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WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC. 8
A wise man will -make more oppor
tunities than he finds. —Francis Bacon.
PUBLIC INTEREST
THE Telegraph is always cheer
fully willing to submit for the
consideration of our citizens any
suggestions which have a bearing
upon the improvement of the city.
Considerable interest has been
aroused by the proposed treatment of
the Walnut street bridge by Clinton
At. Hershey, a well known local engi
neer. His suggestion of a bridge
whoso main stem shall extend out
State street with two prongs across
the railroad tracks, one at Wal
nut street and the other at North
street, is somewhat novel, but has con
siderable merit. It remains, of course,
for the State and the city authorities
to work out a practical and attractive
design which would be satisfactory toj
all interests, whether it involves a sub
way at State street or a bridge over
the tracks.
There was also much interest In the
sketch and proposed location of the
Hershey statuary which was printed
by this newspaper as the suggestion of
Mr. Mueller, Of the Berryhill Nursery
company. This suggestion contem
plates the placing of the group on the
river front at State street with stairs
leading from the statuary to the
"Front Steps."
Uncle Joe Cannon, although almost 80
years old, has returned to the House
for the twentieth time, and the warm
greetings which he received upon every
side must have warmed the cockles of
his heart. His philosophy of life ap
peals to most men and the vigorous
character of his patriotism increases
Ills popularity wherever he goes. Uncle
Joe will figure largely in the work of
the session. Years sit lightly upon him.
BILLS AND BILLS
ALREADY the records of Congress
are gorged with bills introduced
at the session which started this
week. Happy the day when the peo
ple shall realize that all their ills can
not be cured by law. In the national
and State legislative bodies the ten
dency for several years has been to
attempt to remedy all the ills of the
people through restrictive and other
forms of legislation.
Thousands of hills upon every pos
sible subject have been Introduced
and a real reform might be brought
about through a movement to wipe
from the statute books most of the en
actments which are little understood
by the people at large.
There is practically no opposition to
the proposed enlargement of the Market
street subway under the Pennsylvania
Railroad. It is recognized as a great
need and the suggestion that the al
leged consequential damages will actu
ally take the form of benefits is re
garded as a fair attitude on that mat
ter, inasmuch as the enlargement of
the subway to the full width of the
street will increase rather than di
minish the value of contiguous prop
erty on both sides of Market street.
Olii DYKSTT'FF INDUSTRY
WHILE the Democrats are en
deavoring to sidestep an up-
ward revision or the tariff
end at the same time replace the du
ties 011 sugar for the benefit of their
Southern friends, the need of greater
revenue is bound to force a change of
attitude at Washington.
Citizens of tho United States are
not going to submit quietly to the im
position of an alleged "war" tax when
the revenues could easily bo increased
without serious disturbance of condi
tions through a restoration of cus
toms duties upon Imports. Unless
some such policy shall bo adopted the
government will not only be without
sufficient revenue to care for national
defense and the ordinary expendi
tures, but will throw open the doors
at every port In the country to an in
vasion of the cheap products of Eu
rope at the expense of the working
men and manufacturers of the United
States.
Already a bill has been introduced In
Congress, at the present session, to en
courage the establishment and main
tenance of a dyestuft Industry In this
country capable of supplying all the
needs of American manufacturers.
The dependence upon tho Germanl
WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 8, 1915.
dyes and the failure to procure these
dyes has been the cause of a general
disruption of the textile Industry.
tt is now proposed by those who
favor a protective tariff that a suffi
dent tax shall l>e placed upon these
chemicals manufactured abroad to en
courage the development of the indus
try on this side of the ocean, so that
we may no longer be dependent upon
Germany for dyestuffs. It is believed
that only through a system of protec
tive tariff that will consider conditions
in Germany at the close of the war
will the end sought be attained.
Another incident showing the need
of a proper protection of some such
industry in the United States is the
order this week of the British govern
ment declaring an embargo on log
wood, prohibiting its export from Ja
maica to the United States. This is
the severest blow to the dye industry
in this country since the supply of
aniline dyes from Germany has stop
ped.
