6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Eitabtuhfi till PUBLISHED BY TUB TKLBGRAPH FRISTTTM* CO, ■B. J. BTACKPOLB PrttUtm mU T. R. OYSTER (TUB M. STEOTMETZ it mat*" f Eiitvr Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, lit Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dallies. Eastern Office, Fifth Avenue Building, New Tork City. Hasbrook. Story A Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Building; Chicago, 111., Allen & Ward. Delivered by carriers at •Tf»Xe.3ltr> six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at JS.OO a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg. Pa., as second class matter. Sworn daily average circulation for the three months ending Juae 30, 1916 • 21,231 Average for the year 1014—21,989 Average for the year 1018—10,003 Average for the year 1013—10,040 Average fo» the year 1011—17,563 Average for the year 1014^—10^01 The above flgaree are net. AU re turned, oaiold and damaged copies de ducted. WEDNESDAY EVEXING, JULY U Each of us Inevitable Each of us limit lest- —each of us with his or her right upon fJle earth; Each of us allowed the eternal purports of the earthi Each of us here at divinely as any is here. INSIST rpox IT COUNCILMEN LYNCH, BOWMAN AND TAYLOR placed themselves before the public In a favorable light yesterday when they took the f.rst steps toward compelling the ob structionist members to Join with them In the completion of the public im provements which, for political pur poses, the two minority councilmen would hold up. The meeting of Counctl brought out no good excuse for delay. The Re publican members showed conclusively that there Is money st hand with Which to do the work the people have approved and that the Gorgas reso lution is 111-timed, to put it mildly. The Mayor displayed a lamentable ignorance of the improvement loan proposition, admitting that he didn't know the amount of money authorized, and Mr. Gorgas showed no reason why he should not proceed at once to coun tersign the warrants and permit of the prompt protection of that section of the river sewer which still lies exposed. The Republican members showed everjj disposition to be reasonable. Notwithstanding that the City Solicitor had Justified their course in an opinion rendered the Board of Public Works, they were willing that he should be permitted to repeat his views to Coun cil direct. Doubtless the opinion re quested will be forthcoming promptly. Then leniency should end. The Re publican members should Insist that the work be done and done without delay. If Mr. .Gorgas and the Mayor choose to remain obdurate in the face of legal opinion, no time should be lost in calling upon the courts to prevent uncalled-for delay of the urgent public work involved. AX IXI.AVD LOCATION THE Baltimore American ucges that the proposed headquarters and experimentation station of the new Edison invention hoard be located by the government at Harper's Ferry. The American calls attention to the ajicient importance of that place as a munition center, of which it was robbed by the John Brown raid, and bases argument in favor of its rejuvenation largely on historical grounds. But there is another and much more important reason why the government should have large arms and muni tions factories and headquarters far from the seashore In some such easily defended location as Harper's Ferry —of which there are hundreds even better in other parts of the country— •nd that is the necessity of keeping them safe from possible attack from land or air should a foreign enemy ever gain foothold on our shores. Some time the interior of this country may be called upon to repel an In vader. If that time ever comes it will have no time to erect new factories. The necessity will be ever present fbr f a constant and unobstructed flow of munitions and arms to the front. In that case the interior factory would be of Inestimable benefit. The thought is well worth consideration. PINCHING PINCHOT"S\ TEST SOMEBODY has pinched Pinchot's vest; also his watch and various other valuables. The conservative conservationist who aspired to care for the Interests of Pennsylvania In that august body, the United States Senate, found he was not able to care for even his coat, which some devilish rascal stole right oft the erstwhile national forester's good right arm as ho otrolled along Rhode Island avenue In Wash ington conserving all the coolness in sight by carrying the garment Instead of wearing- it Now Glfford wishes he had undertaken to conserve the heat instead, for It is only reasonable to tion that the thief would not have been assume that he is right in his conten able to get away with the vest had he been wearing it. But. be that as It may, there are • those of us who will breathe a sigh of WEDNESDAY EVENING, relief that the good name of the old Keystone State was not further dragged In the