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MONDAY EVENING, DEO. 20.
All thoughts of ill;—all evil deeds.
That have their roots in thoughts
of ill; —
Whatever hinders or impedes
The action of the nobler will: — j
All these must first he trampled down,
Beneath our feet, if we would gain ;
In the bright fields of fair renown
The right of eminent domain!
—Longfellow.
Tin: LAST PROGRESSIVE
WILLIAM FLINN is prepared for
the worst. In an interview last
night he said: "The rules of
the sea apply to me. I must be the
lust man, or one of the last, to leave
Ihe Progressive ship," and then he
adds, "that is, provided all the others
intend to leave It."
Quick, Wasson, the torpedo!
NOT SO FAST
CAPTAIN BOY-ED and his fellow
conspirator against the United
States government are displaying
nervous haste in their anxiety to get
out of the country. But the govern
ment need not be so fast in providing
the means. Every day brings the trail
of the dynamite plotters nearer to the
doors of these two scoundrels. There
are points past which even diplomatic
courtesy may not go, and Boy-Ed and
Von Papen are approaching one of
these. Both of them ought to be in
jail for serious ofTenses against the
government which has sheltered them |
since long before the European war
began. Perhaps a few more days of
tho secret servico Investigation may
bring out facts that will give Washing
ton opportunity to do more than
merely dismiss these two murderous
criminals.
Meantime it Is gratifying to note
that our own secret service is proving,
the equal of the much vaunted Ger
man secret, service, and in some cases
is "going it one better."
FLETCHER'S APPOINTMENT
NO appointment made by the Wil
son administration has been so
well received by newspapers of
all party affiliations as that of Henry
Prather Fletcher, brother of J. Rowe
Fletcher, of this city, to be ambassador
to Mexico.
The following from the New York
Sun is a fair sample of the editorial
comment on Mr. Fletcher's selection:
Mr. Wilson is the third President
who has recognized the capacity of
Henry Prather Fletcher and re
garded him. Evidently the Presi
dent was seeking the right man for
the Mexican mission, or he would
not have decided upon his own Am
bassador to Chile. It Is clearly a
case of promotion for work well
done in another Spanish-American
republic.
.Mr. Fletcher is no politician. He is
a diplomat of tho modern American
school. His method of procedure is
silways friendly but straightforward
and courageous. He knows the Latin
temperament by long experience and
he has a war record that ought to
make him popular among a people
Kiven to admiration /of military
achievement. By sheer force of char
acter and merit Mr. Fletcher has
forced himself from the lowest rank
of the diplomatic service to a position
that has brought his name into promi
nence every time in recent years an
important ambassadorship requiring
more than ordinary ability has been
vacant.
MAYHAI' A STURDIER RACE
EVERY possible phase of the con
flict In Europe has been dis
cussed more or less and now It is
suggested that the enforced return to
the simple life In the war-torn nations
will mean a sturdier people when
peace once more broods over the un
happy lands Involved in the titanic
struggle. This is a reasonable deduc
tion.
Men, women and children are com
pelled to discard the luxuries of a
more prosperous period and must be
satisfied with plain but wholesome
food. Those things which are re
sponsible for the weakening of the
human race, its general deterioration
and decrease of virility, are largely
abandoned under the stress of war, and
Instead come vigor, industry, self
denial. physical upbuilding and the
making over of the survivors. Thus it
follows that peace In Europe will see
thousands and tens of thousands of
cripples and otherwise disabled men,
MONDAY EVENING,
but It will alio some millions of
sturdy people of both Boxes and all
ages who will b« prepared as never
before to undert&lc* tho rehabilitation
of the hapless nations. Even now the
governments at war are sending forth
their commissioner* to prepare the
way for the return to the arts and in
dustries and commerce of peaoe. These
realize the great problems which must
be solved and rio time will be lost after
the cessation of hostilities In healing
the wounds and opening the avenues
that are now cltfgged with the mu
nitions and instruments of war.