Great Britain, with all its boasted
friendship for the United States, is not
losing any opportunity to cripple the
'.American manufacturer and unless
(the present Congress protects the In
terests of this country against the im
pending competition of cheap labor
abroad the working people of the
United States are hound to suffer to a
degree that cannot now be approxi
mated.
NEW COMPENSATION LAW
THROUGHOUT the State employ
ers of labor are now giving
careful consideration to the
provisions of the Workmen's Compen
sation law. What annoys the em
ployer more than the law itself is the
difficulty of finding out just what it
means.
There are so many different con
structions of the act, each lawyer ap
pearing to have an interpretation of
his own, that the employer Is between
the devil and the deep sea. He wants
to obey the law, but flnds himself con
fronted with many conflicting views
regarding its provisions.
Recognition of the faithful service of
John T. Balsley by his promotion to an
important position in the Pennsylvania
Railroad service is pleasant news to
nil of Mr. Balsley's friends over the
system. He will have charge of train
movements over the entire Philadelphia
Division. There is a tie which binds
the employes of the Pennsylvania Rail
road together as on no other railroad
system in the cotmtry.
AN ENCOURAGING OUTLOOK
WHILE the enormous war orders
are responsible in large measure
for tliesudden resumption of in
dustrial activity and the expansion of
steel plants, the bumper crops of 1915
must be reckoned with in the final
analysis. Prosperous conditions, it is
true, are somewhat sporadic, but it is
the opinion of those in position to cor
rectly diagnose what is going on that
the channels of trade in all lines are
gradually being opened and, as a re
sult, a lively year is promised.
Great leaders of finance and com
merce do not hesitate to express the
opinion that the' United States must
prepare to adjust its business to new
conditions and to be ready to meet the
situation which will confront us at
the close of the European war. All
manner of speculation is heard re
garding the immediate results of a
sudden cessation of the hostilities
j abroad, but the views are so divergent
'that it is difficult for the ordinary citi
zen to reach an intelligent conclusion
as to what may be expected.
With the optimism of the American
people, however, there is a disposition
to accept the facts as they now appear
and to proceed with energy and confi
dence along the legitimate lines of
trade and expansion. Here in Harris
burg the outlook Is quite favorable.
Most of our industries arc in active
operation and labor is employed at
good wages. Rumors of further ex
pansion of large plants increase the
general confidence of the community
in the immediate future. Everywhere
throughout the city and this section
builders are busy and something in
the nature of a building boom is prom
ised with the coming of next Spring.
So that altogether the gladsome
Christmas season comes on apace un
der more favorable conditions than
have existed for several years. Of |
course, there are disquieting factors I
here and there, but a general spirit of j
optimism pervades the community and
a disposition to go ahead is widely
prevalent.
The Mayor of York quit without even
a loud protest when the Solicitor of
that city decided that the office was
vacant on the first Monday of Decem
ber. Meanwhile, an Interregnum of one
month occurs and the vacancy has been
supplied by one of the officials of the
city.
While there Is more or less discussion
of the Intolerable impudence of Boy-Ed
and von Papen, the real point of dif
ference between Germany and the United
States Is the adjustment of the Lusl
tanla matter. All other things are in
significant as compared with this.
Promises and evasions and postpone
ments have characterized this discus
sion right along, and it is generally be
lieved that any final breach between
the two countries would rest upon the
Lusitania tragedy.
Nothlng has been heard lately of the
Penbrook paving project, and the town
on the eastern outskirts of Ilarrisburg
Is suffering about the same sort of criti
cism as when the main street of Camp
Hill Is mentioned. But the enterprising
citizens of Camp 1111 l have honestly
striven to get out of their mud and
dust and with the coming of Spring
it Is hoped both towns will provide for
first class roadways that will be a
credit to them and proper highways for
| all who travel to and from the Capital
City.
