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21,577
Average for the year 1914—23,213
Average for the year 1915—21,571
Average for the year 1812—21,1TS
Average for the year 1811—18,851
Average for the year 1910—1T.495
TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 8
Parents deserve reproof when they refuse
to benefit their children by severe discipline.
—A r biter.
SHOULD BE WELL ATTENDED
THE public meeting to be held in
Camp Hill this evening for the
purpose of discussing the pro
posed paving loan should be well at
tended. The presence of A. Carson
Stamm, who will speak on the value
of public improvements, should of
itself be sufficient to crowd the hall.
Mr. Stamm has been Identified with
improvements in Harrisburg as a
member of the Board of Public Works
and in other capacities ever since the
first loan campaign and he has seen
Harrisburg developed from a second
rate inland town to one of the most
progressive cities in the whole coun
try.
Doubtless there are those who hon
estly believe that Camp Hill should
rot spend money for paving. There
were such when Harrisburg first un
dertook the extensive program of
street improvement that has made it
the best'paved city in the United
States. Indeed opposition was so
Itreat thsrt meetings were held and pe
titions circulated for the purpose of
Uiscouraging the paving program. But
when the paving was laid and the sec
ond loan for extending it was passed
sentiment had so changed that the
money w«» iv>t .sufficient to meet the
demands of people who thronged
council chambers to demand "their
6hare." Since then Harrisburg has
never been able to procure sufficient
funds to meet the demands for high
way improvements.
It is not unreasonable to suppose
that Camp Hill is to have a similar ex
perience.
A. G. Hartom, of Battle Creek, Mich.,
says Harrisburg is the most beautiful
city he has visited. Tet there are many
Harrisburgers who do not appreciate
its charms sufficiently to visit Its
parks, Its driveways and its handsome
Capitol once a year.
TP TO PROPERTY OWNERS
THE Harrisburg Gas Company
stands ready to lay Its Front
street main in the grass plots
along the eastern curbline, instead of
rutting through the newly-laid as
phalt for the purpose, if the property
owners will agree. It is now up to the
owners to grant this permission.
Many of them already have expressed
•willingness to do this. Unanimous
consent is required and no time should
be lost in signing the petition. The
*as company is entitled to early action.
The piping should be put down with
out. delay.
Few of the grass plots are in con
dition to be seriously injured by the
excavations. The company will put
back the ground in the condition In
which it was found and even so will
come off the gainer, for grass plot
excavation is much cheaper than tear
ing up and relaying asphalt.
Once the matter was drawn to the
attention of the company it displayed
admirable readiness to comply with
public opinion on the subject.
What applies to Front street should
apply to every paved thoroughfare in
the city. The asphalt should not be
cut except when absolutely necessary.
Ample warning is always given pre
vious to the paving of any street and
council would be Justified in refusing
permission to tear up a street within
three or four years after paving, ex
cept for necessary repairs. It is false
•economy for any corporation or for
the city Itself to wait until after a
thoroughfare is paved to lay piping
necessary for the conventence of resi
dents. The money spent on relaying
the asphalt would more than pay the
interest charges on the money invested
If the work were done in advance of
the paving.
If there is any summer resort pleas
anter than Harrisburg Just at present
w* would like the agent to point It out.
BLASTING BOAT CHA\WEI,B
THE City Planning Commission, In
taking up the matter of blast
ing boat channels through the
shallows at Maclay street and across
the river to the mouth of the creek
just opposite, will have the support of
everybody who enjoys boating on the
Susquehanna, and their number Is le
'glon and rapidly Increasing.
' The deepening of the stream to per
pSOlt of lb* paol small and
TUESDAY EVENING.
canoes ia an absolute necessity if the i
full benefits of the dam at the lower
end of town are to be realised. It is
a matter of safety, too. for the rapids
between the basin created by the dam
and the smooth stretches of water
near Mccormick's Island are really
dangerous for those who are not ac
quainted with their devious channels.
Farley Gannett, of the State Water
Commission, has displayed commend
able interest in the enterprise and as
sures the Planning Commission that
the State will not stand in the way of
any of the changes contemplated, but
will be glad to co-operate within the
scope of its powers.
