10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established IS3I PUBLISHED BY THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACK POLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER Secretary GUS M. STEINMETZ Managing Editor Published every evening (except Sun da vl at the Tlegrapb Building, 216 Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dallies. Eastern Office. Fifth Avenue Building, York City. Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office, Advertising Buildlnr, Chicago, 111., Robert E. Ward. ggmay,- Delivered by carriers at six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at $3.00 a year in advance. 0 Kntered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. Mrorn dally average circulation for the three months endlnr Oct. 31, 1015. < ★ 21,357 ★ Averajtr for the Tear 11114—-1.85S Average for the year 1913 Avernixe for the year 10ia— 19.M9 Averapre for the year 1911-17,56- Averane for the year 1010 —16,261 The above ttgures are net. All re turned. untold and damnged copies de ducted. THCKSDAY EYEING. NOVEMBER 4 In order to do great things one must be enthusiastic. —Saint Simon. W ALNUT STREET BRIDGE IF it is finally determined to place a viaduct at Walnut street, which proposition is opposed to the com prehensive plans of the city com mission charged with the solution of serious traffic problems, the con struction of radial highways and other projects, full consideration must be Riven to all the collateral circum stances. No one will question the necessity lor further traffic outlets to the Alli son Mill section of the city, but it will hardly be contended that there should be a great subway at State street, a I full-width subway at Market street and an overhead bridge or viaduct be tween these two points. It may be come a serious question as to how far the Commonwealth will co-op cratc in the proposed viaduct under taking, in view of the fact that all the plans for the development of the Capitol Park extension area have con templated an open subway of nrtistic design at State street, in addition to the widening of Wolnut street to one hundred feet from Third street to the Pennsylvania railroad. Inasmuch as the people have seen fit to approve the Walnut street bridge, it will now devolve upon the City Planning Commission to deter mine whether the viaduct suggestion or some other means should be found to meet the requirements. The cost involved will approximate a half mil lion dollars and while the discussion . has been more or less academic, it must now take a practical turn and I have the earnest consideration which I so large an expenditure of public moneys demands. It should bo said for the Allison Hill district that it shows the usual community spirit in forcing the issue at this time. While contrary to the recommendations of the City Planning Commission, which fact is to bo de plored. the undertaking will now re ceive more attention than ever before. Thousands of people who gave it no thought whatever will prohahly now express the opinions which were more or less suppressed during ilic cam paign. All that those interested in the future growth of the city desire is that the greatest, care be exercised in the final solution of this <iues tion to the end that a great, blunder may not be perpetrated at the outset of an important epoch of the city's improvement. "DRESSING UP" ' A FTJT.R scanning the clothing store "ads" for a little while we are almost ashamed to go home. All of the "ads" urge men to "dress up." and we haven't been obeying orders. Ever feel that way about a suit of clothes and an overcoat which you thought were going to be good enough for the coming winter and which sud denly lost their look of freshness and became intolerably old and shabby all in a moment by the madness of comparison? Ever turn then with a groan to that comfortable bank bal ance and knock it galley west by a trip to a nearby clothing shop? Yes? Then you know. The artists who draw the pictures of the modern ready-to-wear clothing have Gibson dressed up In rags and begging alms on a corner when it comes to manufacturing impressive American men and women, and the young men who write the text can convince almost anybody that one can get along much more comfortably without a crust in the cupboard than he can without the latest cut in Pall fashions. The modern clothing ad vertisement is as alluring as a lot tery ticket and as seductive as a soda water fountain on a hot day. But not all of their philosophy is false; nor all of their persuasiveness futile. The day of the slovenly man is over. Just as is that of the slovenly woman. Neat, tasteful dress, polished shoes and clean linen make for suc cess. They are impressive to the be holder and they give a sense of dig nity and personal importance