As usual, the Philadelphia newspapers
are giving much attention to the Re
publican factional squabbles In that
city. We are Informed with great fre
quency that this faction or that hap
pens to be on top. and that this group
or that will control the State. When
Philadelphia learns that Pennsylvania
is growing weary—very weary—of the
constant bickering in that city and
that until this sort of thing cease* there
will not be the Interest in the develop
mcnt and welfare of the city which
should animate a great Commonwealth
when Its metropolis is concerned, there
may be less of the foolish appeal to
factional interests.
TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE
—Those European censors must be
working with whitewash brushes.
—That German food made from wood
may be all right, but think of trying to
eot a piece of white oak bread with a
set oX store teeth.
If Ford wanted to be sure of being
permitted to land in Germany he might
have taken Captain Boy-Ed along as
pilot.
—After next year the matter of a
summer White House will not be so en
grossing a subject for the present in
cumbent of the Presidency.
—Mrs. Gait is going to do the most
unusual thing of becoming a bride and
a grandmother at one and the same
time.
—We saw a load of Christmas trees
yesterday, and it gave us the same old
thrill. Now we don't care how much
we spend.
EDITORIAL- COMMENT
Greece invented the Dilemma. And
now how does she like it?— New York
Evening Sun.
Englishmen are told that they can
only escape conscription by enlisting at
once. That Is, they get their choice of
going willingly or Just going.—Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
Many who talk loudest of "efficiency"
came to the United States to escape It.
—lndianapolis Star.
One is not as proud of living in the
twentieth centry as one was a few
years ago.—Chicago Daily News.
We imagine that Yuan Shi Kai is that
big majority in China which Is in favor
of a monarchy.—Philadelphia Inquifer.
The British are not alone responsible
for the failure of the Dardanelles—the
Turks had at least something to do
with it.—San Francisco Chronicle.
During the recent Kansas cyclone it
is said that the sun was obscured for
two hours by a cloud of limousines and
grand pianos.—Boston Transcript.
THE LESSON OF THE PARKS
[Kansas City Star]
Nobody now stops to think of the
dire predictions of the knockers who
fought the parks when Kansas City
began the development of what is now
its greatest civic asset. We see only
the splendid results that flowed from
the final triumph of the go-ahead citi
zens over the pullbacks, while the last
echoes of the "confiscation" shriek
have died on the air.
Now that we have the parks, now
that they are paid for, and the most
skeptical have been forced to admit
the tremendous return they have
made to Kansas City In Increased
property values and as a city adver
tisement, we can see what a blow to
progress it would have been if the
knockers had won or if they had suc
ceeded in substituting a dinky plan
for the big and comprehensive one
adopted.
It is safe to predict that the same re
sult will follow In years to come when
the Union Station improvement is a
reality. Kansas City will look at the
completed project, and If it remem
bers at all that there was a knockers'
fight on it at its Inception will re
member it only to wonder that there
coutd have been persons so short
sighted as to have doubted the certain
return it was bound to yield. After all,
It is results alone that endure. The
smoke and din of the battle soon pass
uway and are forgotten. It was so in
the park and boulevard fight. It will
again be so when the will of the people
has been carried out in the station im
provement.
HOME TOWN
[Kansas City Star.]
Home town Is 'around the bend on
the road to yesterday. Among the in
habitants are the fat boy called "skin
ny," pig-tailed sweethearts who turn
up their noses and run away, the
preacher who asks after the health of
every member of the family by name,
the school teacher, the gang and
grandma and the dog. Roses bloom
there in gardens behind the fence
palings along the street. Folk walk
leisurely and speak to each other in
passing. The church bells of a Sun
day morn call youth and innocence to
come and sit in a square pew with a
door to it and eat peppermint drops
and doze and sleep on the edge of a
starched collar. It has a "deepo" to
which go the small boys to watch the
trains roll up grandly and snort, and
pass on. It is usually summer there,
although there tire blustering days
when the sleighbells jangle—"chink:
chink! chink!" —and the sleighs pass
with incredible swiftness, th e small
boys standing on the extended run
ners in the rear and riding off to glory.
