6 HARRISBURC TELEGRAPH EsUNiihtd lift PUBLISHED BT IHH, ISLBGHAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACKPOLB Prtr.drnt and Biiter-iM-Chirf F. R. OYSTER Stertiary GTJS M. STETNMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, tit Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers" Association. Audit Bureau of Orculatlon and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern Offlcs. Fifth Avenus Building, Now York City. Hasbrook, Story * Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building, Chicago, 111.. Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at six cents a week. "Sttli"?*' Mailed to subscribers at SB.OO a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. Sworn dally average circulation for the three months ending May 31, 1919. 21,577 *j Average for the year 1814—21,888 Average for the year 11*13—11WM13 Average for the year l»tS—lo.tt4» Average for the year 1911—17.R413 Average for the year 1910—16^!61 The shove llgwres are net. All re turned, unsold and damaged copies de ducted. TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 22. " Mtntai licani cannot bt removtd by time. aor o asktd away by any tr atiri. — Cictro. CHURCH ADVERTISING IN Chicago on Sunday the pulpits of thirty churches were occupied dur ing some period of the day by an advertising man of national reputation who spoke on church advertising. The talks were a part of the program of the convention of the Associated Ad vertising Clubs of the World. Church advertising is one of the big things in the religious world of the future. Wherever it has been tried it has been pronounced a success. The Telegraph Is proud to have been one of three newspapers In the United States that were pioneers in this field. For many years there have been sporadic efforts at church advertising, but not until about the time the Tele graph entered this new realm of pub licity with a carefully planned cam paign to cover a full year was there much attempt to conduct church ad vertising by the same systematic efforts that all of the big commercial adver tisers employ. The faot that the Associated Adver tising Clubs of the World, comprising every advertising agency and writer in the country and many from else where, have taken up the matter seri ously is proof of the growth the move ment has attained. Politicians and businessmen have long recognised the power of the printed word and they have spent untold millions to get their messages to the public in that form. The church has been slow to follow, but, having proved the efficacy of the method, there Is every indication that it will make up for lost time. The news paper goes where no gospel message can otherwise be carried. Its in fluences are a milllonfold and It can be made the servant of the church Just as It has been for years the mouth piece of business and of politics. The President's speech to the Pan- Amerteans made It clear that the ship purchase bill remains in his program. It is equally clear that the country is no better disposed toward the measure than when It hailed the defeat of the bill with Joy. Regular and efficient lines of communication with the South Americans are, of course, desirable, and there are various means of accom plishing this end. Postal subventions or out-and-out subsidies are the de vices most in favor with other mari time nations. They involve less risk and produce better results than Govern ment ownership can. The country would prefer to give aid to shipping along safe, familiar lines. TEMPERANCE GAINS IT is not likely that the offer of a wealthy citizen of West Virginia to assume liability for the payment of the State debt of more than $ 12,- 000,000 in ten years if he is given a monopoly on the sale of liquor In that Commonwealth will be taken serious ly. West Virginia is in the Prohibition column and shows no »ign of desiring to be recorded otherwise. The sale of liquor Is beyond question a social evil and popular government having once shaken off the iniquitous association will be slow to resume It. The temperance sentiment is grow ing. During the last legislative year four States have been added to the fifteen States of the Union already that have prohibited the sale of alcoholic liquors and in three other States and the Territory of Alaska the way has been cleared for Prohibition if the people so decide at the polls. This will mark one-half the country "dry." according to the estimates of the Associated Press after a careful canvass of the legislative activities of the various States. The canvass shows that Prohibition was the principal subject considered In most of the States and that more time was given to it than to any other question by