to the wearer. Not even Emperor William would be very impressive or very dig nified in appearance after a week In THTOSD'AY evening, the trenches with no chance to shave or change clothing. The poorly dressed man is handicapped. Now this is not an argument in fa vor of the young counter-jumper whose heart is broken if he is not togged out in the latest cut and style, but it is true that one of the ways of becoming able to afford good cloth ing is by wearing the best that the purse will reasonably buy. Clothing Is an item worthy of any man's con sideration. It should not be first in his thoughts, nor yet last. But he should think about it and observe the effects of the dress of others upon himself and upon those with whom he associates. A MUDDLED ELECTORATE MANIFESTLY the people are not ready for wholesale changes in the fundamental instru ments upon which the governments.of the different states are based. New ; York has rejected its new constitution and California voted down a number of important amendments. Regarding the situation in the sunset State the San Francisco Call says: The people are heartily tired of the exhibitions of freakishness given by the State during the past few years, and California is on the eve of recovering her polttlcal rea son. What is true in California is true elsewhere throughout the country. The people are growing more and more weary of the legislative and other nostrums imposed upon them in the constant presentation of propo sitions which do not have the attention of the people except in a very superfi cial way and which leads to serious blunders in the enactment of all such laws. . Elections are entirely too frequent and everywhere there is an increasing dissatisfaction with the alleged reform laws which have brought about this condition. We are no sooner through one campaign than we begin another and it is little wonder that the voter grows weary. Through commissions and all sorts of delegated bodies we are getting away from representative government and a reaction in favor of the sensible forms of the old-fashioned days is bound to come. "A CITY BEAUTIFUL" IT is gratifying to receive from those who were the winners of the Tele graph's prizes (through the Civic Club) for floral gardens during the summer such appreciative letters in acknowledgment of the tenders. These letters breathe a spirit of interest in flowers and the things of beauty that promises still greater results hereafter. The Rev. John M. Warden, pastor of the Bethany Presbyterian Chapel, which chapel was awarded one of the prizes, writes: The work was largely done by the men of my Bible class com posed of members of the Shamrock Fire Company. They feel very proud of the fact that they won the prize. The money will be put aside as a nucleus for next summer. They are hoping to do even better. Mrs. Vera Long, of North Eighteenth street, one of the winners, writes the Telegraph: Your very kind letter of Octo ber 27. enclosing check for ten dol lars—first prize for window boxes, as awarded by the Civic Club— has been received, and for which I wish to thank you most heartily, i This honor is very highly appre ciated. and I am more than happy to have had a part in this move ment for the "City Beautiful." Again thanking you, and assur ing you that I shall do all that I can along these lines this coming summer, etc. Other letters were of the same tenor and indicate the increasing interest in the making of a "city beautiful." GEORGIA AND LIQUOR SOME drastic legislation is ex pected when fhe Georgia Legis lature meets in extraordinary session this week. The Prohibitionists have a two-thirds majority and one of their leaders is quoted as saying that It is intended to make even "the smell of liquor unlawful in Georgia." Bills against shipping liquor into the State and advertising the same will be passed, it is said, in addition to the measures outlawing locker clubs. These measures were proposed at the regular session, but were blocked by the wet minority and in retaliation the drys tied up the appropriation bills, forcing an extra session. It is intimated that, the wets have given up the fight. Thus does John Barleycorn get an other knockout in the home of the Georgia cracker and the cotton bales. HERMAN BIDDER THIS is the fine tribute which the son of Herman Uiddcr pays the distinguished editor and pub lisher who passed away this week: He was an American from the first to the last. His motto was, "Our country, right or wrong. If right, to be kept right: if wrong, to be set right." » • « His last, words may find an echo in every heart that beats through out the world, "May peace soon be with us." Herman Ridder was much mis understood and now that he has pass ed ahead his motives and the springs of his life are becoming better under