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Average for the year 1910—17,495
SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 23
—Ceilings must be white, as they
B.re to reflect and diffuse the light.
GATHER THE FACTS
TOW that the Legislature has com
pleted its labors, the atmosphere
Is clearing on Capitol Hill and
the net results of the session are be
coming more apparent to the students
of legislation. Attention was so largely
focused during the session upon a few
big bills that other measures inter
esting in their provisions and purposes
were overlooked. These are now com
ing to the surface for the consideration
■of Governor Brumbaugh and it Is cer-
Italn that they will have his close
scrutiny to the end that those which
are beneficial may not fall by the
wayside.
Cities of the third class, including
Harrisburg. which have so long ap
pealed to the Legislature for a decent
measure of home rule, are said to look
with favor upon Senate bill 536, which
gives Dean Jackson's Department of
Labor and Industry authority to
gather, classify, index and make avail
able information from any and every
source that may be helpful in improv
ing the methods of administration in
the several municipalities of the Com
monwealth. This official Information
has long been needed and the bill In
question seems to provide a practical
njethotl of furnishing the public the
statistical and other hiatter neceisary
to a progressive development of mu
nicipal administration.
It so happens that the two large
cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
have dominated the Legislature for
several years to the exclusion of the
smaller cities. This situation has been
the outgrowth of difference of methods
and lack'of home rule in local affairs.
Governor Brumbaugh has recognized
the difficulties in his public speeches
and we trust, in the interest of better
administration for the cities of the
third class especially, that he will give
the bill now before him favorable con
sideration.
The present Department of Labor
and Industry is so organized as to be
of great service to the people of the
State. This additional service can
easily be rendered with insignificant
expense and with great benefit to all
the cities. There has been one pro
posal after another looking to 'the
creation of a bureau of municipal
affairs, but such a division has never
been authorized, and the authority
granted in the measure now before the
Governor to gather the Information
which Is so frequently required would
be a'step in the right direction.
Still a few more "jitney" accidents,
yet there are those who appear to re
gard an automobile with a flag on it
as something which has the right of
way over other vehicles, streets, side
walks and telegraph poles. Let us hope
that a fatal accident or two will not be
necessary to stop the reckless driving
of these new public service machines.
TAKING IT OCT ON THE JANITOR
THE penny-wise and pound-foolish
policy of an administration that
saves at the spigot and wastes
at the bung-hole was illustrated again
last week when the Treasury Depart
ment made an order placing 4,000
Janitors, charwomen and similar em
iployes on an eight-day furlough In or
der to save a small portion of their
already small pittance. Thus the
'Democratic pledge of economy has the
beginning of its fulfillment. After ap
propriating large sums for new offices
Kind commissions, urging the appropri
ation of many millions for a dangerous
s ship-purchase scheme, and finding
positions for sons and sons-in-law of
members of the Cabinet, the first step
In economy Is undertaken by cutting
the compensation of the hardest work
ed and poorest paid of all the hundreds
,«f thousands of government employes.
The order which has been made ap
plies to every Federal public building
In the United Btates, for the care of
ell of which $2,650,000 Is appropri
ated. The burden of the saving that
■the administration proposes to effect
falls upon those who perform the ser
vice of sweeping, scrubbing and clean
ing.
Naturally, the inauguration of this
discriminating and unfair scheme of
economy has a storm of criti
cism against the tfßilnistration. The
policy is particularly condemned be
cause the administration has been ex
travagant in so many other respects
,where economy could have been prac
ticed without detriment to tho pub-
SATURDAY EVENING,
lie service and without injury to indi
viduals. For example, in numerous in
stances where the last administration
had employed special counsel to con
duct litigation In various parts of the
United States, the present administra
tion, without any charge of Ineffi
ciency, dismissed the attorneys who
were conducting the cases and em
ployed other attorneys who would nec
essarily have to study the facts and
familiarize themselves with the law,
such attorneys being employed In some
Instances at higher salaries than the
experienced men were receiving and
without any apparent reason for the
change, other than that the newly-em
ployed ones were "deserving Demo
crats."
Other men have been appointed to
high-salaried positions in the Govern
ment service with no apparent special
qualification other than their relation
ship to the Secretary of the Treasury,
the Secretary of State and the Secre
tary' of the Navy. Instead of practicing
economy by saving the money paid to
these officials, the administration
chose to make its first move for the
fulfillment of its economy pledge by
taking tribute from the poorest paid
public servants, who are frequently
men and women of advanced age and
in dlro need of all the compensation
they receive.
