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Average for the year 1014—98,218
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Average for the year HM0—17,495
SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 12
The gain which is made at the expense of
refutation should rather be set down as loss.
—Latin Proverb.
FLAG DAY
MONDAY, June 14, will be Flag
Day and as such will be ob
served by the Elks of this city
with exercises at Reservoir Park. The
lodgemen have asked that citizens in
general join to make the celebration
a success by displaying flags from
every residence. The program as out
lined bids fair to be the most elaborate
Karrlßburg has ever had on any Flag
Day and those who do not find it pos
sible to participate otherwise certainly
ought to co-operate by displaying at
least one flag from window or house
top.
It is a Rood thing to pay tribute to
the national ensign. It stands for "ail
our hopes for future years," und it has
an ancient and honorable history. The
present flag dates from June 14, 1777,
when the Continental Congress passed
n. resolution "That the flag of the
thirteen United States be thirteen
stripes alternate red and white; that
the Union be thirteen stars, white in
a blue field, representing a new con
stellation." This was the first official
designation of a national emblem. It
has grown until now it embraces all
our territory, except Alaska and our
Insular possessions.
The origin of the design has been
much discussed. Simplest and most
probable is the story that it came
from the Washington family arms.
Already, at Cambridge, Mass., on Jan
uary 2, 1776, General Washington had
displayed a flag designed by three men
—Franklin, Lynch and Harrison —con-
sisting of thirteen stripes, red and
white, with the Union Jack in place of
the stars, the stripes being emblematic
of the union of the thirteen colonies
against British oppression. What more
natural than that the designers should
compliment the General by embodying
his family arms In the design? What
more natural than that Congress
should perpetuate both design and
compliment?
In the village church at Brighton,
England, are the tombs of the father
and uncle of George Washington.
Both stones bear the Washington arms
—a simple shield crossed by three
horizontal stripes, above which are
three five-pointed stars. The stripes
of the Washington arms are recorded
in the herald's office as alternate
gules fred) and white. On both arms
end flag the stars are five pointed,
although the commoner form is six
pointed.
All of which is interesting, hut not
so very important. The important
thing is that we of this generation
bring to the flag all of the full-hearted
devotion, unsullied patriotism and
readiness to sacrifice self for the bene
fit of the whole that marked the. lives
of those who won undying fame be
neath the banner when its stars were
few and its colors yet to be tried on
desperate fields and billowing seas—-
when those who fought 'neath its new
flung folds staked their lives freely and
fearlessly in the great cause of liberty
and freedom.
If there are any objections to cloning
up the stores and factories and cele
brating the Fourth of July on Monday,
the sth, as Mayor Royal lias recom
mended, they have not been made pub
lie. A double-holiday is a welcome
break in a work-a-day world.
TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
THE marked reductions In prices
of automobiles that have been
announced by manufacturersdur
ing the past few days indicates that a
much larger number of machines will
be In use within the next few years
than at present. The fact that a new
car, equipped with all of the comforts
and luxuries carried by only the most
expensive machines of a year or two
back, can now be had at a price less
than was formerly asked for a second
hand motor points to very low prices 1
for so-called "used" or "rebuilt" auto
mobiles in the very near future. Many
a man who has felt that he could not
afford to spend SI,OOO or more on a
machine will not miss the opportunity.
"An automobile for everybody" Is said
to b*"lhe ambition of Henry Ford, and
It bids fair almost to be realized at an
early date.
This heavy increase in the number
of cars in operation will necessitate
the adoption of further traffic regu
lations in Harrisburg. Already Third
6U«et batweua Walnut and Market is
SATURDAY EVENING,
j so badly crowded that It is a question
whether or not it i> advisable to make
it a "one way" thoroughfare. Market
street, too, is filled constantly with cars
parked along the curbs, often for hours
at a time, and in many ways the traffic
regulations that up to this time have
proved very satisfactory are reaching
the limits of their usefulness. The
more automobiles, the more super
vision; in this way only can the in
terests of all be conserved. The Motor
Club of Harrisburg is awake to these
conditions and it is a pleasure to note
the interest displayed by its officials in
making the streets safe for all con
cerned.
