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MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30
Love beareth all things, believeth
all things, hopeth all things, endur
eth all things. — l Cor. IS:7.
TIN-PAN TACTICS
' A LL the efforts of befuddled Demo
crats here and elsewhere to In
terfere with the reunion of Re
publicans are doomed to utter failure.
It must be evident to all save those
who never can see and are Incapable
of diagnosing a political situation that
differences among Republicans are
purely superficial and unimportant.
With the rank and file of the party
there is practical agreement and It
will not be possible for Democratic
machine bosses In Harrisburg or any
where else to further achieve their
own selfish ends through alliances
with disgruntled persons who are Re
publicans in name, but who seldom
act in harmony with their party.
In every campaign there aje those
who strive to accomplish their pur
poses through factional combinations
and sly dealing with the bosses of
rival political organizations, but these
men usually succeed in having them
selves kicked out of all parties. The
great body of Republican voters, true
to their faith and the best traditions
of the party, are determined that the
traitors In the camp shall have no
voice or word in the shaping of the
policies and the great movement de
signed to reunite in a solid phalanx
the forces of protection and prosper
ity. These marplots do not include
the honest Republican voters who
chose to cast their lot with Colonel
Roosevelt In 1912, but embrace a com
paratively few Individuals who are
upon one side In the campaign this
year and upon another side in the
campaign next. In short, they are
the camp-followers who trail along
behind the commissary wagons and
co-operate in secret or openly as their
interests may demand with the
enemy.
It must be apparent to intelligent
Republicans of Dauphin county and
the city of Harrlsburg that the local
Democratic machine Is doing its ut
most to prevent the reuniting" of Re
publican forces through silly stories
of factional disturbances and the al
leged Interference of Governor Brum
baugh.
After to-morrow, when the nomi
nating petitions shall all have been
filed, the atmosphere will doubtless
clear amazingly and when the various
candidates shall finally have been se
lected in the primary election a united
front will be presented to the Demo
cratic machine and the grotesque
combinations which It Is now seeking
to organize for the saving of Its "face"
in the November campaign.
Most businessmen now find them
selves wondering what will happen
after the European war, but It Is a sig
nificant phase of the discussion that
there Is no serious pessimism. Almost
with one accord far-seeing men agree
that a form of adjustment that will be
constructive and satisfactory Is certain
to follow the close of hostilities. Stock
speculators and that element of the
population which finds Its greatest joy
in predicting disaster, of course, see
nothing but gloom in the future, but
it la fortunate for the country that this
class of prophets la practically limited
to those whose predictions move up and
down with the stock ticker,
BATHING AND BOATING
WITH the completion of the
"Front Steps of Harrisburg" It
is obviously necessary to pro
vide bathing facilities and boathouses.
Whether these shall be taken care of
through municipal appropriation or
private enterprise Is a matter to be
determined by the municipal author
ities. but something ought to be done
4wrteg the coming winter to provide
for the season of 1916 floating or
stationary boathousee and bathing
floats at different points In the Sus
quehanna basin.
The river has never been utilized
as it might have been for pleasure
purposes and with the completion of
the River Front improvements and
the dam provision must be made for
a wider and more general utilization
of this Important asset in the life of
the city.
This newspaper would be glad to I
suggestions as to the best ,wayj
MONDAY EVENING,
to provide boathouses and bathing
{acuities which will not obstruct the
River Front or destroy the beauty of
the view. It has been suggested that
boathouses, which could be placed In
the wide stretches at the foot of the
slope at Market street and Im
mediately north of the pumping sta
tion at North street, might be so con
structed as to rise and fall with the
different stages of the river, resting
at the normal stage In the space be
tween the slope and the granolithic
walk.
Some better plan, however, may
be devised and while It is too late to
consider the matter for the present
season. It ought to be one of the Items
for determination during the winter.
For we must have boathouses and
we must have bathing facilities. These
are as necessary as any other feature
of the improvement campaign.
FAREWELL TESTIMONY
IN the recent retirement of Joel D.