The seasons for doughnuts and mar
bles and pumpkin pies and kites and
Christmas cookies and liooprolling and
Hallowe'en and Valentine day and rai
sin bread and shinny are religiously
observed.
Our Daily Laugh
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I'ATHEH!
By Wins Dinner
Father? who Is father, pray?
He's the guy that plugs away
Every hour, every day.
Trying: to earn money.
Buys the food that all may eat.
Sees that shoes are on all feet,
Tjays aside a sum quite neat,
Disposition sunny.
Then along comes Chrjstmas, bo,
I->ots of gifts to buy. you know.
To his surplus he does go.
Exit, all his money.
But he doesn't seem to care.
Starts right In to work for fair
So next Christmas he'll be there.
With coin—ain't it funny? I
« "PotCttc* IK I
By the Ex-CommltteeniMi
Politics in Pennsylvania may be said
to be awaiting the next move of
Thomas B. Smith, the mayor elect of
Philadelphia. Even Allegheny and
Lackawanna county men are watching
to see what the mayor elect intends
to do in the broader field of national
delegate elections. The Philadelphia
Public Ledger voices the idea that the
new mayor having recognized the
\ ares as the power behind the throne
In Philadelphia city affairs, will rec
ognize the predominance of Senator
Penrose in the State and national poli
tics. but the Democratic Philadelphia
Record does not see anything but a
tight. Pittsburgh and Scranton papers
predict that there will be a battle and
hint that the Penrose forces have
already formed their lines, although
they point out that there must be a
serious breach through the recognition
of the Vares in Philadelphia.
Governor Brumbaugh";, the most
talked about man in the Smte politics
since Smith "swore in" ; with his
friends, the Vares. is sitting back and
smiling when asked his opinion on
politics. The Governor has declined
to add to the statement which he
made some time ago that he was in
terested in seeing the "right" sort of
men elected delegates to the Repub
lican national convention.
One of the interesting developments
yesterday and which may be a straw
to show that the wind is blowing so
that the Governor may be given the
whole State delegation for President
and Senator Penrose be elected na
tional committeeman was that Senator
McNichol, whose friends control Com
mon Council In Philadelphia, yester
day agreed to the selection of Joseph
P. Gaffney, a Vare man, for chairman
of the all-powerful finance commit
tee. This is the place held by John P.
Connelly, city solicitor elect, a
McNichol man. Mayor Smith declared
for Gaffney, saying everyone is for
him. McNichol said so, too, although
C. F. Kelley, one of his friends, had
been selected by the Republican cau
cus and a McNichol man is the new
nominee for president of the chamber.
—Yesterday when bids were opened
for a section of the elevated in Phila
delphia It was found that Senator
Vare's firm was lowest bidder and as
soon as the Public Service Commission
approves plans the contract will be
awarded.
—Concerning the State situation
the Ledger says: "Mr. Smith's full
recognition of the Vares was inter
preted by many as indicating that he
would \ nack them and Governor
Brumbaugh in the coming primaries
for national delegates. Others felt
that for the very reason the Vares,
and only the Vares were recognized.
Mr. Smith would recognize Senators
Penrose and McNichol by allowing
them a free hand in-State politics."
—Election of a member of the Re
publican congressional campaign com
mittee to succeed Charles E. Patton,
when he resigns, will be held on
January 4 by the congressional dele
gation. Congressman Kiess had a
boom for the place, but seventeen of
the thirty Pennsylvania Republicans
signed in favor of Congressman Hop
wood. of Fayette county, a personal
friend of State Chairman Crow. Hop
wood is a new member and is backed
by Penrose. Kiess was backed by
opponents of Penrose. Meanwhile Mr.
Patton is holding on to the place.
There may be some developments yet
as some of the men behind Kiess are
planning new moves and It is said
that some "pressure" may be ap
plied.
—C. H. Welles. Jr., well known
here, has been elected president of the
Scranton school board. H. M. Lessig
was elected president at Pottstown.
