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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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★ 21,083 ★
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WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 15.
Qcd is seen God
In the star, in the stone, in the flesh,
in the soul and the cloud.
—Browning.
A CITY BEAUTIFUL
SUCH an impulse will be given the
esthetic development of Harris
burg by the approaching munl
cipaj celebration that we confidently
ms.y expect all the civic organizations
to co-operate during the winter in
such plans as will assure an even
more attractive city of homes next
ytq.r.
It has been proposed by the Tele
graph that the city be divided into
sections and these sections organized
by chairmen and secretaries with a
view to establishing porch and win
dow boxes for flowers, the promotion
of grass plots along the streets and
sidewalks, the covering of factory
buildings and plants with vines and
the general decoration of the city in
this beautiful and wholesome way.
Such rivals as would follow commu
nity efTort of this sort must inevitably
result in a most attractive city.
During yie winter Is the time to
consider the best sort of planting, the
kind of window and porch boxes to i
erect, and such other details as are j
necessary to effective work. This j
newspaper has offered prizes through ;
the Civic Club for the best porch win- j
dow and porch planting and it is |
hoped that with general co-operation
and organization the city may become
famous for Its floral decoration dur
ing a large part of the year. Fol- i
lowing the example of the beautiful
window adornment of the Telegraph
Building for several years owners of
other buildings have likewise placed
window boxes with blooming flowers j
and vines, a noticeable effect along I
this line being the Arcade building at j
Walnut and Court streets.
Any suggestion looking to a gen- j
eral campaign of this character will |
be cheerfully published by the Tele
graph for the benefit of those who are i
considering porch and window decora
tion for next season.
If that big mountain of credit now j
being provided by the capitalists of the •
United States for the allies Is a success
ful plan, the $1,000,000,000 which the
loan is to cover and which is to be
uti!i7ed entirely in the purchase in this
country of wheat, cotton, meat and
other commodities, including munitions
of war, the commercial Interests of the j
• UPnited States will not suffer.
WALTER A HUMORIST
ALDERMAN CHARLES P. WAL
TER is not lacking in humor. \
He enlivened an otherwise hot!
and uncomfortable session of City j
Council yesterday by advising the
Commissi ners that unless he is per
mitted to lease the city's asphalt plant
he may lose out on a couple of street
paving contracts on which he was low
bidder.
Property owners who are insisting
on immediate paving are wondering
how much consideration is going to be
shown a contractor whose city repair
contract is even now a subject of
litigation.
Harrlsburg cannot afford at this late
day to permit any street paving fool
ishness.
Harrlsburg Is attracting the atten
tion of the captains of Industry, the
directors of commerce and the men of
affairs all over the country. Its splen
did civic pride and the energy of its
people have conspired to make the city
known far and wide as One desirable
not only for business, but also for resi
dence. j
SHOOTING TOURNAMENT
THERE Will be eeneral approval
of the decision to send a Penn
sylvania National Guard team
■to the national rifle matches at Jack
sonville next month. The guardsmen
did so well in their State shoot at
'HJt. Gretna that it would have been
a pity to put anything In their
way of being represented at the na
tional tournament. A new feature of
these 1916 contests will be the num
ber of civilians who will take part.
In past years civilt vns have been
more or less like lost sheep at these
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
big military shoots, but since the
government has taken up the or
ganization of civilian rifle clubs
through the National Rifle Associa
tion of America, the number of ex
perts not Included In the military or
ganisations are counted by the thou
sand and many of these men will
attend their first tourney this year.
IQ future competitions the civilian
will have to be reckoned with and no
doubt the number next year, prompt
ed by the spirit engendered by the
Plattsburg camp, will greatly out
number those of the present season.
The Evening Ledger, of Philadelphia,
last evening celebrated its first anniver
sary. In the brief space of twelve
months the Ledger has become not only
a great newspaper, but a force that
must be reckoned with In the public
affairs of the Quaker City. Clean,
strong, fearless, bright, Interesting,
informative and entertaining, it is a
| delight at once to the trained newspa
perman and the general reader. Fol
lowing the Mynsey failure and several
other dismal attempts to float a new
evening newspaper In Philadelphia it
required courage, conviction and capi
tal. and a thorough knowledge of the
needs and aspirations of the pwiple of
Philadelphia to do what those back of
the Evening Ledger did. The results,
however, have justified their judgment.