Justin, the consulting engineer of
the Board of Public Works, who
had supervision for several years of
the important undertakings now
about completed the city parted with
a most competent engineer. It is in
teresting to have through a letter to
a friend in this city his views upon
the helpful attitude of certain public
spirited citizens toward the difficult
work of the engineers. His observa
tions are of particular interest in
view of the fact that they were not
written with any thought of publicity
and they serve to Illuminate some
phases of the city's development. He
says:
"An engineer on public works,
has two courses open to him;
either he can settle down in a rut
and be tossed by every breeze that
blows or else he must strive to
get the work in his charge exe
cuted properly and efficiently.
In the latter case it means a light
and If he does not have the active
backing of the influential citi
zens conditions will soon be such
that he will have to resign from
considerations of self-respect."
After referring to certain promi
nent men who have earnestly sup
ported the several improvement prop
ositions Mr. Justin says further:
"It is because we had the back
ing of such men * * * in
Harrisburg that we won and I
shall always look back to my
work there with pleasure. I
shall hope that the next time I
work for a public body I may
find equally broad-minded and
public-spirited men who are in
terested in the work."
In the same letter the retiring en
gineer pays this tribute to City Com
missioner Lynch, head of the Depart
ment of Public Works, who earnestly
co-operated from the very beginning
of the administration of his office with
the Board of Public Works:
"I also want you to know that
I feel Mr. Lynch has administered
the affairs of his department,
where they were concerned with
the improvements on which I was
engaged, in a broad-minded and
most efficient manner. He has
backed up the engineers at every
turn, frequently when I fear it
was to his disadvantage. I sin
cerely hope that the people are
wise enough to re-elect him to a
position for which he is so well
suited."
Inasmuch as Mr. Justin's* letter was
not written for the public eye this ap
preciation of the head of an Important
city department Is all the more im
pressive. Having gone to another
great public undertaking in Wiscon
sin he takes with him the good wishes
of all who understood the difficulties
of his position and the earnestness
and zeal with which he performed his
duties here. Harrlsburg owes a debt
of gratitude to the dlslnguished en
gineers who have had a part in the
making over of this city during the
last fourteen years. They should not
be overlooked in the honors which
are to be bestowed in the forthcoming
municipal celebration.
PROTECT THE PAYING
IN his report upon the proposed mu
nicipal Improvements of Harris
burg In 1901 M. R. Sherrerd, the
consulting engineer employed to con
sider the street paving of Harrisburg
said:
"Before streets are paved It
goes without saying that all of
the underground constructions
should be placed in a first-class
condition and the several services
for sewer, water and gas con
nections should be laid, even to
vacant lots, to prevent the tearing
up of the pavement. In actual
practice this is seldom done and
often would result In having a lot
of services in the street which
would never be used. Some safe
guard, however, should be pro
vided to reduce to a minimum the
number of openings made in new
pavements."
This distinguished engineer mani
festly foresaw the disposition in this
city and elsewhere to rip open paved
streets for the Installation of all sorts
of underground wires, sewers and
other connections. We have had ex
amples in the recent past of disregard
of his warning and the cost to the
city and the damage to the paving Is
becoming so serious that some string
ent regulation must be provided and
then enforced to prevent further In-
Jury of our paved streets.
We are constantly improving streets
that have not been paved and it ought
to be a comparatively easy matter to
place underground every possible pipe
and sewer and wire conduit necessary
for such district.
LOOKING BACKWARD
SECRETARY REDFIELD says he
Is going to Investigate the steam
boat Inspection service for the
last fifteen years. We imagine that
the kind of steamboat inspection In
vogue In 1900 will be fascinating in
formation for survivors of the East
land horror. The kind of Inspection
in vogue on the Great Lakes in 1915
will be much more interesting—even
though It Is embarrassing to Mr. Red
field. The people do not care to know
how It has happened that there have
not been more accidents in the past.
What they want to know is how are
the boats to-day and what is to be
done to prevent & repetition of the
Chicago horror, 1
TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE
Many a man's life hangs by a thread;
but in Georgia many a one's hangs by
a rope.