It may be true that Bryan Is to sever
hla connection with the Cabinet, but It
is safe to say that Bryan would miss
the Cabinet more than the Cabinet
would miss Bryan.
A LOBBY NOT DISTURBED
CONSUL A. B. COOKE, Patras,
Greece, in a report just filed,
speaking of the Greek currant
trade with the United States, says that
"perhaps three-fourths of the currants
shipped to the United States are of the
lowest five grades out of a total of
eighteen grades of currants offered on
the local market."
The lobby on currants which was
conducted around the Capitol at Wash
ington when the Underwood tariff law
was being framed did not receive the
censure of Democratic legislative
purists during the so-called lobby in
vestigation. probably owing to the fact
that the importers of currants sought
a lower duty, which was in harmony |
with views of the majority of the tariff
tinkers. The duty was cut 25 per cent.
The Importation of (fried currants for
July, 1914, the month before the Euro
pean war, amounted to 1,763,218
pounds, compared with 766,338 pounds
in July. 1913.
These low grade currants displaced
the American article to Just that ex
tent and depressed the market price
of such domestic currents as were
sold.
The mayor of York has fined himself
for driving his automobile at night
without lights. We could understand
this better if the fine so paid had to
be turned over to the mayor.
FACTS FOR FARMERS
THE argument that low duties give
foreign producers the advantage
in our domestic market because
of cheapened labor has never been
refuted. But the effect of the Demo
cratic free trade policy is rapidly de
veloping a condition even more to be
feared.
The commerce reports and informa
tion from other sources go to show
that many Americans are finding it
profitable to invest capital in foreign
countries with a view to marketing
their product in the United States. The
erection of dried egg plants in China
Is an example. The establishment of
purchasing and shipping agencies in
Canada for cattle is another. Agri
cultural implements, placed on the free
list by the Democrats in an attempt
to fool the farmer, are being manufac
tured in Canada with American capi
tal and sent across the border. The
farmer is not getting his farm ma
chinery any cheaper. The American
meat packers operating in Argentina
are finding good pickings in our mar
ket. now that meat is on the free list.
Many other instances are at hand.
So we learn that free trade not only
develops foreign competition, but it
beckons American capital to foreign
climes which, under a protective tariff,
would find ready Investment at home
and give employment to American
labor, which, in turn, would enhance
the power of the American working
man to purchase the products of the
farmer.
It has reached that stage when the
average reader can't find a thrill even
In a note from the President to Ger
many.
THE "SQUARE DEAL"
THE cover page of "Ginger," the
house-organ of the Elllott-
Flsher Typewriter Company,
for June, sets forth the following let
ter of an employe to the management:
The general business policy of
Elliott-Fisher Company thrills me
with enthusiasm. It Is a privilege
to work for a company with its
moral character built upon honesty,
square dealing and fair treatment
to all alike—a company that does
not countenance small, petty, tricky
and unfair practices—a company
that wants business only on the
merits of its product and policy.
I am proud of my job.
AN EMPLOYE.
The letter was not signed with the
writer's name; simply "Employe." It
was not, therefore, written for sel
fish reasons. The writer did not in
tend to use it as a stepping stone to
favor with those at the head of the
corporation. He was simply brlm
nrtng orer with loyalty for a company
that evidently had used him fairly.
There Is a leascm in that letter for
every employe and for every employer.
It pays to be fair. It pays to follow
the Golden Rule in business. It pays
to treat one's employes as one would
be treated by his superiors. There are
men, doubtless, who cannot appreciate
anything but force, but they are few
and they are a hindrance rather than
a help to any working organization.
The "Square Deal" is more than a
timeworn political catch phrase. It Is
the fundamental principle of modern
bnnlnesa success and the man who
does not recognize it a« such, be he
employer or employe, Is Indeed in a
bad way and headed direct for trou
ble.
