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WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCT. 6
Meditation is the greet storehouse of
our spiritual dynamics, where dk'ine
■energies lie hid for any enterprise and
the hero is strengthened for hts field. —
J. Martineau.
THE 50 PER CENT. TANGLE
IT is extremely likely that the fifty
per cent, clause of the nonpartisan
councilmanic act will have to be i
decided by the courts. Certainly the j
opinion handed down by Attorney
General Brown yesterday defining.
the methods by which the fifty per
cent vote of judicial candidates is to
be computed does not apply to the
Harrisburg situation. Attorney Gen
eral Brown's opinion is based entirely
on the phraseology of the nonpartisan
judicial act of 1911, whereas the
councilmanic situation is governed by
the 1915 amendment to the Clark act
of 1918.
These two clauses are by no means I
identical. One is based both on votes j
and ballots cast and the other on the j
ballots alone. Even so there is room j
to question whether the Attorney Gen- ]
eral's opinion would stapd if appealed
to court.
At all events, Messrs. Copelln and
Steiner would be foolish to allow their
names to he crowded off the ballot by j
an unsustained opinion based on a:
law which applies in no way to them
and which Is different in its construe- ;
tion from the act under which they
as councilmanic candidates are op
erating.
The whole question of the make-;
tip of the city council ticket is stil! j
up to County Solicitor Ott, or to the ;
Dauphin county court In case of an j
appeal.
SWEDEN HOLDS THE GATE
SHALL Sweden become a Bavaria
or a Finland? Shall she ulti-:
mately enter the Germanic Con- 1
federation or will she wait to be ab
sorbed by Russia?
This is the problem, as stated by
some of her leaders, that threaten?
Swedish neutrality.
Three hundred years ago Finland
and the adjoining provinces to the
south, including the land where Petro
grad stands to-day, were Swedish
possessions and lay between Russia
and the Baltic Sea which. Gustavus
Adolphus said, "we will hope, by
God's help, may always prove too
wide a Jump even for a Russian."
But Peter the Great took these Bal
tic provinces: Alexander I acquired
Finland; and Russia became the
hereditary enemy of Sweden. Her
175.000,000 people are pressing relent-;
lessly for an outlet to the western j
world and the 5,500,000 Swedes feel
their danger in lying across her path, j
The Swede always suspects that the |
Russian wants an ice-free port in
Norway and at least as much Swedish j
territory as would give access to it. j
An American correspondent who I
reached Russia via Archangel last
autumn found It necessary in mid-;
Winter to leave by the Swedish frontier
and at the border had to travel 25.
miles by sleigh. Swedish distrust of i
Russia had not allowed the railroad to i
come nearer. Russia's ownership of j
the Aaland islands In front of Stock- I
holm, and the Tsar's proposal to!
fortify them in 1908, from which he
•was dissuaded by England, has
caused m> little anxiety.
These fears have naturally been
utilized by Germany. Pan-Teutonism
has been insisted on as the defense
•gainst the Slav. Treitschke con
stantly urged the need of the small
States of the north, even of Holland,
to join Germany in at least an econ
omic union. 'When one remembers
that it was Prussia's Zollvereln that so
largely made modern Germany, one
realizes the ultimate significance of
«mch suggestions. The extensive iron
mines of Sweden make her of especial
Importance in the scheme.
Until the war, Sweden was not
hostile to England and her royal fam
ily is descended from the French Gen
eral Bernadotte. But Oscar II used to
•ay his heart was French while his
head was German. King Gustaf has
been an admirer of the Kaiser, while
the Queen la a granddaughter of
WEDNESDAY EVENING. ■>
Emperor William I. Germany has al
most monopolised Swedish commerce
and has exercised a strong Influence
over the schools and universities. Since
the war, hatred of England as the
ally of Russia and the enemy of Ger
many has developed. English papers
are little read and the Germans are
given credence everywhere. German
flags are displayed on the homes as
often as pictures of the Kaiser and
his generalr are shown in shop win
dows. Swedish publicists are advocat
ing an alliance with Germany, one of
them recently* showing the advantages
of a Bagdad-Berlin North Cape rail
way. Even Hedue'e last book de
clared that the future of all Teutonic
peoples. Including the Swedes, depend
ed upon the German bayonets.