About the time the Germans get
ready to celebrate a victory in Galicla
the Bear That Walks Like A Man butts
in and breaks up the performance.
TALKING HIMSELF TO DEATH
MR. BRYAN Is talking himself to
death. Every new note costs
him another regiment or two of
friends. From the proud position of
Secretary of State he has descended
In a few days to the unenviable posi
jtlon of a mischief-making, self-seek
ing politician who seeks to mas
querade his own selfish ambitions un
der the guise of patriotism. His
flaunting of the President was had
enough, but his presumption in ad
dressing a needless and insulting note
to Americans of German birth is even
worse. His whole course has been de
signed to arouse friends of the ad
ministration to that point where they
will make it possible for him to take
sides openly against them politically
and so inject himself into the situa
tion as the logical candidate to lead
the dissatisfied elements within the
Democratic party against the renomi
nation of Wilson.
At any other time Republicans
might view the development of a row
within the Democratic party with In
difference or, at the most, an interest
bred of political possibilities. Just
now, however, must frown upon
this activity of Bryan as tending to
annoy and disturb the national ad
ministration at a time when it should
be free of all internal disputes to face
a critical situation abroad.
The Russian army could give Colonel
Roosevelt cards and spades on the
gentle art of being able to "come back."
SOME FOREST FIRE "DOX'TS"
WITH thousands of persons al
ready in the woods and thou-
sands more prepared to go, the
usual number of easily preventable
summer forest fires may be expected.
Every summer camper or fisherman
not skilled in forest craft should pin
in his outing hat the following list
of "Dont's" just issued by the United
States Forest Service:
1. Don't throw your match away
until you are sure it is out.
2. Don't drop cigaret or cigar
butts until trie glow is extin
guished.
3. Don't knock out your pipe
ashes while hot or where they will
fall into dry leaves or other inflam
mable material.
4. Don't build a camp fire any
larger than is absolutely necessary.
5. Don't build a fire against a
tree, a log, or a stump, anywhere
but on bare soil.
fi. Don't leave a fire until you are
sure it is out; if necessary smother
it with earth or water.
7. Don't burn brush or refuse In
or near the woods if there is any
chance that the fire may spread be
yond your control, or that the wind
may carry sparks where they would
start a new fire.
S. Don't be any more careless with
fire in the woods than you are with
fire in your own home.
9. Don't be idle when you dis
cover a fire in the woods; if you
can't put it out yourself, get help.
Where a forest guard, ranger, or
State fire warden can be reached,
call him up on the nearest telephone
• you can find.
Thousands of acres of forest and
suburban woodland in Pennsylvania
have been burned over already this
Spring by fires that started for the
most part from preventable causes.
The State has placed new fire protec
tion laws on Its statute books, but
they will be of small avail if indi
vidual co-operation is lacking. If city
people continue to be as reckless with
fire In the woods as they have been
the time will come when they will be
barred from thousands of acres of
privately owned lands now open to
them.
Why doesn't Dr. Dixon issue an of
ficial warning against the dangers of
the picnic lunch?
I/EARNING TO SAVE
SW. STBAUS, president of the
American Society for Thrift, re
cently declared that "teaching
children the value of possession, es
tablishing habits of thrift by practice
rather than by theory, by example
rather than by precept, Is one of the
important parts of their education
which is too often neglected by parent
and teacher."
In accord with this a great philoso
pher has said: "No boy ever became
great as a man who did not in his
youth learn to save."
It is not to be universally expected
that those who have spent the early
years of their lives utterly disregard
ing economy and saving will become
thrifty and frugal when they have
grown up. Therefore, thrift should he
taught the children early In their
lives, thus laying a solid foundation
for future national thrift.
Our public schools were originally
founded for what we call the develop
ment of manhood and womanhood.
Children must he prepared In the
schools for the duties of citizenship,
and subjects pertaining to the govern
ment and civic life must occupy a
larger and more important place In
the educational department each year.