The experiment has succeeded. The
Evening Ledger has come to stay, and
It Is an addition well worth while to
the newspaper world.
DUTY OF THE CITIZEN
IT Is gratifying to know that the
Telegraph's protest against the
unfair, unjust and wholly sense
less criticism of the Republican heads
of the three constructive departments
of the municipal government has met
the approval of a large part of the
fair-minded community. Primary
heat and the complaints of disgruntled
persons should count for little against
reasonable public service and the citi
zens of Harrlsburg are more con
cerned as to how their affairs are
administered than they are about the
political ambitions of individuals or
groups of individuals. Commissioners
Taylor. Lynch and Bowman have
learned in the two years of their term
the needs of the city, the dlificulties
which are to be overcome in the com
mission form of government and the
general scope of the work of their sev
eral departments. Surely it will not
be contended that they are less qual
ified to continue their work than any
one of the several candidates who are
seeking their offices. As to the fourth
member of the commission who is to
be chosen at the November elections
the people must determine which one
of the several candidates is best fitted
for the work that will be entailed
upon him.
Harrlsburg must take no backward
step and care should be exercised that
in the excitement of a primary cam
paign the real interests of the city
are not Impaired. Every citizen who
believes that the city must go forward
in its development ought to inform
himself as to the of the several
departments, how it has been carried
forward and whether there is any ad
vantage in constant changing of of
ficials.
Business men are not accustomed to
training important heads of depart
ments for exacting and difficult duties
and then when these subordinates be
come efficient drop them for other
untrained employes who simply prom
ise to do better than the experienced
men whose places they seek. If the
old employes are not efficient and
have not properly performed their
duties, then they should be displaced
and the ordinary business man has
no hesitation in making a change:
but he ie usually pretty careful about
dropping the old for the new employe.
Harrisburg is just on the edge of
another step forward in its expansion
and those who will administer its af
fairs for the next few years ought to
be men full of pride in their city and
determined to give their best services
to the community which they are
chosen to serve. Let the "hot-airing"
and scheming and political wire pull
ing go on; It is part of the atmos
phere of American politics, but the
thoughtful citizen should keep an eye
on the city's Interests and not listen
too much to, the siren song of petty
personal ambition.
Every home and business place and
plant and factory and warehouse should
be decked with flags and bunting dur
ing the big celebration now almost In
sight. Any citizen who falls to put out
at least one flag will be suspected of
lack of interest in the old home town.
Let us make the stranger also feel at
home. Harrisburg hospitality is always
far-reaching and the suggestion of the
"old home-week" spirit for next week
Is a mighty good one.
THK KEYSTONE "PARTY"
Now that it has been definitely
established, by the statistics of the
enrollment, that the Keystone partv
has outlived Its usefulness and pos
sesses only a handful of adherents
—less than one in about 350 of the
voters —why should it be permitted
longer to encumber the ballot and
confuse Independent voters?
In Harrlsburg there are two regis
tered Keystoners. It is ridiculous to
dignify such a pitiful showing with
a place on the official ballot. It is
not»only foolish and cumbersome, but
expensive. The ballot system of
| Pennsylvania is complicated and costly
I enough without unnecessary additions.
What are yon doing to nuke even
more successful the municipal celebra
tion next weekt
TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE
—Henry Ford will consult with
Thomas Edison on how to attain
world's peace aryi Secretary Daniels
has asked him how to wage war suc
cessfully. Living right up to his
reputation for versatility.
—Washington announces that the
national treasury has been Increased
by the payment of S3OO to the con
science fund. Well, we guess from
the extent of the deficit S3OO looks
pretty big to the treasurer Just now.
—"What is to be said when a man
can no longer govern himself?" asks
a well-known Chautauquan lecturer.
Why tell him to get married.-
—By Wednesday of next week It
will become perfectly evident to cer
tain hopeful candidates that while the
registration may vary from year to
year the number of election liars re
mains about the same.
—There, little appleworm. don't you
cry, you'll be cider flavor bye and
bye.
Perhaps the Weather Man forgot to
tear the August page from his cal
endar.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
UNCOMFORTABLE TETE-A-TETES
[Grand Rapids Press.]
Uncle Sam would feel much more
comfortable about these confidential
moments with Miss Germany if he did
not get a hatpin in the shoulder blade
every time she invited him to snuggle
up.