Meanwhile the Swedish diplomatic
attitude, even toward Russia, has been
correct. King Gustaf showed wise
leadership when he invited the kings
of Norway and Denmark to meet him
at Malnio, where the neutrality of the
Scandinavian states was pledged. Such
an accord will probably not outlast the
self-interest of the nations involved.
Norway especially has been profiting
by the war, lying as she does on the
direct route between America and
England on the one hand and north
eastern Europe on the other. Naviga
tion is the principal occupation of the
country and her ships have been
treated as almost British by both
English and Germans, for Norway has
suffered more from German torpedoes
than has any other neutral State. Just
as Sweden has been inclining towards
German in recent years so has Nor
way turned to England.
Denmark is perhaps more truly
neutral than either Norway or Sweden
—or more divided In opinion. She is
nearer the seat of war, more ap
prehensive of the outcome, and con
stantly harassed by Germany regard
ing the maintenance of neutrality.
The Nationalists look upon Germany
as the natural enemy, while the Pan-
Teutons feel the German cause their
own.
Of the three Scandinavian countries
the most likely to enter the war Is
Sweden. Her army has been mobil
ized and. with reserves, includes about
500,000 men. a number equalling that
of Rumania or half that of Italy. But
Sweden's neutrality has been of such
value to Germany as a channel for
trade that the advantge to the central
powers of her becoming a belligerent
is seriously questioned. Should she
enter the war at this time Russia
would be still further isolated from
her western allies, Finland would
doubtless again become Swedish ter
ritory for a time, and Petrograd itself
might possibly fall before the Teutons.:
THE GOVERNOR'S TOUR |
IT is to be hoped that the excellent j
example set by Governor Brum
baugh and his party of automobile
tourists who are "seeing Pennsylvania
first" this week will be generally fol
lowed by owners of motor driven
pleasure cars.
The Governor was not exaggerating
when he said: "The most beautiful
scenery in the world lies in Penn
sylvania." There is grander and more
impressive scenery elsewhere, to be
sure, but nothing that surpasses it In
charm and variety. Every turn of the
road holds its pleasant suprise. Every
new hilltop has its delightful pros
pect. Each new scene seems more
beautiful than the last. Summer, win
ter. Spring-time or Fall, it is all the
same and the automobillst who groes
touring in other States before he has
seen what Pennsylvania has to offer
misses much.
Nor is the Governor over-stepping
when he tells those who turn out to
welcome him and his guests that the
roads are good. Under the guiding
hand of Highway Commissioner Cun
ningham. wonderful progress in a very
few months has been made and good
roads have been one of Governor
Brumbaugh's most insistent efforts.
If you have a car be sure to see
Pennsylvania first."
GET OUT IN THE OPEN
NOW that the cool, delightful days
of Fall are with us, most men
have tightened the buckles in
their working harness a notch or two
and have promised themselves that
they will "go to it with a vengeance"
throughout the coming weeks and
months.
That's all very well, but be careful
that you don't go too far. One thing
that every office bound man should do
every day in his life is to get out in
the open— out where the air and sun
shine make the blood tingle in the
veins and put "pep" into the system.
Golf, play tennis, heave an oar or
a paddle on the river basin at the
city's front steps, hike, do anything,
but get out o' doors if you want to
be at your best throughout the hours
you are in the office.
THE TRAFFIC REPORT
THE city planners have given the
people considerable food for
thought in the traffic problem
proposals they have just outlined.
Doubtless these suggestions will have
a great bearing on the fate of the pro
posed Walnut street bridge loan. Cer
tainly nobody should vote on that
proposition until he has studied care
fully the report of the planning com
mission thereon.
The planners have reason to be
proud of their efforts. The report
covers the traffic question in Harrls
burg as It never lias been covered. It
looks far into the future, but does not
dwarf the needs of the present in the
vista of the years ahead. Much
thought and intelligent consideration
have been devoted to the matter at
hand and doubtless Council will give
It due attention.
