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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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VHU TGLEURAFH PRINTING CO.
E. J. STACKPOLE
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F. R. OYSTER
Secretary
GUS M. STEINMETZ
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Snorn dull; averase elrenlntlon for the
three months ending Nov. 30, 1915.
Average for the year lMt—
Average fop the year
Avfitcf for the yrar 1912—"-"JJ
Averaae for the yenr lflll—lT.SJ-
Average for the year 1910—1G.»«1
The nbnve figures are net. All re
turned, unsold and damaged eoples de
ducted.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC. i! 2.
Brethren, even if a man be over
taken in any trespass, ye who are
spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit
of gentleness: looking to thyself, lest
thou also be tempted.
—Gal. 6:1.
BOOST YOUR OWN TOWN
DR. RUSSEL H. CONWELL never
said a truer thing than in his
lecture here the other night
when he pointed out that Harrisburg
was not a city of many thousands more j
because of the too-prevalent disposi-1
tion to deprecate our own commun
ity. Many a boy and many a girl has
overlooked the opportunities at home
because parents and guardians and
friends have everlastingly described
tlic rainbows elsewhere. Disappoint
ments without number have resulted
lrom this disposition to talk down the
home town instead of talking it up
upon every occasion.
Harrisburg is a 1 tine city, a promis
ing city in every way, and the girls and
boys now living here should get into
their innermost consciousness the fact
that right here are opportunities
which should be taken advantage of
by the coming generation so that there
•shall be no occasion for the scattering
of families elsewhere to gather "dia
monds" which may be found at their
own doors.
Dr. Conwell impressed upon his
hearers the value of THINKING and
suggested that many a good thing in
the way of opportunity is discovered
through proper concentration of the
mind upon the conditions right here
at home.
The Telegraph has constantly urged
upon the people of Harrisburg the
peculiar advantages of this city and
the suburban district and after years
of boosting we have no apologies to of
fer. Harrisburg has a large place in
the sun and it remains for the old and
young of our population to boost at
every turn and to put into concrete
action the confidence and optin/.sm
and vision which ought to be the pos
session of every citizen without re
gard to class or age or distinction of
any sort.
Tf it he true that the Berlin Govern- j
ment regards the German plotters in '
this country as enemies of the Father- j
land. It would appear that a drastic ,
disavowal of all their activities would
be in order, instead of requests for their
safe conduct back to Germany. Nothing
lias done so much to dissipate the
friendly sentiment toward Germany as
the outrageous conduct of the men re
sponsible for the dynamite and incen
diary outrages in the United States.
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION
Employers aii ov.- r the state
are still wrestling with tho pro
visions of the Workmen's Com
pensation act. They want to comply
in letter and spirit with the new law
so complex In its character, but the
more they delve into the various sec
tions of the measure the more difficult
is the interpretation of its various fea
tures.
There is no disposition anywhere to
ignore the law or to evade its provi
sions; all that perplexes the employer
is the rather involved nature of the
act, and it is a question whether for
the first year or two the operation of
the law will be entirely satisfactory
to all concerned.
A reasonable attitude toward the
new act will be necessary for employer
and employe alike. Its humanitarian
character can easily be overturned by
any effort to use it as a club and it
is fortunate for the State that there is
no tendency In any direction to so
regard the law. Employers every
where have shown a laudable purpose
to interpret the measure according to
its spirit and not haggle about the
torm.
It is intimated that many important
amendments will be necessary after
a year's experimental enforcement
and the Legislature of 1917 will doubt
less tlnd it necessary to perfect the
measure so as to eliminate many of
the perplexing features which now an
noy both employer and employe.
The act involves heavy expenditure
upon the part of the employers of the
State and a readjustment of this ex
penditure is to be expected
iu the course of business.
Under the operation of the law greater J
care will be given safety appliances i
and the regulation of employment j
generally.
After a year of actual experience j
with the measure, its good and bad !
features will be better understood and 1
the general situation will be more I
satisfactory.
