrni
• limit, for himself, unless II were to
God.
lint for his barefoot sotillers eloquent,
Tramping the snow to eornl where they
trod.
Meld by his awe In hollow-eyed eon
ten!;
Modest, yet firm «s Nature's self: nn
binmed
fave hy the men his nobler temper
slimned:
>ever seduced through show of present
Kiiort
II? other than unsetllng llelits to steer
IVew-trlmmed 111 llenven, nor thnn his
stendfast mood
More steadfast, fnr from rn»hnes* ns
from fenri
nigld, hut with himself first, gasping
still
In awerveless poise the wave-beat helm
of will,
Xot honored thru or now heenuse he
, wooed
The popular voice, hut that he stilt <
withstood)
llrond-mlniled, hlgher-souled. there Is
hut one
Who was nil this, nnd ours, and all
men's—\\ nshlngton.
James Russell Lowell.
VKW COURTHOUSE IDEA
THE old adage which has it that
many a truth is spoken in jest
applies lo the suggestion of the
Dauphin County Bar Associa
tion that the city and county get to
gether and lerect a joint courthouse
and city hall. Doubtless the playfully
Inclined committee on arrangements
that got up the program for the Bar
dinner Tuesday night and caused to
be published thereon a well worked
out suggestive design and plan for
the proposed building had in mind the
years of fruitless effort that have
been spent in agitating this much
needed improvement and thought the
cover decoration would prove a good
and readily understood joke.
The law dinner is notable for its 1
Jillarlty and jocularity, but even such
r frivolously inclined assemblage
could not see the joke intended and
took the subect so seriously that it
has been debated pro and con wher
ever county and city officials have mot
since the matter became public.
And bo it ought to be considered, j
A joint city hall and courthouse has j
been one of our crying needs for
years and it is generally understood
that the county would have been
ready to join with the city long ago
had it not been for the belief that
voters outside of Harrisburg were op
posed to the expenditure of the money.
If such opposition exists, it is based
on an entirely false assumption. The
need is very real. One of these days
these people, if such there be, will
wake up to find that there is on the
site of the courthouse a large quantity
of perfectly good ashes but no public
records.
The courthouse is not only unsani
tary and inadequate In size. It is a
fire-trap and the expense of a new
and fireproof building would be small
as compared with the loss of public
records were the present building to
be destroyed.
The little joke of the Bar banquet
committee is really a very serious mat
ter.
BRYAN'S ENDORSEMENTS
WILLIAM JENNINGS BKYAN
is being sent about the un
pleasant duty of placing the
official seal of administra
tion approval upon candidates who
were not overly, enthusiastic In his
behalf when he was running for the
presidency on several sad but well re
membered occasions.
"Go out," says the President to his
Secretary of State, "and tell the people
what great and good men these friends
of mine are," and Bryan, making a
wry face as he turns away, first assur
ing himself that there are no tell-tale
mirrors to betray his bitterness of
spirit,'noes about tile task of boosting
men who were lukewarm or less in
their eupport of him, very much in the
A
SATURDAY EVENING,
same frame of mind, we imagine, as
that of a certain Capitol Park police-:
man, who was compelled to take or
ders not to his liking.
Viewing one day the leisurely prog- j
ress of several young men across the ,
well kept and carefully guarded lawn
in utter disregard o'. "Keep off the
Grass'' signs, the officer waited until
they had sealed themselves on one of i
the park benches' and said: "Hoys. (
you know you shouldn't walk on the ,
grass. If you don't obey that rule out!
you go. Not that I care a hoot, mind !
ye, but its orders from the boss.''
*
MR. TRACY'S RESIGNATION
THE resignation of David E.
Tracy as member of the Board
of Public Works removes from
the city service one who has
done much to place Ilarrisburg in the
forefront of cities noted for the ex
cellence of their public improvement
work.
For more than eight years as mem
ber and as president Mr. Tracy has
been identified with the board he now
leaves because of growing business
responsibilities of his own. During
that period nearly all' of the great
improvement work authorized by the
various loans has been accomplished.
Not only that, but it has been done in
a manner that has won for the board
the praise of public officials and busi
nessmen everywhere. Every dollar
lias been made to buy a full dollar's
worth. There has been no extrava
gance, but, on the other hand, there
has been no skimping to the detri
ment of the work.
Mr. Tracy lays down his task with
the knowledge that all of the remain
ing contracts are well under way and
(hat they will be carried out as he and
the other members of the board had
planned. • The city owes to him and to
Ills colleagues a debt of gratitude for
the excellent service they have ren
dered: a service, by tlie way, for which
they never received one penny of pay.