THK VALUJC OF EDUCATION
IN talking of the opportunities
offered for college men In rail
roading, Judge Robert S. Lovett,
chairman of the exoutlve committee
of • the Union Pacific Railroad, told
Yale men, whom he addressed the
Other day, that a college diploma
would not shield a man from any of
the soot and grime and hardship in
cident to the service. He showed also
that very few of the big men in rail
roading to-day had college diplomas.
According to Judge Lovett, only
thirteen of forty-six executive heads
In railroads in this country are col
lege graduates, while of forty-five op-
erating heads less than one-third have
the sheepskin. When it comes to
traffic heads only one in every eight,
according to his figures, havg gone
through college, and of forty-one ac
counting heads thirty-five have never
had a college diploma.
In commenting on the fact that the
railroads of the country have only a
small proportion of college men in
their employ. Judge Lovett said:
"There are, of course, many oivll engi
neers In the railroad service, nearly
all of whom are college graduates, and
many mechanical engineers, who are
also college graduates; but these are
not included in the statistics except
where they have become department
heads."
That the diploma is no shield from
hard work, every oollege graduate
who has succeeded in after lite knows.
That hard work will take a man of
little education very far In the world
Is also true, but college training ought
to give any young man a great handi
cap over his competitor who possesses
little more than natural talent and a
desire to "get there." This is the
value of college training—that it
teaches one how ft* think and how to
work. If it has not done that the
diploma of graduation Is not worth
the paper upon which It is written
and the student has wasted four years
of his life.
The college man worth his salt soon
learns why the ceremony that marks
the end of his student days is called
"commencement."
EDITORIAL COMMENT 1
Colonel Roosevelt has his quieter,
more peaceful moments when he stops
being: a regiment of cavalry for a little
while and is the Audubon Society.
Ohio State Journal.
Some of the German papers are stilt
angry at the Americans who perished
on the Lusitania.—New York Evening
Sun.
The verdict would seem to establish*
the fact that the Colonel can hit the
THbun| ide ° l a Barnes - —New York
As it is remembered now, the west
ern Allies were to be the anvil while
the Russian army was to be the ham
mer. The anvil seems to have come
up to specifications; but the hammer!
—Kansas City Star.
tm.s; "" r " 7t ■» -
A BLOW AT AN OLD CHARITY
ABUSE
[From the Philadelphia Bulletin.]
An ancient and shabby kind of
graft habitually practiced on the
State by some well-to-do relatives of
insane or feeble-minded patients is
likely to be eliminated under the
terms of Whitaker bill which has be
come a law with the approval of the
Governor. It provides for the col
lection of board for such persons at
the State hospitals and asvlums
wherever they have estates or "fami
lies able to make payment, and the
Attorney General's Department is spe
cifically charged with the duty of
making the collections.
For years the law has declared that
no person should be accepted at the
State institutions board free, or, that
is to say, at the joint expense of the
State and the county from which they
were committed, if they owned suffi
cient property or had relatives able
to pay for them at the uniform rate
of $.-> a week. But this act has been
largely a dead letter because there was
no adequate machinery for en&orcing
its provisions. Out of the ten thou
sand patients in these hospitals last
year, only 377 came within this class,
the rest being termed indigent' and
supported by their counties and the
State treasury through the respec
tive payment of J 1.75 and $2.50 for
each one out of the public funds.
But investigation by the commit
tee on lunacy by the State Board of
Charities led to the conclusion that
many more ought to be paid for also.
It was found in some cases that the
so-called indigent" owned estates in
the form of legacies and even had
bank accounts standing in their
names, while others had wealthy rela
tives who could well afford to main
tain them. Yet it was difficult to
collect the money in the absence of a
definite process, being more costly
and troublesome than the results
would justify.
Now these obstacles are removed by
the definite delegation of authority
to the State's legal officers and a vig
orous effort is to be made to collect
sums past due where possible as well
as for maintenance hereafter. It Is
conservatively estimated that the
amount derived from thie source an
nually will total more than a quarter
pf a million dollars, as similar laws
in New York, Massachusetts and Ohio
have resulted in the yearly collection
of from two hundred to three hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars. As a
means of terminating a wholly repre
hensible abuse of, the State's charity,
the law is entitled to hearty endorse
ment.