Heroin, of course, lies the tremen
| dous Job of Uncle Sam and his big
I family of a hundred millions. This
I readjustment abroad likewise means
similar readjustment on this side of
| the ocean. We have undoubtedly
profited In an unusual measure on ac
! count of the war. Fabulous balances
I of trade have resulted from the export
of munitions of war and foodstuffs in
addition to the Iron and steel and
other manufactured products which
have gone to markets heretofore
monopolized by England and France
and Germany. It has been an un
expected deluge of prosperity, which
Is only now beginning to filter through
Into the general channels of business.
But when the war ends—what?
That's the question that is giving pause
wherever thoughtful men of affairs
foregather. Shall wo be able to main
tain our position atf the creditor na
tion of the world? Will It be possible
for us to hold the great markets of
South America and Europe and Asia
and the world at large opened by the
hand of Mars? How can we meet the
invasion of cheap foreign products
without resulting reductions In wages
and prices of commodities in the
United States?
These and other questions are con
stantly uppermost among the thinkers
of the nation. They must be solved
and the government at Washington
has preparedness in more ways than
one to deal with this winter. There Is
no time to be lost. National defense
admits of no argument. It is con
ceded by all men save the theorists
and opportunists of the Bryan type.
But the Congress must address Itself
to that other problem which Is quite
as vital —the restoration in full meas
ure of the American system of pro
tection and its allied prop, the mer
chant marine. Not the Wilson-McAdoo
government-owned and paternalistic
lines of ships, but shipping encouraged
and fostered by legislation designed to
give full play to the energy and capital
and constructive abilities of the cap
tains of finance and industry and trans
portation who have contributed so
largely to the development of the
United States.
Out with the paternalism which has j
stifled individual effort abroad: out j
with the grasping hand of government i
ownership: out with everything that!
tends to dwarf and minimize the j
initiative and ambition and vision of j
the average American! His courage
and ability must have full play.
BANK ADVERTISING
THAT advertising in the daily
newspapers is the most profit
able method, next to personal
work by the officers or directors, in
placing before the public the ad- j
vantages of a banking institution, Was |
the statement made before the mem- i
bers of the Poor Richard Club of|
Philadelphia by Fred W. Ellsworth, j
publicity manager of the Guaranty)
Trust Company, of New York.
Mr. Ellsworth said that experience!
in Now York had shown beyond aj
doubt that newspaper space is more;
effective than any other In acquiring
both the good will and business of the i
community.
The- four essentials for banking |
institutions, are, as the speaker point- ;
ed out, character, strength, organiza- j
tion and equipment. Having these i
things it is the duty of the officers of
the institution and the members of
the board of directors to go out and
get business through personal work
and newspaper advertising.
One of the greatest advocates of
bank advertising is S. W. Straus,
president of the American Society for
Thrift, whose "Little Talks on Thrift"
have appeared from time to time in
the columns of this newspaper. He
writes constantly and effectively In
behalf of the bank savings. But the
bank has many other forms of serv
ice to offer the public. Every man
ought to liave a bank connection.
Such a relation makes for thrift and
system in expenditure and invest
ment. A bank account spells self-re
spect, inspires self-confidence and im
proves individual credit. This the
man of means well understands, but
in this country, where the poor of to
day are the wealthy of to-morrow, it
behooves the bank to induce the small
depositor to become a customer, and
the newspaper is the most efficient
instrument to that end.
IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE
THE News of Brownwood, Texas,
is an outspoken Democratic
journal. And by "outspoken"
we mean not only that the News is
unhesitatingly partisan but that it
does not seek to evade incontrovert
ible facts. In a recent issue the News
discussed Mr. Bryan and said:
At the last Presidential election
the Republican party was split in
two and the Democrats slipped In.
The division has been mended, and
Mr. Bryan is now trying his best to
divide the Democratic party.
Here are three facts which all our
readers will do well to hold in mind.
In 1912 the Republican party was
divided. As a result the Democrats
"slipped in." The division in the Re
publican ranks has now been mended.
This being so, It makes mighty little
difference what Mr. Bryan does or is
trying to do.
