6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established lSji PUBLISHED BT THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACK POLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OTSTER Secretary GU9 M. STEINMETZ Managine Editor Published every even'ng (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 218 Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dallies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, New Tork City. Hasbrook, Story 8c Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111., Allen A Ward. Delivered by carriers at six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at $3.00 a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. Sworn dally average for the three ★ months ending May SI. 1015. 21,577 * Average for the year 1014—23,213 Average for the year 1013—21,.177 Average for the year 1012—21,175 Average for the year 1011—18,851 Average for the year 1010—17,405 THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 3 Prom first to last a man should maintain his character and >» all things be consistent. —Horace. SEEING PENNSYLVANIA FIRST PENNSYLVANIA is the great pride of Governor Brumbaugh and as the apple of his eye Is the famous Juniata valley where he was born and spent the years of youth and young manhood. It is little wonder, under the circumstances, that he is determined that the great scenic high way intersecting the State shall pass over the hills and valleys that skirt the Juniata river. Nor is it surpris ing that he has determined to attract the thousands of tourists who have Veen spending their summers in New- England by making the highways of this Commonwealth as substantial and comfortable as those of Massachusetts and the section of the Northeast. Governor Brumbaugh has a keener appreciation of the wonderful re sources and scenic features of Penn sylvania than almost any other citizen of the State. He is thoroughly famil iar with its history, its traditions and its achievements. Naturally proud of its record as a great and imperial Commonwealth, he feels that every thing should be done to place the State in its proper relation to the Union and to do this immediately, making our highways so easily accessible to the innumerable touring parties that the fame of the State shall spread wher ever these tourists go. It may not be generally known that the Governor, Highway Commissioner Cunningham and his chief engineer, Mr. Uhler, meet at least once a week to talk over the affairs of a depart ment in which the Governor is show ing the greatest interest. He believes that the people are responsive to the highway program of the administra tion and it is his earnest intention to bring about the co-operation of the local authorities in the making of modern highways. Warren H. Manning, the city's park expert, had a conference with the City Planning Commission and the officials of the Harrisburg Light and Power Company with regard to the best method of treating the coal dock now bring erected on the island near the filter plant. It would seem that about the first thing that should be done is the painting of the broad expanse of concrete with a color that would merge Into the green of the islsnd and relieve the dock of its obtruslveness. Every day or two we read a story of retirement after many years of faith ful service of old employes of the Penn sylvania Railroad Company. No cor poration has ever had a more loyal and devoted army of employes than this corporation which bears the name of the State. If Germany Is trying to reach the point where it can throw up the sponge under pressure of overwhelming oppo sition, It is certainly headed In the right direction. DEMOCRATIC PROSPERITY THERE can be no question that times are better than they were. More men are employed now than at any time during the past two years and business in general shows a distinct improvement over the early months of this year. For that reason the statement of the National Depart ment of Labor relating to the labor situation Is interesting, as affording a comparison with conditions before the ■war orders of Europe began to recti fy temporarily the disastrous results of the Underwood tariff and the business experimentation at Washington. As a result of a survey covering fif teen cities and Including a census of 399,881 families, the Department an nounces that per cent, of the persons included in the census are now out of work. The total number of persons unemployed Is 73,800 In the fifteen cities canvassed. Recently the Department of Labor Announced that there were nearly • 4 00,000 persons out of work in the city of New York alone. It is not sug gested by the department that the [present flgnres cover the total number :of unemployed In the fifteen cities can vassed. In Philadelphia, for Instance, the number of families canvassed was 79,- OKB, in which there wpre found 137,- 244 wage earners. Of