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IVENING AUG. 11
;ver alters his opinion
■ater, and breeds rep
—William Blake.
IBRJE CHANGE OF PEACE
■?H as the world may desire It,
Ihjere Is Uttle chance that peace
vju he an outcome of the
I Oerman prosposals to Russia.
■Ut Is doubtful if any direct
looking; to that end have
But, as the New York
■ Post puts it, "the thing is in
the most significant signs is
of tone of the German
comment upon the Russian
At the outbreak of the war
Hnan public was told that* it
Germany to stem the tide of
Hbarbarism that was sweeping
Europe," that the Mus-
Bower must be forever broken"
Safety of Europe waß to be in
■ Every German newspaper
■ with hatred violently expressed
B Russians and everything Rus-
Bof course, this was with the
■al of the imperial government,
■German newspaper in war times
Ho other than voice the kaiser's
B matters of national policy.
I all is changed. Germans are
■at "Germany really has no quar
fch Russia" and the question is
Ijwhy should it not be better to
U the advice of Bismarck and
Hfor the friendship of the czar?
Bin all this Russia must be taken
insideration. The czar is in honor
■to stand by his allies, to the end
leace be made only by consent of
llso, the Russian empire's gigantic
irces have been scarcely more
touched. Fresh armies are in
(.ration and thousands of tons of
unition are being poured Into the
:ry from America and Japan. In
nd the Warsaw victory may cost
;alser more than it is costing the
The German commanders are
3 means conquerors of Russia as
In the loss of her colonies Ger
' has yielded more territory to the
!than she has won in Poland and
11m. This will be one of the fac
n the settlement of the war.
along Germany has striven to
iss upon the world that hers Is
. war of conquest or oppression,
s wants peace, then, let her make
just proposal for the freedom of
id and Belgium, and the world
rge may be Inclined to believe
her leaders are sincere in their
stations of international honeßty.
at state of mind, however, appears
as far distant in Germany as it is
le countries of the allies. Evl
y the end of the war is not in
. No basts of settlement has been
ssted whereby the warring forces
lkely to reach an early under
ling.
PRESIDENT'S POPULARITY
SMOCRATIC leaders are placing
too much Importance upon what
they are pleased to term the
tonal popularity of the Presi-
All of them who have spoken
itly upon Democratic prospects
iext year dwell upon the popular
ort the President has received
le past few months as the big
r in national politics as they af
the coming Presidential cam
>. In this they see signs of a
acratlc victory next year. They
mistaken,
good American could do other
men of all parties have done In
past six months. They have
d by the President." They have
backed him up in his decisions upon
international questions. They have
dcllned to make his difficult position
harder by bickering with him over
trifles. They have refused to nag.
But for all that they differ Just as
widely with him on matters relating
to the tariff and the general conduct of
the government as they did up to the
time when these issues were tempo
rarily obscered by the grave interna
tional problems that have arisen out
of the European war.
Questions of a purely national char
acter have not been forgotten. It is
as Important that the relations be
tween our own people and our own
government be harmonious and that
» capital and labor be assured of mu
tual prosperity as It Is that we remain
*t peace with the world at large.
"WEDNESDAY EVENING,
And it is quite evident that whatever
they may think of his international
policies, thousands of Americans
doubt the ability of the President to
•conduct the affairs of the nation
economically and are convinced that
the Wilson theories of tarlfT and busi
ness legislation are fundamentally
wrong.
No foolißh sentiment will govern
the people In the selection of a Pres
ident and a Congress next year. They
are now experiencing direful effects
of the folly of allowing blind passion
to take the place of calm Judgment In
the selection of men to conduct their
affairs at Washington. They will not
repeat the mistake* of 1912. The
foreign policies of the President have
not been above criticism. There lb
Mexico for Instance. At the proper
time these matters will be discussed.
The Democratic leaders must not la
bor under the delusion that those
who have been quietly supporting
presidential notes and decisions be
cause trfere was nothing else left for
them to do, will help to hurrah Pres
ident Wilson into the White House
for a second term. They are simply
biding their time to register their
protest where it will do the most
good—at the polls.
IN LEAGUE WITH THE FLY
THE housefly has been pronounced
by scientists the most deadly
enemy of man—the typhoid
fly, as It Is now more generally term
ed. Everybody knows that It carries
disease; that it is responsible for
much sickness and many deaths every
summer. It flits about from filth to
food and leaves Its trail of deadly
germs wherever it goes.