stood. While a great lover of the Fatherland he was nevertheless a patriotic American and in these super heated days of the great war we must endeavor to be fair In our estimates of the adopted sons of the belligerent nations. AN* EDUCATIONAL INFLUENCE THE Harrisburg Rotary Club, has become one of the greatest edu cational forces in the community. To its initiative and active co-opera tion with the Chamber of Commerce we owe the thriving and popular branch of the Wharton school and now the club is engaged in arousing in terest in behalf of the erection of a new high school. The club also has shown its interest in the Harrisburg Public Library by meeting there, and the lecture of Samuel P. Ehy, member of the club, on Tuesday evening at the Mt. Pleasant Press, giving an outline in picture and story of his recent trip across the continent, is in the same line. But of even greater importance is the effort of the club, as shown by the reports made at the meeting Tuesday evening, to popularize school visita tion. Already dozens of members of the club have paid visits to grade schools and have taken many non members with them. They have been loud in their praise of what they found and enthusiastic in their com mendation of teachers and their methods. The few criticisms of an adverse character were distinctly of a constructive nature and greatly over balanced by the good things the visi tors discovered. We hope these visits will be con tinued and that the example set by the Rotary Club will be followed by other organizations and by individuals. Harrisburg has good schools, well ad ministered and up-to-date, but school teachers and authorities are only hu man. They will do better work and make more improvements if they know the kindly eyes of friends are on them and their work, ready to praise when praise should be forth coming. Go into the schools, you who pay the taxes, but have never been there, and learn what the. city is do ing for your little folks, to train them to be good. Industrious, respected and self-respecting citizens. folltlc* CK ""P«UCOI|C4KDua By the Ex-Oommitteeanan Official count of the vote cast at Tuesday's election was begun In the counties of Pennsylvania at noon to day and the official returns on the voting for the four constitutional amendments, the candidates for superior court, the various judges and the Twenty-fourth Congressional Dis trict will be filed at the State Capitol as soon as completed. It will require from ten days to two weeks to com plete the count in all counties, it is believed here, because of the numer ous items to be listed. In a number of the counties of the State the judges will not sit during the official count as they were candi dates at. the election. In such cases the law provides that when there is no other judge in the county the sheriff, county commissioners and register of wills shall sit as a board. It happens that in Beaver county the judge and the officers mentioned were all candi dates and Attorney General Brown has suggested that a judge from an other county be called in. —The Philadelphia inquirer in a Washington dispatch to-day says: "The victory of the Republican party in the presidential election of 191G was foreshadowed by the results at the polls in ten States, according to the statements of politicians in Washing ton to-day. President Wilson and other officials of the administration seemed stunned by the Republican sweep in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and other States. He was particularly discouraged by the returns from New York, where former Representative William S. Bennett was elected to suc ceed the late Democratic Representa tive, Jacob Goulden. At the last elec tion Goulden had a plurality of 6,000 votes. The tariff was the sole issue in this contest. The Democrats sent their biggest orators into the district as did also the Republicans. It was a campaign on national issues alone. In Massachusetts and Pennsylvania also the restoration of protection and prosperity was the issue." —Democrats prominent in State politics are getting ready to make things interesting lor the State bosses when the State committee meets next year and the setting up of candidates for State committee seats appears to be a favorite diversion just now. The Stat , committee will be forced to meet next summer and the reorganization bosses will have to fight for their lives. State Chairman Roland S. Mor ris has gone to Europe and the other bosses are trying to see how they can tix up fences which were broken on Tuesday. —Mayor-elect Thomas 13. Smith of Philadelphia, and his family are going away for a rest. The mayor says he intends to make his administration constructive and progressive. He sa> s he is for a Greater City. Northampton county yesterday elected Republican