this number 14,147 were found to be unemployed, or a percentage of 10.3. The number ■ot wage earners who were working THURSDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG frfSfeft) TELEGRAPH JUNE 3, 1915. merely part of the time was 26,907, or 19.6 per cent. In other words out of 137,34 4 wage earners in Philadel phia 41,000 have been affected either by the Underwood tarl.t or by condi tions resulting from the European war. Since the administration claims that the European war is helping business conditions It is a fair assumption that 40,000 of the 137,000 workers can vassed are deprived of full time em ployment by the operations of the free trade tariff. With the end of the European war the Underwood tariff will begin to show Its effects again on American business. Possibly, immediately after the declaration of peace and during the reconstruction period in Europe the United States will continue to en joy a mushroom prosperity that will begin to disappear the moment Euro pean Industry Is capable of entering into competition with American labor on what amounts to practically a free trade basis. The future, with normal conditions restored, must be judged by the past, which with the Under wood law In effect was exceedingly gloomy, as the figures quoted show. You who look lightly on this fore cast remember the Republican predic tions of the hard times that would fol low the enactment of Democratic tariff ideas, and how they came true. Whatever the form of the curfew law which may be finally adopted by the City Council, it is certalttto aid In reduc ing the dangers which surround youiig girls and boys upon the streets after nightfall. It will be up to the police officers to see that young persons under the curfew age are at their homeß within the time limit of the ordinance. Many a girl and many a boy can trace the first false step to the Influences surrounding them In their early youth. Having vetoed a proposed law Axing the width of sidewalks along public highways, which Governor Brumbaugh properly characterized as both arbi trary and an invasion of local initia tive, may we not hope that the Gover nor will find some reasonable method of Increasing the planting of shade trees along the highways of the Com monwealth. Because thou hast spoiled many na tions. all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city and of all that dwell therein.—Habakkuk, 2-8. ADDING TO THE BURDEN THE wisdom of the Legislature in declining to add extensively to the State road system during the session just closed readily may be judged by the announcement of the Highway Department that under laws of 1913 over 1,000 miles of roadway must be added to-day to the vast mile age now under the care of the State . * The bad condition of many State roads is due to the fact that the appropriations for repairs are never sufficient to meet the needs. The addition of 1,000 miles to the road system to-day means that the money set aside for this purpose by the legis lature must be stretched to do some work, at least, on those highways. Pennsylvania now has too many roads under its care for the funds at hand. Every road added increases the burden and makes It more difficult for the Highway Commissioner to attain the results for which the public looks. Mr. Cunningham is doing his best to meet the gigantic problem with the means at his disposal, but if* the road over which you travel is not to your liking, blame the Legislature of 1913, which added greatly to the road sys tem and then declined to provide suf ficient money with which to keep it In proper repair. Baltimore is after the jitneys on the score that they are reducing the in come of the city through a cut in the receipts of the United Railways which is taxed on gross earnings for park purposes. A similar condition prevails in Harrisburg. -which received last year about $24,000 from the Harrisburg Rail ways Company, representing a tax of 3 per cent, on the gross receipts. It is the disposition of the members of the Board of Estimates at Baltimore not to enact legislation that will be a burden to jitney operators, but which will pro tect the tax and establish some means of financial responsibility in cases of accidents. Governor Brumbaugh is strong for home rule, and it's a safe bet that legis lation on his desk, designed to further restrict freedom of action by munici palities, will get short shrift from him. Those Chinese commercial propo gandists in this country should have th» glad hand extended to them every where. As the erxponent of the open door -policy, we must see to it that the latch-string is always on the outside to such visitors. WHAT OF VENICE? GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, in the Public Ledger, asks the question that has arisen to the lips of many an American whose travels or readings have taken him within the enchanted precincts of the City of the Doges: "Now