the lawmakers. The legislatures of two States en acted statutory Prohibition to become effective this year, and eight voted to Bubmtt the question of State-wide Pro hibition to a referendum of the peo ple. Of the latter, two established statutory Prohibition to become effec tive in the meantime. Four States where Prohibition is already effective passed additional restrictive laws and two of the five States, where, under constitutional amendment, Prohibition \» to go into effect next year, enacted, TUESDAY EVENING, | necessary Htatutes for Its enforcement. , six of the so-called "wet" States I State-wide proposals met defeat. The two States where direct Prohl- I bitlon laws were passed are Florida and Alabama. Those whose legisla tures voted to submit the question to the people are Idaho, lowa, Montana, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont and the Territory of Alaska. In lowa, the legislative resolution must be passed by the next succeed ing legislature, before the people can vote on it, but the State returned to statutory Prohibition meanwhile I through the repeal of the so-called I Mulct Law. Idaho was also made "dry" meanwhile through statutory enactment. In Utah the bill was vetoed by the Governor after the legislature adjourned. In South Car olina the vote will be taken at the election this year, in Montana, South Dakota, Vermont and Alaska in 1916, Idaho in 1917. Meanwhile, the Local Option forces In Pennsylvania will be girding their loins for the fight to put this State in the "white column" in 1917. We'd feel worse about the passing of strawberry shortcake If It were not for the advent of the cherry pie. CAMP HILL ENTERPRISE CAMP HILL is to be congratulated upon the splendid public spirit that resulted In the approval of its paving loan on Saturday by a vote of four to one in favor of the Improve ment. The Valley Railways Company has displayed proper consideration for the West Shore suburb by promising to do its part and the State will share In the expense. The paving of Camp Hill's main street will add the finishing touch to that very pretty and otherwise at tractive town. The men who wore in strumental in working up sentiment for the loan will see to It that no time is lost in getting the work under way and Chief Burgess James Milhouse may be relied upon to keep a watchful eye on the expenditure of the money. It is right that the State should help, as the main highway through Camp Hill is really no more than a section of State highway. The State owes also to the voters of East Pennsboro town ship a debt that It has failed to pay. The people of that district, with State aid, rebuilt the road from Camp Hill to the river and put it into splendid condition. Then the road was taken over by the State. Since then little or no repair have been made on it. The result is that the road Is worse thar it was in the beginning and the people are still paying taxes Incurred in the rebuilding. Many a lover who calls his sweet heart "honey" later finds he has been stung In getting her. What has become of Kitchener's "Spring campaign?" GERMANY AND LUXEMBURG GERMANY has assured the world, with mock solemnity and pre tended sorrow, that had the Bel gians only permitted, they would have gone through Belgium without raising a hand against soldier or civilian. Few people have taken much stock In these protestations and have suspected them of being merely an effort to strengthen the German caus® In America. In contradiction of these German explanations for a horror that cannot be explained away, is the manner in which the Kaiser has behaved to ward Luxemburg. Says the Grand Dutchess, Marie Adelaide, of the Ger man invasion: Had we suspected the treaty breaking: intentions of the Prus sians, we should have rushed to arms. If we had had forty-eight hours' notice, we should have put at least 25,000 men on our eastern frontier. We are as big as Montenegro, and our country Is as mountainous, but we had implicit faith In the international law; and we thought we were Immune. They thought they were immune! They didn't know their neighbor was a burglar worse, indeed, for a burglar comes as a thief in the night and makes oft with what he can carry, but the Germans came and took the whole house and remained. Perhaps by refraining from attempting defense the Belgians might have escaped wholesale butchery, but they would most certainly have lost their Inde pendence and their respect for them selves. Judge I>andis. who fined the Standard Oil Company J25.000.000, fined an Illi nois man two cents the other day. At all events the Judge displays a proper sense of proportions. The German Crown Prince has be come as silent as the heretofore