'PftKKO4((tfCUUa
Br tbi Bi-OmmMmbiu
The Republican county committee
s preparing for an active campaign I
in Dauphin county this Fail. The can
didates will go to all parts of the coun
...on B P e e c h-maklng trips and each
will outline the course he proposes to
follow if elected to office. The heavv
registration this Fall indicates a Re
publican victory even bigger than that
of last year and the manner In which
the candidates are distributed as to
residence is responsible for unusual
interest in all parts of the countv.
There is scarcely an important district,
standpoi:. of population,
tnat does not have a candidate. This
interest on the part of the voters is in
sharp contrast with the apathv dis
played in Democratic circles. Countv
Chairman William H. Horner has re
ceived many requests for meetings
over the county and is now working
out a program of dates and places.
Men prominent in politics and offi
cial life from all over the State are in
Indiana to-day attending the funeral
of Justice John P. Elkin. The Su
perior Court, sitting in Philadelphia,
adjourned to permit the members to
attend.
The Republican campaign for the
/ c J^_ 0 . n J Thomas B. Smith as mavor
°* m Philadelphia and the whole ticket
will begin on Monday and until elec
tion day will be prosecuted with vigor
through ward meetings of the active
workers, neighborhood meetings of the
electorate generally and finally a mass
meeting at the Academy of Music at
which speakers of national prominence
will point out the necessitv of an over
whelming victory in Philadelphia in
November that the State in the im
pending presidential contest may re
turn to its old time place as the Gib
raltar of Republicanism.
Joseph P. Rogers is virtually assured
of election as Judge of Philadelphia
common Pleas court No. 2 under the
interpretation given yesterday by At
torney General Brown and accepted by
Secretary of the Commonwealth Wood's
of the fifty per cent, primary judicial
election clause. In brief the Attorney
General decides that where more than
one judgeship vacancy is to be filled
| the aggregate vote cast for all candi
dates is to be divided by the number
of candidates to be elected and such as
more than fifty per cent, alone
shall have their names printed on the
ballot for the November election as
without opposition. The decision vir
tually elects Judges Orlady and Head
and J. Henry Williams to the Superior
court. Judge William H. Shoemaker
to Philadelphia court No. 1, Judge
Thomas D. Finletter to Court No. 4.
Raymond MacNeille to the Municipal
court and Joseph P. Rogers to Court
No. 2. As returns now stand the con
test for the other vacancy on Philadel
phia court No. 2 will be fought at the
polls in November between the next
two highest men. Henry N. Wessel and
Michael J. Ryan unless Wessel should
be shown at the final count to have
received sufficient votes at the primarv
to give him the fifty per cent. Pres
ent indications are that he will fall a
few thousand short of the reoulsite
number.
TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE
—The Rotary wheel keeps right on
turning, and the grist is exceedingly
fine.
—'"Why is it that the man capable of
providing for a dozen children seldom
has more than one or two, while the
man whose income is of race suicide
s;ze usually has ten or a dozen?
—Dr. Dumba says he is sorry to
leave America. So would we be if we
were bound for the European war
zone.
—Bulgaria is between the devil and
the deep blue sea, with every prospect
of being treated to a few of the de
lights of both.
—That Peruvian minister who
boasted so much about potatoes com
ing from Peru didn't say a word, you'll
notice, about quinine pills.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Judge Ben Barr Lindsey's threat to
take the warpath with a shotgun and
wade through blood to vindication has
shocked the East, which knows him
only as a reformer of wild men and
bad boys, an amicable, rotund little
person brimful of the milk of human
kindness. But the old Adam will out-
Ben was born in Tennessee.—New York
Sun.
Men are doing the fighting in Eu
rope—but women and children are pay
ing the real price.—Allentown Chron
icle and News.
Speaking of the Washington party
"there alnt no such thing."—Wilkes-
Barre News.
Secretary McAdoo has by a mere
stroke of the pen increased the cash
balance in the Treasury by $85,000 000
The fact that every cent of it is pledged
doesn't matter in the least. It'll look
fine on paper, anyway.—Philadelphia
Inquirer.
JUSTICE JOHN P. ELKIN
[From the Philadelphia Press.]