mud by having this untoward Incident happen on Pennsylvania ave nue. We are sorry for Rhode ißland. but we nevertheless rejoice that Mr. Plnchot's coat was not pinched In ter ritory In any way whatsoever related to Pennsylvania. Also. Republicans will be pleased to note that Senator Pen rose was not In Washington at the time and that up to this writing Mr. Plnchot has not accused either the senior sen ator nor any of his "henchmen" with complicity in the dastardly crime* PEACE AS RESn/T OP WAR MUCH has been written and said about the financial and com- merfl&l, and even about the political, effects upon this country of the great war In Europe, but too llttls attention has been paid In public dis cussion to the vastly more important, because more permanent, spiritual effect. This probably Is due not so much to the lack of thought about this aspect of the world convulsion as to the fact that those who are Interested In the material bearings have readier access to newspapers find other chan nels of publicity. Now and then, however, the more thoughtful are reminded that It means more to us than munition contracts, larger expenditures for national de fenses and extension of markets for goods of American manufacture. And nothing of this character has been superior In c 'ity of statement and breadth of vision than a letter written to the New York Times by the Rev. Dr. Charles A. Eaton, pastor of Madison Avenue Baptist Church of New York, the last two paragraphs of which are as follows: This is the hour of destiny for our nation, equally with the nations now at war. we hare taken our stand for the principles of human ity. We could not have done other wise without treason to our past And we know what we mean when we sneak of principles of human ity. We mean the obedience of all nations, including: ourselves, to such International law as civilisation has already achieved; fair obedience of those rules which the nations nave have agreed upon as distinguishing: civilized from uncivilized warfare, and. above all. constant and strict regard for the j»acredness of human rights and human life. For these principles wo ought to stand at any cost —even that of war. Indeed, it would be better for us to be defeated in defending them than to live In ignoble peace de nying them. When the war Is over we shall be living In a new world, demanding new adjustments in all departments of life—individual, social, national, and international. We shall nee the creation of a new relationship among the nations, amounting practically to a federa tion. The supreme sovereignty will pass from the State to the race, and will find its sanction not in brute force, but in the moral sense of mankind. International leadership will pass to the people whose char acter and Intelligence shall com mand the confidence of the world, rather than to those nations most expert in terrorism. America Is now making the place which she must hold in the new adjustment. The world Is waiting for us to demonstrate the reality of our moral foundations. If we believe In those principles of humanity whose authorltv through our President we have Invoked, we must be ready to make good our belief by sacri fice. This and this alone will give us a place of leadership in the new age. for the world will believe In America just so far as America be lieves In herself. It Is a pity that only a comparative few of the pacifists and the people who are clamoring for a suspension of hostilities before any of the great Issues are decided will see these lines. It th 6 war were to stop now, all that It has cost In human lives. In suffering ar.d in the burden which It has placed upon posterity will be wasted. It is possible to carry it to the point where some good may come of the great evil. As the Rev. Dr. Len G. Broughton, of Kr.oxvllle, Tenn., a friend of William J. Bryan, who broke with him after Bryan's resignation from the Cabinet, said the other day. "Now that there is war, it is war to the end that peace may come to stay." DYE AND THE TARIFF THE extent to which American manufacture is affected by the Democratic tariff regulations is illustrated by the appeal of the hosiery manufacturers of the country to the federal government for adequate tariff legislation to guarantee protection to the infant dyestuff Industry. In a re cent convention attended by stocking and underwear makers of the United States these resolutions were adopted, which set forth clearly the position of the manufacturers and the urgency of their requests: Whereas, the hosiery and knit goods manufacturers, in common with nearly all other branches of the textile industry of this coun try, are suffering severely because they aie unable to obtain dyestuffs which have heretofore been im ported; And. whereas, it is entirely feas ible end practicable to manufacture said dyestuffs in this country: and whereas, American capitalists stand ready to furnish capital for the production of such dyestuffs. pro vided sufficient protection is af forded to guarantee that their in vestment will not be wiped out by foreign competition after the de termination of the European, war: And. whereas, the need of dye stuffs in said industries is becom ing more serious and acute: there fore. be it resolved. That we. the officers, board qf di rectors and advisory board of the National Association of Hosiery • and L'nderwear Manufacturers, at a special meeting held in Philadel phia July 12-13. 