This act of the Treasury Department
has served a valuable end, however,
by calling public attention once more
to the violation of the economy pledge.
This subject received wide discussion
at the close of the last session of Con
gress when the Democratic chairman
of the House Committee on Appropri
ations condemned his own party for Its
extravagance and showed that the
excess of expenditures was due chlef
|ly to the Executive Departments which
had urged appropriations $118,000,000
jln excess of the amount Congress ap
propriated.
This Incident has also served a
further good end by forestalling the
effort to set aside all other issues and
secure public approval for the Wil
son administration on the ground that
it has not embroiled the United States
In European war. The effort to win
public approbation because of errors
the administration does not commit
will fail because of its own acts, which
keep before the public Its mistakes of
a positive and affirmative nature.
One tired official on Capitol Hill de
serves a rest, but he doesn't know the
meaning of the word. He has been ac
customed to work day and night so
long that such a thing as a respite
never occurs to him. He is the dynamo
of the State Senate and as Its secre
tary, W. Harry Baker is parliamenta
rian. master of ceremonies and first aid
to all of the members as well as the
public at large. "Let Harry do it" Is the
attitude of all those who understand
his tact and ability.
BENKFICI.VD RAINS
CITY COMMISSIONER TAYLOR
will take prompt advantage of
the present rainy period to or
ganize his planting and seeding force
for vigorous work as soon as the rain
ceases. Owing to the unusual drought
of the Spring, it has not been possible
to make such headway with the seed
ing and planting along the river front
and throughout the park system as
was desired by the department. It
will doubtless be the aim of Commis
sioner Taylor to protect the new sec
tions of the river park strip from dam
age during the growing of the grass
and planting on the slopes. Every
good citizen should co-operate with
the department in this matter.
When the gravel walk shall have
been constructed'along the top of the
slope there will be less disposition on
the part of pedestrians to tramp over
the newly sown park ground along the
river. Thousands of sprigs of the
matrimony vine already have been
planted along the slope north of
"Hardscrabble" and as rapidly as the
grading is completed the remaining
plants will be placed.
It Is the hope of the •Department of
Parks that this planting and seeding
will make a good showing before hot
weather comes.
After one experience in arbitrating
a dispute between the city and a con
tractor on public work, It Is not likely
that this method will be adopted here
after in such controversies. Our city
officials never again will recommend
that sort of peacefui settlement.
RECEIVER OF TAXES
FOU some inscrutable reason th«
Legislature persists in its oppo
sition to the creation of a receiver
of taxes for the cities of the third
class. It prefers to cling to the obso
lete methods of tax collection which
impose upon these cities great burdens
of expense and inconvenience.
Senator Beidleman has made two
attempts to provide for a receiver of
taxes, but has been circumvented by
those who prefer the patronage to the
economy and convenience of tho
people.
It is an occasion of surprise that the
important cities of the third class
should endure the old system of tax
collection which cowpels thousands of
taxpayers to submit to this expense
and annoyance without justification or
excuse. Instead of some of the flubdub
ot theory which has the approval of
certain officials from time to time they
might better be engaged in promoting
such measures as the one which Sen
ator Beidleman has endeavored to
place upon the statute books. He de
serves credit for his efforts to accom
plish this real reform, which must
come some day.
Who cares about the war? York
county strawberries will soon be ripe!
AL. R. HOCCK
THE death of Al. R. Houck, chief
of the bureau of statistics of the
Department of Labor and Indus
try, at his home in Lebanon early
to-day, removes from the political life
of the State one of the staunchest
exponents of Republicanism in the
Commonwealth: More than that, he
was a faithful public servant. - As
postmaster of Lebanon for sixteen
years Mr. Houck developed the mail
service of that city to a high state of
efficiency and was so popular that
when hlj Democratic successor was
appointed following the election of
President Wilson he notified Mr. Houck
that he would postpone talcing the
oath of office until such time as it
suited Mr. Houck to retire.
Through sixteen years of leadership
in Lebanon county Mr. Houck held the
affection and respect of even his po
litical opponents. He was a man of
unquestioned Integrity, whose word
was as good as his bond. As head of
the bureau of statistics of the Depart
ment of Labor he established a system
of recording that has been the ad
miration and wonder of all who have
seen It. He was an indefatigable
worker and not the least of his efforts
In State politics was his advocacy of
the nomination of Dr. Brumbaugh for
Governor. Mr. Houck had a host of
friends In all parts of the State who
will deeply mourn his death.