UNPARDONABLE SIN
[Columbia State.]
We might bring ourself to forgive
the Bosting newspapers for their stric
tures on the South If their bright young
men would only quit trying to write
negro dialect.
RATHER HARD TO DEFINE
[Milwaukee Journal.]
Absolutely no one has disagreed with
the proposition that our defenses should
be adequate, but scarcely two agree on
the meaning of adequate.
TAKING ITS VACATION
[Charleston News and Courier.]
That Italian army which started for
the Dardanellas must have stopped en
voyage to enjoy a little fishing.
ALMOST PERSUADED
[St. Paul Dispatch.]
Restraining himself after an Incipient
sprinkle this morning. Jupiter Pluvius
almost betrayed evidence of a con
science.
SCHOOLS ARE TRAINING CAMPS
And Parents Should Know More About
the Drill That Goea On
The United States Is now assembling
an army of some 20 million—not men,
but boys and girls. The "training
camps" for hosts of these will be rural
schoolhouses and the commanders in
charge country teachers. As the many
school bells call these boys and girls—
not to arms but to books—we may prop
erly inquire into the conditions under
which they are to be trained.
If the schoolhouse is not what It
should be, and if the teacher Is lacking
in many of the qualities that every
teacher should possess. It may now be
too late completely to remedy these de
fects, but there is much that can be
done. The weeds can be cut and the
stubs dragged down. The well or cis
-1 tern can be cleaned out, as each year
typhoid cases originate in many rural
schools. The floor and woodwork of
the interior of the building can be thor
oughly cleaned or freshened with paint.
Most important of all. sanitary toilet
facilities can be provided.
If your boy weie In a soldier training
camp only a few miles from your farm
you would occasionally go over to r amp
to see him drill, would you not? What,
then. Is your attitude toward the boy or
girl who five days in the week goes
froie the farm home to the educational
training camp? You should know
something of the ideas and ideals of
the commander, as they will one day
likely he those of your child. More
knowledge regarding rural schools
will result in better schools.
Depreciation is the difference between
what you paid for your auto and what
It is worth.—Erie Herald.
AWARD IN THE STOUGH CASE
[Wilkes-Barre Record]
Until the award of the three arbi
trators in the case of William J. Cul
len of Hazleton against Evangelist
Stough is reviewed by the Court of
Common Pleas, and possioly by a
higher court, the case will not be fin
ally determined. The verdict ren
dered by the arbitrators is not near the
amount claimed by the plaintiff for
alleged slander upon his character,
but that is immaterial. The arbitra
tors establish the fact of slander and
that aspect of the ease is to be dealt
with. There Is no doubt that the
evangelist In deciding upon an appeal
is more concerned about the charge
that he took unwarranted liberties In
speech than about the money end of
the affair.
The arbitrators give as one of their
reasons "the further fact that the de
fendant made the attack from what
appears to have been a mercenary
standpoint." They assume that Dr.
Stough endeavored to make his evan
gelistic meetings sensational for the
money there was In such methods. It
is deplorable that men of the standing
and intelligence of the board of arbi
trators should have rushed to such
conclusions. There Is nothing in the
testimony to indicate that Dr. Stough
is conducting evangelistic campaigns
•solely for the financial profit he or
anyone else can get out of them. If
we are to judge men engaged In re
ligious and moral work solely by the
money they receive, we must lose
faith in all evangelistic and ministerial
effort. Men of the Stough type are
at least entitled to the benefit of the
doubt.
Whether Dr. Stough took unwar
ranted liberties in addressing a public
assemblage, by exaggerating facts and
by making serious charges reflecting
upon the character and the official
conduct of men in office without au
thentic Information, is another ques
tion. Evangelists and ministers are
not privileged persons. They must
not speak or write about such affairs
without being sure of their ground.
If they do they lay themselves liable
to prosecution. A person cannot be
stigmatized as a protector of brothels
and gambling Joints and houses of
prostitution unless there is tangible
evidence to that effect, however great
suspicion may be.
JOHN F. DRYDEN II REGINS
AT BOTTOM OF LADDER
John F. Dryden 11, grandson of
former United States Senator John F.