county commis sioners. This is the first time it has done that in many years. Judge Brod hcad was defeated by 2,000 majority by W. W. McKean. S. P. Emery, well known lo many in Harrisburg, defeated Judge W. E. Porter, the "dry" judge of Lawrence county yesterday by 120 voles. Daniel S. Brumbaugh. Democrat, relative of Governor Brumbaugh, has been elected Blair county treasurer over Harvey W. Deshong, Republican, by a plurality of 1107. History thus repeats Itself. Pour years ago De shong ran for the same office against the Rev. Moses R. Brumbaugh, an other relative of the Governor, whom he defeated for the nomination, and was badly beaten. George C. Irwin, Honest Ballot party, a former legisla tor, was elected register and recorder over Harry A. Thompson, Republican, by 670. Thompson defeated Irwin for the Republican nomination by eighty five votes. —Bradford county Democrats lost representation on the county commis sion on Tuesday. The Bull Moosers came back and whacked the Demo crats. —Bethlehem voted to become a city by 970 majority. Tt also elected offi cers to serve, as city or Borough offi cials. —Dr. I. K. Urlch, member of the Legislature from Lebanon, was de feated for school director in his home town. —Women candidates for school directors lost In Union county. —Louis Francke. "Liberal Sunday" candidate was elected mayor of Johns town by 2,000 majority. —John A. Martin, Democratic boss of Allegheny's machine, was elected a county commissioner. —Republicans swept Luzerne coun ty and it is no longer a Democratic bastion. —South Bethlehem will become a third class city again, the voters of the place having given the plan 409 majority. —Republicans in Franklin and Union counties smashed the fuslon lsts just as they did In Dauphin. —ln Beaver county Richard S. Holt backed by the "Wets" was defeated for judge by George A. Baldwin, the "Dry" entry, the vote being 2759 to 2666. In Jefferson county Charles Corbet, the I "Dry" candidate, defeated John W. Deed. "Wet," by about 500 plurality. Tn Green county J. W. Ray was elect-! Ed Common Pleas Jjidge by a plural ity of 815 over C. W. Wychoff. This was a victory for the "Drys." BARRISBURG !TELEGRAPH THREE WIZARDS MEET AT SAN FRANCISCO EXPOSITION mw—wc lIIHWUIIiIIiinMIIBIIW 1111 l [ 1 ' TV, - | jjji& Jmt B& , JTj jk KBmWI I 1 f jHag 1 fktHU Mf U«-w .. s<o'■ ~ i, Nk ; - '' r ' : ?< ~~' ~ i SLI""'S »■ "vt «& - *J^<Sl6itild ct/rM«ve &uuioNk The picture shows l>uther Burbank, who performs miracles with plants; Thomas A. Rdison, the electrical wiz ard, and Henry Ford, the automobile genius, in a friendly pose when the three met at the Panama-Pacific Expo sition at San Francisco the other day. TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE We note that the "Germans are again closing- in on the Russians." Now if the Russians will only stand still long enough . Many a perfectly tame turkey be comes wild immediately after its head is knocked off by a gunner. Confectioners report an increase of business since the State of Arkansas went dry. Evidently it is now a Sat urday night pound for mother instead of a Saturday night quart for father. We have seen a picture of Secre tary Redfield. He has whiskers. Now we know why he talks the way he does. After the Smith incident ambitious political aspirants in Philadelphia may as well look for a new scarecrow to replace the "Jim" McNichol bogey. The poor board has displayed match less efficiency in office. We know this, because the poor board itself admits it. Eight thousand deficit, did you say? Oh, a trifle we assure you, a mere trifle between friends, you" know. EDITORIAL COMMENT ~ There will be hundreds of thousands of crippled men when the war is over, and in, England an appeal lias been made to patriotic women to give their lives to ameliorate the condition of the maimed heroes by marrying them.— Erie Dispatch. It's a good thing Secretary Redfield has whiskers. If he hadn't he might talk more than he does, and that would mean more trouble.—Philadelphia Press. According to Thomas A. Edison two years hence will find this country so defended as to enable it to defy the rest of the world. And even then the rest of the world will probably not be engaged in soliciting defiance.