Twelve years ago John P. Elkin was
an aggressive political power in this
State, a leader of meft with a loyal fol
lowing. His -acceptance of a place on
the Supreme bench In lieu of the Gov
ernorship or Senatorship to which he
aspired and to which his gifts ana
taste seemed to fit him more than thev
did for the bench, took him out of the
active list of political possibilities in
this State. He has served as a Jus
tice of the Supreme Court only eleven
of the twenty-one years to which he
was elected and his death, while still
in the maturity of middle age. will
bring deep grief and a sense of per
sonal loss to his host of admiring and
devoted friends.
He was a life-long Republican and
came early into prominence as a cam
paigner and political leader. He was
Republican State Chairman in a year
of victory and as Attorney General was
the strong man in Governor Stone's
administration. His friends had still
higher ambitions for him and had he
remained unfettered it would have
been very difficult for any combination
to have kept him out of power. When
he consented to take a place on the
Supreme bench, he closed the doors to
any other advancement. The wise pol
icy has long prevailed in this State of
protecting the Supreme bench from
politics by treating its occupants as
ineligible to other office. So Justice
Elkin's last years have been years of
political retirement.
His death gives Governor Brum
baugh an early opportunity to appoint
a Supreme Judge who will serve more
than a year before' the place can be
filled by election. As such an ap
pointee is unusually elected for the
full term, the selection is one of the
gravest responsibilities thiat the Gov
ernor will have to meet. ,
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
When a Feller Needs a Friend . By BRIGGS
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A — a ~ D J?? N0 £»P||s==l ADO 'iii ffi'iX
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| The State From Day to Day j
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The high water mark in the market
career of Bethlehem Steel was reached
yesterday when the "chief war bride,"
as it is called, spurted lip to 399H..
just barely missing the opportunity of
getting into "the 400" which feat it
did accomplish later.
• • •
"Fast young man" is the first of "five
bad bargains," says a Wilkes-Barre
minister who is preparing to wage a
campaign of five sermons setting forth
just what these bad bargains mean in
the young man's life.
The Altoona Times bursts forth with
the following whoop of joy, referring
to the world's series: "Darned if wo
intend to be neutral during the world's
series, starting Friday. We're for the
Phillies first, the Bostons last, and the
Phillies all the time. We have been
waiting all of thirty-three years for
this chance to yell and we don't intend
to be stopped now that the oppor
tunity is given us. Now then, bring on
your bets."
An old log cabin, which has seen
its one hundred and fiftieth year and
has dwelt at various times In three
different counties without once mov
ing from its original site, is now being
torn down at Jonestown. It took a
long time for this "old order'' to
change, but at last it too had to "give
place to the new."
• • *
Four new of infantile paraly
sis are reported at Erie, making a
total of ninety-three in all.
Farmers' day at Waynesboro last
Saturday was one of the biggest of the
year in that section. The weather man
was kindly disposed and everybody
e'se was in a good humor.
• • •
It isn't often that you hear of the
dehorsing of one of the famous State
constabulary, but Sergeant Gearhart
was the goat this time in Beading,
when two teams ran together an.l
struck him amidships, throwing him
from his horse with attendant discom
forts. <
Four thousand men pledged them
selves to fight the saloon with the bal
lot at one of Stough's campaign meet
ings at tiebanon.
* * •
Memories crowd thick and fast upon
one another when we read that New-
Castle is planning for a big time on
Hallowe'en night, the last day of this
rronth. Visions of bright apples sur
rounded by water, grinning yellow
faces and nicked spools of thread rise
before our eyes. It's a great occasion
for the youngsters.
English newspapers point out that
the seizure of $15,000,000 worth of
American foodstuffs is a victory for
American jurisprudence, since we took
the same stand during the Civil War.
That's as funny as a broken leg.
Philadelphia North American.
HOPE
By Jane McLean
A crimson rift that streaks the gray.
A deathless scent that still will stray
Athwart the years, the living strain
Of music heard through depths of pain.
abreast a stormy sky,
A smile where tears are scarcely dry.
And eyes that Grief has rendered blind.
Reflecting light unquenched and kind.
A word that lingers in the still.