Dryden, has gone to work with The
Prudential Insurance Company, which
his grandfather founded and of which
his father, Forrest F. Dryden, is now
the president. He started in this
week, and after a month of general
routine at the home office of the com
pany he will be sent out Into the field
as an inspector.
John F. Dryden II graduated from
Tale .last June and has recently an
nounced hi( engagement to Miss Leila
Batty, of Utica. N. T. He is 21
years old, was born In Newark and
attended Andover prior to entering
. Valo.
BZRfUSBURG TELEGRAPH
"^eKKOijttfaiua
By UlO Bx-OnmndtteeniMi
C. F. Qulnn, secretary of the Penn
sylvania Federation of Labor, has ad
dressed a letter to each of the candi
dates for Superior Court judge ask
ing their position with relation to the
granting: of injunctions against labor
unions, organizations or leaders. The
letter, which also sets forth the
views of the Federation on the sub
ject, Is as follows: "Your name Is to
be presented to the coming primaries
as a candidate for judge of the su
perior court; therefore, will you be
kind enough to give the Pennsylvania
Federation of Labor an expression of
your opinion ns to the exercising of
that prerogative of the court, the in
junction, so frequently used against
labor organizations in labor disputes?
Our position is that no person should
be either enjoined from, indicted,
prosecuted, or tried for entering into,
or carrying on any arrangement,
agreement or combination between
themselves, made with a view to les
sening the hours of labor, or increas
ing wages, or bettering the condition
of worklngmen, or for any act done
in pursuance thereof, unless such act
is in itself forbidden by law, if done
by a single individual."
—County Commissioner J. Denny
O'Neil did not mince words last night
in replying to the charge of Senator
Boies Penrose that he had aided in
the-defeat of Congressman John Dal
zell. This was Mr. O'Nell's answer
delivered by him from the stump:
"Senator Penrose says that I dealt a
severe blow to protection by opposing
Mr. Dalzell. 1 never made a fight
against Mr. Dalzell, and practically
all my friends holding county posi
tions supported Mr. Dalzell."
—Although the Vares have slated
Judge Raymond MacNeille for re-elec
tion in the Philadelphia Municipal
court, nearly a dozen candidates are
in the field, plugging away in the hope
that lightning will strike them. Chief
among them is S. Walter Foulkrod,
who has a committee working for
him. Yesterday William C. Stoever,
Jr., another aspirant, got his commit
tee together and the members are get
ting out cards and circulars for him.
—Eastern Pennsylvania counties are
now being flooded with circulars and
advertisements boosting the candidacy
of William D. Wallace, of New Castle,
Lawrence county, for judge of the
superior court.
—Following his arrest on a charge
of disorderly conduct preferred by
Burgess A. A. Purman of Waynesburg,
Attorney Jesse Wise, candidate for
judge in Greene county, has filed suit
to recover $20,000 for alleged false
arrest. The defendants named are
Burgess Purman, Police Chief M. D.
Wood, George White, courthouse
janitor and the borougTi of Waynes
burg. Attorney Wise alleges that he
spent two hours in jail and that he
was fined $lO and costs by Burgess
Purman. The evidence in the case
did not bear out the verdict, says At
torney Wise. His arrest followed
some difficulty over the ownership of
an automobile Saturday.
—While there are 149,600 Republi
cans qualified to vote in Allegheny
county, says the Pittsburgh Gazette-
Times, they will not all turn out at the
primaries. Four years ago in the
primaries there were 86,245 votes cast
for candidates for prothonotary. This
vote no doubt will be exceeded this
time, and some guesses are being made
that within 25 per cent, of the enroll
ment will be polled.
—Charles L. Huston, the Coatesville
iron and steel manufacturer, is a can
didate for director of the poor in
Chester county. His candidacy is at
tracting much attention because of his
State prominence.
—Major William Ward, Jr., former
member of the House from Chester, is
a candidate for renomination as mayor
of his city.
—John O. Sheatz, former State
treasurer, is back from Mexico where
he investigated the affairs of a planta
tion company which had secured con
siderable Pennsylvania money.
—David M. Johnson, former mayor
of Chester, is dead at his home. He
was a notable figure in the affairs of
Delaware county for years.
—Allentown registered 11,325.
Democrats were in the usual propor
tion.
—Thomas B. Smith, candidate for
mayor of Philadelphia, has been elect
ed president of the Sons of Veterans
club. He is busy swinging around the
circle.