There's on« thing about sitting on
the front stoop and watching the autoe
whiz by. You don't have any tire trou
bles.
The Mexicaos are llks the alienists;
so long as there are two of them, they
will differ. And that reminds us that
Bryan should have been born a Mexi
can; they have an average of ntne pres
idents a year In that part of the world.
The fellow who says life's not worth
the candle, has evidently never spent
an evening on the bosom of the Susque
hanna with & canoe, a girl and a moon.
Most of us are neither pro-Ally nor
pro-German; we're Just disgusted hu
man beings.
The Apostle Paul may have been bow
legged as some archaeologist is said to
have discovered. But did it really mat
ter? He didn't have to stop any pig
in an alley,
1 EDITORIAL COMMENT
It seems a« though Polish autonomy
would be primarily a house-building
campaign.—Boston Herald.
That only three revolutions are rag
ing In Portugal at present must be due
to lack of space.—Washington Post.
About the only thing the Russians
have consistently beaten during the
war Is a retreat. Philadelphia North
American.
Now that Uruguay has agreed to help
us clean up Mexico, the job no longer
appears formidable. —Charleston News
and Courier.
Poland has been devastated by the
Czar and the Kaiser in their contest
to decide who shall give freedom to
Poland.—New York Evening Post.
It takes a free and equal fraternal
and benevolent organization to dub its
chief mogul a grand exalted ruler and
universal potentate. Washington
Post.
BOOKS AND MAQAZINESI
There is excelent authority for the
report that Robert Grant, the author
of "Unleavened Bread" (of which the
famous Selma was the heroine) has
written a new and even better novel
—"The High Priestess." The pub
lishers, in fact, are about to announce
that it will appear on Saturday, Sep
tember 4. It is about a latter-day
Selma, the new woman of the present
generation whose consciousness of the
greatness of her own personality and
aspirations cause certain domestic
difficulties not the least of which is
the partial escape of her husband un
der the influence of a siren. Published
by Scribner's.
That Mary Roberts Rinehart's two
latest novels bid fair to become more
popular than anything she has written
before is evidenced by the announce
ment from her pubishers, Houghton
Mifflin Company, of the sixth print
ing of "The Street of Seven Stars"
and the fifth of "K."
Houghton Mifflin Company an
nounce the following books for pub
lication September 11: " The Valley
Road" by Mary Hallock Foote; "Bel
gium's Agony," by the Belgian poet,
Emile Verhaeren; "The Dot Circus"
by Clifford L. Sherman; "The Citizen"
by Nathaniel S. Shaler; "Red Wine fit
Roussillon," a drama in blank verse by
William Lindsey; "The Arrow Maker''
a play by Mary Austin; "Old Calabria"
by Norman Douglas; "The House of
Friendship" by Agnes Edwards; and
a new enlarged edition of "The Road
Toward Peace," by Charles W. Eliot.
Although Mary Austin spends a
great deal of her time in New York
she will always be Identified in the
minds of the reading public with the
little group of writers and actors
which has made California famous.
Mrs. Austin has a Wickiup within a
mile or two of the ancient Mission of
San Carlos at Carmel, and it was there
in the pine tops that she wrote her
play "The Arrow Maker." to be pub
lished in September by Houghton
Mifflin Company. Mrs. Austin is more
interested in Community theaters than
in anything else except writing and is
probably the most experienced ama
teur producer in the west. She pro
duced "The Arrow Maker" herself at
the famous Forest Theater.
THE BIGGEST CHEESE OX EARTH
In the current Issue of Farm and
Fireside, the national farm paper pub
lished at Springfield, Ohio, appear two
pages of interesting pictures showing
how farm products are being exhibited
at the big Exhibition in San Francisco.
One picture is of a cheese weighing
11,000 pounds. This unique exhibit
represents New York State in the Pal
ace of Food Products. This cheese is
the largest one ever made. 105,000
pounds of milk were used in its manu
facture.