—Wash ington Evening Star. P. n. U. EQUIPMENT [Philadelphia Record.] If the Pennsylvania Railroad shall buy the. 9,000 cars it is asking prices for its present disbursements for equip ment will exceed $18,000,000. Several days ago It announced the disburse ment of 17,600,000 for rails and locomo tives, and these cars for which the com pany is now in the market would cost about J11.000,000. The number of cars is about the same as the number just bought by the New Tork Central. Other railroads are buying freely of cars, locomotives, rails and track fast enings. The business of the country is already vast, and it is expanding all the time, and now that railroad earnings are increasing encouragingly the com panies are venturing to let go of their funds, and this. In turn, increases the amount of prosperity. BIIISiG THE FARM INTO TOWN There are country districts where the telephone company has under taken to supply a daily news service. At a certain hour the telephone rings five times. That Is the news signal, mid every Interested subscriber takes down his receiver. Then "central" 1 gives the weather report, a condensed market summary and imnortant news. This is a big thing for farm life. With rural free delivery it helps bring the farmer into contact with the world and to destroy the Isolation that once made rural life so lonely, especially for the farmer's wife. The next big development ahead is the hard surface road and the auto mobile. Even in good weather it Is a big Job for a farmer who lives five iniles from town to hitcli up and drive in. It spoils a good share of the day. In bad weather he is pretty nearly shut out of town. The rock road and the motor car— which can be used also as a farm power plant—are going to make the farmer a town man. OIiD SOV(iS I Kansas City Star] There is a magician abroad in the land to-day who Is doing his little best to turn the love of the people away from syncopated music and back to the songs of yesterday. He goes under various names and the phonograph Is his ancestor. Youth and ignorance of the yester day tight against him Youth wants those recorded songs which it knows and which are had by Its fellows. Ignorance does not know that yes terday had songs. These two com bine to purchase records. But by one means or another—gifts of friends, occasional bursts of curiosity when the names of old songs are come upon in the catalogue—old songs are now and then purchased, and played. Then does fragrant sentiment come into the room. "Annie Laurie," "Lit tle Sally Walker," "In the Gloaming," "There Is a Tavern in a Town," "Jingle Bells," the old plantation songs and others —how, when sung thus at nightfall these days, they do move and soften. They are not filled with the feverish barbarities of syncopa tion, and, indeed, have nothing of such sort at all. They are heartachey. They are words of wholesome senti ment, not crude slang. They are dripping sweet. They are just old songs. THE PRACTICAU CHRISTIAN ATTITUDE TOWARD WAR [From the Christian Herald.] We know of no absolute defense of I war. In the Ideal state of society, with Christian principles prevailing univer sally, war would be impossible. But we are still very far from that condition. As the world Is now constituted, war is one of those unfortunate results of man's wickedness that arc, humanly ] speaking, Inevitable. All wars are bad. I yet some are less so than others. A war ! to repel an Invader who would Involve a peaceful country in ruin and destroy or enslave Its people Is to he regarded I In a wholy different light from a war I which is undertaken for the sake of i conquest, or the thirst for military glory, regardless of the awful conse autam. •> ABOLISHING By Frederic J. Haskin J UNCLE SAM is this Fall opening the doors of hundreds of Schools of Patriotism, scattered from one end of the nation to the other, and is suing; invitations to certain classes of the xoreign-born within his gates to enter them and learn how to become American citizens. Such schools, co-operating directly with the federal government, have never existed before. The curriculum has just been made up and the first pupils are now matriculating. It is all being brought about through the bu reau of naturalization of the Depart ment of Labor. Raymond F. Crist, de puty commissioner of that bureau, is a young man of broad vision. He has developed a plan for co-ordinating the public schools of the whole nation with the naturalization of the foreigner. The plan has been discussed and criti cized by many eminent authorities and educators, and is now ready to be put into operation. Upon examination it develops that the United States has been very indif ferent to the man of foreign birth, who desires to become an American citizen. .Prior to 1906 there was no uniformity in the manner in which he might be naturalized. The power of issuing pa pers to him law with certain local courts, and might be used by politi cians to their personal advantage. The law passed in 1908 established the bureau of naturalization, which has national jurisdiction over the confer ring of certificates of citizenship. I.ntvn Will Administer Since that time, the naturalization laws have been well administered, and the government has become able to as sure itself that the applicant is eligi ble before it grants him papers. He must pass a certain examination and produce good witnesses who will swear that he is reputable and honest. So citizenship has been pla ed on a high plane and has become a recommenda tion for the man to whom It Is granted. But the government has never done anything to popularize naturalization. In the first decade of the present cen tury, with an Immigration of a mil lion a year, there were less than 30,000 men who annually took out citizenship papers. Under the better system, that number has Increased steadily, the fig ures being 56,000 in 1911. 