The strength of never conquered will.
The joy that In Faith's own heart lies—
That 5-.ife Is sweet and nothing dies.
A BOY
Py Wing Dinger
There's a chap down at the office
Who was absent yesterday.
But he came in bright and early—
Face all wreathed In smiles—to-day.
Asked him what it wan occasioned
In his soul such seeming joy.
And he answered very proudly,
"Haven't you heard? It's a boy!"
Gee. there's something makes a fellow
Chesty—sets his brain awhlrl—
When a youngster cornea to his home.
Be it boy or be it girl.
Wouldn't take a million dollars '
For It, but Just bet your mon.
That he wouldn't cough, up fifty
I Pennies for another one.
REOPENING THE SCHOOLS
By Frederic J. Haskir.
THE first of October will find over
twenty million children gathered
into almost a million different
schoolrooms in readiness for the work
of another year.
Despite the growing uniformity of]
the public schools as a whole, manyi
surprises are in store for the young-1
sters this week. Uncle Sam's educa-1
tional experts are constantly maklhij;
changes and improvements. They |
are dropping many old. routine
methods and substituting new, live [
ones. They are bringing the school j
more closely in touch with the daily
life of the child.
Decidedly, the most sensational of j
these changes, from the small boy's!
point of view, is the institution in j
many cities of the "all year" school, |
which originated in Gary, Ind. The;
summer vacation, with its long daysj
of freedom and play, is rapidly be-1
coming a memory an A a tradition.
The news that this latest reform is |
coming his way, will probably inspire 1
no joy whatever in the heart of the
typical American school boy: but.
nevertheless, it will bring him many]
compensating advantages. It will
mean more freedom for him every
day. If he lives in a city, it will
save him from months of street idling
in his formative years. If he studies j
a profession, it means that he will be j
equipped and ready at twenty-one In- j
stead of twenty-four.
This method is being put iftto effect {
in El Paso. Texas, to provide for the i
increase of school attendance by the
compulsory education law. Newark, I
N, J., placed two schools upon the all
year basis three years ago. As a re
sult, it has saved $17,000 since that
time. These schools are attended by
foreign children whose parents are
anxious to have them get to work as
A FIT UNITED STATES ARMY |
Our third and last line of defense, |
should the fleet be sunk and the forts
defending our ports and naval dock- |
yards be taken, would be the mobile |
af And what is the actual strength (not
(not the paper strength) of our mobile
armv, that is to say, the army that
could take the field against the in
tuit 90,000 men. made up of 30,000
regulars and 60,000 effective militia
or less than the total number of casu
alties suffered on more than one occa
sion in single engagements of the
European war.
And let it not be forgotten that Ger
many. within ten days after a declara
tion of war. if the fleet were destroyed,
could land 250,000 of her veteran troops,
fully equipped with field guns, howitz
ers, machine guns, transport and all
the necessary equipment for a smash
ing campaign Meanwhole our 90 000
efiectk'e regulars and militia would be
I scattered from Maine to California; and
it would take at least thirty to forty
days to concentrate these forces and
! move them as a compact army against
the invader.
Moreover, when they were concen
! trated, our troops would be short of
; field artillerv. short of field howitzers,
short of machine guns, short of animu
[ nltion and short of transport, and our
i officers would be new to the task of
[ handling so large a body of men.
The remedy? To take the first shock
of Invasion we should maintain con
stantly In the continental United States
!an effective regular armv of 125,000
men, and the militia should be so en
' arged that it could at any time put
In the field 275.000 effective troops,
these 400.000 men being fully equipped
with artillery, transport and all neces
sary means for rapid concentration and
swift attack.
Back of this first line should be a
trained citizen army of half a million,
capable of nulck concentration at de
pots In which at all times should be
maintained the necessary artillery, am
munition and equipment—with ade
quate reserves —for field operations on
the largest scale extending over a pro
tracted period.
Properly to lead this armv of de
fense. we should require not less than
40,000 trained officers. These can be
secured by the enlargement of West
Point and by the extension of those
student and civilian camps which have
been showing such excellent results
during the past summer at Plattsburg
and elsewhere. —Prom "The Weak
Points In Our National Defense," by J.