The merchant or dealer who
thoughtlessly or carelessly leaves his
meats or other provisions free t.o its
ravages Is In league with the typhoid
fly. He Is criminally negligent and
guilty of as grave an offense against
the public welfare as the man -who
sells milk that he knows has been ex
posed to Infection.
Dr. Raunlck, city health officer, has
threatened prosecution of those who
do not protect their foodstuffs from
flies, and he has all power to do so
under a newly-enacted State law which
the State Livestock Sanitary Board is
about to enforce insofar as it applies
to meats.
But there Is a better way than
that.
Don't buy from the merchant or the
butcher who lets flies crawl over the
provisions he offers for sale.
Also, be sure to tell him politely
why you no longer intend to be a
customer of his.
The dealer who finds trade slipping
away from him because he is careless
of his patron's interests will very soon
take steps to limit the promenades of
the ever present fly.
THE WAR IN EUROPE
THE operations of the European
war are too vast to be caught,
analyzed And described by even
the noted writers who have attempted
to set them down In black and white.
It Is only the occasional incident, the
fleeting flash of an event, trifling, per
haps, in relation to the gigantic whole,
a glimpse of the conflict as it Is brought
home to the Individual, that gives us
some understanding of what the catas
trophe of war means to the people of
the continent. Take, for Instance, the
following letter, written to his little
son from his deathbed by Lieutenant-
Colonel Negrotto, one of the most
popular Italian commanders, who fell
mortally wounded' when leading his
men on the bank of the Isonzo:
To you. Enzo, my son, at the mo
ment 'of his quitting this life for
ever, this is the message and legacy
your father bequeaths you:
Be ever obedient and dutiful to
your mother. She, who will now be
alone In the world clinging to the
name and to the memory of your
father, has a right to find her conso
lation in you, our dear son.
Be always and In all places, hon
est, hardworking, and brave, and
proud of the name of an Italian.
See that all you do helps to in
crease the power and glory of our
people and tends to honor the un
spotted name which I leave you as
p.n heirloom.
I close with a kiss. From your
old father, who has been very fond
of you always.
There we have It! The glory of war.
forsooth! Heartbreaks, the wrecking
of family ties, the leaving of a beloved
son and his mother to the mercy of a
cold world, the sacrifice of glorious
manhood! And for what? That the
tottering thrones of a half-dozen self
ish, murderous monarchs may be
propped up for a few more years. And
this. In the final analysis, is the war
in Europe—-the death of the individual
for the perpetuation of an obsolete
type of government.
PLAYGROUND RESULTS
A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL
yesterday played the holder of
the city tennis title for the 1915/
championship.
She was beaten —but only after one
of the warmest matches ever seen on
the Reservoir courts.
Never, perhaps, since the establish
ing of public playgrounds In Harris
burg has there been a more striking
example of the good done for the
youngsters of the city by these In
stitutions. Miss Ruth Starry, the
fourteen-year-old tennis player, Is a
direct product of the Reservoir play
ground. When Just a little tot she
romped under the watchful eye of the
playground Instructors. She was taught
to use her muscles and before the
little girl was twelve years old she
was a wonder at tennis and basket
ball. This year she defeated all the
older girls and won the summer's
tourney. Only the champion hersplf
was able to defeat her.
But the physical prowess of this lass
is no exception to the rule. Dozens of
fourteen-year-old girls who have been
fiequenters of the city's playgrounds
are nearly as strong on the courts as'
Miss Starry herself. And the boys who
have been romping and racing under
the city's supervision are nearly always
able to defeat elder brothers who had
no playground opportunities In the
lighter lines of sport where skill and
endurance rather than weight are the
deciding factors.
The lessen to be learned is this:
Harrisburg can not have too many
playgrounds.
TELEGRAPH S PERISCOPE
—Says the Baltimore American:
"Pennsylvania Imposes a tax on anthra
cite coal." Imposes, yes; but there Is a
difference between that and collecting
It.
—William Howard Taft and Uncle
Joe Cannon have approved President
Wilson's latest German note. Come on,
now, Teddy, make It unanimous.
—Dr. Raunlck is going to have pure
milk If he has to fight for It.
—One of the most delightful features
of a vacation Is getting back home.
—Slowly, but surely, the snout of the
Bull Moose Is developing Into the trunk
of an elephant.