69,000 in 1912, S'-i.OOO ill 1913, and 105.000 in 1914. Ttepresentatives of the bureau found that night schools for the immigrant had been established in many cities, and had been operated with some suc cess. The purpose of the schools was somewhat vague in the minds of the immigrants, and how to reach them remained a problem to the school au thorities. Mr. Crist thought he saw here a great opportunity. He would submit as eli •rible for admission to the new schools he proposed to organize, his list of those who had taken out their first papers. He would give the schools a verv definite purpose. They should fit the" student for passing his exaniin- The State From Day to Day The enforcement, of the curfew ordi nance does not, in the least appeal to the youngsters of Concmaugh, who are up in arms against it, because the night policeman interrupts them right in the midst of a thrilling movie film and hastens their departure for home. * • ♦ The New <astle Jail is under repairs, so the warden of the Butler jail will : he host for the inmates of their neigh bor's lockup unttl their own apart ments are again ready for occupancy. \ * • * For several days a disastrous moun tain fire lias been raging in South Mountain and many acres of valuable timber land have been burned. The fire started near Mount Holly, pre sumably from some hunter's burning gun wad. * * * During the month of October si* Sunbury men were placed on the roll of honor of the Pennsylvania Rail road after long and faithful service which has entitled them to a place on the pension list. ♦ » » Triplets, their joint weight eighteen and one-half pounds, have arrived to augment the family of Charles Miller, of Pottsville, which now numbers twelve children in all. • • * The ground on which the Penn Hill meeting house stands in Fulton town ship, Lancaster county, was donated to the friends of Little Britain township in 1763 by Michael King. The meet ing house was built and paid for in IS-3 by Jeremiah Brown. » » • Two large ash trees, 360 and 250 years old, along the l>ower State road, Bristol, have been deeded by their | owner to the Bucks County Historical Society for safe keeping. • • » ! John E. Graeff, a Reading boy. has walked 1,800 miles to Ainsworth. Neb., where he will take up a government gran'. Of 640 acres. * * • The Union ex-Prisoners of War As sociation of Northeastern Pennsylva nia will meet in Wllkes-Barre Novem ber 11. Halsey Lathrop is president and George Davis is adjutant of the association. ' • • • Dr. Drinker, president of Lehigh University, in an eloquent plea for national preparedness at Shamokin yesterday said that he regards the summer military instruction camps as "one of (lie best and most useful de partures in education known In the last decade." MeCOHMICK'S TIMFI.V ROOK I The Fourth Estate.] The countrymen of Robert R. Mo- Cormlck, one of the proprietors of the Chicago Tribune, owe him a debt of gratitude for hpving gone to Russia when be did and making such extended observations as recorded In his book "With the Russian Army." His equipment, which makes this book worth while, was almost as un usual as tlx opportunities afforded him NOVEMBER "4, 19T5. 1 ation and becoming: a citizen. Upon this basis the Schools of Pat riotism were organized. Mr. Crist last summer traveled from one end of the country to the other, elaborating his plan to school authorities. Everywhere it was received with enthusiasm, and arrangements were made for its inaug uration. There arc practically but three things to be taught In the School of Patriot ism. These are reading and writing and citizenship. To learn to read and write, the applicant must, of course, learn to speak Eng-lish. When this Is accomplished the duties of American citizenship will be elaborated. Mr. Crist holds that the American child learns vastly more patriotism in school than he does in the home, and that thu public school is admirable in this re spect. But in these schools for for eigners, the patriotic flavor will be even stronger. The course In the Schools of Patriot ism will last for two years. When it is completed a certificate of graduation will be issued under the seal of the United States government. The appli cant who receives this certificate need have little fear of being