We have begun to reali«e that every
one must be given the fundamental
principles which he may apply later
In some form of labor to help the
community.
The thrifty citizen is the best citi
zen and it is the appreciation of
thrift, inculcated in our children, that
will make them the best citizens of
the future.
The habits of childhood influence
the child's entire life. Why not de
vote a half hour each day to the
study of thrift lrr our schools?
We are guided a great deal by our
sympathies and our antipathies; it is
most natural for a child to follow in
the Xuutaieya of its father and mother
and if the child does not see thrift
practiced at home, the benefits which
he may derive through the teaching
of the rudiments of thrift learned
in the public schools will, in a great
measure, be offset by his lack of train
ing at home.
Parents, • therefore, should co-op
erate with the schools in teaching
girls and boys to appreciate the value
of money, the wisdom of thrift and
economy. Germany, France and Bel
gium have been educating their young
for years how to save and conserve
their resources and have found that
it has meant great additions to the na
tional wealth.
It shoud be kept in mind that thrift
does not mean tight-flstedness nor
miserly habits. It does mean the con
servation of our every resource.
Money saved by thrift does not go out
of circulation—but simply is diverted
into more constructive channels.
The bass season coming in, early
Tuesday morning most likely will find
a large number of fishermen going out.
One of the pleasant features of the
present summer is that the primary
elections will not be held until Septem
ber.
1 EDITORIAL COMMENT |
Mexico continues in unwavering sup
port of a policy of unpreparedness for
peace.—Washington Star.
It seems very difficult at times for
some naturalized citizens to become
neutralized citizens. Birmingham
News.
Dr. Dernbnrg's eloquence hes reached
lt.s highest point since he stopped talk
ing.—Philadelphia North American.
The American women arrested in Ger
many for Insulting an officer probably
wouldn't get off the sidewalk for him.—
Boston Transcript.
Havings decided that the Lusitanla
was a warship, the German Govern
ment ought to Insist that the murdered
babies w ere the gun crews.—Now York
World.
Italy at least will have the distinc
tion of being the only nation in the
war that hasn't been accused of start
ing the whole thing.—Philadelphia
North American.
MOST UNNECESSARY NOISE
(Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.)
The local suppressors of unnecessary
noise should begin on the man who
wants to argue about the war.
KEEP OUT, SAYS n\DEI,L
Peoria Editor, After Seeing War
Horrors, Hope* We Won't Be
Involved.
Among the passengers who arrived
at New York on the American liner St.
Louis from the war zone was Henry
M. Pindell, publisher of The Peoria
Evening .Journal, who was appointed
Ambassador to Russia by President .Wil
son, but withdrew after his confirma
tion. Ha told the reporters that he
had been to the front as an observer
on his own account. He said:
"If the American people could see all
the horror I saw they would not want
to go to war except as a last resort.
The situation in Europe is wholly ab
normal and defies description.
"After wbat I saw I do not wish to
have our country involved. I do be
lieve, however, that a premature clos
ing of this war would be a misfortune.
Now that they are at It, it would be
best for future peace that they fight
It to a finish. But I don't want Ameri
ca to help them do it.
"Victory is not near at hand. I be
lieve it will be two or three years more
before the conflict Is ended. And vic
tory will not be finally reached ttntil
after millions more of lives have been
sacrificed.
"I was on the battlefront near Nancy.
I spent a week on the thirty miles'
front in second-line trenches under fire.
J saw trainload after trainload of dead
and wounded. I witnessed a battle in
the clouds between a German Taube
and a French airship.
"I talked with a man who was a
member of a regiment 4.600 strong.
After the battle near Carency but 200
of this regiment escaped.
"France has lost her gaiety and is
now a subdued and changed nation.
Great Britain is also short of tmmunl
tion of the effective kind."
THE APPEAL FROM THE PEOPLE
TFrom the New York Times.]
