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SATURDAY EVENING, NOV. 30.
It matters not what men asttnme to be,
Or'good or bad. they are but what they
are.
—Philip J. Bailey.
CHRISTMAS CANDLES
IN Harrisburg the Municipal Christ
mas Tree has become a permanent
Institution. Under the benign In
fluences of the season men give cheer
fully of their time to go into the
ir.ountalns to bring home the giant
tree —just as their elders did of old
to drag home the great yule log for
the Christmas season—and dozens of
others labor or give of their money
and talent to make the tree respien-!
dent and the celebration a success.
Not everybody, however, can get
away from home on Christmas Eve
to rally about the city's tree. Doubt
less many of these have regretted
that they have had no part In the com
munity celebration. The Telegraph
believes It has found a way, through
the revival of an old custom, whereby
all may oontrlbute to the community
observance and add to the holiday
cheer on the eve of the great day.
It 'ls this—that every resident of
Kirrlsburg shall place a candle in his
from. window on Christmas Eve.
How well the candle greeting com
bines with the Municipal Christmas
Tree idea Is well shown In the fol
lowing extract from an article in the
Woman's Home Companion of the
present month, written by Marie
Davidson:
Old, very old, in England is the
custom of setting lighted candles
in the windows on Cliristma Eve to
give holiday greeting to the passer
by, but little use has been made of
this charming idea in our country.
Baltimore, however, has had a city
wide lighting of candles which was
so successful that It is repeated
every year.
Weeks before Christmas, when
plans were being made for the
Community Tree, It was suggested
that each household set lighted
candles in the parlor windows to
wish "Merry Christmas" to their
fellow townspeople, not even the
most enthusiastic supporter of the
Candle Greeting expected to see
half the number of windows that
were so lighted when Christmas
Eve came.
Scarcely a city block In any sec
tion of the city was without at
least one illumination, and it was
not rare to see every house in a
row brightened by this evidence of
peace on Earth, good will to ~>en."
It warmed the very cockles df
one s heart to walk through street
after street with these silent
Christmas greetings everywhere,
and no one who has gone through
such experience could ever want to
know another Christmas Eve with
out them.
Could any custom be more charm
ing for Christmas Eve? Picture the
city glowing In the light of twice ten
thousand candles, shining forth their
cheery Christmas greeting across the
night, telling of all hearts united In
the celebration of Christ born at
Bethlehem, each of them wishing Its
"Merry Christmas" to all who cross its
path.
"Wo have prospered while other peo
ples were at war," said President Wil
son in his Thanksgiving proclamation.
"Because other peoples were at war,"
■would be nearer the mark, under the
Democratic free trade blight.
LET US PLANT TREES
OF all the interesting addresses be
' fore the Welfare Conference
this week none was so impressive as
that of Dr. J. T. Rothrock, the first
State Commissioner of Forestry.
Pennsylvania owes much to this dis
tinguished forester and even the ad
vance of years fails to dull his Interest
in the great work to which he has de
voted the best part of his life.
Dr. Rothrock favors the reforesta
tion of all tne vacant land of the State
which cannot be utilized for agricul
ture. It is his judgment, which will
hardly be questioned by anyone, that
trees are infinitely better than waste
ground which produces nothing. Thero
are said to be 8,000,000 acres of use
loss areas In Pennsylvania that might
he utilised in the growing of trees that
/would produce timber and conserve the
Wttjer supply In all parts of the Com
monwealth. ,
Dr. Rothrock is the type of Penn
sylvanian who has wrought, in a com
paratively short period of time, won
derful changes In the policies of the
State respecting the conservation of
its natural resources. If there Is one
man In the entire Commonwealth who
SATURDAY EVENING,
deserbes a monument. It is this unsel
fish and modest naturalist who
has given unselfishly the years
of a long and useful life to
the betterment of his native heath.
Fortunately for Pennsylvania, others
have followed In tbe footsteps of Dr.
Rothrock and the splendid department
which he has created in the State gov
ernment Is to-day doing a wonderful
work under men trained by the first
Commissioner of forestry.