denied citizen ship. He will have no difficulty In passing the tests provided, and his teachers will be in a position to vouch for his personal character. The school authorities of many cities are already asking- for lists of eligible foreigners, who will fall to their care. They intend to supplement the encour agement extended by the government by personally calling upon these for eigners and directing them into their classes. It will be two years before those who are now entering the Schools of Patriotism will be graduates and may take the oath which transfers their al legiance. It is no mere string of words, for it reads: "I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, and particularly to that to which T have been a citizen; • • • that I will support and defend the con stitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same." There is every reason to believe that the immigrant will respond to the spirit of encouragement embodied in the new Schools of Patriotism, and make more ranid progress toward as similation with our population. Hav ing come here to secure the blessings of a greater measure of freedom, and to earn a better wage for his labor, lie should make all haste In preparing himself for citizenship, to the end that he will the more quickly enter into a full enjoyment of peace, prosperity anil contentment. It is a matter of vital importance to both himself and the land of his adoption that he should take his oath of allegiance and let the hyphen go. by the Russian Government. Mr. McC'ormlck In an officer in the militia who seriously considers its im portant relation to our national life; a polo player; fond of and a capable iudgre of horses; a trained observer and a newspaper man: college bred and widely traveled; son of a former United States Ambassador to Russia and steep ed in the sorlal ethics of diplomatic and army life. It is fair to say that what the aver age American thinks lie knows of Rus sia and Russians more nearly approxi mates the facts of one hundred years ago. Just such a book as that of Mr. McCormick was needed to show us the "to-day" of that country and its popple. His word pictures of the Czar. the Cirand Dukes, the offiflcers of the army, the privates, the surgeons and nurses are so vivid and so human that the reader can well imagine he saw them himself. The organization of the army, its ! equipment Hnd auxiliaries are clearly described. Mr. McCormick's proximity to the liring line and what lie says i gives the reader an added heart beat. 11 Our Daily Laugh I | BT * RTIN ® II) mjIM this stick of can jt life t dy will you keep j;p£' out of the parlor start easy wit i^^LJH better ac< i uaint * (i - THE I.XMIT. ll I'll What Is a court Jv vfcwfl •f last r«sort, pa? Courting an old yf maid. & THE FUTURE BORU By Wing Dinger There's one thing always gets my nerve When to a picture Bhow To spend some time before the screen I, of an evening, go. It Is the chap who sits behind And bores me and his friend By tellinr what will happen In the picture to the end. The other nlghi I got In as A pictut-e just began And right behind me, friend, there sat. Just such a busy man. As characters were Introduced He told .iust what they'd do And I knew all about five parts, Before part one was through. And since they won't put silencers lipon such chans. my boy, I think I'll buy some ear-muffs, so They will not me annoy. Stoning (Eljat Six of the men elected common pleas judges and one of those chosen to the orphans court bench are well . known to many residents of the city because of frequent visits. Judge George B. Orlady comes from up tlia Juniata valley, too, so that he is almost a Harrisburger. His colleagues, J. Henry Williams and John B. Head, have been frequent visitors to th« city. Donald P. MePherson, who suc ceeds Judge Swope in the Adams-Ful ton district, is a member of the well known MePherson family and served " in the State Senate back in the last decade with Cyrus E. Woods. William C. Sproul, John E. Fox and Fred Godcharles. He is a graduate of Get tysburg and Harvard and is the son of Edward MePherson. the congressman from the Gettysburg district and low; identified with the national govern ment. He is also a relative of Judge John R. MePherson. formerly of this city. George A. Baldwin, new judge of Beaver, served in the Legislature a. couple of terms and was an insurgent. He was chairman of the "Lexow" com mittee which closed the stormy session of 1913. Judge-elect Baldwin was also one of the men who defied the. au- • thority of the Speaker of the House in 1911 and the sergeant-at-arms had to take the official mace to him to make him sit down. Thomas F. Bailey, the judge elected In the Huntingdon- Mifflin-Bed ford district, is a Princeton man, used to sing in the Princeton glee club and