1915. place our selves on record as favoring the prompt enactment of new tariff regulations or proper changes in the present tariff guaranteeing ade quate protection to persons, firms or corporations contemplating, or who may be Induced to develop the American dyestuff Industry. Voters will no doubt be Interested to note the attitude of the government In the matter. Will the common sense idea of protection prevail, or will we bo left to enjoy the "benefits" of the present low tariff and to wrestle help lessly with the dye famine problem? Another "Florodora Sextet" girl has been Involved In a court case In New Tork City. We thought all the sur vivors of that scandalous aggregation were Inmates of old ladles' homes. BASEBALL ATTENDANCE THE attendance at Island Park since the International League baseball team waa brought to this city has been beyond all expec tation. Already those who under wrote tbe guarantee are assured that the act will cost them nothing. Indeed, the audiences have been a surprise to even the most ardent sup porters of International ball for Har risburg and visiting manager* say are among the largest In the league. And this In a town that would not ade quately support a pennant-wtnntng team in the old Trl-State League. A continuance of this kind of sup port for the remainder of the season, and this seems assured, for the team Is playing good baseball, jvlfh every appearance of getting at least Into second place, means an Inter national club here next season and abandonment of efforts to reorganise the defunct Trl-State. THE "PERFECT BABY" CONTEST "perfect baby" contest. The nerve of It! We could tell those at the head of the contest something about perfect babies were we so In clined. It's such a useless waste of energy to gather 800 babies together to be passed upon by judges when the re sults oould be ascertained so much more easily. All that Is necessary Is to ask any mother. Every baby is a perfect baby, and If Its mother Is too modest to admit the fact Just pass the question along to either or both of Its grandmothers. Then you'll find out soon enough. [ TELEGRAPH PERISCOPE —At last Hobson and Alabama are at one on the temperance question. —Many a man who wouldn't think of buying a lottery ticket will take a chance with himself and car at a grade crossing and think nothing of It. —The workman Is worthy of his hire, the trouble being that In most cases he thinks he Is worth about three times that figure. —The kaiser says Germany will have won the war by October 1. In the same way the Germans captured Paris In three weeks? —"Oh to be back with the bare foot boys," sings a modern newspaper poet and ten to one he used the check he got for his poem to take htm down among the barefoot girls. —Evidently • the Germans believe that the submarine Is more powerful than the pen. 1 EDITORIAL COMMENT Carranza and Villa seem disposed to hold Mr. Wilson to a strict account ability.—Boston Transcript. When the editor of the Berlin L>okal Anzelger points out that "Germany herself at the Hague Conference caused the rejection of the proposal tospro hiblt the supply of war material to belligerents by neutral countries," It looks as If there Is another country subject to "certain Internal troubles."— Wall Street Journal. Rumania has-rejected all bids and Is advertising, for new offers on its neu trality.—lndianapolis Star. If all other evidence were lacking, the present condition of Mexico woula firove the greatness of Diaz.—Wash ngton Post. Were It necessary, Germany might argue that the Armenian was armed. There were American mules aboard.— Chicago Tribune. HER AGE AND HER RAGE Although a woman keeps her age, It galls her possess it, And so she also keeps her rage For those who try to guess It. —Lancaster Intelligencer. U. S. Naval Officer in Charge of Sayville Wireless 4 m Bpj cj &OLLAKD, Savville, L. 1., July 21.