But It Is not enough that the thou
sands of acres of waste lands be util
ized In the growing of treeß. There
are spaces in every city like Har
risburg—along the sidewalks, in va
cant lots and elsewhere —which pro
vide ideal places for the setting out
of the proper kind of trees. This Fall
hundreds of trees have been planted
in this city; thousands more should
be planted before the snow flies.
Doubtless City Forester Mueller could
give a more or less correct estimate
of the number of trees that might be
planted to the advantage of the com
munity. Many of the old trees In the
parks have reached their full develop
ment and are now In their decadence.
City Commissioner Taylor during
the last year has planted hundreds of
trees, but there are still many vacant
places which should be planted In
shade and ornamental trees. During
the last week the park department
has completed the planting of the
American elms along the west side of
Front street between Emerald and
Seneca and it is understood that this
planting will be continued to Division
street. Much of the same kind of sys
tematic planting has been done on Al
lison Hill and along the Cameron
parkway.
There are many young trees in the
city's nursery on Hargest Island which
should be set out without delay. It
would have been better had they been
planted before now; but It Is not yet
too late to make use of them where
they are so greatly needed.
So much for the city's duty in this
respect. Every owner should feel a
similar obligation and it would re
quire a comparatively small expendi
ture for the owners of property in a
given neighborhood to agree upon the
planting of the same kind of tree so
as to obtain harmony and the best re
sults.
In the planting of trees, of course,
it is necessary to obtain knowledge of
the best varieties and how to plant
them so that there may be no disap
pointment with the coming of the
Spring.
The Democratic Surveyor of Customs
at the Port of San Francisco has ad
vised the Democratic Secretary of
Commerce to procure from the Demo
cratic Congress an investigation of the
reasons why the Pacific Mail went out
of the ocean-carrying business. This
is a suggestion which Republicans
should push along.
THE SEAMEN'S LAW
THE La Follette seaman's law, hav
ing come back to haunt the
Democratic administration at
Washington, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Malburn has been charged
with the task of making the country
believe it was passed by Republican
votes In the Senate. Malburn made a
very plausible explanation and it might
have misled a lot of people had it not
been for the prompt reply of Senator
Gallinger, Republican senator of New
Hampshire, who proves that the bill
was put through by a Democratic trick,
signed by a Democratic President, and
is therefore very much a Democratic
law.
The New Hampshire senator says
also that the House and Senate confer
ence report on the bill was adopted In
the Senate by a snap vote when he and
two other leading opponents of the
La Follette marine program were tem
porarily absent from the Senate cham
ber. He believes the measure was
saved from defeat only by this pro
cedure, which he regards as discredit
able to those who engineered it.
Senator Gallinger's letter to the New
York Sun on the subject follows:
Under date of November 10 I no
ticed that Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury Malburn comes to tho
rescue of the La Follette bill,
charging that the Republicans al
lowed the conference report to pass
without protest.
Nothing could be further from the
truth. The fact is the report was
agreed to by the Senate under clr
stances that are not at all credit
able to its promoters.
On the day It passed Senator La
Follette had his desk piled with
papers for the purpose, as was
stated, of speaking on the report,
when Senator Hoke Smith, of
Georgia; Senator Weeks, of Mas
sachusetts, and other Senators, of
whom T' was one, signified our pur
ppose of speaking against it.
It was understood that Senator
La Follette would follow the Sena
tor who had the floor at a certain
hour, at which time Senator Smith
went to his committee room to get
some papers hearing on the sub
ject. I was called to the Marble
Room to meet a friend and Sena
tor Weeks WHS engaged, when the
bill was snapped through without
any one of those who were to op
pose it having the least Idea that
such a procedure was in contem
plation.
I was absent from the chamber
not over ten minutes, and Senator
Smith returned about the same
time I did. I never was more sur
firised in mv life than I was to
earn tnat the report had been
adopted during my absence. The
Congressional Record will show
that oenator Smith entered a pro
test the next dav and moved a re
consideration of the vote, which
motion was defeated, as I remem
ber, by a bare majority.
This is especially interesting, not
only as placing final responsibility for
the seamen's bill where it belongs, but
as a sidelight on the unscrupulous po
litical methods of an administration
that has been pretending to be all that
Is righteous and holy.