noisy forty-two-centimeter guns. THE SUMMER VACATION TE Philadelphia Evening Ledger, commenting on the closing of public schools in the summer, implies that children might better be kept at study during hot weather and says: After all, the old notion that summer vacation is a necessary and valuable thing is pretty much the product of our youthful dislike for schooling at any time. The observation is not original. The thought has been cropping out in educational circles periodically for years. All the same, the schoolhouse is no place for children during the sweltering days of midsummer. It is true that the vacation problem is dif ficult in crowded quarters. Neverthe less the solution does not lie In twelve months of. school. The playground and the municipal camp—like that at McCormick's island, for instance— must be made to provide the answer. Grown men and women find It im possible to keep up winter pressure during the heat of summer. That is the reason tor the vacation period. Efficlenoy experts like those In charge of the Elliott-Fisher Typewriter Company, for instance, recognize this condition and require their working forces to take a holiday of two weeks yearly, at a time when the thermom eter is naturally expected to be high est. The summer vacation idea Is growing, and It would be flying In the ifae# of popular opinion to attempt toj enforou the notion of twelve months of continuous study. There Is much truth in the old adage that "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." | TELEORAPH PERISCOPE" —Since it had to be war with some body. we are thankful that It is with the Taqul Indians. —"War is an International nuisance," says Mr. Bryan. True! However, men tioning no names, we pause long enough to remark that there are others. —The Sunday school superintendent who can pick a clear day for the an nual picnic Is an offlcer worthy of his Job. —"lce cream freezers so cheap any body can buy one," says an advertise ment. Yes, but the purchase price is the cheapest thing about an Ice cream freeser. —Times change. People used to boast If they owned a parlor organ. Now they are ashamed if they do not have an automobile. —Slang advice to young men—lf she can't can. "can" her. —lt has been some time since -we heard Connie Mack referred to as the "Wisard of Shibe Park." | EDITORIAL"COMMENT ~] NEEDED KIND OK MILITARISM [Pittsburgh Dispath.] The sort of army Europe needs most now is the Salvation Army. PLAUSIBLE EXPLANATION [Atlanta Journal.] Doctors say that worry kills more people than work—probably because more people worry than work. PRACTICE WHAT WE PREACH [Pittsburgh Post.] After what Americans have been saying about the carnage in Europe, It is up to them to hold a sane Fourth this year. BIRDS AS SENTRIES Birds have become useful in Europe as sentries to warn men of the ap proach of the enemy before the hos tile force is perceptible to the human eye. The French have found that parrots are acutely sensitive to the presence of aircraft, and therefore they have stationed a number of these birds on the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris in order to warn the sentries of the approach of German taubes. Be fore the craft is visible to the human eyes the birds bristle with excitement and then begin to screech. Their acuteness is due not to their eyesight, as one might suppose, but to an unus ual acuteness of hearing which en ables them thus to give a valuablo warning. The service is not restricted to caged birds, however, or even to those of the land. At sea, the gulls are of almost as great service, as they are quick to betray the presence of any submarine which rises to the surface. As soon as the periscope appears above the water the gulls rise from the water in flocks, circling around It and calling shrilly, thus indicating its whereabouts to the lookout of anv ship which happens to be in the vi cinity.—The American Boy. STRAIGHT AMERICAN (From the New York Sun.) On June 11, the day of the publica tion of the note to Germany which had been made the pretext of the Ig nominious Skedaddle of the Chautau qua Secretary of State, appeared this patriotic American utterance of Sam uel Gompers, president of the Ameri can Federation of Labor: "The Influence of the American Fed eration of Labor, the workers of the country, will be exerted for the main tenance of peace, and yet we cannot permit to be challenged the insistency that the lives of Americans shall not be unnecessarily and unwarrantably jeopardized." On June 20, the ,day after the hor tations, preferred and extempore, of the Ignominous Skedaddler to a local coterie of alien sympathizers and un neutral foreigners, appeared a letter of Mr. Gompers