Among the singular things regard
ing the Steel Trust decision is that its
popularity rivals that of the Supreme
Court's decision to the contrary effect
a few years ago. If there is any dis
sent from the decision that the Steel
Trust is a good trust, and that all
good trusts are lawful, It is not of the
sort which strikes the eye. The proof
of popularity Is as strong on Wall
Street as off It, and among: the com
petitors of the Steel Trust as among
its officers. The shares of the com
petitor of the Steel Trust which leads
all the rest in Its growth are even
stronger in the market than those of
the trust itself. The exponents of that
public opinion which is most savage
against trusts in general, and against
the "worst enemy of labor" in particu
lar, are silent, courage in opposing
popular opinion not being a strong
trn.it of those claiming to be the true
friends of the people.
WEALTH IS BELOW SIOO,OOO
Mr. Bryan has been attacked on the
score of his wealth. He has been ac
cused of making a business of politics
and of acpunuilating a fortune there
from, some of his critics oven claiming
that the Bryan dollars amounted to
millions. Friends of the famous Ne
hraskan state, however, that his wealth
has been grossly over-rated. They
say that his fortune is considerably
less than SIOO,OOO and that It lies
chiefly in his ownership of his farm,
and his newspaper.
Mr. Bryan's farm consists of 160
acres, a short distance outside of Lin
coln, Neb. Here he raises fruit, vege
tables, grains and chickens, giving his
personal direction to his crops of farm
hands and executing niany of the la
bors of the farm himself. So great Is
his love for the soil that he annually
curtails his lecture tours to attend to
the duties that his landed proprietor
ship thrusts upon him.
Another feature of Mr. Bryan's pri
vate life is his love of his home. In
deed, his wife Is his able collaborator
and confidential secretary. She is not
only a charming woman and a fond
and loving mother, but has entered
upon and maintained an intelligent co
operation with her husband, which
forms one of the strongest elements of
his success. She took the law course
in the Chicago Law School and was
admitted to practice in the Nebraska
Supreme Court 20 years ago. She has
only practiced by proxy, her studies
being pursued for the sake of helping
her husband.
Besides Mr. and Mrs. Bryan, the
household consists of Ruth Pearl
Bryan, the eldest daughter, who mar
ried William Homer Leavitt. a painter,
and divorced him; William Jennings
Bryan, Jr., and Grace Bryan.
PROVIDING ADEQUATE LIGHT
Heavy glass partitions which are
translucent, substantial, and fireproof
are being introduced as a means of
distributing sunlight through large
business buildings without lessening
the privacy of the various offices. The
walls are sound-proof and nontrans
parent. which gives them essentially the
advantages of the ordinary wall, but
not the disadvantages. They are built
of clear glass units two inches tlilnck
and either six or eight Inches square,
which are reduced to translurencv by
Impressed designs.—From the June
(Popular Mechanics Magazine,
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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'Pt>uvoi{t»;cutZa
By the Ex-CommlMmnu
The fact that Qovernor Brumbaugh
approved the joint resolution provid
ing for publication of the report of the
State Building Code Commission by
the Department of Labor and Indus
try is being much commented upon at
the Capitol to-day in. view of stories
that the Governor does not have to act
on the Joint resolution presented by
Representative William H. Wilson, of
Philadelphia for a committee to in
vestigate municipal affairs. The Gov
ernor some time ago asked Attorney
General Brown for an opinion whether
he had to sign joint or concurrent reso
lutions. Mr. Brown has not yet given
an official expression of opinion, al-
there have been several stories
printed to the effect that he will ad
vise the Governor he does not have to
sign such evidences of legislative
action. However, the Governor has
signed the joint resolution providing
for the Second Infantry to go to San
Francisco and for the printing of the
building code recommendations.
—Quiet work with a view of ascer
taining how many men aspire to be
Superior Court judge is under way in
a number of sections of the State and
it is expected that before long some
definite announcements regarding the
candidates will be made. The friends
of Judges Orlady and Head are con
fident that they will be candidates and
expect their nominations and election
and the refusal of Judge Rice to be a
candidate again meand that there will
have to be a concentration upon some
one to take his place.