A PROPHECY
I have cut off the nations: their
towers are desolate; I made tlielr
streets waste, that none passeth by;
their cities are destroyed, so that there
is no man. that thare is none Inhabi
tant.—Z*>pha-nl»h ill, 6.
Letter List
LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN
the Post Office, at Harrlsburg, Pa., for
the week ending June 5, 19lo:
Ladies' List Miss Helen Bowen,
Miss Ullian Bowman, Miss Edith Col<>,
Miss Beulali Oonley, Annie Dearer, Lil
lian Dearn. Mrs. Charles R. Urake, Miss
A. M. Drinker, Mrs. N. A. Knders. Mrs.
Carrie Koore. Mrs. Ida Han, Mrs. Y.
Harpnian, Mrs. Edith Harrier, Mrs.
Catherine Johnson, Mrs. Grace Kinney,
Miss Clara M. Lehaugh, Julia M. Mar
tin (D. L), Eleanor Puden Munce,
Mrs. John Myers, Miss Yellta Poplan,
Mrs. E. O. Robinson, Mrs. Maggie Rob
son (D. L), Mrs. Schutzman. Miss Anna
Snyder. Maggie Thomas (D. L.), Miss
Annie Walker, Mlas Mary Weljjel, Miss
Josia Willar.
Gentlemen's lilst G. L. Albright.
P. G. Bell, Hon. William Bender, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Cass. Joseph Cling. F.
P. Craft ID. !>.), George M. Davis, ,T. A.
Drake. W. M. Karly. M. H. Elsenhart.
Prof. Isaac Fisher. F. J. Fosburn, Emra
Fuhrman. Thomas Gallagher. Charles
O. Garner. E. F. Gilpin, Sr., J. W. Har
desty. Esau Hart. Mr. and Mrs. John
Hench, A. M. Johnson, W. C. Johnson.
Henry A. Kalhman (D. L.), Martin Kel
ler. J. A. Kiinoker. Mr. and Mrs. John
Koch, Joseph Kohn, J. F. Krebs, J. jr.
F. I,andle (D. T»), Harry Lanshey, Wal
ter I,are, Clarence B. Lewis, J. L. Mark
ley, R. W. MoConnell. Robert McGreevy
W. J. Meredith (I). Harry Montgomery,
W. W. Mitchell. Tom Moore, George
Mull. J. M Muller, H. E. Nead. Philip
L. Phillips. William E. Robinson,
George Scott. Benjamin Shope, Harry
Summers, C. B. Turner, Frank Walker,
Brenton G. Wallace. Josenh Walsh.
Samuel Whltackre, Paul Wilson.
Firms J. U' Fischer Co.. llsrrlsßurg
Embroidery KxchHnge, The 1,. & roi
lnf Co.. Messrs. S. Lavert.v & Son,
Mercantile Collection Agency. President
of tlie Pennsylvania Trust Co., Security
Investment Co.
Persons should Invariably hnve tlielr
mall matter addressed to their street
and . number, thereby Insuring prompt
delivery by the carrier*.
HARRISBURG s@s£3o TELEGRAPH
- THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
-r««h In ttr CMrai« Hernld.
foUtla
'ptJVKOU tcaHAO.
By the Ei-Comndttraiiu
Democratic bosses both in Pennsyl
vania and Washington are awaiting
the decision of Vance C. McCormick
in regard to the national commlttee
manship before passing along any
word and meanwhile the name of
James I. Blakslee, the Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster General, is being kept
in the air as a means of interesting
the rank and file and preventing any
opposition booms from being launched.
It is commonly believed that McCor
mick can have the national adminis
tration's support and the votes con
trolled in %> i State committee by the
machine if He, gives the word. Indeed,
some of the Democrats are anxious to
have McCormick become national com
mitteeman because the State commit
tee has debts and there will be a cam
paign to finance next year. He has
not said anything publicly to indicate
whether he cares to stay In the expen
sive political game. Some of the
Democrats are of the opinion that it
would be almost as bad taste for
Blakslee, who is an administration
officer, to be national committeeman
as it would have been for A. Mitchell
Palmer to have remained on the na
tional committee while serving as a
judge of the Court of Claims in Wash
ington. State Chairman Morris is ar
ranging to meet local and county lead
ers and It is believed the meeting will
be held in July, if things go right. If
the opposition to the machine shows
signs of becoming too strong it may
be deferred.