Mayor-elect Meals is manifestly giv
ing considerable thought to the traffic
problems in the city, and with the re
organization of the City Council prompt
action will doubtless be taken looking
to overcoming some Intolerable condi
tions now the subject of general com
plaint. The Mayor-elect has very
properly criticized the use of Market
street as a parkway district for auto
mobiles. Merchants have been ex
tremely patient under these conditions,
and it Is time that they be given relief.
■eaa—at]
By the Ex-OommltteemM
William Fllnn's declaration that ho
will be the last to leave the Progres
sive ship coupled with strong intima
tions from New York that Colonel
Roosevelt would be favorable to the
nomination of Hadley, JCnox or
Hughes mean that the Pittsburgh
man and his following are getting
ready to participate In the Republi
can primaries next year. The progres
sive convention Is to be held In
January and the primaries come In
May. People here look for the lead
ers of the two parties to agree on
candidates in the Spring.
The Philadelphia Ledgor in an
article from Washington says that
the colonel would support anyone of
the three If the platform was pro
gressive. He will not be a candidate
himself. The Philadelphia Inquirer
forsees party unity and an agreement
on a campaign, while the Democratic
Philadelphia Record says that the Re
publicans are in the position of hav
ing to beat somebody with nobody.
The attitude of the colonel and the
statements of Fltnn have made peo
ple forget all about chances of any
difficulty over national delegated from
Pennsylvania and it is freely predicted
that this State will lead the way with
harmony.
• —Fllnn is quoted as follows In a
dispatch from Pittsburgh: "The pro
gressives will have seventy-six dele
gates from Pennsylvania to the Pro
gressive National Convention, a place
and time for the convening of which
will be decided at a meeting of the
Progressive National Committee on
January 11 In Chicago. The Pro
gressives certainly will nominate a
national ticket." Answering a ques
tion, Mr. Fllnn said he expected to
be a candidate for delegate to the
Progressive National Convention, and
spiked rumors that he. is contemplat
ing entering the Republican primaries
as candidate for delegate to the Re
publican National Convention which
convenes in Chicago, June 7. "The
rule of the seas applies to me," he
said suddenly, "I must be the last
man—or one of the last—to leave the
Progressive ship—that is provided all
the others intend to leave it." Wash
ington Party leaders of tho Western
counties appeared agreed on two
things: First—That whether the pro
gressive national ticket shall be also
the Republican national ticket will
depend upon the Republicans, who,
many progressives are hoping, will
noniinate a ticket they can support.
Second—That Colonel Roosevelt will
not. permit his name to be used as a
candidate either in the Republican or
progressive primaries but that this
does not mean that he will not take
a very lively interest in the campaign.
Senator Fllnn appeared far from dis
approving former progressives going
into the Republican primaries in
fact, seemed to encourage It.
The Ledger says: "Political lead
ers were inclined to accept that view |
of the situation in the country at:
large, for the reason that Mr. Flinn
favors Philander C. Knox, ex-Secro
lary of State, for the succession to
United States Senator Oliver. Sena
tor Penrose. It Is understood, also
favors Mr. Knox. In an agreement
between the progressives and the Old
Guard element on the candidacy of
Mr. Knox observers see substantial
basis for the future amalgamation,
at least so far as Pennsylvania is con
cerned. The Knox case supplies as
an illustration the way in which the
reunion is being worked out, besides
indicating that the other aspirants for
this important otllce virtually have
been eliminated by the Republican
leaders."
—Friends of Senator C. A. Snyder,
of Pottsville, say that undue promi
nence has been given to the attacks
on him by C. F. Foley. Foley has
figured as attacker in years gone by
and landed in the land of the de
feated many, many times.
—Governor Brumbaugh spoke in
Philadelphia last night and declared
that Philadelphia was the best ordered
city in the land on the Sabbath. He
highly praised the Philadelphia Sab
bath.
—According to information which
ts being passed around In Mont
gomery county the national adminis
tration regards Ex-Congressman Dif
fenderfer, a conspicuous reorganizes
as down and out as a factor.
—Edward Yeager, former mayor of
Reading, has been elected as city
treasurer of Reading.