—Commander W. H. G. Bullard, of the United States navy is now in full control of the wireless plant at this point, having taken it over from the German otfl eere who were in charge. Capt. Zen neck of the German Marine Corps has left. Eight American naval officers have been assigned and three employes of the company were retained for the present, at least. They will receive messages only. - Following the announcement that the United States government would take over the wireless station because. It Is alleged the Germans in charge of the station were violating American neutrality. It was declared that the price of tolls would be reduced from one dollar a word to fifty cents a word. The Sayvllle station Is the only point In the United States receiving direct communications from Germany. Buuusburg telegraph IfM&xU I Br flw Rx-Omn<ttwma Forced draught has been placed un- the boom of Judge Norrls S. Bar rutt. who was one of the eight alleged to have been chosen by Philadelphia Republican leaders as possible may<y alty candidates, but the development that is attracting mosrt attention In the Quaker City and throughout the State Just now Is the announcement! made. It is believed, od good authority this time, that Governor Brumbaugh will not publicly take a hand In the Phila delphia muddle, • On this phase of the matter the Public Ledger this morning said: "It Is understood that the Governor feels that no matter how valuable were the legislative services of the Vares throughout the past session of the Gen eral Assembly, he cannot ally himself with a candidacy so Intimately affiliated with Senator Vare's expanding con tracting business. At the same time, it was made plain that the Governor, in taking this stand, did not Intend that his attitude should be construed as a direct attack upon the Vares. In fact, the Governor has recently con firmed what was well understood dur ing the session, that he would not take sides In the mayoralty primaries as be tween the Vare and McNichol factions. Therefore, what the Vares lose, though it lr. not believed that they ever hoped otherwise, the Penrose-McNlchol fac tions will by no means gain. The Gov ernor's position, as It has been' re stated Is that the local Philadelphia situation should take care of Itself. Nevertheless, some insist that the Gov ernor's reiterated neutrality will cause the friends of Congressman Vare to hesitate before urging him formally to announce his candidacy." This development may, and then again It may not, have had some bear ing upon the fact that the boom for Louis J. Kolb Is showing renewed signs of life this week. When Mr. Kolb was first spoken of In connection with the Philadelphia mayoralty nomination It was believed that the marked personal friendship that exists between him and the Governor would prove a factor In his candidacy, but so far as the public could see It di<l not and until quite recently the Kolb movement has lan guished. —Philadelphia's Chamber of Com merce has started a campaign of pub licity to compel the city council to take action In the movement to erect a real convention hall In that city. It Is felt that not much progress can be made with the effort to secure the coming Republican national convention unless there is a prospect that suitable quar ters will be provided. —Next week will be a fairly busy one for Senator Penrose and he will spend most of his time up state. Mon day he will be In W'atsontown to keep a promise he made during his cam paign for re-election but found Im possible to fulfill at that time. He will be the guest of the Patriotic Order Sons of America of that town. From Tuesday until Thursday he will attend the sessions of the United Sportsmen of Pennsylvania and Friday he will make a personal visit to the home of State Senator McConnell, at Cherry Run. Union county. It is expected that he will meet many of the leading Re publicans of that section of the State while he Is In Union. The Senator and his host will then go to the McCon ntll cottage In the Northumberland county mountains for a few days. It is believed that the Senator will not return to his offices in Philadelphia until August 1. WAR FROM THE CLOUDS [Pittsburgh Dispatch. 1 The English scheme to use 10.000 airplanes. If neceesary, from which to constantly drop Incendiary and de structive materials on food and ammu nition depots, railroads and bridges in the scene of war can be employed by Germans as well as by Britons or Frenchmen. And. in view of what has been thus far accomplished by these planes In military service, there is nothing at all Impracticable In the idea. The latest demonstration, indeed, affirming this point was the raid of thlrty-flve'French planes on an important German sta tion, and the infliction, it is believed, of great damage, according to the press news. The warring worces In the Flanders country having reached the condition In which neither Is able to make any lasting impression on the foothold of the other, there is nothing fantastic or unlikely in the idea that one or all sides may resort to enormous multi plication of airplanes for war and to the extension of this method of fight? In if to a degree much greater than has been heretofore thought of. An air plane is quickly and easily built. But It takes more time to produce care ful, trained and courageous aviators. ONE YEAR BEHIND [Cleveland Plain Dealer.] The United States Bupreme Court adjourned the other day for the sum mer months, the adjournment marking the completion of twenty-five years under the Evarts law, which estab- Ushed the nine circuit courts of appeal. One of the motives for establishing these subsupreme courts was to relieve the highest court of the pressure of work that was keeping It perpetually behind In Its work. In the twenty-five years. It Is announced, the court has co ,"?