In which he reiter ated the broad American patriotism of his great organization, lovers of peace, but resolute not to sacrifice for it the essentials of national honor and self-respect: "I am not willing to have either the labor movement or our men and women placed in a false position. The United States will not voluntarily en ter into the present European war. Of that lam confident. We shall keep out of It If we possibly can with any degree of faithfulness to the funda mental principles of justice, freedom and safety. "If despite our reserve and self-con trol we shall be dragged Into It, whether we like It or not, there will be but one position for us to take, and that is to be true to ourselves, true to our fellows, true to the highest ideals of humanity for which our movement stands." Mr. Gompers speaks and nobly speaks the American sentiments of the American Federation of Labor; and not of that alone. He speaks the sentiments of American in general. Bitter reading to the runagate Chau tauquan. WE Alili KNOW HIM If Adam were still alive he would he about the same age as R. E. Morse. Adam met him after he was banished from the Garden of Eden. Eve also knpw him after she ate the forbidden fruit. Pharaoh must have been well acquainted with him,as he met him re peatedly. He was with Joseph's brethren a long time after they sold Joseph into Egypt. Saul, David, Solo mon and all the kings of old knew him well. And in the New Testament we find men who also know him. Judas, who betrayed the Lord and afterward killed himself, Peter who denied his Master. And so on all the way through the Bible and up to the pres ent time. We all know him or have met him. Could we by any power an nihilate R. E. Morse, how happy we should make the world! But no one cares to profit by the experience of others, and therefore all must learn by the one teacher, whose lesson is bitter in the extreme. Experience! If our conscience were not hardened, and we would listen to Its dictates oftener, we might become less familiar with R. E. Morse. Look ing back Is the time we see him. R. E. Morse is always right there behind us. If he could only come out Into the open, so we could see him as he is, we might avoid his acquaintance; the outlaw, REMORSE.—The Chris tian Herald. BOSTON'S NEW FIELD OF RICHES TFrom the Now York World.] New England has the reputation of being- able to see 10 per cent, further off than any other section of the coun try ran see It. When, therefore, Boston reports that investors thereabouts are beginning to buy stock In Atlantic shipbuilding yards, it may b« time for other Americans to conclude that the war In forcing upon us an unparalleled opportunity to get back into the ocean carrying trade. • , HA RRISBURG TELEGRAPH T > o(ttcC4 tK "^Mutoi^ajua By the Ei-Commltlermi Little but the political effects of the Governor's vetoes of the election law amendments and the possible political results of the veto of the full crew re pealer are talked of among men who take an interest in politics in Pennsyl vania. Even the squabbles among the Democrats are forgotten In the very interesting speculation which has fol lowed announcement of the Governor's action on the so-called "big bills. " That the Governor is very much in earnest about his political future is evidenced because the language of some of his election law vetoes is in marked contrast to expressions he made last Fall when the fusion deals, to which he refers, were under way. The Philadelphia Press has this to say about the way the vetoes of the election bills were taken in that city: "Governor Brumbaugh's vetoes of the election bills passed by the last Legis lature generally was anticipated by the political leaders of the Republican party here and so the formal an nouncement which came to them yes terday occasioned no surprise. Before the legislators left Harrlsburg the Gov ernor discussed the election bills and other legislation affecting tho city with Senators Vare, McNlcliol and others and the impression given them was that his attitude at least was unsym pathetic toward the legislative efforts to prevent fusion after the primaries to place the Republican column at the head of the ticket and to make pos sible the election of a Republican na tional committeeman instead of the Incumbent whose connection with the Washington party is close. Senator Penrose returned to the city vester dav recovered from the Illness which had kept him in Atlantic City several weeks. He refused to discuss any of the Governor's veto messages. Neither would Senator McNlchol or Senator Varo discuss them." —According to Pittsburgh people. John A. Martin, the Democratic county chairman and a strong reorganizes will