—Representative Crisman, of Mont
gomery county, will be a candidate for
renomination.
—The Philadelphia legislators are
I commencing to stir around for next
I year's campaign. Several men who
have been in the House In years gone
by may run again.
J. J. McCormick, tfie new post
| master of Bridgeport, is an "Old
| Guard" adherent. The Montgomery
i reorganlzers are indignant at his se
lection.
—Freeze Quick, prominent Colum
bia countian, may contest the Six
teenth district congressional seat with
Congressman Lesher, who will run
again.
—An Altoona dispatch to the
Philadelphia Inquirer says: "Friends
( of Boies Penrose have no doubt that
! the two delegates from this Congres
sional district, who will be elected to
[the Republican National Convention,
will co-operate with the Senior Sena
! tor at Chicago. The situation at this
time would seem to indicate an agree
, merit upon Herman Brice, of Bed
ford county, and Webster Griffith, of
Cambria county, for national dele
gates, with alternates to be chosen
later. The party organization In this
district is in absolute harmony and
the candidates that shall finally be
I decided upon will unquestionably be
l elected. For Congress there is no
! doubt that former Representative
I Jesse L. Hartman will receive the Re
publican nomination. No one seems
U> be eager to supplant Congressman
W. W. Bailey as the Democrat nomi
nee."
LOCAL MSttS
Last night at the home of the bride,
Mrs. Kdlth B. Gait, one of the relgn
inc belles of the nat'l capital, was unit
ed in marriage to Thos. W. Wilson, of
Staunton, Va. The bride looked charm
ingly in a gown of all over white and
, carried a shower bouquet of tlowers,
| the gift of the groom, who is a Prince
ton man, class of 1879, and is employed
Iby the U. S. gov't. Their many friends
• wish the pair, who left on a honeymoon
for Southern pts., the happiness they so
richly merit. The groom wore the con
ventional black and white.
F. P. A., in New York Tribune.
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Notice to Telegraph
Correspondents
Christmas Day falling on Satur
day tills year necessitates tlic print
ing of Central Pennsylvania news
In the Telegraph on Friday even
ing, December 24, and to Insure
publication all letters from corre
spondents must be in the Telegraph
editorial rooms one day earlier.
They should be mailed so a* to
reach the office not later than noon
on Wednesday.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
When a Feller Need . By BRIGGS
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TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE"]
Somerset school teachers are quar
antined. Hard for'the teachers, but
happy days for the boys and girls.
Why not call them Os-cars.
One of the worries we don't have is
the new stamp tax on stock trans
fers.
News Item: The Sunday schools
were unsually well attended yester
day.
THE STATE FROM DWTQDW
"Willie" seems to be a synonym for
trouble, as far back as the memory
of man can endure, from the time
when he tied the baby's ear firmly to
the chandelier and the baby chuckled
because it was his ear of corn. Willie's
latest stunt is to become a movie fiend
and the other morning in a Johnstown
playhouse, he was found by the
janitress peacefully sleeping off a
night of movie intoxication. "My, I
must hustle home," says Willie when
he awakened In tl\e morning.
The Reading Herald figures that
there are three hundred families in
their city that will have no prospect
of Santa Claus this year, unless good
people of the town come to the rescue
and substitute for the kindly old gen
tleman. The Christmas spirit seems
to have pervaded all the world on this
side of the ocean, however, and there
is no fear that the unfortunate fam
ilies will not be provided for.
Fruit is playing a prominent place;
in the news of late, we observe. A
man in Blue Ball, Pa., has the dis
tinction of having some strawberries
that were still blooming under the
first snowfall. They were red as ai
winter golf ball, but frozen hard. And
then, looking further, we read of two'
glasses of lemonade that put out a
firo down in Philadelphia. Young
Sain Walvick fearlessly approached
the tiny hlaze that was caused by a j
lace-curtain catching fire and crush-1
ed it with the liquid fruit.