« two yearß newer catching up with Its docket. It was three years behind when the Evarts law was en 'tis only one year behind now. • This Is gome progress. However, it appears to leave much still to be desired. Broadly speaking, there can be no real reason why any court should be even one year behind Its docket. Jus tice is not promoted by delay. No one gains, unless It be the advocates of an unsound contention. The honest liti gant loses, the court loses and society loses. Court delays are one of the fruitful sources of dlsfc<yUent with the proc esses of law. But If the highest court i ?.! and ,etß the example of being so habitually behind with Its work that It makes it a point of virtue when It comes within twelve months of catch ing up, it is perhaps not surprising that inferior courts are often laggard. ASSIMILATING THE INDIAN [Washington Post.] According to a special report on the Indian population of the United States and Alaska soon to be issued by i the Bureau of the Census, there were 265,683 Indians In this country in : 1910, representing an Increase of 17,- 430, or 7 per cent, over the number reported in 1890, when the bureau i made Its first enumeration of the race. , The report, however, will show a 1 much lower rate of growth for the Indian population than for the white, ! an Increasing admixture of white blood decreasing vitality of full-blood In , dians, indicating a tendency to disap pear altogether: Increasing attendance at school and decreasing Illiteracy, an ' Increase in the percentage of the s'elf i supporting and finally a decrease In : the number of reservation Indians, i No better tribute could be paid to i the character of the Indian than is contained in these statistics. The In : dlan Is being aa|lmilated by civilized : America. He is adjusting himself to , .changed conditions. THE 1915 TYPE, IDEAL AMERICAN GIRL iMf viii" 1 ! Inttj*"" In the opinion of Count Z. P. Nlko lakl, the Greek painter who was one of the Jury of distinguished artists who selected E!eetrs. Goddess of Prosperity, Miss Florence Cassasa, the winner of the nation-wide beauty competition, is the ideal type of the American girl of to-day. Miss Cassasa Is Junoesque in stature and possesses those delightful proportions that art ists seldom find. Miss Cassasa's classic features will be reproduced more than one hundred million times during the national trade building campaign which cul minates In Electrical Prosperity Week, November 29 .to December 4, 1915. and which will be celebrated in every city and town in the country. The movement was set in motion by the electrical Interests which aVe members of the Society for Electrical Develop ment. These concerns have invest IN THE WAR'S VAST ARENA Osowiec, Which Guards the Important Railway Ap proach to Bielostok WASHINGTON, July 21.—Oppos ing as stubborn a resistance to the armies of the invader as did the Austrian fortress of Przemysl, the Russian fortress of Osowiec, which forms the subject of to-day's descrip tion of places important in the war zone by tffe National Geographic So ciety. has withstood the attack of troops and siege guns through months. To the west and to the east, the Ger mans have advanced deeper Into Rus sian territory, but the fortress of' Osowiec still continues to check the enemy's progress along an important path. The war primer says: "Osowiec, about 20 miles inside the Russian frontier, southeast from the East Prussian border and the lake country, guards the important rail way approach to Bielostok, and the great Petrograd-Warsaw trunk line, the cutting of which is one of the prime objects of the German In vaders. "Bielostok is 3 8 miles southeast of Osowiec. Fifty-six miles west south west of Osowiec, the Germans have penetrated to Ostrolenka, 30 miles KEEPING COOL [From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune.] The weather-wise recommend keep ing cool heads and temper during the heated term. To fret, fume and fuss under such a temperature may be in harmony with nature sizzling under a torrid sky. Regenerate human na ture would counsel adjustment of ap parel and demeanor to conditions which nc mortal can eliminate. Yet within the circling year human fore thought and invention have happily relieved the stress of summer heat and vigor even of arctic cold- A rigid puritan, however, was known never to use an umbrella as neutralizing the