—lnteresting develooments regard
ing elections in Chester are being
turned up in the proceedings brought
by Mayor William Ward. Jr., and
others to probe some recent doings in
that city.
—Allegheny county's election fraud
probe appears to be going right on.
The December grand jury Is contem
plating some investigations and mean
while arrests are being made.
—H. G. Wasson, whose term as na
tional committeeman from Pennsyl
vania will expire next year, has writ
ten to Representative Fred W. Wil
lard, president of the State League of
Republican Clubs, that he is going to
do all he can to further the conven
tion for Philadelphia. The committee
meeting is set for next Tuesday.
—Hazleton has jumped its real es
tate assessment from $10,000,000 to
$18,000,000.
—Reading is to have seven new
police sergeants and over fifty new
policemen when the new adminis
tration takes hold.
—Congressman J. V. Lesher, of Sun
bury, lias been given a place on the
agricultural committee in tlie How.se
at Washington, the place filled last
time by Secretary Charles E. Patton.
■Lesher will be a candidate for re
election and Is going l io have a battle
for the' Democratic nomination, as
there arc signs of Freeze Quick, the
Columbia county man, hopping Into
the tight.
—lt is now announced that Mayor
Blankenburg proposes to run for
mayor of Philadelphia in 1323, as ho
■wants to give Congressman Vare a
chance in 1911). The mayor will go
to the Pacific Coast for a rest.
A WIRELESS DISCOVERY
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PROFESSOR MICHAEL L PUPIN
ProfeSßOr Michael I. Pupln, of Colum
bia, has just announced the discovery
of a receiver for wireless telephony
which Is sensitive only to such waves
as the operator desires.
It will make the arts of wireless tele
phony and telegraph comm^rcis'im
practicable over long distances, and
may sound the doom of the cable.
The professor told of inn intention
during his address before the National
Academy of Science?.
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
METROPOLITAN MOVIES
—From thr New York World.
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GROWTH OF THE GARY PLAN
By Frederic J. Haskin
THE Gary plan has fairly cap
tured New York. The big town
expects to save $4,000,000 a year
by the adoption of this new school
system, which consists primarily in
using the same facilities for two sets
of children. The fourteen old build
ings which are being used for the
Gary schools have been completely
remodeled, and eight new ones are
planned.
In education Americans are, above
all, conservative, but when there is a
chance to save money, they im
mediately become interested. So the
Gary plan is spreading. El Paso has
taken it up as the most practicable
method of meeting the increased
school attendance caused by the Texas
cojnpulsery education law. Newark,
Buffalo, Rochester and Schenectady
each have at least one school 011 the.
Gary plan, and there are many other
cities that are either considering it,
or experimenting with it.
The Gary plan consists In the elimi
nation of wasted time, in the use of
equipment, and in the adaptation of
the course of instruction to the Indi
vidual child. Heretofore, "individual
instruction" has been one. of the most,
effective boasts of the private schools,
where pupils were few and teachers
many. The Gary plan provides no in
dividual instruction in that sense; but
Its curriculum is as adjustable to the
powers and peculiarities of the child
as a well-planned machine is to its
material.
Under the Gary system, a given
school room accommodates just twice I
as many pupils as there are seats.
While one set of children is occupy
ing them, the rest of the school is
using the playgrounds, gymnasiums,
auditoriums, workshops and labora
tories. All of these facilities, rightly
used, will cost less per capita than an
ordinary school room run on the old
plan.
1 THE STATE FROM DAT TO DOT"
The heroic action of Miss Florence j
Fulkerson, of Now Castle, In stopping;
a runaway horse at the risk of her |
own life yesterday saved an aged lady !
of 77 from a terrible death. The young t
girl leaped to the horse's neck and did .
the' 'curfew shall not ring to-night" j
act on the bridle. She was, fortu
nately, unhurt.
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From the News of the above town |
we take the liberty of quoting the fol- i
lowing: "The prize egg-laying hen of,
the United States is to be taken to |
New York in a Pullman car and i
guarded by uniformed guards. The j
owner will not trust, hts chick alone In
the Pullman with those dark-skinned
attendants."
