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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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II) mjIM this stick of can
jt life t dy will you keep
j;p£' out of the parlor
start easy wit
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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. ,
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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.