be a candidate for county commis sioner In that county on the Demo cratic ticket. Martin will be opposed by S. J. Toole, the present Democratic commissioner, who is an adherent of W. J. Brennan. People in Allegheny say It will end Martin. —According to well-informed people, prominent Democratic leaders looked for the Governor to veto the first place on the ballot bill. It is said that this veto was predicted at Washington two weeks QRO. _— p - c - Evans, prominent Easton Democrat, was here to-day. He fig ured in some campaigns last year. Tioga county will stay dry. Judge Cameron, who recently refused licenses yesterday again declined to grant a license to J. N. English, of Nauvoo. This is the case taken to the Superior Court and sent back to review. The Judge's stand attracted much atten tion and will result in some lively campaign in Tioga this Fall. Thomas A. Crichton. cashier of the State Treas *s *be leading candidate against Judge Cameron for the bench. J. P. Rogers, assistant district at torney, is being mentioned as a pos sible candidate against Judge D Web ster Dougherty, one of the Tener ap pointees. Rogers is a Vare man. Judges Finletter and Shoemaker are scheduled for renomination. They are Brumbaugh appointees. Horace Stern aspire to succeed •2£ e Sulzber ser. who will retire. .T. *, N " orth ampton court yesterday settled the prolonged and interesting battle over the county treasurership in that county, deciding in favor of County Treasurer Robert Lerch. The contest was brought by John McGrath the Easton editor, who was defeated by twenty-two votes by Lerch. Lerch is a Republican. THBJ ROCK OF GIBRALTAR r °f. k of ._Gibraltar, taking into consideration the far-carrying guns that are now being cast, will be even or greater importance because of its commanding position at the mouth of Mediterranean, where that sea is little more than 20-miles wide—about as wide as from Calais to Dover. Gibral tar was captured by the British July <.4, 1704, and from that day has not been out of British hands. At first little was thought of the importance' of this stronghold. For the succeeding nine years the Spaniards made repeat ed attempts to recapture, it. On one occasion they nearly succeeded. A French and Spanish force having been collected on the isthmus that Joins the rock to the mainland, a goat herd offered to show them a path up the sloping sides of the rock, which he had reason to believe was unknown to the British. This rffer was accept ed. Five hundred troops ascended quietly one night and took shelter in a hollow called by the Spaniards "the little chair." At daybreak next morn ing they ascended higher, took the signal station, killed the guard and anxiously looked for reinforcements The reinforcements failed to arrive. The armed garrison sallied out and drove the Invaders down the rock ■The "little chair" was filled up and place made stronger than ever. All subsequent attempts to capture the rock have failed. One of them was a siege by Spain and France, beginning in 1779 and not terminating until Sep tember, 1783.—Chicago Journal. I Our Daily Laugh ACROBATIC'' FEAT. Reggy *ete along all right at these afternoon Yes, he can hold a plate of salad In one hand, a cup of coffee in the other, and balance a dish of Ice cream on hla left shoulder. MODERN '//> STUDY. Bessie, what did you study in Ik. school today? W We had two films of history K\. j and one reel of 1 T [ J geography, pa. I TRUTH I* ADVERTISING By Wing Dlager Out in Chicago they're meeting— Ten thousand men who believe Honesty stands above all things. And that 'tis wrong to deceive. Truth is the thing that they stand for Down to the very last man, And upon fake advertising Swiftly they're putting the ban. Dally they're writing their stories Here and there over the land. And as they write to the millions, Truth guides tho pen in each hand. Hail to these fellows who follow That first big lesson of youth— Heed the example they're setting And every day etlok to the truth. THE CARTOON OF THE DAY GETTING INSIDE INFORMATION U. S.