NO ROOM FOR EARJ,EB
THE numerous clan of the Ferdi
nand Pinney Earles, who have
fled from America, and England
to the heretofore safe liaven of
continental Europe with their "soul
mates," when the home-land climate
became too warm for even such tropi
cal temperaments as theirs, may have
to find refuge in Africa or along the
hospitable shores of Asia if t ie prece
dent established by Italy the other day
is adopted by France, Germany and
those other countries that have been
popular with couples of entangled
matrimonial relations.
rtaly took an entirely new sland :
when the immigration officials order- 1
cd the deportation of an American
woman and her free love partner who
had sought to establish themselves in '
a villa far from the haunts of former
friends. There are so many easy-go- <
Ing hotel proprietors in Italy and the 1
people that come and go are so much
inclined to view life leniently that
there has been little attempt at the
exclusion of characters that would not
stand the light of day at home. In
fact, certain resorts of Southern Eu
rope have become notorious for their
laxness in this respect and many of
them will lose patronage if the new
edict is to be extended to apply gen
erally.
Americans, and particularly those
given to European travel, would wel
come such a c hange. We are judged
abroad largely by those of us with
whom people of other countries come
into closest contact. We cannot af
ford to have the Pinney Earles and
their companions pose as fair samples
of the average American man and
woman.
THE MACKMEN GO SOUTH
A PHILADELPHIA newspaper an
nounced yesterday that "the
Mackmen are ready to go
South." and we rejoice thereat.
What of it, you ask, and who are
the Mackmen? Why, very much "of
it," if you please, and Mackmen, oh
ignorant one, is Philadelphianese for
the agile young ball tossers who con
stitute Connie Mack's bunch of Ameri
can League pennant winners. And we
rejoice that they are packing their
grips for the annual trip to Texas or
I elsewhere in the training belt for the
same reason that the weatherwise
jubilate when the ground hog falls to
see his shadow. For we know that
when the Mackmen turn their noses
toward the equator there is going to
be something doing in the drear old
winter time.
It is a well-known fact that when
the baseball players prepare to go
South the bluebirds prepare to come
North, it is a weather sign that never
fails.
THE LATEST FOOL FASHION
IF an inmate of an insane asylum
insisted on coloring his hair to cor
respond to the shade of the suit he
was wearing we would put him in
the incurable ward and remove all
means of violence from his reach.
Tf a man or woman in society dis
plays such a tendency we put him or
her in the newspapers.
Which is why Mrs. Kepple's London
dinner party this week has received
such widespread attention at the hands
of the dally press.
Mrs. Kepple has not had much pub.
licity in a social way since the death
of the late King Edward, tn the light
of whose reflected glory she used to
pose for the edification, or gratifica
tion, of an admiring public. So she
devised a dinner dance that was de
signed to win back her lost prestige.
All her guests, men and women,
came with hair dyed or powdered to
match their costumes. Green, mauve,
purple, blue and pink were among tht,
shades presented. The effect is de
scribed as "simply marvelous." Doubt
less it was.
Society people of the Kepple variety
no longer care to give the once popu
lar "monkey dinners." They now pre
fer to make monkeys of themselves.
AN EVENING THOUGHT
A bairn maun creep or lie
gang.—Scotch Proverb.
ewnine- CEAT
The fairs which have been held this]
winter by the Friendship and the
Kelly Fire ' Companies bring back
memories of the days of the old fire
men's affairs, which were events for
the whole city and which are recalled
with li\«jly interest by folks through
out Harrisburg. A tire company's fair
was something for which every one
was called upon to contribute by com
mittees of the firemen and they were
accustomed to make the rounds of
their districts—neighborhoods, they
might be called—and collect. Cash
was preferred, but offers of cakes or
pies were taken down Just as eagerly.
The firemen used to make their rounds
in the evenings when everyone was
home, and would have a lantern to
give tone and scenic effect. When the
lairs were held everyone turned out.
Other fire companies visited and bands
came around to add to the gayety and
the streets weer traversed by a hose
carriage or wagon with a transparency
announcing the event and Its location,
attention being called to the affair by
industrious clanging of the bell. Most
of the fairs wore held in the engine
houses, where attractive booths were
erected, and also went to smash oc
casionally when an alarm of fire came
In during the festivities, but a few
were held in Brant's Hall in the old
days and later In Shakespeare Hall,
where the Telegraph Building now
stands. In 1885 the biggest fair of
all was held In Shakespeare Hall by
the Firemen's Union. Kuss Hall had
a couple of fairs in the nineties, but
since that time the fairs, with their
paddle wheels and other stunts, have
been almost unknown. The two fairs
just held have revived memories and
the three to be held will be well pa
tronized.