One of the funny things Just now
Is (he manner in which the organs of
the Democratic machine in this State
are protesting against stories being
printed ahout dissensions in the Cabi
net and the Ignoring of Bryan. The-
Philadelphia Ledger's Washington cor
respondent appears to think that
Bryan Is getting ready to quit, Judging
from the articles printed. This is dis
turbing Market Square, where Bryan
has become an object of veneration in
the last few years.
—Politicians throughout the State
have been set talking by the Gover
nor's veto to take from the Auditor
General the authority to act with the
City Treasurer of Philadelphia in
naming the Philadelphia mercantile
appraisers. For years an effort has
been made to cut out the Auditor
General and this session the Philadel
phia senatorial leaders got together
and passed the bill. Auditor General
Powell is said to have "kicked" and
the Governor listened to him and
turned down the leaders.
—Speculation is rife as to what part
William A. Magee, one of the new
public service commissioners, will play
in Allegheny county politics this year.
Magee has never been very friendly to
J. Denny O'Neil who aspires to succeed
himself as county commissioner.
O'Neil was the Governor's field mana
ger for the western part of the State
in his local option campaign and Is
very close to the Governor.
—Lackawanna county Republicans
are said to have made up their minds
that they are not going'to get much
more than those in Delaware. Erie and
Fayette counties in the way of ap
pointments. Thp Governor ig sold to
have told several senators very plainly
that he does not Intend to place ap
pointments for the benefit of men who
did not help him in the local option
fight and who have not shown any
interest in his fight for local option In
the next legislature. The Governor
has all the aces just now.
—The insurance bill vetoed last
night was on© of the series backed
by Representative Richard J. Baldwin,
of Delaware. The omnibus repealer
vetoed Friday was offered by Speaker
Ambler.
—H. W. Byrne, Fayette county law
yer, held up the whole Fayette county
criminal court by challenging the
grand jury. Tt was the first time If
had ever been done and court may
have to suspend for thirty days.
—Tonfts M". Rudy, who has an
nounced himself as a candidate for
Mayor, has been active in East End
politics for years.
—John B. Evans, the new mibtreas
urer of the United States at Philadel
phia, assumed his office yesterday.
The Democrats who did not get the
place also got on the job.
—Congressman Yare is scheduled to
preside at the Fourth of July cele
bration In Philadelphia.
—Governor Brumbaugh, who is to
be one of the speakers at the meeting
at the State Bar Association at Cape
May, will hear reviews of the work of
the Legislature by several members.
Congressman 11. J. Steele, the presi
dent, will deal particularly with legis
lation.
—The Washington party city com
mittee of Philadelphia met yesterday
and arranged for registration. Fur
ther than that It has not done any
thing and its leaders are watting to see
what their chiefs intend to do this
Fall. Some of the Bull Moosers In that
city say they will stay off the reser
vation.
HOOP CYCI.F, NEW VEHICLE
Something distinctly novel in the
way of a pleasure vehicle for boys Is
described, with Illustration, In the June
Popular Mechanics Magazine. It is
called a hoop cycle and serves to
bridge the gap between the tricycle
and bicycle, furnishing an endless
amount of fun and stimulus for exer
cise. The device consists of a %-ln.
pipe welded into a large hoop, sus
pended within which on sheave roll
ers is a yoke carrying a seat. Extend
ing to the rear of this Is a two-wheel- |
ed balancing gear which is raised
from the ground when the rider leans
forward. The machine is propelled
by the feet, the boy running until
he gets up sufficient speed to carry
him along, or rolling the cycle by an
occasional push with his feet.