AN INSPIRING TALK
NOTHING could have been more
inspiring for the Chamber of
Commerce than the unusual and
admirable address of the noon-day
luncheon speaker yesterday. G.
Grosvenor Dawe knows America as
few other men and his observations
are based upon personal knowledge
and Investigation. His address was
one that will leave its vivid impress
upon all who heard It. It was an
appeal to the humanities, He urged
his hearers to rid themselves of the
smug content that is satisfied with self
and has no concern for the welfare
of others, dwelling lipon the Im
portance of going into the houses of
worship on Thanksgiving Day and
humbly thanking Ood for the privilege
<Sf doing our part In our day and gen
eration. and for the good of others.
Only as we do what is within our
power to do as we live can we be of
service to the world.
Mr. Dawe spoke of the waste of our
natural resources and the recent Im
provement in this direction, to the get
together spirit which is so well ex
emplified in Harrisburg, and to the
importance of the people of the United
Slates realizing that this country is
now going through a supreme test of
the principle of self-government. "It
is more important to live than it is to
die for one's country," declared the
speaker, and he reinforced this senti
ment with an inspiring and forceful
appeal to all present to do their In
dividual best to make of the wdrld a
better place for their having lived
In It.
Again we are constrained to con
gratulate the Chamber of Commerce
officials upon the great value of these
noon-day luncheons to the business
community and to all who are privi
leged to attend them. Next Wednes
day the members are to have the pleas
ure of hearing United States Senator
Chamberlain of Oregon, who is chair
man of the committee of th«f / 'Senate
which will have to do with the
measure at the approaching session of
Congress looking to better prepared
ness in the national defense program.
Statesmen of this type have been fre
quently heard by the local business
organization during the last year and
President Bowman is wisely pursuing
the policy of his predecessor, Hender
son Gilbert, In inviting speakers of
this high type from time to time.
1 TELEORAPH'S PERISCOPE"]
—Mr. Kltchin has his own Ideas
about financial housekeeping.
—lt begins to look as though little
Serbia is about Germany's size when
it comes down to something she can
whip decisively.
—Yesterday's conditions might
lead one to believe the weatherman
Is distributing a little material mis
laid last March.
—Garlic, it has been discovered, Is
a sure cure for gunshot wounds. For
our part, we'd just as soon suffer one
way as the other.
—The suffragist statements /Indi
cate they don't know when they're
licked, which Is a pretty good state
of mind for anybody who intends to
continue fighting.
—There's something wrong with the
war news lately. We don't seem to
havp any more "mysterious cannon
ading off the Maine coast."
—lt used to be that every story
ended with a weddinp; nowadays
nearly all of them begin with a wed
ding and find their way to the divorce
court by way of all the sewers of the
community.
EDITORIAL COMMENT 1
The wage list of diggers on the Pan
ama canal shows that they are paid
on the sliding scale. How appropri
ate.—Charleston News and Courier.
About the only good thing that has
come of the European war has been
that It made the public study geog
raphy.—Nashville Banner.
It is reported that England has a
shortage of matches. Nothing un
usual about that if England is like
America. Over here nobody has a
match at smoking time. —Montgom-
ery Advertiser.
San Francisco showed tact, how
ever, in delaying such an innovation
as a "speechless banquet" until W. J.
B. and T. R. had completed their visits
to the exposition city.—Arkansas Ga
zette.
"Most of the suffragists take their
recent defeat with good grace," says
the Birmingham Age-Herald. Any
thing surprising in that ? As a rule,
are not American women graceful
whether suffragettes or antls?—Rich
mond News-Leader.
WHY CLING TO HATRED?
(From the Philadelphia Ledger)
"I'm too ould to be hatin' people,"
tays a dear old Irish lady In a book.
"And when you're my age you'll not
be hatin' people unless your mind's
a rotten mind. Your wee hates'll drop
off you just like an ould shawl that
slips from your shoulders when you're
not lt'okin", an' you'll be knowin' well
your pleasure Is to be goln' about
with as good a heart as you can." The
busy, productive life has no room for
these time consuming, heart burning,
smouldering coals of bitterness. Such
fuel were far better used to make
steam for the' boiler and drive the
engine. *
Our Daily Laugh }
EXCEPT.