—As a picturesque addition to the na
tural scenery of the resorts the Palm
Beach summer man has the summer
girl backed Into an obscure corner.
1 EDITORIAL COMMENT"!
But how can a nation that has a
Roosevelt be called unprepared for
war?— Columbia State.
The main trouble with Russia ap
pears to be that it has no standing
army.—Washington Post.
As to the Invaders wiping the Rus
sians off the map—there is too much
map.—Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Russians now seem to be In for
a -series of games on the home grounds.
—Philadelphia Inquirer.
Trip to Market Ends at Altar.—
Headline. Nevertheless it will have to
be resumed.—New York Tribune.
Roumanla and Bulgaria are having a
mighty hard time trying to pick the
under dog.—Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
When it comes to being captured,
Mexico City Is three or four laps ahead
of that Arras cemetery.—Nashville
Southern Lumberman.
OF COURSE IT IS A NECESSITY
[From the Wilkes-Barre Record.]
The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
states the case plainly. The tariff must
be revised according to a plan that will
take care of American industry in years
to come. We quote from that news
paper:
An Intimate and familiar example
for Philadelphia Is in the hosiery and
knit goods industry, the local plants or
which are now enjoying a rush of or
ders to meet the demands of local trade.
Every manufacturer and every buyer in
the trade knows, however, that this
condition is abnormal and'that it ex
ists only because the great factories of
Northern France and Belgium, which,
under ordinary conditions, ship their
products into the United States at
? rices with which the American manu
acturer, paying the American standard
of wages and subject to American
labor laws, cannot compete, are out of
commission on account of the war. And
it is an equally simple matter of ap
preciation that when the war is over
and the work of rehabilitation begins
—which will not be difficult because
the actual industrial destruction has
been comparatively small—these goods
will again pour Into the United States
and take away the demand for home
labor.
The knit goods industry is but one.
The glass industry is another. The
prospective dye. industry and other de
velopment of coal-tar products an
other. And the list might be continued j
at great length. Nothing but a pro
tective tariff barrier can avert suen an
Invasion of foreign products, and It Is
none -too early to emphasize that fact
In anticipation of the next campaign
for the election of a President and
Congress, and even as an indirect con
sideration of importance In earlier
campaigns. Whether the war shall end
this year or next, the Interest of Ameri
can Industry must be the keynote of
the next campaign.
If our Democratic friends attempt to
delude the people with the argument
that returning prosperity is due to the
excellent working of the. present tariff
system, by Itself considered, thev will
run up against the common sense Judg
ment of the people. Every person who
Is capable of obseving the course of
events must know that present condi
tions are temporary—that they are de
pendent upon the stagnation of foreign
industry. If it were not so, why were
there Indications of a turn for the bet
ter soon after the war broke out, and
why did the nation suffer so serious a
period of depression soon after the new
tariff was enacted, when before it en
joyed full and plenty, compared only
with the best times we have had In a
generation? There Is a reason, and the
reason is not difficult to find out. We
do not need a tariff of the old kind,
protection sky-high and all-Inclusive.
But we do need a tariff different from
the kind we now have.
LOAF, BROTHERS, I/OAF!
(New York Sun)
The subjoined wrath inspiring de
liverance from the headquarters of
modern sociology defaces the press:
"Henry Ford, of Detroit, thinks that
a work day shorter than eight hours
would give too much time for loafing."
He is completely, fundamentally,
longitudinally, latitudinally wrong;
wrong generally and wrong specifi
cally: wrong in his head, his heart
and his gizzard; morally, physically,
intellectually wrong. There never
was and never can be a work day
short enough; no man, regardless of
the situation in which he finds him
self, has sufficient time to do all the
loafing he wants to do and should do.
Loafing is the one thing for which
most men are Ideally equipped; the
one calling in which they might be
reasonably efficient; the one art in
which each and every one of us re
gardless of birth, education, previous
condition of servitude, prenatal Influ
ences, environment, economic condi
tion, domestic obligation or taste In
the selection of necliwear might at
tain eminence and win the bays.
Through the malevolence of such
men as Mr. Ford the true beauty, tJ.e
sterling virtues of loafing are ob
scured and hidden. He and his fel
lows—his friend Edison likes to work
( twenty-eight hours out of every
twenty-four.—by their wretched per
sistence, by their false standards, by
their malignant assaults on man's
best friend, have distorted public
opinion and enforced acceptance of a
vicious theory thßt gating might ad
vantageously be dispensed with, and
certainly should he taKen in small
doses. A citizenry trained to labor
meekly assents to their demoralizing
doctrines, and sees Its most precious
privilege curtailed, snipped oft and
utterly destroyed.