Our Daily Laugh
A COMEBACK. gJ gf
April fool any
body, TheodoreT Hf I •
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myself into think- I
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''4 Why don't you
and Mrs. Hen
form a partncr
ship to supply
5 ham and ens to
some of the large
NO REFORMATION
By Wins Dinger
A family moved into the neighborhood,
But the husband ne'er was seen.
And neighbors would talk and wag
their heads
And murmur, "What does it mean?"
So they asked some questions and
learned that hub I
At the close of his business day
Would Journey to country, a few mile*
out.
On a golf course a bit to play.
His Saturday afternoons he'd spend
On the course, and Sundays, too,
And the neighbors agreed that it was a
shame
And for widow, they'd something do.
So they picked a man from among
them, who
Long since had a golf bug been.
Who should from the blommln' game
of golf
The neighborhood newcomer wean.
One afternoon when the guilty one
Came home for some needed stick,
The reformer concluded lr was the
time
For him now to pull his trick.
He introduced htm to neighbor new,
Whom he had not met before.
They talked of golf, and now in the row
There is one golf-widow mora,
BXPIUBBURG TELEGRAPH
feKKOIjt^KUL
By (Jt»e Ex-Commltte«ni*n
The Philadelphia Publio Ledger In
an exhaustive review of the political
situation published on the first page
yesterday, confirms the statement of
the Telegraph that the Governor does
not Intend to participate In primary
contests and does not intend to allow
patronage to be used. In other words,
no orders have been given and none
will be given.
Discussing the Philadelphia mayor
alty situation, the Philadelphia In
quirer says: "The withdrawal of Con
gressman William S. Vare as a candi
date and an agreement upon former
Postmaster and present State Public
Service Commissioner Thomas B.
Smith as a harmony Republican
choice for mayor was yesterday the
confident prediction of a number of
prominent and Influential party men.
To-morrow is the last day upon which
nomination petitions can be filed. Next
Saturday is the last day upon which
withdrawals can be made. Under the
terms of the proposed harmony pro
gram Mr. Vare is to indicate his de
cision to continue his congressional
work and concur In the proposition
that all elements in the local Repub
lican organization unite upon Mr.
Smith to insure a victory for the en
tire Republican ticket. It is up to
Mr. Vare to bring about such a con
dition. Should he conclude to remain
In the field there unquestionably will
be a contest to a finish."
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral James I. Blakslee, who comes
from Carbon county, was in Pittsburgh
the other day trying to put a little life
Into the Democratic congressional sit
uation in the Twenty-fourth district,
where a representative must be elected
this Fall to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of William M. Brown, of
New Castle. Mr. Blakslee called a
conference for the Fort Pitt Hotel,
which was attended by County Chair
man W. W. Reno and Postmaster Ar
thur McKean, of Beaver Falls, repre
senting Beaver county; County Chair
man Joseph Smith. R. W. Knox and
S. A. Barnum, Washington county,
and Henry Aiken, Lawrence county.
C. D. Gibson, of Monongahela, is the
Democratlo candidate for Congress.
He is unopposed for the nomination.
A Pittsburgh paper says: "Mr. Blakslee
evidently came on to give the Demo
cratic leaders assurance that the army
of postmasters In the district would
get orders to turn in for Gibson. The
national administration is very anxious
to be 'sustained' in this special elec
tion, but It has slight prospect of suc
cess. as the district Is overwhelmingly
Republican and the party in the dis
trict is united."
Ex-Representative S. B. Scott is
being boomed for city solicitor by the
independent slate men in Philadel
phia.
Dr. M. L. Chadman is being urged
to become a candidate for mayor in
Lancaster. Mayor H. L. Trout, who
succeeded Frank B. McClaln, will
probably be a candidate.
Harold L. Robinson, who is running
for judge in Fayette county, is a law
partner of ex-Judge R. E. Umbel. He
will oppose E. H. Reppert, appointed
to succeed Umbel when he resigned.
Petitions for George H. Earle, Jr.,
for mayor of Philadelphia on the Re
publican ticket are being circulated
and will be filed. The Democrats are
boosting Magistrate Gorman.