A long-distance mailman has been'
discovered in Slioemakersville. who
has served as carrier for rural route
No. 1, from the local postofflce thore,
and in that time has used only one
horse and has traveled nearly 100,000 ,
miles. j
"One must not die prematurely; l
one must mate and have at least.
three and seven-tenths children to | .
improve the standing of the coming
generation," said Prof. R. M. John
son to the Pittsburgh Academy of
Science and Art last Saturday. A:
Daniel come to Judgment!
Canine felicity was never better
demonstrated than in the recent case
of a Shippensburg dog. A little pet
dog belonging to a farmer by the
name of George Martin for three
days faithfully guarded a scarecrow
In the middle of a cornfield, thinking
it to be his master, who had left on
a Journey. The little, animal couldn't
understand it, and although the story
may be used as an argument against
the Intelligence otdinarlly attributed
to dogs, it can't be denied that this
particular little fellow's heart was in.
the right place.
FLETCHER'S APPOINTMENT
[From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.]
The appointment of such a capable ;
and well-equipped diplomatist as Henry ,
P. Fletcher to the difficult post of Am
-1 bassauor to Mexico Is a welcome con- ,
trast to the "deserving Democrat" •
' policy of the Bryan regime. The fftct
that Mr. Fletcher Is a Republican has
not been allowed to outweigh the much
more important fact that he Is excep- i
tlonally well fitted for his new duties.
The United States will never have the i
I right kind of diplomatic service on any i
I other terms.
NO BGUAHU FOR FORD
[From the New York Sun.]
Italy has begun to buy war material
In this country for 1917. Haven't the
Italians any regard for Henry Ford's,
faallnixa? J
THE CHRISTMAS
By Frederic J. Haskin
THE Post Office Department is
facing a war problem in the
delivery of its Christmas mail.
Package and parcel post mall service
to Germany has been cut off. Unless
the situation speedily develops sv new
angle, the several million Americans
of German descent are going to have
a hard time sending Christmas pres
ents to their friends and relatives
across the water.
In November the Holland Steam
ship Line, which was handling the
parcel post to Germany, refused to
accept further consignments. All at
tempts to secure the services of an
other line have so far proved fruit
less. In spite of prompt action by
the department in notifying all post
offices of the state of affairs ,some
confusion resulted on account of
packages that had been mailed to
Germany and could get no farther
than our own Atlantic coast line. All
such packages were returned free of
charge to the senders, and the post
age originally paid was refunded on
demand.
There is no nation to whom the
Christmas festival is dearer than to
the Germans, and there has always
been a heavy package mall to Ger
many in December. The present state
of affairs will result in cutting down
our foreign Christmas mail for the
year, but with all that it will bo
larger than last year's. The domestic
rush is expected to break all records.
The largest single stamp requisition
ever made on the Post Office Depart
ment came last month from the New
York office, which Is preparing for
Christmas business. The order call
ed for 213 million stamps, with a
face value of more than four and a
half million dollars.
The Christmas card is another little
item that mounts into numbers which
compel respect. The Christmas cards
this year will call for over a billion
one-cent stamps, despite the fact that
several million aristocratic Christmas
cards are mailed each year in sealed
envelopes requiring two-cent stamps.
Packages Are Features
The biff feature of the Christmas
mall business is. of course, the pack
age—the package that varies in size
from a pillbox to a packingcase, that
carries everything from a diamond
stud to a dressed turkey, that de
scends on every city and rural post
office in an avalanche about December
23, and has to be delivered by Christ
mas morning. The number of
Christmas packages this year will not
fall far short of the quarter of a
billion—2so million concrete mes
sages of good cheer, a number several
times larger than the human mind
can grasp. It is not too large a num
ber for Uncle Sam to deliver, however
and post offices expect to have things
i
Ju
Burn a Candle
on Christmas Eve
You will want to observe this
city's latest custom for her
alding the Coming of the
1 King. Burn a candle in your
front window on Christmas
Eve.
The custom thet is centuries
old, but It has lately boen re
vived and will be observed in
this city thi« year.
Be sure that your window
lias a burning candle.