that war is here, what will happen to Venice?" What Mr. McClellan says of Venice is true —it is not merely a city of Italy, it is one of the art and architectural treasures of the whole world, a dream city that once demolished can never be restored. But whatever may befall Venice, the Austrlans or the Germans who may train guns upon her must not be criticised too harshly. The Italians, in need of a naval base on the Adriatic, some years ago delib erately turned away from the far more advantageous Ancona and for political reasons, mainly, placed their station at Venice, although her little harbor is much too small to shelter modern war vessels, and the lack of water oft shore has made the con struction of an artificial harbor im possible. To help the economic de velopment of the city, as well as for political reasons, the old arsenal of the republic was modernized and is now being run at full blast. There is also a very pretentious naval ship yard, in which certain large war ves sels are being built, an aviation sta tion and a powder factory, besides all of which great stores have been ac cumulated of war material, of arms and ammunition. The outing Lldi, or sand dunes, have been strongly fortified, and within a few weeks ad ditional great guns have been em placed, making of the city a consid erable fortress of very great value. Had Venice been left as she was, there could have been absolutely no excuse for an attack upon the city. As the matter stands, an assault Is simply In vited and the blame rests largely with Italy. Property owners In Harrlsburg here after who want their sidewalks uniform in treatment, with grass and trees along the curb line, have only to avail themselves of a law which has had the approval of ' Governor Brumbaugh. A majority of property owners have only to petition Council and the thing Is done, the cost being assessed against the properties. It's a fair measure. In a prominent church of this city, last Sunday, the minister urged the congregation to attend the annual pic nic, declaring that there Is not enough getting together among church mem bers. Same argument holds good among the citizenry of any community. First of all in the treatment of the river basin is the elimination of the ugly break in the "Front Steps of Har rlsburg" at Market street. Gradually the problems which have been so puz zling are being solved In the right spirit. It was never contemplated that legal advertising should be confined to some privately-promoted legal Journal, with a doubtful circulation. Publicity Is the real element of the whole matter, and the Governor was not deceived. Bully for the Motor Club of Harris burg! When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war and nobody can doubt that the Motor Club means busi ness in its declared purpose to stop the traffic violations by automobile and motorcycle fans. Preparedness Is the keynote of all the statements of those officials In Wash ington who appreciate the gravity of the International situation, but Jo sephus and the great White Dove rep resentative of the Chautauqua circuit, continue to assure a waiting nation that we are all right. Governor Brumbaugh has a clear vision of the future of his native State, and it will be no fault of his If the thousands of tourists miss the wonder ful scenery of Pennsylvania this year and hereafter. Perhaps the Democratic leaders want an extra session of Congress to send forth another commission or two like the Industrial Relations Commission, which has just concluded a humiliating exhibition of venom and partisanship. Park Commissioner Taylor is dodging the daily downpours in his efforts to get the parks in shape for the season. It's a fine thing much of the work was done in the early Spring. Just a word, Mr. Mayor. Put a fly motorcycle policeman on the trail of the reckless riders of these noisy unmuf fled disturbers of an otherwise peaceful and law-abiding community. Park policemen who sit In twos on the park benches are not doing what is expected of them. Those new uniforms are quite attractive, but they look just as well when their wearers are moving. Some vigorous and sensible vetoes are dropping out of the Gubernatorial hopper on Capitol Hill these latter days. To Villa, Carranza and the rest Uncle Sam, in the person of the President, says: "Back up!" EDITORIAL COMMENT | If Germany has a department of real "Intelligence" In this country, it should report the action of the Connecticut manufacturers, who, as a result of the 1-iUsitanla disaster, have determined to make all the ammunition possible for the allies.—Wall Street Journal. One fairly good argument for r-aace with this country is Its last census re port.—Washington Post. But who held the Minister of For eiKn Affairs while Mr. Gerard read the note to him?— Boston Transcript. "Don't rock the boat," they are say ing at Washington. Which is good ad advice. And don't torpedo it.