—By common consent the nomina
tions will go to the districts outside
of the big cities and the political chiefs
will determine upon plans before very
long. The circulation of nomination
petitions will not start for some weeks
as the last day for tiling the papers
does not come until August 24.
—Declination of the appointment as
public service commissioner on the
part of Congressman Edgar R. Kiess
is expected to be in Governor Brum
baugh's hands within a day or so. Mr.
Kiess has definitely made up his mind,
according to people in his district, and
will inform the Governor that he pre
fers to remain in Congress. Owing to
the Governor's preoccupation with the
bills left with him by the Legislature
he has not given any time to the se
lection of a commissioner.
-—Nomination of a chairman of the
Public Service Commission is expected
to be made by the Governor next week.
It was expected this week, but the
Governor had his hands full. The
general belief is that it will be Wil
liam A. Magee, although friends of ex-
Congressman W. D. B. Ainey look
for him to get some recognition from
the Governor.
—Secretary of the Interior Franklin
K. Lane will be the orator at the In
dependence day exercises in Philadel
phia in place of the President.
—-Senator Buckman addressed the
Bucks county firemen at Newtown yes
terday.
—State Launderers in their conven
tion at Reading sharply criticised the
child labor bill enacted this year.
—Lawrence county politics are very
interesting this year because of the
congregational election to select a suc
cessor to the late William M. Brown
and the judicial fight. Judge Porter
will be a candidate for re-election with
half a dozen opponents. S. P. Emery,
who is well-known to many here, will
be a candidate. Mr. Emery was here
a month ago on business at the Capi
tol and said he expected to be in the
fight. Ex-Senator Elmer I. Phillips,
Ex-Congressman C. N. Matthews and
Representative W. D. Walton are all
talked of for Congress. It is expected
that Ex-Congressman Henry W. Tem
ple, who slipped through as a Progres
sive in 1912, will run as a Republican.
—According to stories in circulation
in Pittsburgh William Flinn is more
concerned with woman suffrage than
anything else. It is said that Flinn
told some friends recently that It
would not be very hard to go back to
the Republican party and they look for
him to be back in the game soon.
—Judge Eugene C. Ronniwell, of the
Philadelphia municipal courts, has
heen named chairman of the commit
tee to arrange for the State firemen's
convention in Philadelphia In Octo
ber. The Judge is a prominent Old
Guard Democrat.
—Congressman A. G. Dewalt, of Al
lentown, is the first of the State Dem
ocratic leaders to openly felicitate
President Wilson on dropping Bryan.
He has sent a letter which has at
tracted attention of the cautious re
marks of Palmer and the silence of
reorganization leaders.
—A. M. Wilson, who made consider
able disturbance in Philadelphia af
fairs during the Rlankenburs adminis
tration. has accepted a position in New
York and leaves the city and State.
—The Philadelphia mayoralty situa
tion appears to be interesting to an
unusual degree in spite of the hot
weather and it looks as though there
would be a conference at the seaside
soon to see what each one wants. Con*
gressman W. S. Vare is counting on
working out a harmony plan and if he
succeeds he will be the man. Tf he
does not it is probable that there will
be a consolidation of Vare strength
behind L. J. Kolb, who is Governor
Brumbaugh's close personal friend.
The Democrats and independents are
waiting to see if Vare can win over
Senators Penrose and McNlchol.
CHANGING WAR METHODS
(Ohio State Journal.)
According to Secretary of the Navy
Daniels, in the wars to come, tf there
are to be any, there will be no navy
and no army. The contending hosts
will be aeroplanes and submarines,
and the battlefields will he up in the
skies and down under the sea. How
romantic! No marching ranks, no
dreadnaughts.
It will be interesting, and if we are
to have war, we hope it will all come
about that way. Somehow this change
seems to portend the world peace. It
will surely bring about results. The
war has been going on in Europe for
nearly a year and little progress has
been made, one way or the other.
Thousands have been killed, but no
battle has been won. Tf the war is
transferred from the trenches to the
blue skies or the unseen seas, there
will be the crack of doom sooner or
later. It is trending that way, and the
battle of the Cirrus or of the Green
Grotto will some day end the war.