There should be no* work. AH
hands should loaf all the time . All
men are created loafers. The fall was
from luxurious Idleness, unvexed by
alarm clocks, factory whistles, ma
tured notes, engagements that must
be kept, to the present servile and
task ridden sltuatloh of Adam's un
fortunate sons and daughters.
HERE'S A CHANCE FOR JIM FOTJST
[From theWllkes-BarreEvening News]
From the pictures of "The Chocolate
Venus" that John P. Rockefeller pur
chased. we take it that the lady is not
very heavily coated.
SALT AND FRESHNESS
[From the Pittsburgh Bun.J
The per capita consumption of salt In
this country Is about 100 pounds. POB
slbly that accounts for the crime con
dition of the innumerable fresh Indi
vidual on* encounters.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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By the Kx-Committeeman
Candidates for judicial nominations
In various districts in the State are
commencing to file their papers, al
though the time Is not up until August
24. There are as yet no nominating
petitions on file for Superior Court,
although twenty sets of papers have
been sent out, mainly to committees.
Among the papers filed to-day were
Samuel Anspyker for judge In Wash
ington, and J. W. Ray for judge in
I Greene. N. R. Beemer filed a petition
[to be a candidate for associate judge
[in Adams. 1
An interesting story comes from the
Lykens Valley to the effect that Dr.
C. A. Frltchey, candidate for the Dem
ocratic nomination for recorder, tour
ed the towns in that district. While
In Lykens It is reported tht he was
"shown around" by County Commis
sioner John H. Eby, who is a candi
date for renomination.
The nomination petition filed at
the Capitol yesterday In behalf of the'
renomination of Judgw W. H. Shoe
maker, of Philadelphia, is » notable
tribute to the Governor's appointee.
It contains the names or ex-Attorneya
General Carson and Beil, ex-Secretary
of the Commonwealth, William S.
Stenger, ex-Judge James Gay Gordon,
John G. Johnson, Congressman Gra
ham and many othe>- men. In all
3600 men signed the paper of whom
600 were attorneys. The paper at
tracted much attention at the Capitol
because of the eminence ot the signers
and the tribute to the judge.
Harry A. Mackey, a member of the
Workmen's Compensation • Board, 1«
Out with a statement in Philadelphia
that the mayoralty contest will be con
ducted without a breaK in the Re
publican party and that he looks for
the next mayor to be a politician.
Such a man Is needed after the Blank
enburg regime he contends.
H. I. Seidman, Btate Deputy Fire
Marshal for Scranton, who has been
talked of as a possible candidate for
alderman, denies that he will run for
any office.
Philadelphia suffragists are holding
nightly meetings to boom the cause
and to prepare for thw coming of the
Liberty Bell in the Fall.
C. 8. Keefer, of the upper end, is
making things hot for County Com
missioner John H. Eby's campaign
for renomination. He Is going on the
assumption that Eby is stanatng on his
one term one platform of isll. Keefer
is very active in the Lykens valley dis
trict.
Dr. Garber, assistant superintendent
of schools, is booked to succeed Dr.
W. C. Jacobs, who took the place of
Governor Brumbaugh.
The West End Republican Club en
tertained candidates for city and
county nominations on the roof garden
of its North Third street clubhouse
with a crab supper. President Harry
Douglass introduced the speakers. An
orchestra played during tne serving of
refreshments. There was an unusually
large attendance.
Congressman J. Hampton Moore Is
I strongly urging the nomination of a
Republican upon whom everyone can
unite for mayor of Philadelpnia, point
ing out that defeat In the Philadelphia
j mayoralty this year will have a na
tional effect and revive Democratic
hopes. He says that as far as he is
concerned he will only be a candidate
i on a square deal basis.
According to rumors going the
rounds Representative W. H. Wilson,
of Philadelphia, the Republican floor
leader In the last House, is being
groomed as a candidate for recorder
in the event, of a new harmony deal
going through.
Benator McNichol is said not to be
lieve that Congressman Vare will he a
candidate for mayor in Philadelphia.