■ In speaking about firemen's fairs,
an old fireman said last night: "The
paddle wheels used to make the most
money and some times they used to
have two and three going at once,
chancing off all kinds of things, from
eatables to donations of uncertain age
and dubious use. Once in a while a
piano contest would be held, or some
thing like thai, and the whole town
would be canvassed and things stirred
up, local rivalries especially. 1 re
member two piano contests. In one
of these the Hope won as the most
popular fire company, but 1 do not
remember which company won the
other. One' of these contests was
marked by a tremendous rivalry and
correspondingly immense vote, bal
lots being poured in by the thousand.
People were at a loss to account for
lhe deluge and the committee selling
the tickets or ballots found a dis
crepancy which was only explained by
the discovery of a very active, but sur
reptltloufl printing press: On another
occasion. I remember when the hal
lo! jug closed on one of these popu
larity contests. There were seven or
eight or nine or ten ballot boxes, 1 do
not remember how many, but what
struck me was that when the clock
struck for the close, every man mount
ed his ballot box and stood on it so
that all could see that no stulling had
been going on. Nowadays there are
so many checks that I don't think any
of those old-time stunts would go."
Dr. Martin Grove Brumbaugh, su
perintendent. of the Philadelphia
schools, who is very much in the lime
light for the Republican nomination
for Governor this Spring, has been
coming lo Harrisburg so often that the
Capitol Park squirrels know him. He
is a big, robust man of six feet and
heavy build and is only a. little over
52 years of age. Dr. Brumbaugh was
superintendent of schools of Hunt
ingdon county when lie began corning
here, and because of his activity in
the State Educational Association,
various other bodies, membership in
the school code and other commis
sions and the State Board of Educa
tion, he has been a frequent visitor, rt
is not generally known that Dr. Brum
baugh is a lawyer in fact, although
not by admission to the liar, lie stud
ied law with Judge Bailey, of Hunt
ingdon county, where he was born,
but took a notion to be a pedagogue
instead. His service in Porto Rico
was not only as superintendent of the
schools, to which he was named by
McKinley as one of the best adminis
trators m the country's educational
system, but also a* a member of the
provincial legislature. Thus Dr. Brum
baugh has been teacher, lawyer, ad
ministrator and legislator.
Park Commissioner J. Horace Mc-
Farland has loaned to the Harrisburg
Public library a series of photographs
from his private collection taken in
this part of the country that is not
only a distinct addition to the Library,
but of rare local interest. Mr. Mc-
Farland has long been noted for the
excellence of his photographic work,
it being a hobby, but in some of the
views shown he has surpassed himself.
Some of the beeches in Wildwood
Park, the hemlocks In the valleys near
the city and scenes from parks, park
ways, woods and along the streams are
well worth going to see.
State Zoologist H. A. Surface lias
just finished giving Brazil some ad
vice. The Zoologist is a pretty busy
citizen with the care of the fruit trees,
the honey bees and the various berries
of the State, but he has found time
to give some practical information to
Brazilian fruit growers, Pennsylva
nians by birth, who are struggling
against tropical pests.
kweLL-Known>pg€)Pij&s 1
—Marion D. Patterson, District At
torney of Blair county, has called upon
constables to get busy and run down
eocalne'seilers. i
—C. S. Hubbard, one of the Pitts
burgh directors, has installed a box
for suggestions in his office.
—J. W. Lees, Juniata, is the new
head of the Blair county school di
rectors.
—Arthur O. Fording is still active
in behalf of the Pittsburgh subways,
although refused a charter extension
a couple of years ago.
—Councilman E. W. Patton, of
Philadelphia, has gone to Florida.
—Mayor Joseph Caufflel, of Johns
town. has gotten mixed up in some
law suits and has been held for court.
—Charles S. Calwell, Philadelphia
banker, is In Florida.
I'ttvbAnms&imft-fMPTy-
yftARS - ftft-orouAy
[From the Telegraph of Feb. 21, 1864.]
Not an Income Tax
The Secretary of the Treasury has
Issued a circular to brokers and bank
ing houses, claiming one-eighth per
cent, tax on the deposits lodged with
them, under the law taxing deposits.