NOISE ELIMINATED
Elimination of the greater part of
the noise that now accompanies the
operation of street cars and elevated
and subway trains is a prospect of the
immediate future a* the result of a.
new noiseless wheel which is described,
with illustration, in the June Popular
Mechanics Magazine. A street car
equipped with wheels of this kind ami
recently subjected to test runs at
Portland, Maine, Is reported to have
run as noiselessly as an automobile.
Tim wheel Is made of two sections,
and Is In effect n wheel within a wheel.
The Inner section is fixed to the axle
while the outer section takes the bear
ing on the track. Between the two
sections is a cushion of rubber of spe
cial composition which absorbs the vi
brations caused by the grind of the
tire on the rail and by Irregularities
in the track, and it is this tha gives the
wheel lis nuiselebs qualities.
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
HOW THE MIGHTY HAVE FALLEN
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—From the Iv M u SHN City Stnr.
t \
The Importance of Good Manners
i.
[From the Kansas City Star.]
MAC, shake hands with Tom Mor
gan. Tom, this is Bill Mcin
tosh."
In that way a man introduced to
each other two of his friends the other
day, accompanying the Introduction
with such a resounding thump upon
the back of each that it Jarred their
hats loose.
The man who did the Introducing
had an idea, no doubt, that he was a
very clever, pleasant-mannered and
jolly fellow. It was that kind of a
man the poet Cowper had in mind
when he wrote his stanzas on friend
ship:
"The man who hails you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit.
Is such a friend that one had need
Be very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it."
A great writer once said there was
no preater error than to "mistake vul
gar lamiliarity for gentlemanlike ease."
In the old days, before the age of
free schools, when boys and girls were
taught mostly in private schools or by
tutors, much attention was given to
the acquirement of a good "address."
How to sit, to stand, to enter and leave
a drawing room, to carry on a conver
sation. to make and receive an intro
duction. to bow with ease and grace:
all of those things were as much a
part of the schooling of boys and girls
aa was the teaching of reading, writing
and arithmetic.
And let no one think it was not an
important part of a boy's training.
Many a man has climbed high on the
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
Amelia Josephine Burr, whose new
novel, "A Dealer In Empire," tells the
story of the ambitions of the great
Spanish statesman Olivarez, said re
cently that she was sure an historical
novel was much easier to write than
one dealing »vlth the complex conditions
of one's own time. For the latter Miss
Burr modestly believes she is not yet
big enough.
Marianna Wheeler, author of "The
Young Mother's Handbook," expects to
spend her summer at Conway, Mass.
Her home is an old farmhouse which
she bought and has had made over. A
portion of each day Is spent in writing
answers to the anxious mothers who
ever since the publication of her earlier
book. "The Baby. His Care and Train
ing," have turned to her for informa
tio,"ex Beach has Just returned north
from a six weeks' trip in Cuba. He
chartered a yacht and cruised all along
the coast and succeeded in catching a
large number of huge tarpon. And all
the time that he was enjoying ills holi
dav. he was also busy filling his palet
with local color for a new novel. "'The
Auction Block," it will be remembered.
Mr. Beach's latest book. Is a story of
New York, though most of Mr. Beach's
readers seem to look upon him as an
outdoor artist.
Our Daily Laugh
~ 'l ALL
TR*WS
~j -A BLUE JAY."
, ■ THE BACHB-
He nse(l to ienll
7*7 v/\a Valentine
7iJ When he was
11!'n / young and
sentimental,
WT But always
• "'"ft '"Sri J .1 picked some
ssmk&Zv-fl T—— maid divine
jmX? W I Who didn't
tlnental.
JUST HISSED ME
By Win* Dinger
The other morn, when I got up,
I learned that In the night
I had a blamed close call which filled
My soul, somewhat, with frljrht.
A stork, with bundle, flew our way
Quite late the night before
And missed me by one dwelling, bo.
When he stopped just uext door.