Judge W. Rush Giilan and his rivals
for the Franklin judgeship, Senator
John W. Hoke and D. E. Long will
speak at the Red Bridge picnic on
Saturday.
THE PENALTY OF BEING UNFIT
(Kansas City Times.)
Under the title, "The Ordeal of the
Unfit British," Collier's Weekly speaks
of the difficulties of the British sol
diers on the 40-mile front assigned to
them in Flanders. They are mostly
raw recruits under green officers. "It
probably will be eight months or
longer," says Collier's, "before they
are as fit for fighting as an equal num
ber of Germans."
Military unpreparedness does not
keep any nation out of war. It means
only that when it is In war It loses
unnecessarily many thousands of men
because of that unpreparedness.' If
the war is sharp and cruel hundreds
of thousands are slaughtered because
they are "raw" and are commanded
by "green" officers.
Our Daily Laugh
Farmer Bug: I *
wish we could
' buy some peanuts
at this Zoo.
OVER THE
7r ■n. FENCE.
Ji JO* > Mrs - O'Brien—
mm Children are a
4 S'-' great care an' a
great expense.
iifh Mrs. O'Toole—•
'i DJyJI They are that.
Shure Oi some
all times think it'a
happy the parent*
do be that niver
had anny.
THE GROCERS' PICNIC
By Wing Dinger
If you didn't plare your order
For some groceries to-day
You will hungry go to-morrow
Unless you have stored away
What you'll need, because the grocers
Will to-morrow close up shop
And go picnicking to Hershey
And all cares of business drop.
There'll be lots to eat, I'l bet you,
'Cause It won't coat them, you know,
For the'eats, because they'll take it
From their stocks, but listen, bo,
I'm afraid in ham and pickles,
Cheese, and other things galore
There will be famine Friday
. That will make the prices soar, -
THE CARTQON OF THE DAY |
WHEN THE ICE MAN
.»-•. -
Summer scenes like tnls are frequent In Harrisburg streets. The pic
ture Is one of a series by L. R. Ney, a young Harrisburg artist
r ;
Self-Support For the Cripple
By Frederic J. Haskin
k J
EUROPE is attempting to find callings i
that are adapted to the possibili- 1
ties of its many varieties of war i
cripples and then to fit the cripples to i
follow those callings. There are, for i
Instance, many occupations with which
the loss of a leg would not interfere.
Other tasks may be performed as read- i
lly by a man with one hand as two. ,
A night watchman may need no hands i
at all. There is much work that the i
blind may do, sometimes better than
those who see. To fit maimed men in
to work that they may do and thus ac
complish their Independence —this Is a
new task brought forth by the war.
Already thousands of men have been
discharged from the hospitals armless,
legless, or blind, yet with physical
health practically normal. Under ordi
nary conditions these men must be ex
pected to subsist partially upon future
charity, the small pension paid them
by their Governments being insufficient t
for their needs. Instead of supporting
their families, they must be supported.
For the last ten years educators and
physicians in different countries have
been co-operating in their efforts to
make cripples self-Bupporting, and the
results of their studies are now to be
concentrated at the war centers for
the benefit of the convalescent crip
ples.
Shops For Cripples
Impromptu shops of various kinds are j
being fitted up for these cripples, and ,
men are being fitted with work where ,
their injuries will be the least possible
Inconvenience. Light work is selected
in most cases, but not always. There
is In a London hospital, for instance, a
blacksmith shop which has lately-been
fitted up, and in which five crippled
men are already practicing with a view
to overcoming handicaps due to wounds.
Two have lost their right arms, one a
left arm, one his right fingers, and the
fifth a leg. , , , . .
The men who have lost their right
arms are learning to swing the ham
mer dexterously with the left, while a
hook, attached to the artificial right
arms which have been furnished, will
enable them to hold the iron on thw
anvil ready for the blow. When they
have become dexterous despite their in
juries, the phases of iron working best
adapted to their qualifications will be
selected and they will be aided to em
ployment.
In France, arrangements have been
made for a number of war cripples to
enter Industrial establishments to re
ceive special instructions which will
qualifv them for future independence.
Men who are minus fingers are learn
ing to handle tools in a tin shop with
rapid dexterity. A man who has lost
a leg and three fingers is working in a
tin shop. He has learned to use the
soldering iron In making tight seams
and corners. A special hook adjustable
to the end of his "peg leg" enables him
to place that firmly upon the round
of a ladder so that he may be able to
climb up and do work upon house roofs
as safely as before his war experience.