The decision of the Board of Public
Works and City Commissioner Lynch to
proceed with the program of public im
provements authorized by the people
without unnecessary delay Is in har
mony with the spirit of the community
and reflects the good sense and judg
ment of the officials.
Hopkins is managing the municipal
Improvement celebration. That settles
It—it'll be a "real" one.
FOR SCHOOLS AND ROADS
[From the Philadelphia Record.]
Of the $65,000,000 which the State
Is expected to expend In the coming
two years $19,000,000 will be for edu
tion and $9,300,000 for highways con
struction and maintenance, these items
constituting 43.5 per cent, of the total.
This is not a bad showing for the
State. Both ita schools and roads are
constantly Improving and are deserv
ing of the most liberal support.
AN OUTSIDER'S VIEW
[From the New York World]
By prohibiting all unnaturalized
foreign-born persons from fishing and
hunting in the State, the Pennsylva
nia Legislature comes pretty near
making it necessary for some would
be sportsmen to go equipped with their
birth certificates, marriage certificates
and naturalization papers, besides any
form of license that Pennsylvania may
require, when they want to catch a
perch or shoot a rabbit.
A PEOPLE'S WAR
[From the New York World]
Italy has not been manipulated in
to the war by her diplomacy or by her
government oc by her king. She has
been driven in by an irresistible public
opinion which left Rome the alterna
tive of war or revolution. Morally,
Italy stands on no higher plane than
Germany in respect to her interna
tional obligations. Germany tore up
the guarantee of Belgian neutrality
because it suited her military pur
poses. and Italy has torn up the Triple
Alliance because It suits her national
istic purposes.
What is in the Italian mind Is also
In the Rumanian mind and the Greek
mind. It is likely to be in the minds
of other European nations that are
still neutral but that may not long re
main neutral. A war which In Its
origin was destitute of excuse or justi
fication is slowly hut surely drawing
all Europe into the vortex.
GOOD ROADS DAY
By Wing Dinger
I've got to buy a shovel,
I've got to buy a rake,
I've got to buy a big pick
And then I've got to make
Some purchases of clothing.
Some overalls—a shirt—
And heavy shoes that sharp stonss
And mud and dust won't hurt.
Then dressed in this regalia
A journey I will make
Next Wednesday to the country
With shovel, pick and rake.
Out in some lonely district
I'll drop my heavy load.
And If I'm not tired
I'll help fix up the road.
American Ambassadors
Are in Great Demand
MUM
THOMAS NELSON PAOB.
Ambassador to Italy.
FREDERICK C. PENFIELD,
Ambassador to Austria.
The Austrian government asked
Secretary Bryan to have the Ainerl-'
can embassador to Italy Thomas Nel
son Page, take care of its interests In
Rome in case of war, and at the same
time the Italian government made a
request that Frederick C. Penfleld,
American ambassador to Austria, care
for it in Vienna. These requests, as
much as anything transpiring in Eu
rope, led to the belief that both gov
ernments had determined on war.
Germany did not, at least at the
same time, request American ambas
sadors to act for It In Italy. American
ambassadors are now acting for the
Germans In England, France, and
Russia.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
NEW COMMISSIONERS!
WILL MEEIGOVEIOI)
Brumbaugh Will Require That
They Give Entire Time to
State Service
SEVERAL WILL RESIDE HERE
Mrs. Roessing Issues Open Letter
to Constituents of Dauphin
County Members
The five new and two reappointed
members of the Public Service Com
mission will meet with Governor
Brumbaugh next Tuesday to discuss
the work of the commission. It is be
lieved here that Secretary A. B. Mil
lar and most of the other appointees
under the commission will be retained.
The understanding here is that the
members of the commission will b®
asked by Governor Brumbaugh to de
vote all their time to the affairs of that
body, and that several of them will
take up their residences permanent
ly in Harrisburg.
Ex-Governor Pennypacker, one of
the reappointed members, died his
oath in the office of the Secretary of
the Commonwealth yesterday.
—Mrs. Roessing, president of the
Pennsylvania Woman's Suffrage Asso
ciation. has issued an open letter to
the constituents of John C. Nissley
and Walter S. Young. Dauphin coun
ty members of the Legislature, calling
attention to the fact that they voted
against the "woman watchers" bill.