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Th» inexplicable anxiety of a To
wanda man, J. E. Stephenson, charged !
with shooting his neighbor because!
that neighbor hrolci; Stephenson's
wife's arm with a stone, to reach court i
arid suffer trial led him to walk six- |
teen miles for trial, lacking the neces
sary fare. Him wife walked with him,!
and after he was remanded to jail she ,
walked back home to care for hot-1
eight children.
Automobile enthusiasts met at I lie
Bellevuc-Stratford Monday and pledged ]
their support of the two-mile speed-1
way which is building at Warminster,
near Willow Grove. All are confident,
that the speedway will be a success.
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The slale regions in the vicinity of
Easton are all a-thrill over the dis
covery of gold, silver and copper on
the property of the Blue Mountain
Pines Resort Company, about, two
miles north of Bangor. Nothing may
come of the "gold scare." but on the
other hand it may be a second Eldo
rado. Who knows?
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Mine caves have badly wrecked two
large school buildings In Plttston town
ship and 800 children are school
homeless. The mines that caved be
longed to the Pennsylvania Company,
and the crowded condition of the
schools makes It a difficult nroblem to
find places for the schoolless ones.
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING
When newspaper advertising doesn't
make good, the chances are nine out
of ten that the fault lies with the ad
vertiser and not with the newspaper.
When a merchant lays in a stock of
goods, he realizes that In order to
get his money back and create a j
reasonable profit, he mu6t make the j
best of his opportunity in the matter I
of display of the goods, etc., etc. This I
same fact Is frequently lacking in
practice by advertisers. Investlga-1
tlon of many advertising failures
proves that the fault does not lie with
newspaper space used, but with the
ideas and methods of manufacturers
and their publicity men. Nat Olds
cites an interesting example of how!
Intelligently a certain manufacturer
planned for the construction of a big j
factory, and then followed slipshod
■ methods with his advertising. Among
I other things Mr. Olds says:
I "A manufacturer I know of spent
' -literally weeks in consulting with his
A model of the Froebel school of
Gary was one of the most interesting
educational exhibits at San Francisco.
It. contained ideal accommodations
for two thousand pupils ranging in
age from kindergarten to high school
years. The rooms included two kin
dergartens. twenty-four class rooms,
five laboratories, eight workshops,
three studios for musical and expres
sion work, an auditorium, two gym
nasiums and two swimming pools.
The building at Gary stands in a
teo-acre park owned by the city, and
the lawns, shrubbery and two school
gardens of an acre each are cared for
by the pupils and instructors In
botany, agriculture and allied lines.
In the park there are a number of
animal houses, and these are under the
care of the youthful zoologists and
their instructors. Truly, wo have left
the little red schoolhouse far behind.
The daily program of this most
modern of American scnools lasts
from eight-thirty in the morning until
five in the evening, and this time is
equally divided between the pupils of
school X and those of school Y. Each
of the pupils has about 220 minutes of
academic work, 80 minutes of indus
trial and scierititic work, 40 minutes"
in the auditorium and 40 minutes of
play in gymnasium and playground.