For Inventor*
Men who have an Inventive turn of
mind are giving attention to the de
signing of special forms of machinery
and tools which will offset physical de
fects. More men have lost their right
hands than their left, so a slight modi
fication of the usual patterns for vari
ous implements is being made to over
come this lack. The fingerless man will
soon be able to secure planes, saws and
chisels devised especially for him. In
a number of Instances crippled men
themselves are at work in shops mak
ing tools to meet the needs of com
rades who have been similarly unfor
tunate. . , .
Because the majority of crippled men
naturally will turn to occupations call
ing for little or no physical exertion,
special efforts are made for those who
prefer the active work to which they
had been accustomed. But a large num
ber of convalescent soldiers are plan
ning to enter into clerical work ana
are devoting their convalescent stage to
study along those lines. Many of the
Red CroBS nurses have had sufficient
training in these lines to start them
effectively and many volunteer teachers |
are contributing their services.
Nurses Aid Them
A number of hospital wards have the
appearance of school rooms. Sketch
boards and portable tables in front of
the men afford writing space. Black
boards in the center of the room pre
sent lessons and the teacher goes from
one patient to another, guiding stiffen
ed fingers and aiding them In every
conceivable way to the desired pro
gress. *
The materials for this work have
been secured chiefly through private
donations. An American typewriting
manufacturer last month shipped a
dozen typewriters to Paris to be used
for the instruction of convalescent sol
' dlers in this useful occupation. The
number of men who are trying to learn
typewriting Indicate that the girl typist
in Europe may soon be supplanted by
1 the war cripple, but as women are
i taking men's places as street car con
ductors. railway porters, and other
fields not open to crippled men, perhaps
the exchange will bring no undue hard
ship.
Problem of the Blind
The thousands of blind men present
an even more serious problem than do
the cripples to those who are bent upon
aiding them to be self-supporting.
Last March the French Government set
aside a large building as a refuge and
school for blind soldiers In which they
could be trained In some of the Indus
tries open to them despite their condi
tion. The first teacher was himself a
blind man thoroughly familiar with the
Braille system of reading and writing
and skilled In a number of handicrafts.
Before the shops were in readiness for
work he put the most hopeless of the
men to work at brush-making.
Within a few hours the psychological
atmosphere of the building seemed
changed. The men lost their despou
dency when confronted with the possl
bllty of being useful. Now over 300
blind men are working Industriously
ea«si day at such occupations as basket
making, brush and broom making, lace
making, chair caning and light car
i jptntry. Id adtUUoih souie tip^wfUsrs,
AUGUST 11, 1915.
specially designed for the use of the
blind, have been secured which will add
another possibility. A regular schedule
of ten hours* shop work is now in ef
feet.
The men are increasing in skill and
the products of their labor will soon
render them self-supporting.' Most of
them are spending their leisure in mas
tering the Braille system of reading so
that this pleasure will be within their
reach. An account of this work for
the blind soldiers in France was given
ft the International Congress for the
Blind held in San Francisco last
month. As a result, many contribu
tions have been sent from America, not
a few coming from blind people who
have themselves had their darkness
lightened by similar instruction.
Self-Supportlnu (ripplrit
The problem of rendering cripples
self-supporting in spite of their physi
cal handicaps, is receiving considera
tion from educators, physicians and
sociologists as well as by Government
authorities in all of the more progres
sive countries. It is claimed that in
some respects the provisions made for
crippled children in a Minnesota insti
tution is superior to that anywhere
else in the world. It was brought about
chiefly through the indefatigable
verence of Miss Jessie Haskins, a slen
der crippled girl, who appeared before
tne State Legislature pleading for an
appropriation which would establish an
institution where crippled children
children could receive special training
to enable them to become independent.
The Minnesota Pediatric Institution is
the result.
Crippled children are received here
and, at the expense of the State, given
every possible remedial advantage to
lessen their deformitory. At the same
time each is being trained In some
industry which may be turned Into
profit in the future. Under the direc
tion of Dr. Arthur J. Gillette, of St.
Paul, an orthopedic surgeon who has
fiven his services gratuitously, many
evlces provided in that institution
have been copied and applied to similar
cases in different parts of the world.
New York, Nebraska and Massachu
setts have also made provision for aid
ing cripples at public expense, ana
other States are preparing to do so.