The bill. Mrs. Roessing says, was In
tended to assure fair play to the wo
men when the suffrage amendment is
voted upon. Following Is an extract
from the letter: "Moreover, inasmuch
as members of the same well-organi
ied lobby that defeated the local op
tion bill lobbied against the watchers
bill, we are curious to know if their
activities Influenced your representa
tives' votes, or if they voted against
our measure merely on the assump
tion that you, their constituents, were
averse to giving womenfolk a square
deal. We would appreciate It, If you
would help us sift the situation to
the bottom. The chances of secur
ing a fair verdict from thegpeople
on the question of woman suffrage
has been jeopardized by your repre
sentatives' votes."
MR. HILL AND THE TARIFF
(Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Rep.)
James J. Hill of the great North
west and elsewhere is much worried
for fear the tariff will be made the
principal issue next year. He urges
newspapers to enter upon a campaign
of education which will avert such a
calamity. He believes that the tariff
should be taken out of politics, as
many others do, although nobody has
been able yet to show Just how this
can be done in a country in which gov
ernment necessarily Is by parties.
Not to go into that large subject
however, it may be in place to call
Mr. Hill's attention to the importance
of getting his premise straight before
he reaches a conclusion. He says:
"Experience has shown that every
general reconstruction of the tariff,
whether for better or worse, means at
least two years of doubt, hesitation,
bad business."
It would have been more accurate if
Mr. Hill had said "every reconstruc
tion of the tariff oy ft*e Democratic
party." There wasn't any "bad busi
ness" caused by the impending Ding
ley bill or the Payne-Aldrich revision,
nor was there hesitation or doubt on
the wrong side of things. Instead there
was a feeling of confidence that no
matter what the ultimate schedules
might be, industries would be protect
ed. wages would not be reduced, and
the opportunity of American enter
prise would be preserved. Passage of
the Dingley act was followed by a re
markable period of prosperity and the
only fly in the ointment was the
Spanish War. which didn't last long.
Within a year after the Payne-Ald
rich law was signed there were in--
creases in wages of over $500,000,000
per annum, and this standard was
maintained until Democratic victory
of 1912 was assured. All business
boomed. It was when inauguration
was in sight that the ebb tide began.
Mr. Hill belongs to a comparatively
small group of immensely rich men
who. having "got.theirs," are Indiffer
ent to tariffs; and beside he is inter
ested both ways, in the United States
and outside of it.
[EDITORIAL COMMENT!
The Colonel says he advised with
Boss Piatt to obtain ' results. That,
probably, also was the reason why
Piatt advised with the Colonel.—New
York World.
In confessing that he tried to make
Mr. Barnes good and failed. Mr. Roose
velt admits that there Is a limit to even
his powers.—New York Evening Post.
Mr. Perkins says he is unshaken as
a Progressive, from which it is as
sumed that the call for campaign con
tributions has not yet been sounded.—
Washington Post.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~
—George W. Guthrie, of Pittsburgh,
ambassador to Japan, is in Washington
and called on the President yester
day.
—President Pro Tem. of the Senate
Charles Kline is spending Saturday
and Sunday in Philadelphia.
—Kinley John Tener, a nephew of
ex-Governor Tener, was tapped for the
"Bones" at Yale yesterday.
DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg engines drain
some of the largest and richest
mines In Mexico?.
NO REST FOR THK WICKED
[From the Christian Herald.]
But the complacency of sly soakers
who arc In the habit of enjoying in
seclusion the comfort that a bottle
grants Is shaken by a decision given
by the full bench of the Massachusetts
Supreme Court. A woman, drunk, but
quietly sleeping on a couch at her
home, was complained against, ar
rested and convicted of being drunk.
The Court instructed the jury that
"If they were satisfied upon all the
evidence that the defendant, when
found in the room, was drunk by the
voluntary use of intoxicating liquor,
she might be convicted under the com
§lalnt. Appeal was taken to the
uperlor Court and to the Supreme
Court, but both sustained the convic
tion. The offense made punishable by
the Massachusetts statutes, according
to the interpretation by the Supreme
Court, is "drunketiness by the volun
tary use of intoxicating liquor," and
"the place where the offense is com
mitted, whether public or private, 1*
not an element to be considered in de
termining whether an accused person
Is guilty under the law.'
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
—From the New York World.