JUNE 12, 1915.
ladder of success because of what our
forefathers called "address" and "so
cial bearing." Many a man of ability
has failed to get ahead in the world
because of the boorishncss of his
manner.
Too many young men of to-day
think that a free-and-easy manner
denotes cleverness and manliness.
They need to learn that a man's char
acter is indicated by his manner of
accosting another and by his bearing
in the presence of others. To wear
one's hat in an office, or in the pres
ence of ladies; to accost anyone except
a personal friend by the first name,
and especially by a nickname; to in
terrupt a conversation; all of those
habits stamps a man as ill bred and
lacking in consideration and respect
for others.
X A man who employs the help for a
big business, talking recently about
the growing lack of good manners In
young men, said that fully one-half of
the boys who apply to him for work
frnjer the office with their hats on.
Not one in ten shows any indi
cation of having been trained in the
simplest elements of good deport
ment," this man said. "And," he con
tinued. "I believe it is largely the fault
of our public schools. 1 am strongly
in favor of adding to the things taught
in our schools a series of lessons for
boys and girls on good manners."
And then he said a significant thing
that it would be well for every boy to
remember; "I never like to hire a
young man whose manners are bad. I
have noticed that loose manners and
looseness of character are pretty apt to
go together."
Leader in Suffrage
"Silence" Protest
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l»IIWI«l»lll»llHillHMi"l l' 1 i«w«fl»» '
MRS. CHARLES L. TIFFANY
In furtherance of the cause of suf
frage a group of attractive looking col
lege women went to the federal 'build
ing in New York and gave the honor
able United States District Court a
| "silence" protest as the court makes
citizens. The young women repre
sented the College Equal Franchise
League, which decided upon the novel
I expedient of a speechless campaign
against the discrimination which would
give citizenship to foreign-born men
and withhold it from American
women.
The delegation, headed by Mrs.
Charles L. Tiffany, president of the
College Equal Suffrage League, at
tended the naturalization proceedings.
Not a word did they say.
They sat in silent protest. Their
attitude said: "Compare these foreign
born specimens with us: honest to
goodness, how can you do it?" *
RIGHT FROM RELIGIOUS POINT
(Kansas City Times.)
Quieting rumors that he was a
member of a specified, religious de
nomination, a Webb City candidate for
police judge, announces, according to
the Register, that if anyone can find
that he, the candidate, "is now or has
been at any time affiliated with any
church, he will resign from the race."
From this angle it would appear that
the candidate has made blms«U per
fectly clear.
Bientttg (£hat
Governor Brumbaugh's recall of a
veto, while exciting much comtaent
because it is unusual, does not affect*
the legality of the bill a particle. As
stated in the Telegraph yesterday, the
Governor has absolute control of ths
bills for thirty days from the adjourn
ment of the Legislature, and there is a
very interesting constitutional pro
vision with which many people are not
familiar. The Governor may veto a
bill In the first ten days, recall the veto
and approve the bill twenty days
If he desires. In fact, he may
any time within the thirty-day period.
The reason for this Is tbat the vetoes
are not binding until public notice ia
given. Thus every veto that Dr. Brum
baugh has announced thus far may be
recalled and the bills signed. It Is not
until the proclamation is made of ths
vetoes that they are in force. For
years this proclamation has been
looked upon as a mere piece of legis
lative or officlja.l form. It is in reality
a very important matter, for as soon
as the clerk who reads the vetoes to
the empty corridors and announces the
date and the affixing of the great seal
the bills are dead beyond recall. Tears
ago they used to read the proclamation
In front of the Capitol, where It at
tracted some attention and more badi
nage for the clerk in charge. Lately
the proclamation has been read In the
corridors, which are public and afford
the proper setting. Now with ap
provals it is different. As soon as
bill is signed and certified to the Secre
tary of the Commonwealth, entered
and numbered, it is a law of the realm.
Vetoes are not binding until ■pro
claimed. It is a very wise provision
and one that was put In as a safe
guard.