—l HOPE THERE'S SOMETHING GOOD IN IT —Baltimore American. MATRIMONY AFTER THE WAR WHEN the war is over, a great problem is facing the men and women of England, and that is the matrimonial one. It has been estimated that at the end of the European struggle Britain will lose a million and a half men, killed or per manently disabled. The problem of the odd women who can never find a mate will then be accentuated a hun dredfold! • * • Lady Troubridge, a prominent fig ure in London society and well-known novelist, can only see one solution of the riddle, and that lies In the stand which the women of England must take. "Women must become self supporting," she declares, "and they must strain every nerve not to take work from the heroes who return, but to step into the places of those who have fallen. "They must acquire—it is a case of must that technical training, that thoroughness of application that is supposed to belong principally to men workers. • • * "Work is the panacea for every evil under the sun, and whatever women may lose of life's deepest Joys and sorrows, no woman who is economi cally Independent or earning her own living honestly need be unhappy. For her the sun shines and the flowers bloom Just as for her married sister. The world of art is hers, and the solace of religion. She must learn how to be happy though not married. "And there is a silver lining to this cloud, matrimonially speaking. Many men were bachelors from choice and not necessity, and from want of seri ousness they avoided the responsibili ties of married life. The war will change all this it has already changed it, as announcements of ap proaching marriages alone show. "When death has to be faced, a man knows who it is he really cares for. There is an end to nonsense and self-deception. As in a great picture BOOKS AND MAGAZINES Willford I. King's The Wealth and Income of the People of the United States is the next volume scheduled for Subllcation in the Citizen's Library pro uced under the editorship of Richard T. Kly. The book will be issued about the middle of June. It is said to pre sent many new facts derived from a study of statistics bearing on such questions as Why are some of the peo ple very rich, others very poor?, If wealth and income were more equally distributed could everyone live in lux ury?, Are we coming more and more under the domination of private cor porations?, What are the signs of the future?. The results of Professor H. A. Mills' prolonged investigation of the Japan ese situation in this country are to be made public June 9 through the ap pearance on that day of The Japanese Problem in the United States. This is a volume of some three hundred pages embodying concisely the conclusions at which Professor Mlllis arrived. It is illustrated with eleven half-tone plates, PENNSYLVANIA'S HIGHEST HONOR (From Philadelphia North American.) Ten years ago Pennsylvania awoke to the fact that a State as well as a family should rank health as the first consideration. To advance and guard the physical well-being of the people, the legislature created a department of health, financed it with an appro priation of millions and provided for its administration by one endowed with almost plenary police powers. To inaugurate the work. Dr. Sam nel G. Dixon, of this city, was chosen commissioner—a position he still holds. And last week, when the ex hibit of his department was awarded I the grand prize at San Francisco, the fruitage of a long and notable public service was rewarded with an honor we do not hesitate to rank as second to none that might come to this Com monwealth. For not only is "health the first i wealth," as Emerson said, but prog ! ress undreamt in the days of the Con- Icord philosopher has proved it the basic element In moral and social as well as economic development. So the winning of this distinction in a contest open to the world, and in which many States and nations were entered, should arouse the pride of every Pennsylvanian. Especially creditable Is this per formance when the circumstances un favorable to its successful culmination are known. At first the Pennsylva nia exposition commission decided to make no health exhibit. But when the federal government requested at least a review of the remarkable work done in our fight against tuberculo sis Dr. Dixon vat asked to prepare as comprehensive a display as could be made for $20,000. This was four months before the opening of the great fair. Meantime, New York had appropriated $90,000 for a similar exhibit and given its health officials two years for prepara tion, and Massachusetts had set aside a aum almost as large for a like pur pose. Also, It was known that Ger many and other governments would compete In no mean way. Yet, so Una were the results ac complished on the comparatively mea ger appreciation, and so eloquently did the charts, models and figures speak of the heatlh progress of Penn sylvania within the last decade, that when the jury finished its work this State had been proclaimed the leader in the battle with preventable diseases and death, especially In the fight against the white plague. And in this connection we regard It as one of the most important an nouncements that could be made to state that to-day tuberculosis is not the death-leader to Pennsylvania JUNE 22, 1915. by Watts, Life and Death go hand