—Congressman Dewalt is to be the
chief speaker at the fifteenth anniver
sary dinner of the Lehigh Democratic
club.
—Scranton papers intimate that
Congressman John R. Farr and John
Von Bergen have made an alliance for
this year. Farr was endorsed for Con
gress in 1912 largely through the aid
of Von Bergen who was a heap Big
Bull Moose at that time.
—Speaking at Pittsburgh Represen
tative A. C. Stein told Allegheny
Liquor Dealers that each saloon keeper
should be good for ten votes. He
asked for the defeat of J. Denny
O'Neil.
HERE'S ADVICE FOR "ENGINEER"
A Mlnnnenpoll* Editorial Writer Com
ment* on a Kanxnn City Case.
[From the Minneapolis Journal.]
A locomotive engineer writes to ask
the Kansas City Star if some ine won't
advise him In his predicament. He says
that after living with him for thirteen
years, his wife eloped with a man who
was staying in his home, and that
she took his children with her. He
says lie always gave her all the money
ho earned, and that she spent It "on
clothes, dances and shows." And he
ends thus:-
"Now the man she ran away with
has nothing to support her with and the
children are in need. She has been
gone two years. She has written me
asking help. The man drinks and re
fuses to help her or the children he
took from me and beats them. Will
someone advise me? I feel that I
should not aid her who has so grossly
mistreated me. She left without cause,
just one of those abnormal infatuations
which crop out occasionally nowadays,
and I think in such a case a man would
be too good to his former wife to care
for her when she is just beginning; to
reap what she has sown."
Take her back, engineer. No matter
what she has done, those children are
your children,'and she is the mother of
your children. Take her back, and
watch your heart grow and expand, un
til you will wonder you had all that red
blood In you. Turn her away, spurn
her, and It will shrivel and dry up.
Yon don't want to die of hardening of
the heart, engineer. It's the most mis
erable. lonely and bleak end there is.
You say:
"I feel that I should not aid her who
has so grossly mistreated me."
But you also say she has nothing to
support her, and "the children are in
need." She hasn't mistreated you one
tithe as much as she has mistreated
herself. What good will It do you to
wreak further vengeance upon her? It
won't satisfy your wounded pride and
your wronged love, but It may kill the
big soul that seems to be in you, the
soul of forgiveness. And the children
are in need, not alone of money, but of
you, of their father.
Often it has been asked, which is the
most impressive sentence in the Bible.
Some say that it Is this: "Sufficient
upon the day Is the evil thereof." Yet
in a case like this, remember the admo
nition of Christ when he scattered a
crowd of backbiters with one thought:
"Let him that Is without sin among you,
east the first atone." The woman wants
to set her heart right.
Takg her back, engineer.
VIEWS OF OLD HARRISBURG
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In anticipation of the big Municipal Improvement Celebration to be held
next week the Telegraph will show several views of "Old Harrisburg" before
the spirit of civic progress was so pronounced as it is to-dav. The etching
above pictures Majket Square in the days of the horse car and the old-timo
bicycle. Doesn't look much like the Market Square of to-day, eh?
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NEW CLOTHES
By Frederic J. Haskin
At just this time of year when the
house has to be done over for the Fall
the up-to-date woman finds that the
styles for draping and decorating her
place of abode now change as rapidly
as those for her own person. Each
season requires a greater effort to keep
up with them. It is not enough merely
to have a set of draperies for the winter
and another for the summer. Midsea
son styles ring in a bewildering con
fusion of color schemes and new ideas.
Their novelty so strongly appeals to
some women as to make their last
winter's home draperies seem as im
possible as their last year's clothes
though the quality and material of
both be above criticism.
Paperhanglng and painting have
been combined with upholstery and
draperies with increasing frequency
within the last five years. The orders
for all four in a single season are now
many times as heavy as they were a
few years ago. The smart shops show
their customers series of beautifully
coolred pictures depicting Interiors in
which walls, draperies and woodwork
all into 'one harmonious sym
phony of color and design. The woman
who had merely intended to order fresh
paper for her bedroom or parlor con
templates these pictures and is lost.
She sees herself moving gracefully
about in surroundings the like of which
had never before been presented to Tier.
Matched draperies and wallpaper pre
sent an allurement even greater than
an imported gown. She gives the order
which may make heavier onslaught up
on her husband's bank account.