WOODEN SOLDIERS
NATIONAL PROHIBITION
IS MAKING
By Allan Sutherland
FEW peopla who have not given
the matter attention, realize the
giant strides which have been
made in the progress of national pro
hibition in this country during the last
few years. So rapid has been this de
velopment, that It no longer seems to
he an idle dream that this will be a
saloonless nation by or soon after
1920. The prohibition forces, encour
aged by their increasing influence and
numbers, are making heroic efforts to
free our land from the curse of strong
drink; and their remarkable successes
have emboldened them to go forward
enthusiastically and with every Indica
tion of ultimate triumph.
In many States there has been a
noticeable weakening of the liquor
forces. There are already eighteen pro
hibition States: Maine, Kansas, North
Dakota, Oklahoma., Mississippi, Geor
gia, North Carolina, Tennessee, West
Virginia, Virginia, Colorado, Oregon,
Washington, Arizona, Alabama, Arkan
sas, Idaho and lowa. Over 62,000,000
of the population of the United
States live under prohibition; and more
than 71 per cent, of the area is pro
hibition territory. There are fewer
saloons south of the Mason and Dixon
line than there are in the city of
Chicago.
A noticeable triumph of the temper
ance adherents was the declaration
made by the Knights Templar of Penn
sylvania during their recent conclave
in Philadelphia, that no one addicted
to intemperance, or engaged in the
whisky business, would be allowed to
become a member of that order.
Eyes of Country Focusing
The eyes of the country will be fo
cused on the great national convention
of the Anti-Saloon League of America,
which will meet in Atlantic City, July
6-9, and which will be attended by
delegates from every State of the
Union. Every church, Sunday School,
young peoples' society and temperance
organisation of the country is Invited
to send one or more representatives.
The meetings will be held on "Young's
Million Dollar Pier," which has four
large auditoriums, with accommoda
tions for not less than 25,000 persons.
It is quite certain that not less than
this number, possibly many more, will
attend the convention.
At the time of this meeting of the
Anti-Saloon League of America, the
Catholic Prohibition League will also
meet in Atlantic City, and these two
powerful bodies will work together in
the utmost harmony for the attain
ment of the important object each has
in view. On one of the days of the
convention an enthusiastic union meet
ing will he held, at which time Cath
olics and Protestants will vie with each
other in their efforts to say and do
that which will hasten the day when
the United States will be a saloonless
nation. When the churches of our
land becpme a unit in the attainment
of this purpose, and men vote in ac
cordance with their honest convictions
Our Daily Laugh
VHB PEOPLE'S
BALL BOOM. ]T
Tha city's oot
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Permits the
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go in the ™ MpW
Without the v \7U|fi
danger at -
arrest. W™ «
he's beret
BIBROISBt
Rr Win* Dinger
I've got It In for some chap
Who lives two doors from me—
He got me Into trouble
Most darned effectively.
He said to Mrs. Dinger,
"Your husband, 'bout the eyes.
Looks badly, and I think he
Should take more exercise."
That started wtfey thinking—
With neighbor she agreed—■
Tes, exercise was surely
The thing I most did need.
When I got- home, last evening,
She said to me. "Dear Hub,
Please take this can of green paint
And paint the flower tub.
"And when you have that painted
I wish you'd take each weed
Out of the front and back lawns-
Some exercise you need.
When lawns are weeded, rest up^
Tou mustn't work too hard—
Just get the hose, attach It
And water the back yard."
It seems to me quite strange that
When I was being booked
Fur "exercise-engagements"
Dear wlfey overlooked
Baseball and quoits and tennis
! And golf and bowling, too—
' Why couldn't she have chosen
Such things for me to dot
JUNE 8, 1915.
and their spiritual obligations, that day
the liquor business is doomed.
Suggests Taxing on Wealth
An important subject to be discussed
at the convention will be the sugges
tion of Senator Morris Sheppard, of
Texas, that there be a system of taxa
tion bearing: on wealth rather than on
the masses, as a substitute for the
present revenue tax system so far as it
pertains to the collection of a tax on
liquors. Of course, the government
will lose large sums of money as a re
sult of the national adoption of prohi
bition. but wise men are of the opinion
that even should no steps be taken to
provide a means for raising a revenue
to take the place of that lost through
prohibition, the country could well af
ford to stand the financial loss in view
of the certain betterment of society
and the saving for investment in profit
able lines of the millions upon millions
now spent annually for liquor. It is
stated, that in prohibition Kansas
alone, $30,000,000 a'year is saved to
useful purpose.