STA TEPRESSON TH
THE PHILADELPHIA RECORD I
The Pennsylvania Legislature, which
ended the 1915 session yesterday, be
haved reasonably well so far as the
facts disclosed indicate. There may
be lurking in some of the new laws en
acted causes for dissatisfaction, but so
far as disclosed the work was of a
fairly representative character, and
such of it as lias met or tnay meet the
approval of Governor Brumbaugh ap
pears to be for the general good.
THE PHI I, AD EI.PHI A PRESS
The Legislature just adjourned has
a creditable record for work perform
ed, expedition in performing It and the
absence of anything In Its history that
Is scandalous or calling for special crit
icism. It was a Republican Legisla
ture and carried out the pledges of the
Republican platform and has given the
State a body of useful measures, some
of them of great Importance and de
manded by public opinion.
THE PHILADELPHIA INSURER
The Republican Party won great vic
tories In Pennsylvania last November.
Its platform contained various pledges
of advanced legislation, such as work
men's compensation and child labor
laws. Every essential pledge has been
kept and the Legislature which finished
Its work yesterday can feel that what
it has done It has done well.
Not only has the Legislature kept
faith with the people, but so has the
Governor. It may be that had it not
been for the Governor's constant
watchfulness the Legislature might
IN HARRBBURG FIFTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY
[From the Telegraph, May 22, 1865]
Fine Fire Company
The Washington Fire Company was
fined to-day for running its apparatus
on the pavements of the city.
Sewer Damaged
The new sewer at Third and Ver
beke streets, was partially destroyed
by the recent heavy rains.
Boy Found to Be Randall Carey
Yesterday the boy who was drowned
above the water works was thought
to be Harry Meloy, a newsboy of the
city. Later it was learned positively
that the boy was Randall Carey, son
of Orvil Carey, of the Veteran Reserve
Regiment.
Our Daily Laugh
f Little beams of
moonshine.
Little hugs and
Make a little
Change h.er
name to Mr a.
THE SOUL'S DESIRE
Let me but live my life from year to
year.
With forward face and unreluctant
soul;
Not hastening to, nor turning from, the
goal.
Not mourning for the things thta dis
appear
In the dim past, nor holding back in
fear
From what the future veils, but with
a whole
And happy heart that pays its toll
To Youth and Age and travels on with
cheer. ,
So let the way be up the hill or down,
Through rough or smooth, the journey
will be Joy,
Btlll seeking what I sought when but
a boy,
New friendships, high adventure, and
a cijown;
I shall grow old, but never lose life's
zest
Because the road's last turn will be
the best.
—Henry Van Dvke.
/ 1 \
Domestic Economy
The modern science of domestic
economy Includes a course In
newspaper advertising study.
For right buying Is the first
step towards lessening the cost
of living. •
And right buying means buy
ing with knowledge, with the
fullest Information as to goods
and prices.
Each day the advertising col
umns in a good newspaper like
the Telegraph are a chart to the
careful shopper.
They give the information that
means satisfaction and savings.
MAY 22, 1915.
have strayed a bit from the straight
and narrow path. Perhaps it is Brum
baugh who deserves more credit than
the legislators.
However, it is not worth while to
speculate. The Governor has redeem
ed his promises. The Legislature has
redeemed Republican pledges. Con
gratulations all around are due.
PHILADELPHIA PI BI.IC LBDUGR
It is perhaps too early to write a
Just history of the legislative session
which ended at Harrisburg Thursday,
but It is certainly true In this case, if
it ever was true, that he who runs may
read. Superficially the session mixed
both good and bad, as is the way with
legislators; practically it cluttered up
the statute books with a lot of useful
material which even lawyers them
selves disdain. It Is true that
much good has been accomplished. The
compensation bills and the child labor
law stand out like monuments of pro
gress in humane legislation. The good
to be derived from them lies not alone
in the actual conservation of human
life and possibilities, but even to a
greater extent in the spirit they will
encourage and foster—thut in a dem
ocracy every man has a moral obli
gation to assist every ether man in the
enjoyment of* life, liberty and happi
ness. In the passage of bills putting
the State's 600,000 coal miners under
the protection of the compensation
laws a great, though tardy, piece of
justice was done, and in Uie repeal of
the full crew law It must bo admitted
that the lawmaker? took a commend
able stand in heeding an unmistakable
public opinion.