American manufacturers have made
marvelous progress in the develop
ment of tapestries and other draperies
within the single year which has elaps
ed since the war lessened the importa
tion of foreign goods. A number of
expert foreign weavers have been
brought Into this country from France
and England. Their skill, combined
with machinery and an increasingly
large number of new motifs, have re
sulted in rendering the drapery pro
duction of this Fall the most elaborate
yet made in America. An exhibition
of these fabrics now being made in the
National Museum at Washington, under
the auspices of the American Federa
tion of Art. prove that these late pro
ducts of the American looms will stand
close comparison with the costliest
hangings from the old European
castles.
Genuine Tapestried
Genuine French tapestries as well as
reproductions are now being manufac
tured in this country by a colony of
French professional weavers who emi
grated to Wllliamsbridge.a small village
in New York, a few years ago. They
are working after precisely the same
methods employed by their ancestors
in Aubusson and other old French
cities noted for their fine weaving.
Every man in the colony is a weaver
by inheritance, having followed the
trade of his ancestors for centuries.
The Wllliamsbrldge tapestries are iden
tical in quality and texture with those
made in France a century ago. Many
of the weavers are still working upon
designs inherited from their ancestors.
Another tapestry weaving center in
this country which is producing goods
of rare quality is connected with the
Vanderbilt estate at Biltmore. N. C.
This work had its beginning with the
Bovs' Club and other welfare work in
augurated by George Vanderbilt in
1904 for the young people in the ad
jacent mountains. At first their pro
duct was crude, and only fit for sale at
bazars or to tourists. But better work
and finer materials have been combined
recently so that the textile products of
the Biltmore settlement are now com
manding recognition for their artistic
value.
The progress made In American tap
estry manufacture is being demonstrat
ed at the San Francisco Exposition,
where the exhibition of textile weav
ing is the finest yet assembled In the
world. The largest tapestry ever made
In this country was completed for this
exhibition. It is a reproduction of the
large painting, 'Westward the Star of
Empire Takes Its Way," executed for
the National Capitol a half century ago.
Weavers ItranehlnK Out
American tspestrv weavers are
branching out into original designs. In
stead of slavishly copying the old pas
fThe State From Day to Dayj
Ghastly, yet fascinating is the story
coming from Pottsville about the self
imposed death of John Mikulka, who
was ill and weary of life. He waited
beside a track and when a car came
rushing down, coolly lay down and
rested his head on the rails.
Philadelphia is the home of J. Scott
Dawkins. the wonderful boy preacher,
who is famous in that city and New
York for his forceful delivery and ex
tensive vocabulary. The precocious
young man is only fifteen years of
age. but makes a remarkable Impres
sion on all who hear him. He is also
gifted with an excellent voice and aids
the Bervlce of his church with solos.
The members of the Wild Life
League, of Pennsylvania, held a most
successful convention at Conneaut
Lake, last week. Visitors were present
from all over the State and the pro
gram featured sporting events. A bear
was turned loose and a hunt ensued.
The gathering was in every way suc
cessful and unique.
The New Castle News explains
scientifically, or rather physiologically,
why the moth moves toward the flame.
The reason is found in the construc
tion of its body. If the rays of light
from the flame modify the chemical
condition of one eye more than the
other, there is a stronger muscular ten
sion on that side and the moth Is
forced to move towar<T the source of
light. If one eye, however, is re
moved, the chemical symmetry Is
destroyed and the moth moves in a
circle about the flame. The S. P. C.
A., however, is not engaged in knock
ing out moth's eyes.
• • •
Ten years ago a needle pushed Its
way Into the foot of Miss Letha Rose,
of Bradford. A pun suggests Itself,
but we refrain. Last week the same
needle, little the worse for wear, was
SEPTEMBER 15, 1915.
toral scenes of Watteau and Boucher
they are developing motifs of their own
having national association. Half a
century ago a few American china dec
orators took such subjects as Niagara
tails, Harvard College, Mount Vernon
and other beautiful and historic spots
for reproduction on china. They did
n °t win favor at that time although the
original models command princely sums
now and are being extensively repro
duced. But the textile manufacturers
are adopting these same views and
countless others as motifs for house
hold decoration.