After all, lift
tW Is Just a matter
of pay your mon
raft. J e >" and take your
HEW J VflEv choice, you know.
—l Yes; except [
f-' *, FA j when It's a m#t- j
iv of pay your
\ JMJ MONEY AN<l TALT *
your chance, in-
THE GOLFING £0?
MAID. / K jfek f Y
Has Mr. Jones
proposed yet? /
Not yet. His V. JU/J |H iJ
approach work is :/£ I
•11 right, but thtnpJi yil/V />
ha gets nervous I Mf
and foozles. ;// •JJJ
YESTERDAY AND TODAY
lly Wilt ft I'lniffr
Yesterday was like a May day.
Made lue think of gentle Spring,
And in moving 'bout my duties
I was just the "youngest thing."
But to-da.v the wind Ik blowing,
Oh, gee, but I think It's cold,
Youthful Hprlglitllncbu lias vanished—
I feel ninety-five j ears old
BARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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By the Ei-Oomalt(c«mu
Conditions attending the count of
the vote in Philadelphia county have
been so typical of the rest of the State
that much attention has been attracted
to the developments and the efforts of
the judges in charge to reach some
place where an improvement in the
election service could be taken up.
Judge W. H. Staake, speaking yes
terday, pointed out that one reason
why there was difficulty over election
returns was that election officers were
not paid enough. For some time it
has been noted that men who form
erly conducted elections have been
giving the job a wide birth. Judge
Staake's comments are interesting. He
said in court yesterday: "If you want
to get the right kind of men to fill
these important posts on election day
—men qualified and willing to dis
charge the duties in a proper and
thorough manner the compensation
must be In accordance with the im
portance and responsibility of the of
fice. I make this statement in the
hope that what I say will reach those
in authority, and that If there is to
be any correction along the line of
the work at the polls, it may be In the
way of giving adequate, proper and
Just compensation to the right-minded
proper and competent men who fill
the position of election officers."
—Governor Brumbaugh has stirred
up the animals by criticism of legis
lative appropriation methods. In
Pittsburgh yesterday he spoke at the
twenty-fifth anniversary of the West
ern Pennsylvania Institute for the
Blind and said:
"I am surprised and delighted with
the appearance of the Western Penn
sylvania Institute for the Blind, and
can see greater things in store for the
blind boys and girls who may be
brought to this institution in the fu
ture. It is a shame that more has
not been done for it by the State. I
will pledge myself right now to sug
gest and support a scheme for much
larger appropriations from the State
Legislature than has been given this
institution."
—The Philadelphia Ledger v - comes
out to-day with a declaration that
Governor Brumbaugh is coming to
the front as a presidential possibility:
and says the sentiment is growing in
the interior. The Ledger says: "Re
ports brought here liy up-State polit
ical leaders during the last few days
are declared to show that the senti
ment in favor of Governor Brumbaugh
as a candidate for the Republican
presidential nomination is increasing.
There are many signs, it is said, that
there is afoot a movement to elect
delegates pledged to the support of
"the Schoolmaster Governor." The
Vares, through their State lieutenants
are accredited with stirring up a vig
orous campaign in behalf of the Gov
ernor."
• —Regarding the future the Ledger
makes the prediction, although other
papers are silent: "Should Senator
Penrose remain in the field as a tenta
tive candidate, • political leaders pro
fess to see a new alignment of political
forces throughout the State that would
make for a lively State fight between
the Penrose-McNlchol-Crow wing on
one side and the new Brumbaugh-Vare
machine on the other. Ex-Senator
William Fllnn, of Pittsburgh, erst
while Progressive, is now" said to be
out in the open as a Brumbaugh ad
vocate and is said to be willing to lead
the tight in the western end of the
State for a Progressive-Republican
coalition under Brumbaugh banners."
—Candidates have until December
2 to file their expense accounts and
some funny things are being turned
up throughout the State.
—More arrests are threatened in
the expose of the election and pri
mary frauds in Allegheny county and
steps to bring before the courts over
100 men are said to be contemplated.
The shake-up will be the biggest ever
known in the county.