Proportions Adjusted
This, however, is merely for the
normal, the much discussed average
child. Each pupil is studied, and the
proportions of study, work and play
nicely adjusted to his individual
needs. If parents want to keep their
children at hofue for moral instruc
tion, or send them to church or prayer
meeting, it may be arranged. Like
wise, if the mother runs a boarding
house, and the daughter is needed at
the noon hour to wait on table, she
will be excused from school and given
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architects and builders before even the
foundations to his factory were dug,
,and he traveled to distant cities to look
jat the plants erected by other con-
Icerns. When he got his facts right to
; meet his needs, he built a magnificent
I factory. This same manufacturer is
i so close a buyer of raw material that
ithe mill men call him the 'Human
.Cancellation.' Yet when it came to
considering the vital question of mar
keting the product that this magnifi
cent factory put out, here is what hap
pened: Two agencies were in the field
I for the business and the manufac
turer met their representatives one
.afternoon at 4:30 to make his decision,
lit was a question of spending $75,000,
• and when the rivals appeared, the
| owner of the model factory pulled out
;his watch and said:
" 'Now, you fellows be quick about
this. I've got a date to look over a
:salesman at 5:30 and 1 give you twenty
minutes each.' "
The above is not a rare example. I
, have known manufacturers to send
for half a dozen or more advertising
| representatives and who were given
I the same hour for appointment. Each
| man was compelled to state his story
■ briefly and hastily, in the presence of
I others, in the meantime, the manu-
I facturer would bo giving directions to
j his help, sending and receiving phone
(•alls, etc. Such policies as these spell
| destruction for many advertising cam
j paigns. Agencies, like the newspapers
(are not half so much to blame for
i advertising failures us are manu-
I facturers themselves. "Not how ef-
I fective, but how cheaply can adver
tising be done," is the slogan which
is beckoning manufacturers to the seas
of advertising failure —which could be
avoided.—Newspaperdom.
THE GREATEST CO I, OX IX
[New York Sun]
The Colonel is a dead one, the Colo
| nel is only playing possum. The Colo
nel is going to grab the Republican
nomination, the Colonel is going to
run Progressive again with Hi John
son. Perhaps he will hitch his wagon
to a donkey, and ride with Bryaji?
The Colonel Is going to command
Canadian troops In Europe, the Colo
nel has no desire to stay at home
and "tear Wilson to pieces." The
Colonel agrees with Parker that Ford
Is a fool, and with Ford that the coun
try has not done Just what it should
have done with regard to the war.
Chairman Hliles reports the Repub
licans all for Hoot. The Colonel has
a hangover Republican "designation,"
Nebraska brand, vintage of 1912, and
i orders it out of existence. Perkins
j assures the Colonel of general desire
I for his candidacy on their ticket by
I tho Progressives, and the Colonel Is
silent as two sphinxes. Would ho ac-
Icept a Republican nomination? The
Colonel is never a candidate, says
Perkins: but he is enrolled as a Pro
| gresslve, "and I do not believe he
will over change." Speaker Clark
says the Colonel will be the Republi
can choice; the Speaker put his name
into spoeches. and it "brought cheers
I when that of no other member of his
party would accomplish that result.."
The young bucks of the party are for
him, says Clark.
Is the Colonel still for the Full Cof
sfee Pot 7
©mutuj (El|at
Harrisburg la soon to have a mayor
alty picture gallery. Financial provi
sion for obtaining and enlarging pho
tographs of all the city executives who
have ever served the city was insured
by <"ily Council yesterday when at
Mayor John K. Royal's request $l2B
was appropriated for the purpose,
< larence D. Backenstoss, clerk to tlio
mayor, has been writing to relatives
of the mayors long dead for the pur
pose of obtaining copies of photo
graphs. Some curious old pictures have
been secured. When the pictures are
enlarged to a uniform size they will
likely be hung in the mayor's office
and added to as the years go by. Fol
lowing are the mayors who will be
included in the gallery. William H.
Kepner, 1860-63; Augustus L. Roum
fort, 1863-66; William W. Hayes, 1869-
<O, died in office; George 13. Cole,
1870-71; William K. Verbeke, 1871-73;
Jacob D. Boas. 1873-75; John D. Pat
terson, 1875-81 ; John C. Herman,
1881-83; Simon Cameron Wil
son 1883-86, died in office;
Samuel W. Fleming, 1886-87;
John A. Frltchey. 1887-93; Maurice,
' • Eby, 1893-96; John D. Patterson,
1896-99; John A. Frltchey, 1899-1902;
Vance C. McCormick, 1902-05; Edward
Z. Gross, 1905-08; EzraS. Meals, 1908-
U, and John K. Royal, 1911-15.
* • ♦
"Rumors of my serious illness and
untimely death are exaggerated I as
sure you," salfl Governor Hrumbaugli.