Flfty-aevrnth Off to Kron't
The Fifty-seventh Regiment, Penn
sylvania Volunteers, left here yester
day en route for the Army of the Po
tomac—the time for which the men
were furloughed having expired.
1 EDITORIAL COMMENT!
With Cap'n Holmon \round and All
[From the Columbia State.]
Andrew Carnegie has given $2,010,-
000 to the cause of peace. It certainly
needs it.
limul ting Iho Drl'rnarlraa
[From the Charleston News and Cour
ier. I
An archaeologist says Hie ancient
Egyptians Invented the tango. Once
wo are dead and gone anrl unablo to
defend ourselves, people begin saying
aji sorts of things about us.
&AFRISBURG !&&&$ TELEGRAPH
PALMER AND RYAN
CALLING NAMES
Congressman Says Ryan Is Rip
Van Winkle; Gets Called
Sam Slick in Return
OLD-FASHIONED FIGHT IS ON
Ryanites Capture McCormick Meet
ings in Philadelphia Wards
to Bosses' Disgust
Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer,
who is doing the talking for the Jer
sey slate for the Pennsylvania Demo
crats, and Michael J. Ryan, candidate
fdr tho Democratic nomination for
Governor in opposition to the afore
said slate, are indulging In a mud
slinging contest which recalls the good
old days when the Democratic party
of Pennsylvania could always be de
pended upon to furnish amusement
i for months in advance of the pri
maries.
Replying to the tanning given to
him Thursday by Ryan, who charged
that Palmer put In claims for expense
money whon the Democratic State
treasury was broken, Palmer to-day
said that he had done nothing but
what was honest and above-board, and
then accused Ryan of being a "Rip
Van Winkle." This latter remark was
intended to show that Ryan had been
asleep during the Wilson campaign,
but had gotten around since the result
was announced in November, 1912.
Hj an to-day retorted, calling Palmer
"Sam Slick."
Palmer denied that his connection
with the Lackawanna Railroad was
I anything but proper, as his firm had
been counsel for
many years for
that company. To Rip Van Winkle
the charge that Met by Hyan
he drew on the With Sam Slick
committee treas-
I ury, he said that
he could not afford to bear the ex
penses, as he was not a rich man and
that money bags no longer controlled j
the State committee.
In reply, Mr. Ryan said last night:
"Mr. Palmer shows the result, of the!
beneficial administration of a proper
kind of soothing syrup. He is very
gentle and 1 am glad that he recog
nises that I am at least very wide
awake now. He must, however, think
the people have very short memories,
for when it comes to dealing with
facts he is as peculiar as any Sam
Slick ever was. He knows that I had
110 part whatsoever in the Allentown
convention and that he wielded a con
trolling hand there, lie stood with
GufCey and Hall then and, I am in
formed, voted every delegate from his
congressional district for the Guffey-
II all candidates and against Berry.
Guffey was then supposed to be a. rich
man and Palmer was familiar with the i
Hall mark."
Philadelphia newspapers say that,
an announcement of the candidacy of
Senator Boles Penroes for ronomlna
tion will be made ■
within a few days. It 1
Penrose to was said last night In
Auiionitec Philadelphia that the i
Ueforc long Senator contemplated <
another trip up the
State before making
his announcement. He is scheduled
to visit. Lykens next week and will
also be at Hanover. He is being visited 1
by people from eastern counties who
arc advising him on the situation.
The Dimnlick people are awaiting the
entrance of Penrose into the field and
promise to start a campaign. Con
gressman Ainey's campaign appears
to have been frozen up. The Repub
lican nomination for Governor seems
to be an open race, with friends of
Dr. Brumbaugh very active, although
partisans of ex-Governor Stuart insist
that he is by no means out of it. I
Whether Speaker George E. Alter will
get into the tight is a question.
The Democratic bosses are in trou
ble over a congressional situation
which bids fair to complicate things
in the Lycoming-
Potter - Clinton -
Tioga congres- Congressional
slonal district. It Troubles Are
is this district leathering Fast
which Secretary
of Labor Wilson
regards as his private property, and
the bosses have arranged that Wilson
shall dictate the Democratic nominee,
according to reports reaching this city.