—Pittsburgh people are much stir
red up over the stand taken by the
city council to tlie effect, that the city
will charge charities for all water
used. Tn other words hospitals and
homes will be on the same footing as
factories.
—W. J. Thomas, former warden of
the Lackawanna jail and well-known
here is slated for a position in the
Lackawanna county commissioner's
office. ✓
The Philadelphia Record of to-day
says: "Governor Brumbaugh will hold
a conference to-day with the Law
Committee of the Bar Association
shortly after his arrival in the city to
attend the Five O'clock Club dinner,
and it is generally believed that fol
lowing the conference the Governor
will announce the appointment of
President Judge J. Wilis Martin, of
Common Pleas Court No. 5 t to the
State Supreme Court, to All the
vacancy caused by the death of Jus
tice John P. Elkin. Judge Martin has
been indorsed for the Supreme Court
vaoancy hy many of the leading law
yers* of the city. George McCurdy,
president of common council, who was
defeated at the recent election for
Judge of Orphans' Court, is being
boomed by his friends to succeed
Judge Martin, if the latter receives the
Supreme Court berth. Several men
prominent in the councils or the or
ganization said yesterday, however,
that McCurdy would not be con
sidered.
—Allegheny county's official re
turns will soon be in hand. They
have finished counting the candidates
for judges and local officers and will
tackle the amendments next.
—The Prohibition State committee
expense account filed yesterday shows
considerable liability carried from
year to year. The committee, how
ever. shows a good many small con
tributions and interest in its work.
—Senator Plymouth W. Snyder
must reimburse Hollidaysburg to the
extent of $2,500 which the borough
paid In damages to Teresa Green, ac
cording to an opinion filed by Judge
Thomas J. Baldrlge. Mrs. Green slip
ped on a ridge of Ice in front of the
property of Anna C. Bell, Hollldays
burg. which the Senator inherited.
She sued for damages and was award
ed $2500. Then the borough sued
Snyder to recover the amount of Mrs.
Green's claim, and won. Snyder peti
tioned the court to set aside the ver
dict, and the judge refused.
THE GT,AI> GAME
(James Matthew Barrie.)
Those who bring sunshine into the
lives of others cannot keep it from
themselves.
SKTH. ADAM'S FIRST SON
And Adam lived an hundred and
thirty years,; and begat a son in his
own likeness, after liis image; and he
called his name Seth: and the days of
Adam after he had begotten Seth were
eight hundred years.—Genesis x, S
and 4.
GLADNESS
Pollyanna says:
Just be Glad, for
Be it meals or measles,
Or a poverty purse.
There's nothing so bad
That it couldn't be worse.
—Eleanor H. Porter.
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
MALASSES PICTURES
—From the Erie I)i»|iii(< h.
f
THE DEBUT OF
By Frederic J. Haskin
k :
THE rise of the tile fish in the
markets of New York is a strik
ing example of the suggestibility
of the human mind. Ever since the
scarcity of meat became a problem In
this country government experts have
been pointing out that the American
people ouglit to eat more flsh. All of
their arguments, however, have not
done much to increase the consumption
of sea food until the tile flsh made Its
debut. A month ago, tills creature of
the deep sea was absolutely unknown
except to a few scientists. In a stratum
of warm water far below the surface,
it had been multiplying for generations
beyond the reach of liook and net.
The experts of the fish commission
knew it was there all the time, and
a few weeks ago they decided it was
sufficiently numerous to put upon the
market. Forthwith the commission's
THE STATE FROM DAT TO DW
The craze is spreading, and a
premium is being placed upon those
who are willing to get married. Fol
lowing close on the heels of the offer
by the Paxtang burgess comes one
frcm C. I. Lewis, newly sworn in aa
a justice of the peace at Hollidays
burg, to perform the ceremony free
of charge for the first couple that
presents themselves and a present to
go with the tying of the knot.
"First pick" Thanksgiving turkey 3
brought from 25 to 27 cents a pound
at Hatfield, Montgomery county, yes
terday. The season's price will
probably hover about those figures.
A thirteen-year-ol'd boy living in
Reading was arrested yesterday on the
charge of highway robbery. The vic
tim, 12 years old, wate held up at the
point of a revolver and relieved of
some candy and pennies. When cap
tured, the desperate brigand surrend
ered his weapon, which proved to be
harmless, with a wooden spool for the
chamber.