From an economic standpoint this
provision Is well Justified, according to
those who have studied the subject. An
average of forty years of wage pro
duction at sl2 a week gives each man
a value of $25,000 as an average. If
he is left dependent the State and the
public loses the benefit of the sum
he might have earned. If he Is taught,
at a mere fraction of that amount In
expense, to earn money so that he is
not a dependent upon public or privatu
charity, the State and the public share
In the benefit, leaving aside the mental
benefit the cripple himself derives from
his independence.
Letter List
LIST OF LETTERS REMAINING IN
the Post Office, at Harrlsburg, Pa., for
the week ending August 7, 1915:
Ladies' List Miss Marie Barr, Mrs.
E. C. Bretz, Mrs. Harrison Clymer Miss
Anna J. Fisher, Miss Anna and Eliza
beth Frye, Miss B. M. Giles, Mrs. Ray
mond Haines (D. L.), Susie Hogan, Miss
Hutchison, Mrs. Frances Jefferies, Mrs.
Edna Louis, Miss Madge Markley, Mrs.
Esther Messer, Mrs. Mary Pitts, Mrs. S.
D. Plank, Miss Helen Richards, Mrs.
William Rose, Miss Pauline Saunders.
Mrs. N. 8. Schlffer, Miss Pearl Sherlock,
Miss Emma Smlts, Miss Alice Snell,
Miss Edna M. Stahler. Miss Annie Sum
murs, Miss Mary Taylor.
Gentlemen's List Carlo Amablin,
S. Benhayon, W. H. Brown, Barnard
Cortrite, A. C. Craddock, W. J. Craive,
John Freeman, H. W. Gummoe. C. M.
Harris. R. H. Hess, Prof. Ray G. Hul
ing, J. F. Hyde, R. E. Kiester, Fred
Laßrun. T. M. Levgan. John S. Mayer,
H. J. Miller, George C. O'Bryan, H. A.
Roberson, D. Harry Robinson, George
Shmltt, Leon Smith, M. Sorkln, William
Stanton, Oliver G. Swan, Samuel Ty
son, H. B. Walte, J. W. Watts, Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Weaver, S. R. Willis, H. F.
Wills.
Foreign Florlta Anoka, W. Holder,
Miss Elizabeth P. Milllken, Franchl
Prest.
Persons should Inval-lably have their
mail matter addressed to their street
PIKI runibe.". thereby insuring prompt
delivery by the carriers.
FRANK C. SITES,
Postmaster.
IN HARRISBURO FIFTY YEARS |
AGO TO-DAY |
[From Telegraph, August 11, 1865.]
Peaches High
Peaches are selling from four to six
dollars a bushel In this city and vi
cinity.
To Examine Pupils
Pupils who are applicants to the city
schools will be examined to-morrow
morning in Miss Bishop's room in the
building at River Alley- and Walnut
street.
On Excursion
A number of members of the
Friendship Fire Company and their
friends left this morning for their an
nual excursion to Womelsdorf.
MAY AND AUG.
It Is not always May
For time doth onward jog.
And I am glad to say
it Is not always Aug.
—Louisville Courier-Journal.
"FOR THESE SMALL THINGS"
[From the Louisville Courier-Journal.]
Why should prudish critics rail about
white stockings being worn on the
beaches? Be glad, nowadays, of any
thing that'* WOCA on the beaohaa.
Stoning (Efyat
Harrlsburg Is mtghty proud of its
river front, and Justly so. There are
few cities In the whole country that
have preserved water fronts for park
purposes and prevented railroads from
gobbling up the lowlands and shore
for sidings and tracks. The park sys
tem, the walks, the "front steps," the
dam, the whole scheme of river front
Improvement, is something which
arouses the admiration of visitors and
the pride of the residents of the Capi
tal City. And yet, any person walking
north of Maclay street must wonder
wby the city authorities who are so
zealous for the betterment of con
ditions from aesthetic and sanitary
standpoints do not get after the city.