Bernard Walker, in the American Re
-4 view at Reviawa for Octobar.
OCTOBER 6. 1015.
quickly as possible. By attending
school all year, they complete the
elementary grade in six years instead
of eight. Their health does not suffer,
because the course of study Includes
both mental and physical work. When
children desire to take a vacation it
can be arranged at any time during
the year because of the flexible grad
ing system. Another advantage of the
Gary plan is that the all-year use oi
the building yields better returns upon
the investment than having it idle dur
ing the summer.
Work is an Innovation
Prevocational work is an Innovation
in hundreds of schools this year. A
number of schools in the East Side
section of New York will have five
elective vocational courses available
for pupils in the seventh and eighth
grades. Boys will be taught electric
wiring and installation, printing,
plumbing, sheet metal making and
trade drafting. Girls will learn dress
making. millinery, power machine
operating, free hand drawing and
novelty work. Dance favors, hand
decorated post cards, tinseled trim
mings for cheap millinery and evening
gowns, and many of the light fancy
articles sold in the five and ten cent
stores, are to be manufactured by
these school girls. The proceeds from
the sales are expected to render the
work more than self-supporting.
Every child will have a six-weeks
term in each of the live vocational
courses, the object being to familiar
ize him with the principles of the
different trades so that he may choose
intelligently the occupation he wishes
to follow in life. As far as possible,
even the academic studies are ar
ranged to correspond with the voca
[Continued on Page 2.]
NEED IS A LEADER WHO IS RIGHT
[Springfield (Mo.) Republican.]
A Cedar Rapids (la.) paper says
that "Senator Cummins ought to say
whether or not, if nominated, he will
stand for Protection to all American
commodities, whether of the farm or
factory."
What does it matter where Senator
Cummins take his stand? He will
hardly be among the "also rans" in the
next Republican national convention.
That body will be on the lookout for a
leader who has always been right on
the tariff question. This, of course,
would exclude the senior Senator from
lowa from serious consideration. He
has been for protection only when
protection was popular. At other
times he has leaned toward tariff re
vision downward.
The great need of the Republican
party In 1916 is a leader who is whole
heartedly "for protection to all Amer
ican commodities, whether of the farm
or factory," as McKinley was for pro
tection, through good and evil times,
with never any shadow of wavering.
Cummins comes nowhere near filling
the bill. He's not orthodox on the
tariff, and no such man is going to get
very far in the next Republican na
tional convention! That's one place
where tariff trimmers and tariff re
formers are sure of a cold reception
and, if they insist upon it, a hot re
jection.
The need of the Republican party
for a leader who is right on the tariff
is based in the need of the country for
an administration that Is right on the
tariff. It has been demonstrated to the
satisfaction of every reasoning and
reasonable American that of all the
things this country doesn't want a
tariff that lets down the bars for the
free importation of commodities from
abroad, to the detriment of men and
money engaged In American mercan
tile or manufacturing institution,
stands easily first. This Is the sort of
tariff that the reformers, lllte Cum
mins, in the Republican party have
either openly favored or secretly
acquiesced In. That is why Cummins
will play anything but a prominent
part In the national convention of his
party next year, when none but the
faithful will write th« platform and se
lcct the standard-bearer.
! Ebemng (Mjat
lL ■ i ..I.i i iJ
Dr. John J. Mullowney, of the Stata
Health Department, a member of th«
Religious Society of Friends or
Quakers, and a member of the Phila
delphia Yearly Meeting, has compiled
the "Peace Calandnr and Diary for
1916," which is to be published by
Paul
cisco, in the near future. The Cal
endar will present words of wisdom
from the wise men past and present
against war and militarism, one q»>ota
tion being Riven for each day in the
year. On each facing page is to ba
the date and a liberal space for the
day's engagements or memoranda.
While the calendar will be artistic In
appearance, it will be thoroughly con
venient and practical, a desk memor
anda record, fltted to a specially
finished standard. Dr. Mullowney
says he has given his time to its prep
aration not for financial gain, but
from a desire to help educate tha
people in the ways of peace. All
money which he realizes from its sal",
above expenses will be used to pro
mote the peace movement.