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DECEMBER 20, 1915.
as thoroughly cleaned up this Christ
mast night as though it were any
other Saturday. Over a million dol
lars will be spent for extra clerks and
delivery vehicles in the city post
offices alone.
The star mail routes have the hard
est task before them every Christmas
because it is difficult to make any ar
rangements to handle a rush in the
isolated districts where the star routes
lie. A star mail route is an overland
service which carries the mall from
a post office to its branches, where
railroads do not reach. The carrier
contracts to make the required num
ber of deliveries with 'celerity, cer
tainty and security," and generally
finds it no easy matter.
Dead Letter Office
The Dead Letter Office always gets
an Interesting share of the Christmas
mail. Misdirected good wishes and
Christmas presents pour in weeks
after the date they were intended to
cheer the addressee. The dead letter
office makes the usual strenuous at
tempts through its experts to deliver
the packages, even though they prove
somewhat late. If it is impossible to
find out for whom they were intended
they are sold at auction—an auction
of misdirected Christmas presents,
which has its pathetic features.
Another class of mail which form
erly came to the Dead Letter Office by
the hundred pounds is the childish
scrawl addressed to Santa Claus, and
baring the inmost wishes of the
writer's heart in the matter of pop
guns and red sleds. The post office
department never was able to do any
thing with these letters, as govern
ment appropriations do not cover the
benevolences of a Kris-Kringle, so
they suffer the usual fate of mis
directed mail. Under President
Iloosevelt, however, the experiment
was tried of turning these childish
missives over to a philanthropic wo
man, who earned nation-wide fame
as the "Santa Claus Girl." She opened
each letter, and if the small corre
spondent did pot express some Im
i practical desire for an automobile or
a motorboat, she saw to it that his
wish was fulfilled so far as possible.
Generous donations from all over the
country helped her to fill innumer>
able stockings.
1 EDITORIAL COMMENT
Peace ships rush In where dread
\ navights fear to tread.—Washington
Post.
"Fay reads Bible, gets new lawyer."
Nothing like playing both sides—Co
lumbia State.
Where do the Belgians get all the
money the Germans take away from
them'—New York World.
What makes war. Mr. Ford, is that
1 everybody wants peace—on his own
I terms. —Springfield Republican.
It must be admitted that the Teu
tonic bomb-plotters are holding us to
strict accountability.—Boston Tran
script.
Our Daily Laugh
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IW* MIND
)' II prem
ie flyf 1 ise to obey?
JjQ.if That was in the
X. oAfIL marriage plat
. ~L form, I under
' J I stand, but when
p she found how
easy he was to
i U boss she rescind
** c " ed It.
She: And do I I
you really love
He: Love you? \ \V'
Why I'm borrow- ]f« »
In' money every
week to buy you
bonbons, etc. -ia^\ T'
Ebening fllljat
According to men who keep an eye
on foods something between 6,000,00"
and 9,000,000 of eggs, stored last
Spring by Pennsylvania buyers, have
been taken out of the cold storage
warehouses In Pennsylvania thißmonth
and agents of the pure food inspection
service of the State Department
of Agriculture arc trying to tind out
where they have gone. Underf the op
eration of the cold storage law the
time limit on a larg:s quantity of eggs
expired this month and the eggs hail
either to be put into trade or else be
classed as "outlawed" and made un
salable. The belief Is that the eggs
were put Into trade to assist In pro
viding the supply of eggs always in
demand for Christmas baking and the
problem of the pure food men Is to
see that they are being sold as cold
storage eggs and" not as fresh. With
eggs selling about 50 cents a dozen for
first grade fresh country varieties It is
feared that there may be some per
sons who may be tempted to slide in
some cold storage eggs or who would
not placard the stored eggs. However,
the number of violations of the precau
tionary portion of the cold storage act,
which forces display of card that pro
ducts are cold storage, has been stead
ily decreasing. Between chasing the
cold storage egg and the "fattened'
oyster and keeping tabs on Christmas
cakes and candies to see that tliey are
not colored with coal tar dyes and
sampling sausage to make sure that
it is composed of meat and not flour,
I the State's food inspectors are busy
men.