Mayor Blankenburg's friends are
out with a strong defense of his ad
ministration. Others are defending
Philadelphia councils.
Congressman Stephen G. Porter In a
speech at Pittsburgh deplored the
trade In arms carried on in this
country.
Senator Penrose will be In Scranton
during part of this week. He has sev
eral speaking dates.
FRIENDLESS BARI,ETCOH\
[From the Kansas City Star.]
Poor old John Barleycorn.
One by one his laurels are falling
from him, his friends slipping away—
the friends who used to give him their
hard earned money Just to be in his
presence.
Not long ago he was a jolly good fel
low. When he entered cares were east
aside, worries forgotten and the world
became rosy. Men of prominence in the
world's affairs slapped him on the back,
called him a good friend and honored
him with golden words of poetry.
But John played a losing game—one
bound to beat him in the end. Toasts
of "To-night" were drunk with rousing
cheers, forgetful of the "to-morrow.
But the "to-morrows" came with relent
less persistency—ana with them came
the disillusionment. Employers learned
to know the "hangover 1 ' look or they
were not long employers. Employes
learned this, and, bowing to efficiency,
quit John,
So now, almost deserted, John slinks
In the back door with clothing be
draggled, to drink himself into forget
fulness. One by one his past sayings
have succumbed to the same light of
reason. Pictures are painted with
steadier hands, and poems aung with
clearer reason.
"I can drink to-day and let It alone
to-morrow." said one of John's friends.
But that friend is dead.
"My boss drinks, so why shouldn't I
drink?" asked another friend. But that
friend has lost his Job. The boss went
broke.
"You can't hurt a drunken man," said
another, as he fell down a flight of
stone steps, got up and reeled toward
home. But on the way home he mis-
Judged the speed of a motor car and
was killed.
So. almost friendless and alone, John
Barleycorn slinks in the hack door and
drinks to drown the thought of the to
morrow.
Poor John Barleycorn.
THE ONLY JINGOISM TO FEAR
[From the Kansas City Times.]
Jingoism? It is in the histories and
stump speeches and other materials
from which American kids get the im
pression that their country Is the most
powerful In the world. It Is the purest
jingoism which gives the feeling of
cocksureness when you can't make
good.
There is no jingoism, or militarism,
In the serious recognition of the facts
that your country is almost helpless for
emergency: that an emergency is more
than merely possible at any time: and
that It Is the first essential of sense and
patriotism to have your country master
of Its own fate. Not of any other na
tion's fate, but of Its own.
RUSSIA'S WEALTH IN MEN
Samuel G. Blythe In the Saturday
Evening Post.
Russia has sent millions of these
great, broad-shouldered, blue-eyed,
smiling, elementary men to the front,
and Is drilling ad preparing millions
more. If men—mere men—could win
a war, the Russians would have been In
Berlin long since. It is probable that
no person knows accurately Just how
many men there are under arms In
Russia, how many are being made
ready for arms, how many are still In
reserve. As I write this, for example,
the only sons have not yet been called.
When they are called, that means one
and a half millions or two millions
more of men. Then, too, there are other
millions who can be used. Russia has
seas of men—oceans of them—for all
Russia la In this war. Only the Fins
are cold toward It. and only the wild
tribes of the Caucasus are utilizing It
for their own advantage.
HAS HAPPENED BEFORE
[From the New York Evening Sun.]
The Colonel talks or enrolling as a
Progressive, but his remarks to the
backsliders to Republicanism have the
commendatory ring of one who pralsea
others for going and doing as hs would
have them do. Well, pripiarlea have
beau packed era this.
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
1 MO T pi AKKI-I.
am M« r •*' >' ou r ® " ,BrrSe <l and those glowing honeymoon days
thfs cfty course you ve been thore - The sketch Is by L. R. Ney, artist of
DEPARTMENT STORE EDUCA TION
By Frederic J. Haskir
J
The department store Is fast be
coming & regularly organized educa
tional Institution. Aside from Its
Indirect educational Influence in the
improvement of public taste, it is, in
many cases, conducting classes of dif
ferent grades. It hires trained teach
ers to give instructions to the young
er employes in the same subjects and
after the same methods used In the
public schools of the city. In addi
tion to these regular subjects, spe
cial lessons on salesmanship and oth
er commercial vocations are given by
methods harmonious with the daily
work of the store.