order of Providence, and so un protected would get drenched for con science sake. A noted rural divine of the olden time to whose home cer tain theologs came statedly for tui tion. was said to have called them back of his door and kept them standing there unprotected from a sudden shower till he let them go with this injunction, "when it rains on you, let it rain." Possibly modern critics and scribes would take the name of Jupiter Pluvlus more rever ently on their tongues and typewrit ers If they realized he was the su preme deity In old Roman mythology, and Judged to be the originator oi all atmospheric changes. His favor ite weapon was said to be the thun derbolt So let profane swearers be ware of blurting out "By Jove," at ill-timed change of weather. FACT AND FUN Sea otter is the most valuable fur at present; Russian sable is next in value, with silver fox nearly approaching it, although when the size of the skins is considered the sable Is infinitely great er in value. Mrs. Verraonte Brown —Why on earth don't you get your husband to cut off his whiskers? Mrs. Smlffan Jones—l wouldn't have him do it for the world. I want him to let them grow and get them all out of his system. "It's an ill wind that blows —" "Shut up!" "It's a long lane that has no—" "Cut it out!" "You can lead a horse to water, but—" "Cheese it!" "What axe you.for goodness saske?" "I'm * Maxim silencer." —Judge. JULY 21; 1915. merits of more than $5,000,000,000 and aim to make prosperity in this age" of electricity a real and abiding blessing to the nation. MISS CASSASA AND VENUS DE MILO. Venus de Milo Miss Cassasa Height 6.4 5.8 Weight 122 130 Neck 12.5 12.9 Chest 33 34.7 Chest, full ... 35.1 37.4 "Waist 26 '.. . 28 Hips 38 39.1 Thigh 22.5 23.3 Knee 13.8 14.4 Calf 13.2 14.1 Ankle 7.4 7.6 Upper Arm .. 12.6 .13.1 Fore Arm .... 9.5. 9.9 Wrist 5.9 5.8 Shoulder 34.6 37.6 Foot, length.. 8.9 8.9 Arm, stretched. 63 «.... 69 from the German border, and about 30 miles from the trujik line artery". From Ostrolenka, three branch rail ways join the main line. "From Osowiec, a railway passes south, through Blelostok and over the Warsaw-Petrograd line, over a ■Warsaw - Vilna branch line, through the fortress Brest Livotsk, upon the trunk line Warsaw - Moscow, to Kholm, a station on the railway Warsaw-Kiev, passing through Lublin and Kholm. "The little village of Osowiec, with its single street and straggling farms, has little other importance than its military strength. It is sit uated on the right and lower shore of the Bohr River. The field works front toward the northwest and fall back to the river. Just across from Osowiec, upon the left, and higher shore of the river. Is the larger vil lage of Gonionds, to which the de fensive works are continued. - The Bohr is navigable here, and part of its shore is steep and easily defend able. Osowiec is one of the more im portant frontier Russian fortresses." Our Daily Laugh HIS WITTS. do with thk bios ribbon yon wonT My wit* used It <^7 to trim a hat. . | fgq | GIVE HIM fWk My what a clean rX little boy yon are Hi this mornln#! tBTB H Tea, it's wry sarly yet. ALWAYS READY By Win* Dinger I've noticed that those people Who have been very quick At Nature and her weather To fume and fuss and kick. Some with a growl or grumble. While others sigh or sob— Are always ready, brother. For corn upon the cob. Tou'U see 'em In the market. With baskets on their arms Filled with rreen vegetables Fresh from the nearby farms. But when we're having weather That makes things grow, you bet. About these good things, brother, The kickers do forget. I wonder what would happen If they just had their way With weather Just to suit them In every way each day. And farmers brought no produce. So fresh and green to sell— " Oh, gee, but wouldn't they. bo. Put up an awful yellT * Intoning (fifol Although It Is a common phrwe In Harrlsburg newspaper offices, few peo ple really know the origin of the ex pression. '"the ghost walks to-day. meaning of course that it 1B pay day. A number of years ago a troupe or actors played at a theater In one of the large cities of "the country. They were appearing in Shakespeare's Ham let and there was some question about the paying of salaries. The man who played the ghost refused to play until he was certain of receiving his and he said, "the ghost won't walk to day." when he was told that he would not receive his salary at the proper time. From this, it Is said, is derived the expression. • It Sailing is the latest form of recre ation aalopted by the younger river men, ever in search of greater excite ment. And the inexperienced ones are getting it in copious quantities. The art seldom is taken up Inland with as much gusto as Harrlsburg boys have received it. Less than a month ago there was but one sail to be seen on the river and that was on an old scow that a hlpi»o wouldn't have upset. Since