comes from families which are well known in this city. J. F. J. Hause. the new judge in Chester, has appeared in the Dauphtn county courts many times, having been coun sel in the West Chester Normal School case. Judge-elect Henry C. Quigley, of Center, is better known to residents of this city as "Harry" Quigley. He is a graduate of State College and one of its most consistent supporters. He served in the National Guard a.nd was Republican county chairman for a couple of years. And then there is Judge-elect J. N. Langham. of Indiana, former congressman and former cor poration clerk of the Auditor General, who has more friends than he knows on Capitol Hill. The judge is exceed ingly r opular here and one of the best story tellers In many counties. Judge elect H. D. Schaeffer. of Reading, is a relative of Dr. N. C. Schaeffer and has frequently been here. His oppo nent, Robert. Grey Bushong, appointed to the orphans' court bench by Gov ernor Tener, served in the House as a Republican and local option member from Reading. • • • Among the the governors elect who were chosen on Tuesday is Samuel W. McCall, of Massachusetts. He was a distinguished member of Congress for several years and was a warm friend and admirer of the late Congressman Marlin E. Olmsted, of this citv. He accompanied Mr. Olmsted on a tour of Europe shortly before the illness which resulted in his death. • • • Now that the election racket is about over, it will be well for the city au thorities to grive personal attention to the vandalism which has already re sulted in serious damage to the stand ard lights and the concrete work alonsr the "front steps" of Harrisburg. It ought to be an easy matter to appre hend the culprits who have been exer cising their destructive propensities in breaking the large frosted globes at. different points along the River Front. A drastic example or two would soon cure the evil. • • • Four new mayors of Pennsylvania cities, in addition to Thomas B. Smith, former Public Service Commissionec, are well known to many of us here. Irt*i fact, James Fischer, mayor eleot of Wllllamsport. was here yesterday. A. XJ. Reichenbach, of Allentown; W. I* W. Jones, the first mayor of Coates ville, and H. 1,. Trout, re-elected raayop of Lancaster, have all been here in less than a month. Dr. Trout has many friends here. * • » The word "kick" Is no longer slamfe We have it on the authority of one otf the leading members of the Dauphin bar who is somewhat strong: on dic tion himself. It seems that the word has been used in the Supreme Court, of tho United States, where slang does not appear and where English is con ceded to be of the purest In the land. It was used by a learned justice in delivering an opinion and appeared a» a verb. In fact, the justice said "He kicked about it." As he said it from the bench, slang lists must be revised. • * • PJrnest H. Davis, president of the Lycoming Edison Electric Companv, of Wllllamsport, was among visitors to the city yesterday. He came here to attend a hearing at the Capitol. | VEIL KNQVN PEOPLE "[ —General C. T. O'Neil, of Allen town. went with the State Guard party to San Francisco yesterday. —Colonel C. T. Cresswell. com mander of the Third Regiment, who has been ill, is improving. The colonel is an artist of repute. —David R. lluss. well known here, has been elected district attorney of Greene county. —Congressman Henry W. Temple, of Washington, just re-elected, is a col lege professor. 1 DO YOU KNOW "1 That Harrisburg is accumulating: quite a number of srarajr<\s? There arc over a score of public es tablishment* down town alone, HISTORIC HARRISRiniG The county prison has always occu-« pied the same site. It was given - by John Harris. SHI PPENSBURG. Trenton lime-., stone —and all the way from T-larrls burc numerous iron ore banks, from which millions of tons have been mined: but now temporarily Idle be cause of richer iron ore from Lake Siperior region and Cuba. Pennsyl vania has thirty-six varieties of lime stone—three in the Cumberland Val ley—and all of much commercial value. Value of annual output over 57.000.000. UNCHECKED "How did Toller get his cold?" "All the drafts In the bank go through his cage."—Boston Tran ■ script. , | *+ Standardizing the Kitchen Tt used to be—"the bigg*.- the kitchen the better." Now it is—"how small and compact can we make It how can wc save steps?" Efficiency Is entering the home —entering to stay. Nowadays, the kitchen \n al ways full of standard labor-sav ing devices. These are Inexpensive, practi ; cal. helpful. The woman who Is not posted about such things Is out of date and Is doing unnecessary work. The advertising columns of the Telegraph frequently curries sug gestions that assist the up-to date housewife.
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