Cops will act as censors of show 3,
says a Philadelphia daily. Any per
formance not up to snuff will be re
ported and action taken, with the
j.olicemen acting an the moral censors.
A "goggles" strike Is under way at
Connellsvllie, where 400 section hands
employed by the Pittsburgh and Lake
Erie Railroad walked out yesterday,
because the company refused to in
crease their wages and furnish them
with goggles to protect their eyes.
The dormitories of Gettysburg Col
lege were in a deserted condition for
a l'ew days recently, since the dis
covery of two cases of scarlet fever
among the students. The danger from
contagion is over now and they have
returned to their rooms.
AN ESSAY ON PANTS
Some IntercstiiiK Thoughts About
Those Worn by Man
Pants are of two kinds: human and
C '°The human pants of commerce are
worn mainly by males.
But equal rights prevail among dogs.
Human pants are worn thicker in
winter and thinner in summer.
A dog's pants come thicker in the
summer.
The dog's lungs are the seat of its
pants. (Date 1875, Hostetter's Al
manac.)
White pants are not a garment.
They are a business to themselves.
The man who wears them doesn't
work at much else at the time.
When I was small and on a farm, 1
wore pants that were not new.
So far as I could find out, they never
had been new.
When they had been first worn out,
by the first tailless ancestor I had, they
had been patched at all the ventilated
places.
When the original goods wore out
between the patches, the first patches
were connected by other patches.
And sew on.
Where they overlapped—the patches
—the goods became about an inch
thick.
And when human legs made of any
material less durable than vulcanized
flint are incased in a set of inch-and
a-quarter Deer Island .leans trousers
patched with ever'- kind of heavy
goods from hose blankets to remnants
of rag carpet—when, I say. any human
nether limbs are incarcerated in these
bendless tubular garments in a wheat
field on a southwest hillside at 2
o'clock on a clear, still day when the
temperature is 110 in the shade and
there is no shade, the owner of said
legs thinks longingly of the bastile,
the stocks, the pincers, the guillotine,
the pillory, the thumb-screw, the rack,
the stake and other religious pit asan
trles.
I have gone long days in the wheat
field in a pair of such asbestos pants
lined with sandpaper and barbed wire,
and now death or public speaking or
fashionable dinners —none of those
things has any terror for me.
T playfully inquire of death as to the
location of its stinger.—Strickland Gil-
Ulan. in Farm IJfc. .
NOVEMBER 20, 1915.
little vessel, "Stranger," went out, with
two dories, and began bringing in tile
fish at the rate of 8.000 pounds a dav.
Specimens were put on exhibition at
the aquarium, a French chef was em
ployed to devise attractive ways of
cooking it, fish dealers were supplied
with colored pictures of it to use for
advertising-, and exclusive clubs and
restaurants were induced to put it upon
their bill of fare.
Almost in a day the tile flsli became
famous. After years of retirement in
tli© depths of the sea, he suddenly
found himself one of the most promi
nent figures in New York society. In
cidentally, such is the demand for tile
fish that the commission is now be
ginning to worry about keeping up the
supply. It Is exploring the sea bottom
in the vicinity of Chesapeake Bav with
a view to finding new water which may
be stocked with tills popular fish.
A KIXG UPON THE WING
[Louisville Courier-Journal.]
King Peter fleeing in a rattletrap au
tomobile which sticks in. the mud, and
continuing his flight in a farm wagon,
is a picturesque and pitiful figure of
the Serbian debacle. But he was born
an adventurer, has lived as an adven
turer and deserves as little sympathy
as any cutthroat who ever wore the
purple in a petty European State.
Peter Karageorgevitch—"Peter the
Grandson of Black George" is the
meaning of the name—ls one sovereign
concerned in the war who is not a
member of either of the several roval
families which have become virtually
one through intermarriage and who
hold the thrones of the great Euro
pean countries. One of the bloodiest,
boldest, most ruffianly double murders
of history cleared the way a dozen
years ago for Peter's ascension to the
throne at Belgrade. He was waiting
at Geneva when the officers of the
Serbian army who had communicated
with him to ascertain whether he was
ready to accept the crown at once if
they should call him went into the
palace and emptied their revolvers
upon King Alexander and Queen
Draga. Not content with murder, they
slashed the body of the ctueen with
their sabers until itwas unrecognizable,
and then threw both of the corpses out
of a window into tlT&t garden below.