A few weeks ago, a department
store In Youngstown, Ohio, tendered
an elaborate reception to a young
woman from Boston who had been
engaged to open a store school in
September. She is employing her
summer in becoming acquainted with
the store methods and the younger
employes who are to be her pupils
that she may arrange a schedule of
highest efficiency to begin next month.
A large bright room on the top floor
has been *et aside for a main school
room. It has three class rooms ad
joining. The firm provides suitable
furniture and equipment, Including
the requisite text books and a well
selected reference library.
Youngsters Must Study
In a number of cities, the stores
will not accept the services of a boy
or girl in any capacity who has not
completed the full eighth grade work,
except upon the condition that they
attend the store school. Failure to
make proper use of the advantages
provided may form grounds for dis
missal. Each child is given a cer-
of hours per week for
class work, the classes alternating
with each other in a way which will
not Interfere with the store work.
In stores In which an eight o'clock
opening is still in vogue, the classes
for salespeople begin at that hour
because the earlier part of the day
is usually the time when they can
be best spared from their work. The
crowded trade conditions of the af
ternoon require the full selling force
for the store business. The employes
in the shipping, mail order and
stenographic departments may re
ceive their instruction in the after
noon since their busiest times are
in the early part of the day.
Help All Employes
By a hearty co-operation between
the heads of the departments and a
careful classification system, progres
sive firms are now finding it possible
to arrange a schedule by which every
employe in need of or desiring more
education may be given a certain
time to acquire it. The increased
efficiency secured has been found to
more than compensate for the finan
cial outlay of the firm.
The compulsory education law
fixes the age limit before which no
child may leave school. It has failed
to fix the educational standard so de
partment stores are beginning to do
that. With eighth grade work re
garded as the minimum and high
school work placed within easy reach
even "after tha wage earning period
has begun, the store employes of to
day cannot fall to secure a higher
education than was possible even tei>
years ago.
The most recent development of
the store school is Its co-operation
with the public school system. In a
number of Boston stores, both girls
and boys who desire to attend cer
tain classes In public high school are
permitted to do so and suffer no loss
of wages for the time spent. Time
tickets are signed by the teachers to
certify to their attendance and even
attempted cases of truancy are un
known. The teachers co-operate with
the store to the extent of arranging
classes at the hours in which it is
most convenient for the store to have
the students away from work.
In Los Angeles, the co-operation
between the larger stores and the
commercial high school Is very close.
Salesmanship is taught in the high
school by moving pictures taken In
the stores and lectures given by the
heads of different sales departments.
In addttlon-to this, pupils of the high
school are permitted to come into
the stores at certain hours for practi
cal demonstrations of the different
branches of selling, billing and classi
fying of goods.
The children who have had to go to
work In the stores before they were
able to enter high school receive In
structions In that work by regular
teachers. It Is expected that arrange
ments can soon be carried forward by
which these employes, through the
combined facilities of the store school
and the public high school, may be
able to attain high school diplomas by
spending a year or two longer than
would have been required if they had
been able to give their full time to
study.
The Mississippi College of Agricul
ture will establish a new course In
'kl&4r£d work this fall. }nten<3od tg.
AUGUST 30, 1915.
prepare young people for executive
work In the department stores of
small towns. It will be conducted by
trained business men who will give
practical instruction in the details of
store efficiency. The course is to be
fO ,V, r J" ears In length, its completion
will give the degree Bachelor of Busi
ness Science. Such a course is an in
novation for an agricultural institu
tion but is intended to meet the in
creasing vocational needs of the state.
Another evidence of the growing
co-operation between the store and the
public school systems was the invi
tation extended last month by the In
diana Retail Dry Goods Association
to the vocational teachers of the state
to attend the educational meeting of
its annual convention held in Indian
apolis. This was presided over by
!Mrs. Lucinda Price, of the Woman's
Educational and Industrial Union, of
Boston, who described the vocational
opportunities of the store and its edu
cational advantages. More than
eighty teachers were In attendance
and took part in the discussion which
followed.