A prominent speaker recently said:
"At least 350,000 children are suffering
Industrial abuses to-day because of the
liquor traffic. The father has lost his
job through drink. The children are
hungry, and they must be clothed, so
thoy go Into the mills and the fac
tories. The liquor traffic stands in the
middle of the road of American child
hood to-day, and it must be removed."
This is another powerful reason why
the saloon must go.
Ideal Convention City
Atlantic City, with its population of
50,000 is an ideal convention Pity. It
is one of the most cosmopolitan and
popular watering places in' our land,
and is frequently spoken of as the
playground of the world. The famous
boardwalk, eight mles long, and from
twenty to sixty feet in width, is one
of the most democratic places imag
inable. At times it is so crowded as to
make walking difficult. Here one
jostles against a millionaire at one mo
ment and a pauper the next; a cul
tured gentleman and a lonely outcast
are often in closest contact. Almost
every country has its representative,
and in the countless shops that border
this remarkable promenade may be
found the goods of every land. Bril
liantly lighted at night, the scene is
one of indescribable beauty. A tramp
along this wonderful boulevard, with
its kaleidoscopic changes, is an ex
perience of a lifetime. At the height
of the seaso.i, there are at times fifty
thousand people in the surf. At the
time of the convention, Atlantic City
will be at its best. Almost every form
of amusement will be provided, and
bathing, sailing and Ashing may be en
joyed under almost ideal conditions.
Special trains from every State will
bring their quota of passengers to the
convention. Many of the most elo
quent orators of the country will be on
the program. It is planned to send a
committee of not less than Ave thou
sand persons to Washington to pre
sent to President Wilson a series of
resolutions which It is hoped to have
adopted by the convention.
$30,000,000 Heiress to Wed
Man Who's on Her Payroll
MISS CATHERINE BARKER
Chicago, 111., June V—-James B.
Forgan, president of 'the First Na
tional Bank, announced to-day the en
gagement of his ward, Miss Catherine
Barker, to Howard H. Spalding.
She is only 19 and four years ago
her father. John H. Barker, died, leav
ing an estate of $30,000,000 in trust
for her in the First National Bank.
Miss Barker has been the heroine of
Interesting adventures which have
given Mr. Forgan some anxioug mo
ments during his year of guardianship.
She has received more letters propos
ing marriage than perhaps any young
woman In Chicago. From every state
and national practically the world over
they came, and most of them, Mr. For
gan contends, she has never seen.
Young Spalding has taken an execu
tive position in the Haskell & Barker
1 Company, a concern owned by his
Aancee.
lEtontttg (Etjat
Men who have charge of soda foun
tains declare that more eoda water
combinations are being Bold now and
in greater quantity than ever and
that where ten years ago men used to
drop around a corner for a beer or
something else, they are becoming
regular patrons of the soda fountain.
For several years this tendenoy of
businessmen to gd and have a soda
had been noticed and the drug store
and confectionery people say that it
is astonishing the growth of business
in daylight hours. In tho evenings,
especially warm evening they have
always had heavy business, but there
is now a steady run of working hour
patronage which keeps on growing.
As a matter of fact, the people behind
bars say the same thing. They declare
that the beer drinking is not nearly
as general as it used to be and that
daylight drinking has been declining
year after year. One or two of the
hotels have reduced their forces of
bartenders In daytime, although they
insist that the evening trade is as good
aB ever. However, it is not denied that
business after 11 o'clock at night Is
"not what it used to be." The ten
dency toward sobriety from a business
standpoint is something that has be
come very noticeable In Harrisburg
and the soda fountain people say that
they are often called upon to serve
men who talk over business while
drinking a cooling glass of what used
to be considered only for women and
children. It is one of the signs of
the times that Is not being lost on
thoughtful people.
• • •
Among the beautiful gardens of
peonies to be seen about the city is
that of County Treasurer Arthur H.