—Toledo Blade. l— IS THIS VIII! EXD OK "WATCHFUL WAITING f" [From the Philadelphia, Public Ledger.] Much as the people of this country have shrunk hitherto from the pros pect of physical intervention in the af fairs of Mexico, they have long recog nized the utter failure of the Presi dent's policy of "watchful waiting" and are prepared for all the consequences which must follow an assumption— however belated—by their Government of its responsibilities with respect to Mexico. There has been, to the honor of the country, no general acceptance of Mr. Wilson's cynical declarations to the effect that it was none of our con cern if the Mexicans chose to butcher one another, that Americans engaged in business in that distracted land re mained there at their own risk, ana could look for no protection from Washington. Now that famine and pestilence are prevalent In Mexico, and It Is plain to all the world that no leaders have arisen there capable of meeting the emergency or of preventing the spread of disease across the northern border, even the President's vision has been broadened. His appeal in the name of humanity for succor for the starving Mexicans, coupled as it Is with the sig nificant declaration by Secretary Bryan that "this Government will have to find a means to get'this food into the mouths of those who need it," can have but one Interpretation. It means that there will be no more of the sort of "watchful waiting" which hns fed the flames of Internecine strife in Mexico, and which has advertised to the world the futility of our past policy. THAT BROKEN HIB [From the Kansas City Star.] Colonel Roosevelt broke a rib the other day in mounting his horse. A dispatch says it wasn't the horse's fault and that the Colonel is "more concerned over the way he acquired the injury than over the damage done to himself." All men over, well, say 40, know just how he feels. Up to that age a man is still only a boy, his nerves are steady and he cap do about as he likes with out fear of consequences. He Is still In the age of tennis and baseball, and doesn't have to fall back on the staid sports—golf, for Instance—of the lean and slippered pantaloon. But after 40 he knows he has turned the corner. He begins to acquire port liness and to pufT when he goes up stairs. If he Is up late at night he feels it the next day. He can't get out and caper as he used to when he was a colt. Three sets of tennis tire him al thought he used to stand five without turning a hair. There is no doubt about it. he is slowing down. Not mentally Oh. no. He doesn't admi>t that for 'a minute. But It is borne in on him that there are no athletes over 40 That Is why Colonel Roosevelt is dis turbed as to how he happened to fall Qf rourse It may have been just an ac cident such as might happen to a youth of 2n. or It may not. Men of maturity understand. folttvc* LK By the Ex-i The dropping of John Berkey, a po litical adherent of Joseph R. Grundy, as State deputy factory Inspector for Bucks county and the appointment to a similar place in Philadelphia of James J. Moran, a Vare man, created an exceedingly interesting situation at the Capitol to-day. Berkey had been an inspector for some time and it beaame known to day that he had been dismissed, which was immediately taken to mean that the Governor had declared war on the Bucks county leader who had been active in opposition to his child labor measure. For some days it has been known that John H. Swartley. who was recently here at a dinner at the executive mansion, had been or ganizing the fight to unhorse Grundy in his own county and rumors t that appointments would be made In' that county have been going the rounds. Berkey's dismissal makes a "place to fill. The interesting thing about this situation is that tne Bucks county Re publican committee will meet within a week or so and Lieutenant-Governor Frank B. McClaln is to be the- orator of the occasion. -—Moran is a strong Vare man and lives in the ward of Edwin R. Cox, the Philadelphia member who had charge of the Brumbaugh child labor meas ure. He was chairman of the com mittee on manufactures and was one of the administration men on the floor. This appointment is believed to be made for Cox and W. H. Wilson, the chairman of the rules committee. Moran fills one of the new places and will work in Philadelphia. —The approval of the Sproul bill to require counties to pay their own pri mary expenses will mean about a quarter of a million dollars to Phil adelphia every two years. Allegheny will have to pay out about $75,000. This county must spend between $6,- 000 and $7,000. which has heretofore been borne by the State. Cumberland has paid about $3,000 and York about $5,000. The bills for this county the last two years have been $12,564.57. —Governor Brumbaugh was visited last night by his old friend, Governor W. N. Ferris, of Michigan, who stop ped off several