The co-operation with the public
school is the latest development of
store school work. It may not be the
most Important. In hundreds of
stores throughout the country such
co-operation has not yet been estab
lished and the firms, at their own ex
pense, sometimes with scant en
couragement, are placing educational
advantages within reach of every em
ploye who will grasp them. These
advantages may include manv special
subjects.
A young girl working in the audit
ing department of such a store had
continual trouble with her accounts.
Her figures would not come right al
though she was conscientious and
painstaking. The manager of the de
partment noticed that she occasion
ally made attractive little sketches or
ornamental letters on blank paper.
He brought these to the notice of the
firm. The girl was transferred to the
sign department where she was per
mitted to make letters upon signs call
ing attention to special sales. A
drawing teacher was provided for her
and she made rapid progress. Now,
after five years, she is a designer,
drawing a salary of a hundred dollars
a week. AH her education has been
secured through the lnstrujnfcntality
of the store which she entered when
less than fifteen years of age.
The numerous departments of well
organized stores afford opportunities
in almost every class of work. An
Ambitious boy or girl should be able
to find a specialty best suited to in
dividual talent. If a calling Is de
sired which seems to be outside of
the store and a boy has proved him
self deserving, any progressive firm Is
likely to make special provision by
which he may acquire the necossary
knowledge without being dependent
while doing so.
A little lad with a crippled father
started In a store as an errand boy.
He did his work well and attended all
the classes within his reach. By the
time he was twenty he had been made
a salesman and had acquired a good
general education. He had also de
cided that he wished to become a den
tist. The firm became responsible for
his tuition at a dental college In the
city and arranged for his absence to
attend lectures for certain periods
each day in the same way that
younger boys were permitted to at
teiid public high school classes. Af
ter his graduation, a dental office was
opened In the store. For a definite
salary he kept the teeth of store em
ployes in order while he was permitted
to secure more remunerative eustom
from Its patrons who were first at
tracted by the well furnished office
provided by the firm. He is now wrll
upon the road to prosperous inde
pendence. The store gave him the
opportunity but he has doubly repaid
the financial investment. The dental
office Is an advantage to the store.
It Is better administered because the
dentist has grown up In the store and
is in harmony with it.
Another boy with a mechanical turn
of mind did not like commercial work
although he was honest and reliable
as a cash boy, messenger and billing
assistant. His deftness In adjusting
some of the mechanical conveniences
was noted by the store manager. He
was permitted to attend the technical
high school until he had completed
the course in electricity and mechan
ical engineering.
He then became assistant to the
store engineer and continued his tech
nical studies in evening classes. He
was placed in charge of the mechani
cal equipment of the store and be
came responsible for Its lighting, heat
and all mechanical service. Within
the past three years, he has made two
inventions of great value to store
equipment His position in the store
suggested their need and the profits
from them will give him aa assured
.competency, j
! Butting (Mjat
Although school doors open and
lessons begin In public schools almost
within sight of the dome of the State
Capitol to-day, yet only a small per
centage of the pupils are summoned
back to their books. The city boys
ond girls have ten days more of vaca
tion and In some rural districts the
bells will not ring until September 13.
This condition Is due to the fact tlifct
the State authorities do not prescribe
tho dates for the terms, merely requir
ing the minimum term and leaving
the local authorities to designate the
time for opening and closing the
period of instruction. This is due to
the fact that in the country conditions
are often favorable, as far as roads are
concerned, for school In periods whlcn
the city boy would consider as in
tegral parts of his vacation. There
are said to be a few districts in tho
State where school begins in tho mid
dle of August, but not many. Quite a
number of districts started their terms
to-day, although they are mostly in
the country or smaller boroughs. The
cities will start school on Tueedav of
next week, September 7, the first Mon
day being Labor Day, although in
some cities the start will not be until
\V ednesday. In other districts the
preliminaries will be arranged on Mon
day. As far as known, no districts
will fall to open their doors because of
financial difficulties, although the
State has been very tardy in Its pay
ment of the money for the support of
education. The cash which the Stats
will givo out by millions In the next
sixty days is for the last school year
and comes out of the appropriation
made in 1913. It is intended to be a
sort of reimbursement and In many
cases does take up loans made by
school boards during the previous
term.