They are also being used not only in
heavy tapestry but in cretonnes,
chintzes and calicos designed for drap
eries. Instead of having our walls dec
orated with old French Chateaus and
English towers it will soon ue possible
to obtain historic American landscapes.
In addition to these, views of the Grand
Canyon, Yellowstone Park, the Catskills
and other bits of natural beauty, have
been adopted as wallpaper motifs. It
has been possible for several years past
to paper a room with panels of well
known American scenes. Now these
same views are being reproduced in
draperies.
Tapestries are not suitable for all
kinds of rooms and many women see
no appeal in them. The fresh bright
colored cretonnes "and chintzes are bet
ter suited to the average home and
their price may be high or low to suit
the purse of the buyer. It no longer
requires a full pocket to have waft
paper and drapery in the same pattern.
Some of the daintiest designs shown are
in wallpaper at twenty-five cents a
roll with cretonnes and chintzes in com
parative prices.
The number of new materials being
offered for house clothing is a conspicu
ous feature of the drapery and uphol
steiy trade this season. Printed mo
hair in bright colors is conspicuous and
differs distinctly from the cotton fab
rics it is to replace. Goat's hair damask
is another novelty now shown in natur
al gray although it is promised In a
variety of shades a little later. A new
material woven in Italian stripes is
manufactured from the silk waste In
Italian factories. Despite the interfer
ence of the war it has been brought into
this country in quite large quantities
within the last six months.
Color Schemes Vary
The color schemes vary even more
than the fabrics. A few months ago
many women were enthusiastic over
the magpie effect of a black and white
color scheme for both bedrooms and
living rooms. Some decorators intro
duced a vivid orange shade with the
black andAvhite which was pronounced
chic and modish at first but has already
become tiresome to most of those
who possess it.
The dull French grays are still pre
serving their popularity both for wall
paper, drapery fabrics, and furniture,
but their cold somberness Is being
lightened by the introduction of the
favored color. A room which was cold
and gray in the Spring can be given a
cheerful warmth for the winter by add
ing draperies of rose-colored casement
cloth, a soft woolen material which has
lately been introduced from England
where it has been popular in country
house furnishings for at least a quar
ter of a century.
The decorations of many homes are
strongly influenced by the colorings
used in the clubs of the community,
especially the country clubs to which
both men and women belong. Frequent
ly the clubrooms will be furnished in
a single color or to represent a distinct
historical period. The woman visitors
are pretty apt to attempt to copy the
effect. A new club In Ohio had its hall
and ladies' reception room furnished
in blended shades of yellow. Within'
less than three months nine parlors in
that town gleamed with draperies, rugs
and upholstery in the same golden
hues.
The growing: use of fabrics through
out the house is a new development of
furnishing. A surprisingly large num
ber of bedrooms are now being furnish
ed throughout with a single patterned
floral fabric which is not only used for
upholstery and drapery but is pasted
flat upon the woodwork of the furni
ture. The same motif appears in the
panels which break the monotony of the
plain tinted walls:
removed from her side without much
pain.
Allentown was yesterday the scene
of a bloody fight In which seven Rus
sians, two Poles, a woman and a little
boy figured. The fun started at a
birthday party and ended with a num
ber of fractured skulls, black eyes,
broken arms, and other features. As
usual it was a woman who started it;
the prettiest at the party.
YOIT NEVER CAN TELL
[Detroit Free Press.]
Kissing Bryan, however, will never
become a national custom.
Our Daily Laugh
incaiNobt
.APPEARANCES.
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life at being: hla
own master.
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money on. JSrAi^
iEtentng fflljat
Although according to the calendar
the oyster has emerged from the clois
ters of the deep, sales of the bivalve
in Harrisburg have been so distress
ingly small that the men who handle
them declare that they have lost
money and are saying things about
the weather that make the oysters
shrink still farther into their shells.
Harrisburg is one of the best oyster
towns going and every Fall the sales
are large and continue large until well
into March. The city is so close to
Baltimore and Philadelphia that it has
the advantage of an excellent supply,
fresh and of tine quality, and the
epicures of the Capital City do not loso
much time in getting started when
September comes along with its big R.