hours on his way to Philadelphia where he spoke to-day to graduates of Hahnemann Medical Col lege. Governor Ferris visited the Cap itol and then took dinner at the Ex ecutive Mansion where he and the Governor talked over former days. There were present at the dinner Dr. J. George Becht, secretary of the State Board of Education; Auditor General A. W. Powell. State Treasurer R. K. Young, Alfred Louis Ward, Philadel phia, and Paul N. Furman, acting private secretary. —The Governor will go to Philadel phia to spend the week-end and it is probable that he will meet a number of liis friends and that some political matters may be touched upon. Things are reaching an interesting stage in the itolitical world, especially with the local option fight being organized. —The city of Beaver Falls voted loans of $116,000 for a sewage dis posal plant and refunding of floating debt, but knocked out SIOO,OOO loans for paving by a majority of 35. —Under the terms of the act ap proved by the Governor the other day Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Scranton will have their Fall registration days all in September this year. The regis tration days in third class cities are not changed. —D. J. Evans, president of the Scranton school board and one of the prominent men of that city, is in poor health and may not run again. —J. C. Newcomer has come out as n candidate for county treasurer in Lycoming county. He is a prominent Republican. —Luzerne county road supervisors who fail to keep their roads in good shape are likely to ne haled Into court. District Attorney Bi&elow is on the warpath. —According to stories from Phila delphia John Sloan, a former attache of the State Treasury, has been drop ped from a clerkship in the Philadel phia municipal court after some politi cal activity. Sloan was named to the place after a change in administration of the Treasury and it is intimated that the loss of his place is due to an attack against Harry A. Mackey, a ward leader. W. J. Crowley, a Vare man, has been appointed his succes sor. —This interesting bit of information about the Democracy 'of Lackawanna conies from the Scranton Republican: "Democratic County Chairman W. A. Wilcox is expected to fix a date for the biennial meeting of the Democratic leaders of Lackawanna county, at which time it is expected that the proposition of changing tlie party rules to permit voters to select their own ward committeeman will be dis cussed. Although the plan has been launched again this year some degree of enthusiasm among leading Democrats, those who are on the in side do not believe it will get any nearer to realization than it did two years ago, when, almost unanimously, the county committee refused to change the rules. ' One of the out standing reasons against the change in the system is that it will permit the newcomers in the party, who, Just now seem to be wielding a great scep ter, to carry the organization with them." LET 'EM COME By Wing Dinger I've always felt about the fly As many others do, I've set fly-paper traps for him, And swatu 1 at him, too. With those who would exterminate The critter. I agree; I'll do my part and try to kill The first one that I see. The annual campaign Is on. They're shouting, "swat the fly," And for the next four months or so 'Twill be the battle cry. And though I know the pests will come, When once the days are hot, I wish tlie weather would get warm And bring some flies to swat. UNLUCKY MOSES "Economy has its pains as well as Its pleasures," says a Washington preacher, "If the experience of an old negro of my acquaintance counts for anything. "One Spring Moses was going round town with the face of dissatis faction. When I questioned him. he poured forth his troubles in these words: " 'Sparse Tom, he comes 1o me last Fall and he says: "Mose, dey's gwine to be a hard winter, so you be keer ful and save yo' wages fast and tight." " 'And 1 believe Marse Totn, yassuh. I believe him, and I save and save, and when de winter come I ain't got no hardship, and dere I was wid all dat money jest thrown on my hands.' " —Philadelphia Record. THE CARTOON OF THE DAY NOT A SCRAP OF PAPER CM««rv« —From KfW York Sun In F,lllnt«-FUh«>r "Ginger." TRAFFIC IN WEALTHY GIRLS THEJ jealousy of a Broadway j dancer has started r move ment which bodes no good for the land of the night life. When Bonnie Glass found that she was in danger of losing her place in the af fections of A 1 Davis, a wine agent, to 19-year-old Eugenia Kelly, a banker's granddaughter with a million dollars in her own right, womanly jealousy hounded forward and brought revela tions which are likely to lead to lid clamping in Broadway. Though, after many defiant refusals, the wayward Eugenia finally agreed to return to her mother and be good, her case is not forgotten in New York. The story of her visits to cabarets and dance halls has led to investigations and Inquiries which