• • •
City Commissioner Harry F. Bow*
man, superintendent of public safety,
is the first of the departmental heads
aside from W. L. Gorgas, superintend
ent of finance and accounts, to issu«
his annual report for 1914 in neatly
bound form in accordance with the re
cent instructions of a councilmaniC
resolution. Mr. Bowman submitted
his report of the bureau of water and
lighting, public safety and health and
sanitation months ago and when
Council authorized the binding of the
report a few weeks ago the superin
tendent of public safety got busv. His
bound report was presented to Council
Tuesday. Facts and figures are ar
ranged in convenient form and the
book is an invaluable addition to most
any businessman's desk.
To-day is the grand old busy day
for the man who takes an interest in
politics. To-morrow is the last dav
for filing nominating petitions and
that explains the fact. There are the
las* touches to be put to nominating
petitions to-day and the chances are
that some petitions which have been
signed up will be disposed of and not
by filing at the Courthouse. As a mat
ter of fact, it is estimated that, about
one in twenty petitions signed never
gets into the Courthouse. Often more
are signed than required and are held
back or else a candidate decides that
there will be nothing doing.
♦ • •
R. J. Hardy, burgess of the Indus
trial town of Carnegie, is a candidate
for county treasurer in Allegheny. Ha
is well known here, as he has a num
ber of friends in Dauphin couhty.
•• * i
One of the most sensible things to
be seen in the way of feminine head
gear during the rainy season was worn
by some women from Steelton on Sat
urday night. It consisted of a bath
ing cap. With a raincoat and over
shoes, it fitted in very well.
• • •
Among visitors to the city yesterdav
was Commander A. Althouse, United
States Navy, who came here on an
automobile trip with some friends.
He spent several hours in Harrisburg.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Richard Harding Davis, the au
thor, is recruit No. 1313 at the Platts
burg camp.
—Superintendent Alvln Rupp, of
Northampton county schools, opened
a new building Saturday.
—H. Gordon McCouch, prominent
Phlladelphian, is in New Hampshire.
—Colonel Hamilton D. Turner, com
mander of the Second Infantry, who
is in command on the trip to the
coast, has been in the Guard for over
twenty years.
—The Rev. David Tully, of Media,
preached yesterday. He is 97.
—Gilbert Murray, noted English
author, may Join the University of
Pennsylvania faculty.
| DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg steel plate la In
use In Pittsburgh?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The first school was started in Har
risburg April 20, 1786. It was the
Harrisburg Academy.
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS •
AGO TO-DAY
[From the Telegraph August 30, 1866.]
Remodeling; Factory
A number of workmen are employed
remodeling the Harrisburg Cotton Fac
tory. Work In the factory will be re
sumed with & few weeks.
Han Burled AllreT
A man belonging to the 202 nd Penn
sylvania regiment, it is believed was
burled alive In Virginia several months
ago. When the coffin was brought to
Cumberland county recently and open-,
ed the man was lying face downward.
Paint C'ourthoiide
Men have begun work to-day paint
ing the roof and. sides of the court
house.
Furnishing the Home
By usage August has become
the month for furniture buying
and home furnishing.
It Is customary at this sea
son for manufacturers and deal- «
ers to encourage trade by fav
orable prices.
Furniture Is probably more
heavily advertised in August
than In any other month of the
year.
And this same advertising has
transformed a very dull month
to a very busy one.
If you are thinking of buy
ing goods for the home this Is
the right season to consult the
advertising columns of the Tel
egraph.
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SECOND FLY CONTEST
of the Civic Club for 1915.
Anmiat Ist to September 28th,
PITS Mali a plat for all file*, aad
many prtses la eold.
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