in hand while Eternity broods over them both." • • • The women of England are passing through a great transition period. The old order of things is being swept away and a new one is taking its place. The society girls in particular are not prepared for it. For they have been brought up to think that marriage is their ultimate goal—the solution of Life's riddle for women. And now they must face the fact that half their generation of male sex is swept away. • • • "Not being well versed in statistics." declares Lady Troubridge, "I cannot say what the preponderance of women over men will be. but whatever It may be, it will do away with the certainty of marriage for any girl. "Polygamy is unthinkuble in Eng land. and from a financial standpoint it is impossible, for a man will have as much as he can do to support one wife, let alone more!" The thing which the women of Eng land must now do is cultivate the tal ents they possess and seek their hap piness in work and some chosen vo cation. There is no dearth of occupa tions to choose from, and that girls can do some of the work hitherto performed by meh has been clearly and most efficiently demonstrated. Every girl in Britain must face the problem and apply herself to It seri ously. There must be no more wasted hours in the life of the girl of the leisure classes. She must realize that existence has now taken on a different and deeper meaning and that life is real and sometimes desperately earnest. The woman who is self-supporting is, after all, in no wise to be pitied. And the grave social problem which will arise after the war will be met by the women of England with an un daunted spirit. MRS. SELMA LEWIS MRS SETLJ-IA .LEWIS. Photograph of Mrs. Selma Lewis, who was named in the charge that Dr. Meyer-Gerhard, who was given a safe conduct from this country to Germany, was in reality, Dr. Alfred Meyer. "Chief of the Department of Army Supplies for the Imperial Ger man Ministry of War." Mrs. Lewis was supposed to have acted as the "go between" In the. conspiracy. The trouble seems to have ' cleared up. Herman Metz, former New York Con gressman, said that Mrs. Lewis had come to him and showed him an agreement alleged to have been sign ed by Dr. A. Meyer, and suggested that she Introduce the "Privy Coun cilor" to Mr. Bryan, and aid her in her plan for buying up this country's old Krag rifles and selling them to Germany. Metz alleges that falling j to carry through her plan, after he re fused to have anything to do with It, she sold the story. He satd: "She fell Into the hands of a lot of bunco artists and they worked her for all she was worth." THE FEARLESS ARMY MULE The fact that a mule is stubborn may lessen his value to the average user—but the soldier is inclined to value this trait. The mule is be ing rated above the horse for actual use under Are on the battlefields of Europe and is much used by the ar tillery. An untrained horse, being nervous and high-strung, is likely to dash about madly under fire, but the mule stubbornly holds his place re gardless of the din. The British are now planning to mount a part of their cavalry on American mules. A fa vorite story of the British artillery Is told of the artillerymen who tried to retreat with their gun under a warm attack. The gun team of mules stub bornly refused to budge, so in des peration the gunners returned to the gun and succeeded in beating back the attack. They were warmly com mended for their valor—but admit ted that the praise was properly due the mules. —The American Boy, Ebemttg Qlljat That the young folk of the city fully appreciate the advantages of natural conditions around here for camping and other outdoor sports Is demon strated by the large number of per sons who are planning to spend their vacations on Islands between Harris bur* and Clark's Ferry. There are many small Islands in the river. Many of them are covered with a luxuriant growth of trees and many are sur rounded by fairly deep water. All that Is necessary at one of those re poseful, quiet, health-giving vacations is a tent with the usual camping equipment and a fishing rod. Hess' and Mllllgan's island near the Cove and the Islands near Clark's Ferry dam are probably the most popular iis the bass fishing Is of the best and then there are the summer eolontes along the west shore to visit during the long summer evenings. Down the river is lands are also popular. * • • John S. Musser, president of the Dauphin Electrical Supplies Company, was elected president of the Pennsyl vania Electrical Contractors' Associa tion at the annual meeting of that body in Philadelphia last week. Mr. Musser is the only member of the association in this city. The conven tion was