in all probability will result in action by State and Fed eral grand juries. The case of Miss Kelly has lifted the curtain on the play of the real underworld. It has called for the revealing of certain dis coveries of agents of x the district attor ney's office. Traffic In Wealthy Girls These discoveries establish that in the tango parlors and cabarets there is a well-defined "white slave" traffic in girls from some of the best homes in New York; that gangs of men and women, working together and with the assistance of some persons of generally good repute, make a practice of en snaring wealthy girls, or girls who will be wealthy when they come of age, and pluck them of their estates. Young married women, careless or in discreet, give these gangs ample chance to levy the trade of blackmail. But the feminine "good thing" in Broadway is much less frequent than that of the other sex. It is much more common for wealthy men to answer the lure of the bright lights than for wealthy women. But, according to the story of Miss Eugenia Kelly's mother, her daughter was one of the "real good things." Previous news dispatches have told how the mother, learning of her daughter's downward tread, and being unable to turn her, was finally led to ask a warrant for her arrest as an incorrigible child. The bright lights got the girl, Mrs. Kelly told the court, soon after she left the Convent of the Sacred Heart eighteen months ago. Since then, the mother declared, it has been one tango after another: the cabarets where life runs fastest have known her daughter well; diamonds and pearls worth thou sands of dollars have disappeared; ab sinthe and cigarets have replaced bon bons as articles of the girl's daily and nightly diet, and 4 o'clock In the morning has become the hour of re turning from drinking and dancing. "Usualls' she wasn't home before 4 Our Daily Laugh USEFUL, CROP. You don't mean to eay your gar den Is already a ijagl success? But a garden Is \|J|i ; |"not supposed to *6™ produce 80 earlyT ||f j Mine does. I IB ill have du * six cans ot the finest flsh nar- ln * worms I ever MBm.c, -y- saw. r \ i BO W H a / CHANGES. She: You big Ht: An" only Sbt 1 yesterday I was JTO/ I • little shrimp I -—jyrc j WKLLESLEV VS. MARRIAGES [From the Washington Daily News.] Members of tile faculty of the Uni versity of Pittsburgh who accused Wellesley girls of marrying late have put on the defensive by those twelve seniors who announced their engage ments Tuesday. The News Is not Inclined to agree with the enlightened Pittsburgh pedants In assuming that education is responsible for the deterioration of the home and encouraging race suicide. Virtually, that is the position the Pitt educators have taken, when they charge that Wellesley girls do not marry until late In life, that their families are small and that only half of them are married twenty years after graduation. In the first place we believe the situation, as thus summed up. Is more or less exaggerated. It Is not reason able to suppose that education Is hav- | ing such a retroactive effect as all that, j Perhaps there Is some truth in the I assertion, but even If there Is, we . cannot see where the country has been hearted toward the bow-wows over It. | Wellesley girls may have had their j Ideals elevated somewhat and are I therefore more particular about what ' manner of a man they choose. And ! sometimes It requires twenty years, I yes, frequently more than that, he- I for* womankind makes the world-old j discovery that all men are mortal and none are perfect. o'clock, and after I hud cautioned her I tried locking her out," said Mrs. Kelly. "She broke the glass in the door and let herself in. She brought a company of friends to dinner one night, and one of the men asked me if I had no brandy. He drank three quarters of the bottle I got for him, and when he began throwing burning cigarets on the carpet I asked him to leave. "When I expostulated about the hours she kept she said to me: " 'You're no good at all if you don't go to at least five cafes a night.' "I learned that when she left the house in the morning she would go to the apartment of "Dickie" Warner in Fifty-fifth street. There she would meet her friends, chief among whom was A 1 Davis. Either she would go riding with him or she would wait un til he had returned. Then they would go to the Beaux Arts for 'breakfast' and take in a matinee or go to the Ritz-Carlton for tea. "By dinner time they would be ready for their rounds of the cabarets. The diningroom at Bustanoby's was always on the list. Before the night was over they would have gone also to Maxim's, Healy's and Rector's. Eu genia said she couldn't go to all these places and get home before the next' morning. Danced in Public at Cafes "My daughter danced in public at these places. Most of the time it would be with Davis, who has been a sort of a partner of Bonnie Glass, who had charge