then canoeists have taken to it and races early In the evening when the up-river wind usually pulls pretty strong are frequently seen. Quick thought and prompt, action are absolute necessities in this latest sport. When a canoe under forty-five square feet of canvas starts to keel over usually there is rquch scrambling to right it and get into the wind again. • * • Old fishermen are toting large sized grouches around with them these days because of the height of the river, which has put a ban on fishing. Never, they say, has the river attained such great heights in the summer and stood there for so long a time". A few of them are catching fish, but they say the sport Isn't worth the work of pushing a boat out into the middle of the stream to the grass patches where the rock and black bass are now staying. All of them are praying for lower water. • • • "So your city councilmen are all wrought up over whether or not they will complete your municipal Improve ments. are they?" asked a traveling salesman as he glanced over one of last evening's papers on his way up town. "Well, that's nothing,. Down in Read ing the city fathers are engaged in a wordy battle to decide whether or not to place squirrels in Penn's Common, one of the city parks. "Unlike Harrisburg." continued the knight of the road, "they've decided that it would be bad policy to have any of the furry animals in their publio parks." • • » All the smajl mlddy-and-bloomer class camp girls who are having the time of their lives on McCormick's i Island will hare some wonderful talcs i t) tell when they return home, but it • is doubtful if any will have a more exciting experience to recount than one little camper from the Reservoir playgrounds. Nearly a dozen tiny t ladles were playing a ring game of some kind when suddenly a small rab bit, startled from its nearby cover, sprang into the circle. The girls shrieked, the rabbit dodged, the girls yelled some more, the rabbit scurrie'd from side to side. Then the group of girls formed a ring of eager little hands and the frightened cotton-tail made a" desperate leap to get through the line—and landed in the hands of one joyous little jailer. Some Dauphin county farmers tJJio have managed to squeeze in three crops of alfalfa in specially favored years are wondering what the chances will be this year because of the general humidity. The first crop of hay has been cut and there are many fields, which under the influence of the rains and the hot sunshine fol lowing have begun to grow green again. It will be worth watching to see what is done in some of the fields. Incidentally it might be remarked that this week has seen the greatest spurt in the corn. A couple of years ago a motorman who wore goggles or eye shields was regarded as an Innovator. Now there are numerous knights of the brake who wear goggles or colored glasses every day. The motormen say that It is essential to protect their eyes and that they would not be without them. One man remarked that one reason was that the stretches of asphalt streets are growing much greater and me glare of the sun seems to him to be greater. Another declared that the alternate rainy and cloudy days with those on which the sun is very bright is trying to the eyes and that the colored glasses are a great relief. • • • Rejection of the bids for the new State arsenal construction does not mean that the project will be aban doned. Some changes will be made in the plans and specifications and the State will ask new bids. The handsome Elizabethan tower which has been a feature of the Harrlsburg landscape fjr many years is to be re produced in the new building. | "FELL KNOWN PEOPLE Justice Robert Von Moschzisker is spending his vacation in Maine. Secretary of State Cyrus T. Woods will visit Governor Brumbaugh in Maine this week. The Rev. Dr. H. B. Hartzler will preside At Bible conference in Cam bria county and at Central Oak Heights, near Milton, where he has a cottage. Dr. George Edward Reed la spend ing the week at the Landlsvllle caniß meeting. DO YOU KNOW | That parts of some of the big guns recently ordered for the Government are being made at Steelton? ,IN HARRtSBURO RFTY^YEAtt AGO TO-DAY [From the Telegraph of July 21, IMS.] Ijnring Tracks In Market4square Men are at work grading and laying tracks in Market Square for the ne% passenger railway. * Fined Uquor Dealer Charged with breaking the orders of tho Mayor and keeping his place of business open, a liquor dealer of the city was fined SSO by the Mayor to-day. To Erect Monument Residents of Middletown will meet to-night to make plans for the erection of a monument In the Middletown Cemetery in honor of the men who were killed in the war. CIVIC CLUB ' Fly Contest June 1 to July 31 ft Cents a Pint Prises at tft. MM and serssal 91.90 OMS I duplicated by Mr. Ben Strooaa
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