Peter kept his appointment. The blood
upon the floor of the royal apartments
had hardly been washed away before
he was posting to Belgrade to assume
the place of the victims. v
"HE THAT TOUCHICTH PITCH"
(From Ecclesiasticus in Apocrypha)
He that toucheth pitch shall be de
nied; and he that hath fellowship
with a proud man shall become like
unto him.
SAVE THE RKI) SHIRT
(Kansas City Star)
Scarcity of blue dye may cause pink
overalls to be substituted for blue, ft
is hoped, however, that the hero in
the melodrama will still be able to
wear his red flannel shint.
THANK GOD
(Charles KinKsley)
Thank God every morning when
you get up that you have something
to do that day which must be done
whether you like it or not. Being
forcefl to work and forced to do your
best, will breed in you a hundred
virtues which the Idle never know.
EUROPEAN LOCALS
General French, of the British army,
In contemplating an extensive stay
among friends in Berlin.
Admiral Von Tirpitz, late of the
German Navy, has gone to the Black
Forest for a much needed rest.
Mohammed V., president of Con
stantinople Harem No. 41144, is mak
ing plans to spend next summer in
Athens, where he will be the guest of
Nicholas 11.
George Wettin, of London, is think
ing of joining the army.
General Joffre, late of Paris, is
still on the job.—Life.
DELIGHTS OF THK CANNING
SKASOX >
Canning season has begun. Odors of
cloves, cinnamon and bay All the es
tablishment. Rows of Mason jars and
Jelly glasses Hue the shelves. I stum
ble over baskets full of pears and
plums. Things about the domestic
hearth begin to "jar" upon my nerves.
A man may be well acquainted with
his own cellar, enough so that he can,
without lamp or candle, walk to the
darkest corner therein and place his
hand upon any object or article de
sired. But this lu canning season and
unless one Is accompanied by a blue
print or diagram of the location of
sacks of fruit pulp dangling from joists
above and the dishpans of Juice be
neath them, he's apt to get Into trou
ble. It doesn't help the flavor of jelly
Juice to have a muddy number-eight
boot stuck Into it, nor does it reduce
one's temper to be sandbagged by a
sack of slushy, oozy fruit pulp. There
fore, If you wish to retain your men
tal equilibrium, keep out of the cellar!
keep out of the kitchen! and keep out
of the way! at this time of the year.—
"Zim" in C&rtoous Magazine.
! lEbmittg <El|at
L=
Twenty-eight questions, each ona
requiring: search of books to answer
were received in one afternoon at th*
Harrisburg Public Library a few day®
ago. These questions all came In OV«v
the telephone and there were in addi
tion a number answered for persons
who applied at the question desk.
This is a form of library work which
the average person who goes to draw
out a novel or some other book does
not realise. The library is circulating
about 2,500 books every week and
helping teachers and students keep up
with their work. And it is also being
done in addition to answering ques
tions. The reference desk Is a f :atui"9
of library activity which has come to
the front Immensely and has to a cer
tain extent taken the place of the al
manac. There are not so many al
manacs published as in years gone by
and the development of *he telephone
has enabled people to get into prompt
touch with the places where informa
tion is to be had on short notice. Very
few of the questions which are asked
of the library are of the freak order.
Most of them are from people who
want to know and to know quickly.
One inquiry a few days ago was as to
the best way to get a hired girl, while
another person, evidently a student,
wanted the year of Napoleon's birth.
The library was also asked to settle
the question whether Meade could
have captured Lee after Gettysburg.
In connection with the library, it
may be stated that one of the most in
teresting exhibitions given in a long
time in Harrisburg was of things
made by youngsters v.'lio had been
reading the arts and crafts collection
of books in the school children's cor
ner. There were eleven prize winners,
each one having made some article
from the information given in the text
books. Electrical contrivances, boats
and such articles were shown. So
successful was the exhibition that it
is proposed to hold another later on In
the winter.