Bailey at Paxtang. He has hundreds
of plants, some of them of choice va
rieties and the blooms have been
large and much admired. Mr, Bailey
has been collecting these plants for
several years and his efforts have been
well repaid.
• • *
Farmers In this section of the State
are anxiously watching their wheat
fields for any signs of the Hessian fly,
the pest which caused so much dam
age throughout the Lebanon and
Schuylkill valleys last summer. The
fly did not get in his work in this
portion of the State, but there are
tears that eggs may have been carried
and energetic campaigns to down the
ily will be undertaken if reported.
• • •
Speaking of pests, a good many
folks are wondering if the army worm
will appear again. Under the terms
of the ordinary knowledge about the
voracious crawler it is not scheduled
to appear two years in succession, but
there are some who are rather skep
tical about it and who fear that It
may show up. Hence, every effort is
being made to keep lawns clear of
anything that looks like the pest.
Some of the larvae of the army worm
were found late in the summer and
there are suspicions that some may
be lurking about.
Some of the remarks made by peo
ple visiting the Capitol this season
are interesting. Almost everyone as
sociates the Capitol with the recent
session of the legislature and there is
general desire to see the legislative
halls which furnished so much news
this year. The other day a group of
people, evidently from the country,
asked where the legislative mills were
located.
"Mills?" asked the mystified guldte
"Yes, legislative mills where the?
grind out bills," was the calm reply.
The guide was equal to the occa
sion and headed the party for the
Governor's office.
• • •
Many Harrisburgers who have at
tended the University of Pennsylvania
will be Interested in knowing that
Dr. R. Tait MacKenzie, the physical
director, has gone to England to
"harden" some of the recruits. Those
who have gone through the doctor's
I course of sprouts at the university will
have no doubt of what Tommy Atkins
will be able to do in the way of sus
tained marching and fighting when he
reaches the front.
• • •
Among the announcements made In
tbe Journal of the Engineers' Society
of Pennsylvania this month is that
there will be an excursion some time
during this summer to one of the big
engineering works. The excursions of
the society have been big events and
have enabled a good many men to get
advantageous and first hand informa
tion about operations which are house
hold words. The Journal also contains
some interesting matter regarding the
development of the port of Philadel
phia, Pennsylvania's port as it is term
ed.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—H. J. Heinz, the Pittsburgh manu
facturer, has given an elaborate wel
fare home as a memorial to his
'wife in Pittsburgh.
—F. B. Maloy, the Pittsburgh man
who offered SIOO for German sailors
who sank British battleships, la com
mencing to get protests.
—Justice Elkin has been made a
doctor of laws by Temple university.
—Judge H. W. Whitehead, of Wll
liamsport, is getting after the grand
juries which do not recommend im
provements to the county prison.
—William Kershaw has retired as
headmaster of Germantown Academy
after forty years' service.
—The Rev. Dr. W. H. Roberts, stat
ed clerk of the Presbyterian Church,
opened the new Ridley Park Presby
terian Church Sunday.
1 DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg's "front steps"
have been photographed to dis
play at the Panama Pacific expo
sition
AGAINST CHrRCH BILLBOARDS
John Wanamaker shook up the
members of the Church Clubs of the
United States in a letter read at the
annual convention in Hartford, Conn.,
baying he favored daily newspaper ad
vertising for churches and not spec
tacular billboards. He recommended
that churchmen clean house so that
their advertising of churches might be
substantiated if visited by a stranger.
Officers were elected as
President, Dr. E. R. Gould, New Yorl*
vice-president, H. H. Hemlnway,
Watertown, Conn., W. S. Sterling. Cin
cinnati, and Charles S. Shoemaker,
Pittsburgh; secretary and treasurer,
Charles F. Chase, New Britain.
"I have always been averse to any
other church advertising than a mod
est placard on the church grounds and
an advertisement in the dally news
papers," wrote Mr. Wanamaker.
CIVIC CLUB '
Fly Contest
June 1 to July 31
5 CenU a Pint
Prizes of $5, $2.50 and several
SI.OO ones
duplicated by Mr. Ben Strouse