Property owners who have vacant lots
have been required to cut down the
weeds, as they should be called upon
to do. and yet for blocks and blocks
along the fine river front the weeds
are breast high. Some of the vacant
land above Woodbine and other up- •
town streets has a fringe of weeds
abutting rows of corn or vacant lots,
but the display on the privately owned
land is nothing to what Is shown along
thu riverside. There are to be seen
burdocks, Jlmson. In short every kind
of weed that a man labors to keep out
of his property. If they were golden
rod or some other kind of flower it
would not be so bad, but the white of
the wild parsnip, the queen's laco
handkerchief and the bright blue of
the chicory, none of which has a good
reputation among gardeners, Is now
blooming and will soon be casting seed
upon the winds to blow over lawns,
flower beds, grass patches and dear
knows wllere. Indeed, outside of tho
Federal building lawn there is hardly a
finer collection of native weeds and
useless plants to be seen anywhere in
Harrlsburg. It would afford a splen
did object lesson to the children so
that they could readily recognize the
plants which are nuisances and which
should receive the attention of . the
man with the grass hook at an early
stage of the summer, not In mid-Au
gust. This is one place where the en
terprising city is remiss, and tho
sooner a good set of sharp scythes is
introduced among the screen of weeds
and reeds the view of the Susquehanna
will be improved.
• » *
"It's a matter of some surprise to
me." said a man interested in trolley
matters in other cities on a recent visit
to this place, "that your traction com
pany does not try express cars to re
lieve the traffic. I have taken a num
bei of trips to the outlying towns
reached by your system as a means of
killing time while here on business
and awaiting my turn and I have
found the through cars filled when
they leave the terminal and about two
thirds full when they have gone fifteen
or twenty blocks distance. It strikes
me cars run as express for a certain
distance would soon educate the people
to using local cars and make the
through trips not only pleasanter for
those who take them but quicker for
the traction company. A stop every
block or so is not a quick way to get
cars out of town."
• • *
Trolley car men call the front seats
on the open cars the "shiver" >row
nowadays. In ordinary summer
weather, the kind we have not been
enjoying this year, the front seats
are in demand and the motormen have
to umpire sometimes between rival
claimants. These cool evenings the
front seats go begging and thos? who
sit on them shiver. Hence the name.
* • ♦
"It would improve the looks of
things a good bit, In fact it would add
very much to the river front, if some
electric lights were to be placed on the
coal hoist on the city's island," said a
man who gets about different cities
and who keeps his eyes open. "That
hoist house, or whatever you may call
it, is not a bad-looking affair. Now,
| suppose the electric company should
, put some strings of lights on it or out
, line the building with bulbs or put on
i some colored lights or have a fountain
on it with some electric lights about
M. What an addition It would make to
our river front: It would be an added
charm and it would not cost the elec
tric company much. Outside of the
rows of lights along the bridges and
011 the park front there is not much
Illumination on the river. Let the elec
-1 trie company put a couple of score
of bulbs on the plant and see how
, much it would be appreciated.
James C. 'Watson, who was formerly
one of counsel for the Public Service
Commission. 1s now Republican county
chairman of Lycoming and is stirring
up things as he can do. He is having
frequent meetings of Republican can
didates and has the campaign In excel
lent shape.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Dr. G. J. VanVetchen, the Scran
ton health officer, expects to have the
new municipal hospital in that city
opened soon.
—Harry C. Parker, the anthracite
authority for the governmemt, will
have charge of the coal operators'
publicity.
—Harry C. Thayer, of Philadelphia,
han returned from a trip to south
western states for a syndicate of Phlla
delphlans.
—William Burnham, of Philadel
phia, Is spending the summer In Maine.
—Henry J. 'Carr is receiving con
gratulations on the reopening of the
Scranton public library.
—Mayor J. G. Armstrong has iHven
the new Pittsburgh Policemen's Union
quite a boost.
—W. Heyward Meyers, vice-presi
dent of the Pennsylvania, will go--to
Maine this week.
| DO YOU KNOW
That Harrlsburg Is one of the
centers of coal dredgin# In the
country?
/
SECOND FLY CONTEST
of the Civic Club for 1915.
August lit to September 25th.
Five cents a pint for all files, and
many prises In cold.
Pullers In
In the old days along the
Bowery storekeepers Kad what
were known as pullers In" who
grabbed passers by and en
deavored to sell them by main
strength.
Happily this style of merchan
dising is no more—but It left be
hind the germ of an Idea.
This Idea is that an attractive
store front and an Interesting
window attract customers.
To-day every one reads the
newspapers and alert storekeep
ers put to the front In their win
dows the goods which manufac
turers are advertising in the
newspapecs.
These goods are In the public
mind. Their presence In the
store window attracts attention
and they bring people tnsld* to
look and buy.
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