• * »
A couple of fore-handed farmers
have asked the State's employment
agency to see that they get hands for
Spring work on the farm. The bureau
Is just now trying to tind men for the
Jobs which the manufacturers are of
fering on every hand and the wide
awake farmers asked to have their
names put down for some farm hands
when the snows have cleared away.
Ilarrisburg people, especially those
connected with legislative matters, will
be interested in learning of the ap
pointment of James H. I-.ambert, Jr.,
of Philadelphia, as secretary of Wil
liam H. Wilson, the new director of
public safety in Philadelphia. Mr.
Lambert has been here several years
as legislative correspondent of the
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, with
which paper he has been connected as
political editor. He is a son of Col.
James H. Lambert, who will be re
membered as State Insurance Commis
sioner under the Hastings administra
tion and as one of the most forceful
editorial writers in Philadelphia. He
entered newspaper work on the Phila
delphia Press and was then connected
with the Philadelphia Inquirer for sev
eral years. For the last fifteen years
he has been one of the most act\ve
newspapermen in Philadelphia, spe
cializing in legislative and political
work. He will bring to his office a
wide acquaintance and splendid fund
of information on governmental mat
ters. Director Wilson was the floor
leader of the last House.
on a
"What are you doing here yourself?'*
was the answer tired back at a ques
tioner in one of the city's department
stores to-day. "I'm renewing my
youth," replied the first man and In
proceeded to tell how. "Every year."
said he. "I like to visit the stores and
to play with the mechanical toys, f
mean it literally. I go to the stores
and buy a few for youngsters that I
know and wont to remember and then
I make the clerks wind up or start all
the toys. 1 like to see the progress
in such things and just like you 1 liko
to see them go. And there's a whole
lot more men like me only they would
not admit it."
* • *
Capitol Hill is getting ready for
Christmas and an effort is being made
to agree upon a uniform time of clos
ing for the week. In several offiees
the Christmas vacation will begin on
Thursday afternoon and run until
Tuesday morning, which will permit
attaches to go and come from their
homes in distant parts of the State.
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"The calendar fiend is about already.
The fiend is the person who makes
collections of calendars that he does
not need," said a. businessman this
morning. "I handle a line of business
that requires considerable advertising
and we mako a specialty of calendars.
There are some people in this city who
get our calendars every year and
whom we are glad to give because they
display our cards, and none other, in
their places. But there are a lot of
people who gather up calendars and
throw away about half they get. They
constitute the fiend class."
r~WaL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Senator E. F. Warner has been
elected president of the Weatherly
I Iron and Steel Company.
I —ls, a. Van Valkenburg has been
(appointed to a Lower Merion election
i board.
| —Willis Wliited, State bridge engi
neer, is to speak at the State College
good roads week meetings.
—F. M. Chase, head of the Lehigh
Valley coal interests, is planning for
free medical attendance for the com
pany's miners.
—William Decker, West P.ranch
manufacturer, is about to establish
two new factories in Lycoming county.
—Representative James H. Maurer,
president of the State Federation of
Labor, addressed State College stu
dents.
—B. F. Affleck, new head of the
Portland Cement manufacturers, is
president of the Universal Portland
Cement Manufacturers.
| DO YOU KNOW ~
That Ilarrisburjf's Intercepting
sewer lias been notterned by a
number of eastern cities?
HISTORIC HAHHISBUIIG
Harrlsburg furnished two compan
ies of men for the Mexican war
GIVE TIIEK l'M)lißST.\\l)lXtt
Consider what ! say; and the Lore,
give thee understanding in all things.
—II Timothy, it. 7.
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Christmas Gifts For the
Home
Here is a happy idea for the
holiday season.
Havo the whole family eon
tribute for some article to beau
tify the house.
Perhups a new rug, or a piano,
or a piece of furniture.
Maybe new curtains would be
Just tho thing.
It is something everyone can
enjoy, something all can share
'"'The stores will be glad to give
suggestions along this line.
And the Index to the desirable
stores Is the advertising in the
Telegraph.