However, John F. Stone, of Couders
port, entered the race a few days ago,
and now John J. Reardon, former dis
trict attorney of Lycoming, took a no
tion that he wanted to run. It is said
that Clinton county will add to the
joy by throwing a candidate Into the
melee. Between the opposition to
Congressman Dershem in the "shoe
string' district, the fight against Pal
mer's slating of Evans in his own
bailiwick, and the opposition to Brod
beck in the York-Adama district, the
bosses have a lot of bother ahead.
iroLincAbSioefaisbrgi
—With Palmer and Ryan firing
every day, the campaign is really one
of the old-time Democratic shindies.
—Perhaps the reason there is no
excitement over a recently issued plat
form Is that people think that they do
not count—after witnessing a certain
performance with the Baltimore plat
form.
—Doc Dougherty may organize a
society to be known as the "Luckless
Thirty-seven," and to have as its
motto: Hope, get kicked, kiss and
go along.
—H. B. Saussainau has started his
campaign for the Democratic nomina
tion for the House in the upper end
district. He is said to live there.
—Palmer's reference to money bags
and the rule of the Democracy is in
teresting.
—The reorganization of the Cum
berland Democracy under the Dough
erty plan should be Interesting.
—Berry manages to get on the first
page to-day, although his predictions
do sound something like those he
made about his own candidacy for
State Treasurer in 1912.
—Ryan's remarks that the primary
is the place to test the leadership of
the State Democracy sound as though
he expected a tight to be made.
—Pinchot will open headquarters In
Philadelphia and establish the fact
that he has been a legal resident since
December, 1910.
—John B. Evans, of Pottstown, has
taken a notion tliat he wants to be
assistant treasurer of the United States
at Philadelphia.
—The Mechanicsburg post office is
shortly to be filled and so is that at
Carlisle. This may account for Bome
fulmlnations from the former town.
—The doctrine of legislative rule
revision does not seem to have evoked
much of n popular outburst.
—The Progressives will meet here
next week with the bars clown for all
candidates for the nomination for
Governor. However, it looks like
Young.
—The ltyan people opened larger
fSYM
The world-wide standard
Baking Pbwdcr
Absolutely Pure
Royal Baking Powder is the em
bodiment of all the excellence
possible to be attained in the
highest class baking powder and
its use is more economical than
other leavening agents, because
of the superlative quality and
absolute wholesomeness of the
food it makes.
Cheap baking powders, containing alum, are frequently
distributed from door to door, or advertised as pure and
wholesome. Such mixtures are not desirable for food in
gredients. Most persons have learned to their sorrow that
a low price does not always mean economy. This is es
pecially so in a food article. No baking powder can
properly be substituted for Royal.
Read the ingredient clause upon the label. If it does not
show "Cream of Tartar, " don't buy the powder.
headquarters in Philadelphia yester
day.
—The Southwark Demooratis meet
ing, announced for McCormiek in
Philadelphia, was turned into a rous
ing rally for Ryan.
—Another day has passed without
a club endorsing either Ryan or Mc-
Cormiek outside of Philadelphia.
—Ex-Representative Ben Phillips
says Lackawanna will go for Penrose
over Dlmmick.
—Gifford Pinchot went to Indiana
to address the State Young Men's
Christian Association.
—The McCormiek nien seem to be
having a lot of trouble to keep their
meetings in Philadelphia out of the
hands of Ryanites.
—Ex-Representtive T. J. Ferguson
will not run again in Cumberland.
—Between Rip Van Winkle and
I Sain Slick therp is plenty of fun
| ahead for Democrats.
I l
She overheard her father saying, that
he had voted by proxey every time
Congress was in session, and she
thought Mr. Proxey ought to be elected
to something- pretty soon.
"GEORGA DA WASH"
II; Wing Dinger
All I hear from my kids for da past
week
Ees Georga da Wash one nice man.
! And I say to them, who was dees fel
low
Dat every one thinks was so gron'?
They tella me all sorts of stories
'Bout when he was one smalla boy
He chop down a nice bigga fruit tree
With his hatchet, which gave him
much joy.
And they make-a much fuss 'cause his
father
Said, "Georga, who chop down dees
tree?"
And Georga reply, "Me no lies tell
To you, father dear, eet was me."
That's all right to tell kids just to
teach them
To tell truth, but I betcha much mon
Dat dees Georga knew well dat his
father
Saw Just how da mischief was done.
He knew if he did any lying
He take one-a great bigga chance
Of feeling his father's stout birch stick
Applied to the seat of his pants.
But dey tell me a heap more of nico
things
'Bout dees man, how he grew from
a lad
And fought right and left for his coun
' try.
Which afterwards made him eets dad.