The Fall the warm wave arrived
with September, and although the
oysters caine in large and fat and
fairly well flavored, considering the
time of the year, yet the people did
not take to them and the sales have
not been anything to brag of. In fact,
one man who handles a large number
of oysters said that he had supplied
very few to the surrounding towns and
that even signs that the toothsome
"fry" and the savory "stew" were in
season failed to bring enough business
to the cafes, hotels and restaurants to
make their orders very brislt. One
man who conducts a lunchery asserted
tnat he had not enjoyed more than
one call a day for oysters since they
came in. It, would appear that it takes
old Jack Frost to make folks think
about the oyster. Delayed hot waves
seem to cause trouble along many
lines.
"I guess I've had a dozen "people
bere in the last few hours asking for
something for prickly heat," said a
druggist yesterday afternoon. "This
late warm spell is making a lot of
people very uncomfortable and from
what they tell me they are suffering
from as manv annoyances due to the
weather as they did in the early part
of July. However, it's a queer wave
that does not do someone good."
Another effect of the warm wave
was noticed in thtf office buildings.
Every time one got into one there was
a torrent of clicking and clacking. Just
ns though a batten' or two of type
writers was being worked right beside
you. This combination of sound was
due to the fact that it was a warm
day and doors were opened for the
better circulation of the air. the result
being that the sounds ordinarily kept
back were wafted about the halls.
Some idea of what it means to make
bids on large contracts was given yes
terday by a man interested in State
contracts. This man Instanced the
new cavalry armory at Philadelphia
on which the State has ordered a re
opening of bids. "It cost each one of
the men who bid on this job from SIOO
to $125. maybe more, to get up bids on
the work. As there were over a score
of bidders, you can see how the cost
runs up," said he.
Four separate and distinct methods
of making noise or giving warning bv
sound were to be heard In Third street
between Market and Walnut within
five minutes yesterday afternoon.
These noise makers were all on auto
mobiles and consisted of the klaxon
or "lookoutthere" squawker. the ordi
nary automobile horn, a sliver bell
rigged on the front of a car and a
Gabriel horn with three notes. The
only thing lacking was to have all
play at once.
Harrlsburg appears to be pretty well
"het up" over politics this year. The
registration and the stir created by the
filing of petitions by candidates served
to whet the appetite of the city, which
has always been more or less of a
political center anyway. Now about
50 per cent, of the men are taking
more or less interest in politics, this
being due to the contests under way
and to the further fact that, it being
a local election, there is a candidata
for something in every precinct. Then,
too. the presidential election comes
next year, and the general plan is to
get the voter interested in it a year
ahead.
Dr. 'W. M. Davidson, the superin
tendent of Pittsburgh schools, who de
clared that the foundation of German
success was in the schools, is well
known here. He was one of the speak
ers at the meeting of the State edu
cators In Harrisburg in December.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—General Edward Morrell is giving
a fishing party on his yacht at Bar
Harbor.
—William J. Patterson, head of the
State G. A. R., may become the na
tional commander.
—D. T. McCabe. vice-president of
the Pennsylvania lines, has been on a
western trip.
—The Rev. S. M. Zwemer, noted
missionary, is making a series of
speeches in the State.
—The Rev. Howard Cramlett left a
McKeesport pulpit to become a printer.
DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg is a distributing:
point for thousands of bushels of
peaches and apples?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The city's island used to be the
favorite place for picnics 120 years
ago.
JN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS f
AGO TO-DAY'
[From the Telegraph, Sept. 15, 1885.]
Schools In County to Open
The majority of the 210 public schools
in Dauphin county will reopen for the
Fall term October 1.
Boarder Robbed
Burglars last night entered the room
of W. Harry Bering, in the State Capi
tol Hotel, robbing him of SIBO in cash
and several pieces of jewelry valued at
*2OO.
Equal Right* League to Meet
The Capitol City Eaual Rights League
will hold an open meeting in Masonic
Hall to-night. .
Interlaced Interests
Every time a new national ad
vertiser uses the columns of this '
newspaper local merchants are* *
benefited.
Interest in the goods Is ere- ,
ated and the merchants who
carry the goods profit In new
trade.
The Influence of the newspa
per Is widened, for the advertis
ing has a distinct news value.
Local merchants are helping
the advertising succeed ana
helping themselves succeed
when they show the newspaper
advertised goods.
*
SECOND FLY CONTEST
of the Civic Club for 1915.
A*(«t Ist «o September 38th.
Five eeats m pint for all files, and
many prises In gold.