"1 have been playing eighten holes of
goll per day the last few days. I had
a cold and 1 obeyed the doctor. Now
I'm enjoying myself."
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Arrangements are being made to
mount for the State Museum's collec
tion of the game of Pennsylvania an
albino doe, the lirst to be found in the
forests of the State in many years,
which has been turned over to tlio
State Game Commission by the De
partment of Forestry. The carcass of
the doe, weighing over 100 pounds, was
found by men in the employ of the de
partment on one of the lire lanes of
the Ole Hull State Forest In Potter
county. With exception of the head
the animal was snow white, the head
being white striped with brown. The
animal had been shot some days be
fore and crawled to the (ire lane in an
effort to reach water. There is no
clue the person who shot the ani
mal. State game records do not show
any white deer having been shot in
years.
• « «
Harrisburg is said to have a large
and growing number of "millionaires"
who were "let in" on some of the
"war stocks." Some of these men are
wearing their honors modestly and
are somewhat embarrassed to know
that they made "millions," while
others are having a lot of fun over
what they did not make. One man
gravely accepted congratulations on a
"killing" said to have run up around
SIOO,OOO and another also said to have
done well confessed that he had stayed
ifi too long and been "done" himself.
« ® »
According to officials at the Capitol
the opinion given yesterday by Attor
ney Gtmeral Francis Shunk Brown
that minors coming under (he con
tinuation law may be employed one
week and sent to school the next week
provided they get the required number
of hours of Schooling will simplify
matters for a number of the big steel
and other companies which employ
minors. The plan of alternating tho
employment and education was work
ed out by one of the companies in tho
western part of the State, which fig
ured that it could maintain its force
and at the same time give the young
sters the required time for schooling
by making it week about. It had been
suggested in some of the earlier an
nouncements about continuation
schools that the children be given
longer periods, but the attorney gen
eral puts the week as the limit for the
present.
• * •
Statistics just compiled at the State
Department of Health show (hat the
number of births in the first nine
months of this year was almost twice
the number of deaths. In every month
the births were thousands ahead of
the deaths and in May there were
over 10,000 more. The total for the
nine months shows 170,227 births to
87,232 deaths. The highest birth rate
was in March with 19,981 and the
highest death rate in April with 11,-
40/.
• • »
Dr. James A. Dale, former member
of the Legislature from York, was at
the Capitol yesterday on business con
nected with the departments and call
ed on the Governor. Dr. Dale is one
of the substantial inen of York and
has a host of friends who always wel
come him to Harrisburg.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~
Samuel B. Hare, of Altoona, will be
one of the speakers at the Pennsylva
nia dinner in New Y'ork.
—Dr. W. F. Hinnit, the new presi
dent of Washington and Jefferson, is
organizing alumni in western counties.
Senator C. 11. Kline, of Pittsburgh,
was Elks orator in Indiana, his former
home.
—A. E. Slsson, former auditor gen
eral, is one of tho authorities on his
tory in the Erie district.
—Alvin C. Krenslein, who will train
the University of Pennsylvania track
men, is a former international cham
pion.
—The Rev. A. A. Delarme, a Mc-
Keesport minister, is on the December
grand jury at Pittsburgh.
| DO YOU KNOW
Thai some of tl»o first ntcel rails
were rolled In this city right after
the Civil War?
HISTORIC HAHRISBURG
Harrisburg used to be the gathering
place of several Indian tribes for
councils.
j .The Master Salesman.
Newspaper advertising Is the I
Master Salesman. l
It works day in and day out I
In good weather or bad.
It takes its selling message di
rectly into the home. It has the
ontrc at factories, stores and of
fices.
It never quarrels with custom
ers. Its cost is comparatively
little.
Its sales are proportionately
large.
It can cover much or little ter
ritory as is desired.
It suits its appeal to the sea
son and to the needs of Its hear
ers.
A boqklet, "The Newspapers."
telling more about thia Master
Salesman will be sent on re
quest by the Burenu of Advertls
! Ing, American Newspaper Pub
■ llshers Association, World Build
ing, New York.