I UTTLRSTO-ffIEEDiTOR I
PRAISES FLYING SQUADRON
To the Editor of the Telegraph: • j
I congratulate the good people of
Harrisburg on having the opportunity,
the latter part of May, to hear the
various speakers of the Flying Squad
ron, in tne Grace Methodist Episcopal
Church. The great auditorium of the
church I served last year in Williams
port, was crowded to the doors, almost
every session, when they were in that
city, and a most profound and bene
ficial Impression was made upon the
city and the surrounding towns by
these masters in the subjects they dis
cuss. I do not know when I heard
speakers with such fervid oratory, un
answerable logic, blood earnestness,
deep spirituality, as characterized the
efforts of the various members of the
Flying Squadron. They carry convic
tion and awaken confidence in the cause
of temperance.
EDWIN A. PYLES,
Pastor Fifth Street Methodist Church.
BOOKS and gfe
Ml
"Kaiser, Krupp and Kultur" (Srib
ners), by Theodore Andrea Cook, Is a
thorough-going defense of the British
war policy. Including an unsparing in
dictment of German Ideals and methods
—diplomatic, military, and national
from the pen of an experienced Jour
nalist.
For the week ending April I. and
April 24 also, the book most in demand
at the New York Public Library was
"With the Allies'' (Scribners) Richard
Harding Davis' stirring story of the
war from the Inside, now rushing
through its fifth edition.
"Pierre Vinton, the Adventures of a
Superfluous Husband" (Scribners) is
hustling through its second edition. It
is a story of the sham of divorce, a
powerful satire of contemporary so
ciety. The first chapter will be sent
upon request to the publishers.
WARNS NEW CITIZENS
A note of warning to naturalized
aliens was sounded In Brooklyn by
Judge Thomas I. Cliatlield, who admit
ted twenty-three subjects of the vari
ous nations now at war to citizenship
in the United States. Judge Chatfleld
said:
"In view of recent events I desire to
impress upon you how solemn a pledge
you are making In swearing allegiance
to the United States. While President
Wilson Is not present to instruct you.
the Government has officers like myself
to do that work. In questions involv
ing the affairs of this country you are
to leave behind all consideration of
your native land and give to it not
alone your moral support but, If neces
sary, your lives."
THE YEAR OF DEATH
1914-1915.
Where ends the fearful flood of human
death?
Oh. God, Thy wretched children are
afraid
And sick at heart! Shall not this
flood be stayed
Before It crush Thine essence and Thy
breath
From out mankind? Like torrent over
crag.
It falls into the precipice of fate, '
And leaves the shuddering world all
desolate;
Insatiate, its awful weight would drag
Thine image from the mind, and leave
the race
A plundered shrine, of all its gods
bereft,
A garden fair, whose choicest blooms
are cleft
Asunder in a madman's wild embrace!
Torrent and tempeet have one living
end.
Fear and dismay are but a night's
wild dream;
I am the end, eternal and supreme!
Shrink not from death, but see in HlYn
thy friend: *
Calm and unfailing, silent, gentle, kind.
His is the hand which gives eternal
rest;
He is my servant, trust Him for the
best
And surest way. by which thy Father
find!
flEtonttuj QUjai
|l, ,
May, 1915, will likely go down la
the flleß of the weather bureau as one
of the coolest Spring months on rec
ord, In the opinion of the coal dealer,
the ateam heat company officials, the
the luckless consumer.
Coal dealers base their conclusions on
the appearance of their bins; the Bteam
heat officials on the amount of vapor
they had to keep In circulation; the
janitors on the extra hours they've
had to put in on their jobs; and tho
consumer on the bills for heating. In
past years the steam heat currents as
a rule have been turned ofT by thel
middle of May, but it has been so un
usually cool, especially during the
evenings, that the service has had to
be kept up.
• • •
Keys for the girls' locker» In the
Reservoir Park tonnts clubhouse can
he had now upon application at the
park office In the Calder building or
of Courtkeeper Charles Pollock at the
courts. With the distribution of the
girls' keys the entire clubhouse will
be ready for service. In addition to
the membership fee the house com
mittee has fixed a nominal charge for
deposit to cover cost of loss of keys
which will be refunded at the end of
the season.
• • •
Harrisburg people who attend mo
tion picture shows are among the first
to notice defects in the films, accord
ing to a recent visitor in this city
who knows something about movies.