attended by well known con tractors and jobbers not only from Pennsylvania, but other States President Harry Boyer, of the school board. Is at work to-day on a plan for the concentration of the school children In the heart of the city on July 6, when they will march • 2 s^?, ond nnd Vine streets to view the Liberty Bell. Mr. Boyer has had such success with children's parades In the past that the task of assem bling the estimated 5,000 who will march if the day be clear that the task was left in his hands. He will report to Chief Marshal Arthur D. Bacon at a meeting to be held this evening. • • • Dr. J. T. Rothrock, of West Chester, the former State forestr;- commission er, is being urged to take up again some of his work for conservation and to be a contributor to the publications of the State Forestry Association. Dr. Rothrock has given up connection with the State, but retains his Interest In forestry. • • • Lieutenant-Governor McClain has somewhat of a time getting time to attend to his own business these dayri. The Lieutenant-Governor, who is al ways in demand for speechmaking, has made a dozen speeches in the last month and a Lancaster friend says that he has at least fifty invitations pending to deliver addresses at all sorts of gatherings. It is an Interest ing thing to note that one of the earliest speeches Mr. McClain made outside of his own county was in Har rlsburg. » • • Ex-Congressman James Francis Burke, of Pittsburgh, who was here a few weeks ago and who is well known to many Harrisburgers, wrecked his automobile yesterday in an effort to prevent harm coming to two young sters. He was riding In the vicinity of Pittsburgh when the boys got in the road. Mr. Burke turned the car and ruined it, but saved the boys. • • • "Girard." writing in the Philadel phia Ledger, has this to say regarding n man well known to many Harris burgers: > "Our journalistic surveyor of the port, Charles B. Kurtz, had a party of friends out on the Delaware in Unci® Sam's pretty little launch. " 'Can anybody tell me what day this is? queried the surveyor. In ex planation he added: 'I find the hard est thing I have to do is to keep track of the days of the week. Now up home —-Mr. Kurtz edits a newspaper in Center county when not surveying customs in the Philadelphia port for Uncle Samuel—'lt is easier to keep tabs on time. On Mondays and Tues days we always gather the news. On Wednesdays and Thursdays we writa It. type it and print it. On Fridavs we deliver the papers, and then rest on Saturdays and Sundays. But down here, with nothing to do at anv time, I never can tell one day from another'." 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE [ —Paul Bedford, former member of the legislature, is again taking an active part in Luzerne politics. —The Rev. George Borneman cele brated fifty years as a priest at Head ing Sunday. He spent 48 years in Reading. —Dr. George Woodward, of Phila delphia, will spend the summer In Maine. —Judge John B. Steel, of Greens burg, has returned from a visit to Indiana. —P. O. Johnson, of Philadelphia, has been elected as head of the State Association of Stationery Engineers. —Arthur F. Young, of Williams port, has gone to California for a six weeks' tour. 1 DO YOU KNOW That Harriaburg playgrounds liave attracted much attention from officials of other Pennsyl vania cities? A VEIL-WEARING ARMY The patriotic activity of the wo men of South Africa (I hear from a correspondent) takes the form of making veils for the soldiers of Bo tha'-; army. All over the union the women are as busy veilmaking as the Englishwoman are at knitting socks or making respirators. The chief enemies of the army now steadily pushing Into the Southwest Africa are the swarms of deadly disease- _ carrying Insects— mosquitoes, sand-' flies and so on. The women are mak ing veils whioh cover the soldie'rs's head and neck and are tucked Into the tunic. There is great difficulty In getting sufficient supplies of veil ing from England, and appeals are be ing made for motor veils, chiffons and thin silks and any kind of gauze ma terial which can be used. Veilmak ing is now the only occupation at af ternoon tea parties in South Africa— much more useful, if less exciting, thasy the diamond hunting which used to be the entertainment at Klmberley women's gatherings. The thing to do was to hire a kalflr to fetch a half crown bucket of mud from the mine, and then after tea to grub patiently in the mud in the hope of finding a little diamond or two. Manchester Guardian. CIVIC CLUB Fly Contest June 1 to July 31 5 Cents a Pint Prices of $5, $2.50 snd several SI.OO ones duplicated by Mr. Be* Stroose
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