♦ • m
How curiously old Father Time
maps out the schemes of men is
probably never better illustrated than
In the use to which the ' old cov
ered horse-drawn police patrol is to be
put by action of City Council yester
day. The City Commissioners, by reso
lution, directed that the old patrol
wagon should be taken from the dust
of the loft of the Shamrock flrehouse
and turned over to the small men and
women of the Children's Industrial
Home for—a playhouse! For years
prior to the time the motor patrol and
ambulance was put into the police
service the old liorse-drawn vehicle
hauled many a weary wayfarer be
tween the police station and the
haunts of the Eighth ward and Sible
town. Its walls could tell many a
story of the shrieks of the drug-doped
woman, the sobs of the dmnken man,
of the tears of the groups of painted
women hustled unceremoniously into
the vehicle in the wee sma' hours of
the morning! Now its walls are to
echo nothing but the laughter of small
boys or the song of the tiny mother
rocking her doll baby to sleep.
• • *
Strollers through Bellevue Park last
Sunday afternoon picked tip chestnuts
under the trees. The woods south
east of Bellevue also was filled with
chestnut hunters and quite a few were
picked up there.
According to the reports of the folks
from the mountain districts, the nuts
have fallen at many places in the
Peters and Kittatinny mountains.
Chestnut parties are being arranged
and wily farmers are placing trespass
signs upon their cultivated trees.
One of the biggest chestnut parties
which will be liekl this Fall is that of
the Derry Street United Brethren
men's class, scheduled for Friday, Oc
tober 22. The men of the class will go
by auto to some spot, the location of
which is being kept a secret by the
committee lest soi"p other party "bent
'em to it." The chestnut party of this
class is an annual event and is usually
attended by well onto a hundred men.
Harry Carl and O. P. Beckley, tlio
teachers, always suffer on these trips
tf the mountains, for all fellows drpp
their wonted respect for these wor:4fc
men and play all the practical jokes
in the category on the luckless ones.
Thursday night before the outing ths
men will hold a social in their banquet
hall, where, with the aid of the
"movie," they will show their wives
what a fine time they missed on tha
1914 trip.
Not only has the Elliott-Fisher
Typewriter Company, in South Har
risburg, originated an "efficiency vaca
tion 1 ' plan, but its employes have an
almost unique lunch hour scheme.
Instead of taking an hour for lunch,
as do the employes of so many other
plants, and then tramping many blocks
to their homes for a hurried bite to
eat, the employes here have taken
advantage of the beautiful lawn in the
Cameron parkway near the works.
Here every day at noon you can see
a bevy of pretty stenographers and
girl employes from the other depart
ments gathered in little groups on the
many grassy slopes. Instead of the
mad rush to home or a lunchroom and
back again, these girls make a sort of
picnic of their midday meal—and they
have half an hour to themselves in
the evening, for work ceases that much
earlier.
In your recent rambles through tha
woods have you seen anv signs of the
butcher bird, or shrike, hanging
around on fences or broken twigs?
This bird has a. cruelly shaped beak,
with which he stabs mice, frogs, spar
rows and other young birds. After
killing his food he hangs it up until
he is ready for it.
For some unaccountable reason this
bird is more plentiful in this section
of the country in the winter than in
the summer. He's about as large as a
crow, bluish gray in color, and will
hide in the bushes and imitate the
cries of other birds to decov them
within reach. His usual bill "of fare
consists of grasshoppers and beetles.
In cold weather he diets on mice and
sparrows.
IN HARRISBURG FIFTY YEARS (
AGO TO-DAY J
(From The Telegraph, Oct 8, 1865.)
Banks Issue Reports
The National Banks of this city Is
sued their quarterly reports to-day,
showing a big increase in business dur
ing the last three months.
First Front Last Night
The tlrst frost of Fall came last
night.
Captain Sees Dies
Captain William E. Sees, of the 11th
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers,
died to-day in this city. For the last
year he has been connected with the
Provost Marshal's office of this dis
trict, and was a prominent fireman oi
the city. The funeral will be held
Sunday morning.
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