He said that the people are trained to
good shows, and when a poorly direct
ed or staged picture comes to town,
the patrons of the theater showing
the film are not slow in telling of the
Impression It made upon them. The
visitor went on to say that consider
ing that the city has a population of
less than 100,000 the managers of
some of the local theaters obtain some
of the best films shortly after they are
released by the manufacturing com
panies. giving the city first run of tho
best pictures. In looking over the ad
vertisements for one day, he said that
the people here do not realize just
how much the managers of the morio
houses are doing for them in order to
satisfy their desire for the best
• • *
A number of students each year at
the Central high school are surprised
during the school term when they
discover that some of the teachers of
both ancient and modern languages
are also well versed and deeply in
terested in botany. Miss Jessie Bow
ers, instructor of Latin and Greek, Is
one of the members of the faculty who
frequently surprises the students by
showing interest in the science of
plants. Professor William M. Fahnes
tock, teacher of German and English
at the school, and well-known be
cause of his activity as a member of
the Harrisburg Natural History socie
ty, is often asked for information
about plant life.
Interest In wireless telegraphy among
the boys in the high schools of this city
is becoming more noticeable. The for
mation of a wireless club at the Tech
nical high school sometime ago served
us an impetus to the enthusiasm that
has arisen. The feature about the
boys who have apparatus for both
sending and receiving is that most
of their instruments are made by
themselves at home and in many in
stances are equally as serviceable as
those purchased from manufacturers.
The boys often get together in tho
evenings and have little "wireless"
parties among themselves, and have
much fun in sending and receiving
messages from their friends in other
parts of the city. The boys of the
Harrisburg Academy are also much
Interested in the recent invention ami
lately quite a number of the students
have constructed sets capable of fine
work. Most of the boys have secured
licenses from the government and are
taking up the subject in a practical
manner. Professors at the schools are
highly in favor of the formation of
the clubs, and help the boys when
ever possible.
* * *
Now that the waters of the Susque
hanna are dropping down to near the
low water mark, the river is beginning
to take on some of the romance and
plcturesqueness of the canals of Ven
ice.
In the evenings when it's moonlight
and not too cool, it is no uncommon
sight to see a canoe tucked away
somewhere beneath the sheltering
branches of one of the myriad of small
'islands opposite the city. Nestled
down among plenty of soft cushions—
If you should be so indiscreet as to
peek—you will usually see some love
sick youth strumming away on his
mandolin or wooing soft, melodious
serenades from a guitar, for the pleas
ure of the sweet young miss who ma
jestically reclines amidst the uphol
stery In the other end of the canoe.
Perhaps there isn't any place in the
world just quite so romantic as a gon
dola on thfc canals of Venice but —well
we have the Susquehanna.
• * •
An Incident far from the ordinary
occurred in one of the larger office
buildings recently and elevatormen
and those who noticed are still trying
to puzzle out the answer.
It was along about 3 o'clock in the
afternoon when suddenly everything
became quiet. Not a single type
writer clicked or telephone rang. The
quietness continued for some minutes
before an elevatorman noticed It. He
ran his car from the bottom to the
top of the building—everywhere the
utmost quietness reigned. Suddenly
someone coughed. The sound carried
down the corridors through the open
transoms. In an instant stenograph
ers took up their work, loud talking
was heard, telephones and oc
cupations were resumed. Very few
noticed it but those who did have tried
in vain to find the answer. "It just
happens, sometimes," said an ele
vatorman.
NEWS DISPATCHES OF.THE
CIVIL WAR
[From the Telegraph, May 22, 1865]
People Arrive For Review
Washington, May 22.—Thousands of
people are arriving daily for the Krana
review day after to-morrow. The
troops in this city are preparing to
greet the other troops as they arrive.
Removes Blockade
Washington, May 22.—President
Johnson to-day raised tho blockade on
the entire Atlantic Coast aaid on part
of the Gulf Coast.
Monument For Lincoln
San Francisco, May 22. —Plans ar®
being made to have a monument
erected in this city in honor of Presi
dent Lincoln.
THE ROOT OF MI'RDER
[From the Christian Herald.]
Drunkenness Is different from mur
der. of course. But there is a decided
connection between them. Scarcely a
single day's news falls to report the
murder of innocent members of his
family by some man who asserted his
"right" to be drunk in his own house.
Almost every day we read of mur
derers throwing themselves on the
mercy of the court with the one Pl® a ,j
"I was drunk and didn't know what I
was doing."
These countless fellows who hava
murdered while drunk, and who ought
to know, don't tell us there Is no con
nection between drunkenness and mur
der. do they? No, no. In their pleas,
the connection is direct, definite and
Irresistible.