of the dancing at the Cafe Boulevard and at Rector's. At Rec tor's she danced with Enrico Murlss, dancing partner of Gertrude Hoffman. "Not only did my daughter smoke cigarets constantly at these places— I wouldn't allow her to smoke at home —but she drank absinthe, brandy, white mint and wines. Her associates were men and women —well known about these Broadway places." Rivals the Rosenthal Case From the standpoint of Broadway, the Kelly case has assumed an Impor tance almost equal to that of the Rosenthal case. The murder of the gambler "put the lid on." Gradually it has been lifted, particularly in the matter of tango parlors, cabarets, tea rooms and revues, until now veterans of the night life in New York declare the city was never so full of certain forms of vice as now. But now there is prospect of the lid going down tight again. A movement is started which promises to clean up [ dives, run under the guise of better class dance halls and restaurants. In this movement, churchmen, judges and leaders in civic reform have signified their intention of taking part. | BOOKS AND MAGAZINES" The Putnanis have in train for im mediate publication a story entitled "Edgar Chirrup" by Peggy Webling, author of "Virginia Perfect. It is the story of the life and romance of an actor, the play and masquerade of the surface as well as the attachment and yearning of the heart that beats be low. Edgar Chirrup loves but knows not that he Is loved in return, and, be lieving the easy lie of a fellow-actor, he turns his back upon his happiness. Years pass and many character-testing .experiences beset the way for Chlrrrup «nd the woman he loves, but In the end the converging paths of their lives are cleared of all obstacles. The author gets at the bed-rock of character, and what a range of striving, crafty, Jovial, duped, vulgar, gentle, robust, suffering and pleasure-grasping humanity is given! The book is almost consciously Ulckenesque. The love scene between Edgar Chirrup and Ruth is. according to the British Weekly, like "rich gravy in the best Dickens style" and the same paper pronounces the book "em phatically good, wholesome, wise, ten der." Anonymity is always a spur to curi osity about an author, and the publish ers. Messrs. Sturgis & Walton Com pany have not lessened interest In the unknown "X," the author of the new dog story "Wolflne," by the admission that he Is a Massachusetts man promi nent in public life. Those who like a good novel and a country story best of all, will find a book to enjoy In "Wolflne." the anony mous romance of New England life just published by Sturgis & Walton Com pany. It Is a story of a young couple, married accidentally, who mutually agree to separate until thev have reached years of discretion. What hap pens In the meantime to keep them apart and at last bring them together again, l» left for the reader to dis cover. The book takes Its name from a faithful wolf-hound "Wolflne," who has a prominent part to play in bring ing lover back to lover. "If you are defamed, let time vin dicate you—silence is a thousand time* better than explanation. Ex planations do not explain. Let your life be its own excuse for being cease all explanations and all apolo gies, and just live your life. By mind ing your own business, you give others an opportunity' to mind theirs; and depend upon it, the great souls will appreciate you for this very thing." Elbert Hubbard. WHEN WOMEN KISS [From the Smart' Set] When women kiss it alwavs re minds ma of prizefighters shaking hands. Batting dljat Rainy weather of long duration has caused considerable uneasiness among many farmers In the Cumberland and Lebanon valleys according to reports reaching the Capitol and men from Lancaster say that farmers are eagerly awaiting the much predicted dry warm spell. Owing to the prospective de mand for food stuffs there has been an immense amount of attention Riven to agricultural matters by businessmen as well as farmers and crops are a matter of great care to thousands of persons just now. It is said that throughout the Spring conditions have not been favorable, the April A warm spell causing vegetation to start off in a premature manner and the cool, rainy periods In May to retard it when It should have been making headway. The wheat crop in this sec tion has been held back and there will be later harvesting than usual, say * some men, while corn, oats and other crops, as well as fruit have been more or less interfered with. If conditions c&t back to normal in the next few weeks prospects for a good average yield along all lines will greatly im prove and there will be no lack 1 of markets for all that can be raised. Dr. H. A. Surface, the State zoologist, in talking about fruit prospects said the other day to the writer that the wav Europe will buy our canned fruit and vegetables this Kail and winter -ill be a revelation to many people and will bring lots