People at the Capitol have become
so accustomed to talking about mil
lions that they lose sight of certain
things, especially when legislation is
being considered. Yesterday a couple
of men were arguing about the appro
priation limit of this session and were
talking about $67,000,000 and $68,-
000,000 and differences of six and
eight millions in estimates. A third
man came up and, remarking that he
was broke, asked one to lend him a
dollar until evening. The man ad
dressed flushed up and said: "Say, I'm
running light myself. I have Just 3 5
cents." The other man laughed and
confessed to having *l.lO In his
clothes.
Still another suggestion of a State
flower for Pennsylvania has been made
and this time it is the morning glory.
State flowers were a popular object of
legislation in the session that Just clos
ed. The Governor vetoed the mous<
tain laurel and the wild honeysuckle,
the sweet pea, the tulip poplar, the ar
butis and a few others raised their
heads only to be cast aside because of
executive displeasure. The suggestion
of the morning glory comes from Mrs.
F. Cane van, of Chester, whose idea
has been endorsed by a number of peo
ple interested in botanical develop*
ment. She has written to Governor
Brumbaugh about it and the Governor
has sriven assurance that when he has
no more bills to bother him and the
appointments are all made and he has
time to think he will give the morninc
glory consideration.
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At least one of Harrisburg's Intre
pid canoeists, who has aviator desires
without the means to satisfy them,
has combined his love of canoeing
with his fondness for air-propulsion in
a unique but entirely satisfactory
way. The canoeist has attached a pad
dle similar to the type that is used to
drive an aeroplane, to a motor wWch
is connected in his canoe. The shaft
of the propeller is elevated to a point
Just above the back of the seat rest.
This canoeist Instead of pad
dling, simply lolls back, starts his
motor—and pushes up stream with
more speed and much more ease than
a motorboat.
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Among the younger members of the
Dauphin county bar who served in
nearby towns as Memorial Day orators
was Philip S. Moyer.who spoke at New
Bethlehem. The New Bethlehem
Leader, the weekly paper, admired
Mr. Moyer's talk immensely and this
is what the paper had to say about
It: "Mr. Moyer's address was perhaps
one of the most eloquent ever deliv
ered in this place and throughout the
forty-five minutes in which he paid
tribute after tribute to the veterans
of the wars of the United States, and
to the position of the country among
the nations of the world, he held his
hearers in rapt attention. Beautiful
In word and thought the oration of
last Monday will live long In th»
hearts of those who heard It."
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE j
—Senator George T. Oliver is in
California.
—Thomas K. Donnally, re-elected
keeper of records of the State's Red
Men. has held the office for over a
quarter of a century.
—Mayor Armstrong, of Pittsburgh,
is anxious to have the Liberty Bell
visit his city in daylight hours.
—W. H. C. Ramsey, long con
nected with Johnstown water affairs,
will take charge of the plant at York.
—B. F. Fackenthal. Jr., new presi
dent of Franklin and Marshall trus
tees. Is prominent in Iron and steel
affairs.
—George Brooke, of Philadelphia,
has gone to Newport.
| DO YOU KNOV |
That Harrisburg engines are •
shown at the San Francisco ex
position.
THE CHUMMY GOVERNORS
[From the Ohio State Journal.]
Governor Brumbaugh of Pennsylva
nia made a requisition on Governor
Willis for a horse thief and thus he
worded it:
"My Dear Frank —You in Ohio have
all the horse thieves you want; we
want one and would like to have one
of yours. We will be glad to recipro
cate when occasion demands."
Martin and Frank were chums in
the educational field before they be
came governors. They are both big,
hearty fellows and when one tells the
other a Joke, the laugh that follows
sounds like the reverberations of a
howitzer. So In their official com
munications they are altogether ttt
human to tumble Into technicalities:
That requisition sounds Just Ilk*
Martin and If Fraajt can find him %
horse thief he will do It sure.
AVOIDING GFIRMS
"Cook must have been Impressed with
thl» scientific talk she hears."
"Why so?"
"I Just heard her refuse to kiss her
beau except through the screen door.'
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