• • •
Two old invitations found among
the collections of a retired passenger
engineer have been attracting much
attention among some of the older
residents of the city. The one was for
the annual ball of the Washington
Library, held In Brant's Hall, Mon
day night, February 23, 1863. The
managers of this event were S. 11.
Colestock, M. B. Black, William P.
Buch, J. C. Leady, J. M. Colestock,
B. Frisch, James Crawford and J. W.
Waltzer. None are living. They were
numbered among Harrisburg's active
citizens for many years and every
event in which they were interested
was a big success. The other invita
tion was for the annual picnic of tlie
Citizen Fire Company, held at Hoff
man's Woods, Saturday, August 11,
186 G. There were thirteen members
oil the committee, one of whom is still
living. His name Is John M. Reese
and he resides at 1419 North Third
street. Other members of the commit
tee were J. A. Stahl. J. A. Krause, C.
Sheiner. E. Finney, F. Kinnard, HI.
Cash, T. Maloney, D. Krause, B.
Frisch, J. Crawford, S. Pool and E.
Reese. These picnics were also big
social events and were attended In
state. county and city officials anil
visitors from other cities.
♦ • •
The Washington Library was an
unique organization. It was a social
organization with club privileges.
There was a library, all right, and the
latest magazines, books and peri
odicals were always on the shelves and
tables: but there were other things.
solid and liquid. The expenses were
paid by dues, assessments and from
funds raised by holding balls and other
entertainments. No member paid for
drinks or luncheon. Membere of the
club were all Harrlsburgers. No resi
dent of the city except a member was
permitted in the rooms of the organ
ization. Nonresidents were admitted
as guests of a member. When guests
entered, a list of rules was shown, and
every one was Instructed to follow
them closely. One rule provided that
all guests must serve members when
called upon. There was no renigging
on this rule. If the Governor of the
Slate was a guest and a member said.
"Governor, bring me a drink an*l some
luncheon," he would have to do It.
The same rule applied to all members.
Often one member •*as singled out to
do all the serving.
• • •
Representative "Bill' Adams, of Lu
zerne county, who was here yesterday,
has pronounced ideas on preparedness.
The legislator says that people ought
to go out into the country and hike
and keep themselves In good shape be
cause a good, active, healthy man soon
makep an excellent soldier. The Lu
zerne! legislator served in China, the
Philippines and other foreign wars.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~f
—Dr. John B. Heaver, the Philadel
phia surgeon, operated on thirty per
sons in six hours the other day.
—Henry C. Frick Is buying more
property on Fifth avenue. New York.
—Colonel ,T. N. Schoonmaker, the
Pittsburgh railroad man, entertained
in honor of Governor Brumbaugh yes
terday In that city.
—Homer E. Leslie, former legis
lator,- is having a nlp-and-tuck time
of It with the Pittsburgh city council.
—Judge R. W. Irwin, of Washing
ton. has come out from the bench
against third degree methods by police.
DO YOU KNOW
That our river front is to be
copied by a couple of cities?
HISTORIC 'HARRISBURG
Harrisburg had five blast furnaces
fifty years ago.
SCREEN DEBUT OF FARRAR
(Picture Progress)
The event of the day in motion pic
ture circles is the advent on the screen
of Geraldine Farrar In "Carmen."
Whnt fix months ago was deemed an
impossibility is now an accomplished
reality. The leading prima donna of
the piand opera stage has transferred
her great acting to the silent drama
nrd her screen debut has been made
In one of her most popular operas.—
"Carmen."
Tlio fact is immeasurable In Its In
fluence. Geraldine Farrar In motion
piclure theaters means that the pub
lic has !>een provided' with the acs>
of achievement in screen drama. ,
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"Continued in Our
=== Next"—
Remember how those words
arrested you Just as you reach
ed the must Interesting part of
the tale.
Each day the advertising col
umns of this newspaper forms a
chapter of a continued story.
But each day's chapter Is com
plete in itself while the next
day's chapter may be better.
Ton will not want to inlss any
part of it.
Each chapter is an optimistic
message of progress and Ber
vice.
Each makes you better In
formed and better oft in the
world.