of money to us. A friend sends to the Telegraph an article published recently regarding the weather in a year that was marked by weather even more singular than that which has prevailed this Spring. The facts are said to have been taken from old records and will be of much \ interest. The article says: "The ?.'ear 1816 has been called the year without a summer, for there were sharp frosts in every month. January was mild, so was February, with the exception of a few days. The greater part of March was cold and boisterous. April opened mild, but grew colder as it advanced, ending with snow, Ice and winter cold. In May ice formed one half Inch thick, buds and flowers were frozen and corn killed. Frost, ice and snow were common in June. Almost every green thing was killed and the fruit was nearly all destroyed. Snow fell to the depth of three inches in New York and Massachusetts, and ten inches in Maine. July was accom panied by frost and ice. On the lifth ice as thick as window glass was form ed in New York, New England and Pennsylvania, and corn was nearly all killed in certain sections. In August ice formed one-half inch thick. A cold northwest wind prevailed nearly all summer. Corn was so frozen that much was cut and dried for fodder. Very little ripened in New England and scarcely any even in the Middle States. Farmers were obliged to pay $4 or $5 a bushel for corn of 1816 for the next Spring's planting. The first two weeks of September were mild, the rest cold with frosts and ice one-fourth inch thick. October was colder than usual with frosts and ice; November cold and blustering, with snow enough for good sleighing. December quite mild and comfortable." Governor Brumbaugh has been keeping (he wires hot the last few days without knowing It. The Gover nor has been acting on bills and tlia way folks have been telephoning here for information about them and the way people have been sending out data on them has been something that makes the telegraph and telephone managers happy. The Governor's actions have been closely followed by scores of people who have been keep ing right next tb Harrlsburg by wire. • • '• Frederick A. Godcharles, former senator from Northumberland, is en gaged in publishing at Milton tliesa days and is devoting considerable time to the history of his section of the State. He has compiled many valu able records from first hand informa tion and they have attracted consider able attention. Mr. Godcharles Is be ing mentioned in connection with ap pointments in the State government. • ♦ • John F. Lowers, deputy register of wills of Allegheny county, and for mer member of the legislature, has been elected president of the Alle gheny County Employes Protective Association. This organization was formed following the approval of the pension fund legislation. Mr. Lowers is well known to many people here because of his legislative service and activity in hunters' license legislation. * • * Harrisburg people who love peonies and who were disappointed that more were not available for Memorial day are taking steps to make sure of an abundance when children's day comes around. Some of the florists in this part of the State have been setting out large numbers and there will be a great variety shown here on children's day. • • • The late John W. Alexander, tlia artist, who was born in Pittsburgh, started in life as ji messenger boy In a telegraph office. He was known to a number of prominent Pennsylvanians and many of his paintings are in homes in this State. • » • Edward Bailey, president of the Central Iron and Steel Company for several years, has been honored by re-election as treasurer of the Amer 'ican Iron and Steel Institute, the lead ing organization of the iron and steel men on this continent. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —John M. Zimmerman, president of the Western Pennsylvania Postmasters Association, Is arranging for the con vention to be held at Greensburg. —Dr. John A. Brashears, the Pitts, burgh scientist, will make the address at the dedication of Westminster Col lege's new building. —C. C. Harrison, of Philadelphia, who declined re-election as a director of the Reading, Is gradually withdraw ing from activities. —Ex-Congressman James Francis Burke, of Pittsburgh, will preside at the Western Pennsylvania banquet to the Pan-Americans. —G. D. Kennedy, of Mercer county, has gone to the Panama Pacific Ex position. ' —Bishop E. A. Garvey, of Altoona, has transferred a number of priests in his diocese the last month. | DO YOU KNOW That Harrlsburg used to lie a notable cattle shipping point? WE SHOtTI.D SAY NOT [From the Washington Dally News.l Do girl graduates necessarily have to be sweet sixteen to be sweet? CIVIC CLUB Fl.v Contest June 1 to July 31 S Cents a Pint Prizes of $5, $2.50 and sever*! SI.OO ones duplicated by Mr. Ben Stroma
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