So I call nil my kiddles together
And to them dees words 1 do say:
"Give three cheers for dees George and
pay honor.
To him when eel comes his birthday."
FEBRUARY 21, 1914.
FORTHEGGDD-OFHARRISBURG
SIGNED AKTICLE3 0Y PBBaONi OF PBOMINtNCt-ON TOPICJ-W TIMeLY-LOCAL-INTCRtST-
TIIK I MVICnSITV TO Tllli
PKOFI.K
Dr. Edwin K. Sparks, president of
Pennsylvania State College, in his an
nual message has made a plea tor the
wider utilization of the universities and
educational institutions of the State.
Wo may well heed his plea and seek to
widen the influence of the universities. |
A way is readily open for this to be
done. An effort should be made to
popularize so-called higher education.
Great good can be obtained by bring
ing the university to the people. Dot
me clarify by explaining an experience
of my early years of ministry. When
I was first located in Toledo, Ohio, we
used to have University Extension
courses of twenty-four 'lectures for the
nominal sum of $2.60 tier season. Among
the four lecturers one season were
these four men from the University of
Chicago: Professor Edwin E. Sparks,
Dr. Jenkln Lloyd Jones, Professor
Goode and Professor Raymond, a for
midable array of talent. We looked
forward eagerly for the popular lec
tures of these men and I can say that
I often obtained as much good from
these lectures as from university
studies. It was a paying investment
to bring big men to the people at but a
nominal cost. There is little reason
why with all the talent we have in this
State at the University of Pennsylva- I
nia and the many other excellent col
new«'Disrarcf>es~
-OF-The-CIVIL* Vg/YR
[From the Telegraph of Feb. 21, 1864.]
Ferguson Captured
Cincinnati, Feb. 20. A special dis
patch to the Commercial from Louisa,
Ky„ says that on the 14th inst. Colonel
Gallup surprised Colonel Ferguson's
command, in Wayne county, Va., cap
turing six prisoners. Including Fergu
son, his surgeon and two lieutenants.
Army In MlHHl*nlppl
Cairo, Feb. 20. Our army passed
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HEADQUARTERS FOR
SHIRTS
SIDES & SIDES
Removes the
Burden From
iWIiMT The Widow
ipi ;p|i One of the advantages of
| m jffll H making a will and selecting an
executor is that your fore
' r II thought saves your widow the
hardship of having to take up
ij ri 1 • at once property questions and
:i Uaupnin business responsibilities.
_ . And in the making of a will
DepOSlt it should be remembered that
ij the choosing of an executor is
•y . as important as the disposition
1 rUSi t j ie es tate.
|i A trust company is organ
jj Company ized and equipped to perform
!! such trust duties more econom
i 213 Market St. jeally, more judiciously and
!, capital, jsoo.ooo niore expeditiously than an in-
Surplus. $300,000 "77 ————
dividual.
!j open £or deposits Saturday evening from 6 to *.
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leges that have good men and women
extension courses could not bo arrang
ed in many of the large cities. Harris
burg should be in the vanguard foi
the securing of such courses and thej
aro not to be only for teachers but foi
the people.
The nineteenth century will be noted
in history for the success of the lyceum
lectures. The big men, who in some in
stances, gave up pulpiteering for the
greater good they could do by lectur
ing on lyceum platforms, wore much
. sought after and did much good. It is
> quite timely that efforts should be
made here and elsewhere to make use
■ of the university forces for popular lec
tures. We are accused of being slial
■ low, of being dancing-mad and moving
picture-crazy. Is it too much to hope
■ that we be brought to our senses, for a
sane realization of the good that can
be effected If we utilize the university
forces that can readily be brought to
the service of the people. By means
of well-regulated University Extension
courses on timely and Interesting sub
jects by well-informed university in
structors, the subjects wisely chosen
and not beyond the mental equipment
of the public, there Is little or no ex
cuse why in the wider use of schools
and social centers, we cannot succeed
in bringing the university to the peo
ple.
RABBI CHARDES J. FREUND.
through Jackson, Miss., and two col
umns of the enemy were retreating
across the Pearl river, so precipitately
that his pontoons, together with two
pieces of artillery and a number of
prisoners fell into our hands.
The "Dying of Death" let
announced. Life Is being
prolonged.
Death is also being rob
bed of Its greatest terror—
anxiety for the future of
1 the family This is only a
matter of dollars and sense
If you consult the
PENN MUTUAL LIFE
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F. O. Donaldson, I Agents.