York seems to have been fussing |
about paving assessments while I-lar- i
risburg people were clamoring for the
opportunity to pay the assessments and
get the paving. This city has about
seventy-five miles of well-paved streets
and nobody will doubt the substantial
character of the investment from every
standpoint.
THE CITY'S FRONT STEPS
PROPERTY owners of that sec
tion oi Harrisburg between
Miclay and Division streets are
discussing the question of extending
the "Front Steps of Harrisburg" along
the river front in that section. They
take the position that what is good
for one part of the city is good for,
another and that inasmuch as the
river front is enjoyed by all the peo
ple, the completion of the improve
ment will be approved by everybody.
It is the opinion of all who are fam
iliar with the conditions that at least
tlie section between Maclay and Sene
ca streets should be improved during
the coming year.
Any why not?
Republicans the country over are
discussing the Presidency with a con
fidence that indicates 110 doubt of the
outcome of the campaign of 1916. It
seems practically certain that the next
occupant of the White House will be a
Republican and the selection of the can
didate can wait fuller discussion of the
merits of those who are now appear
ing above the political horizon.
Till-: "WORTHY POOR"
WE hear much at every season
about the "worthy poor." All
charity is supposed to be di
rected toward the relief of this class
of unfortunates. Just v '.iat the term
means we have no means of knowing.
An old friend, Noah Webster, con
fining himself to single words alone,
gives us no inkling. The organized
charities have their own .notion of
what it means and their definition
does not harmonize with the con
clusions of many who do not be
lieve in making an exact science or
their benefactions.
Particularly at this season are we
impressed by those who make a busi
ness of such things with the thought
that we must guard out; giving, so as
to confine It exclusively to the
"worthy poor." Now to our minds,
wherever poverty exists there is some
thing "worthy" at least of an effort to
relieve, and no matter how evil or
careless the parents, there are
"worthy poor" In every needy family
where there are children. Whenever
a little one is sick, or hungry, or cold,
there is charity worth while, no mat
ter whose be the fault.
So at this yulet.ide season, with
your own little ones about you, look
around for children in homes where
drink, or crime, or idleness, or sick
ness, or shiftlessness lias placed ob
stacles in the way of a visit from
Santa Claus: then go quickly and
make a Christmas celebration for
them, and don't let anybody persuade
you that the family is "not worthy."
All children are worthy. The master
made no distinction of station or
parentage or condition when he said:
'Suffer the little children to come unto
me, for of such is the Kingdom of
Heaven." Remember also that if you
do it unto the least of them, you do it
also unto Him, the Founder of
Christmas.
With the opening of the new year
the West Shore towns will endeavor to
get together for practical effort in the
way of betterment. Most of the com-
I reunifies have already discussed their
I own needs and through joint action it
i is believed the welfare of the entire
i district will be promoted. Camp Hill
I has taken the initial step, and it is j
J reasonable to believe that New Cum
-1 berland. West Fairview, Wormleys
} burg, Enola and all the other communi
i ties will cheerfully join hands in the
i forward movement.
GETTING TOGETHER
TT is a happy condition of affairs
I when the Taft element and the
Roosevelt element of the Republi-
I oan party at one and the same time
• come to the place when each is pre
j pared to go half way to meet the
I other and to extend the right hand
I of good fellowship in party reunion.
| The most significant development
jof the past week in national politics
I has been the peace overtures of Col-
I onel Roosevelt Next in importance
j has been the readiness with which his
| proffers have been accepted in con
-1 servative circles. The result prom
} ises to be a reunited and rejuvenated
j Republican party that will sweep all
I before it next November.
Apparently Colonel Roosevelt # has
come to the conclusion thai there are
graver Issues confronting the country
at this time than some of the ultra
radical planks of the Progressive plat
form upon which he laid such great
stress in 1912. The defeat of Presi
dent Wilson and the Democratic
party Is looming bigger every day
as the one thing upon which the
Roosevelt and the Taft wings of the
party must unite next year if they
are to perform the part of true
patriotism. No mere partisan or per
sonal feelings can be allowed to stand
In the way of this accomplishment
and there are strong Indications that
the leaders who followed Roosevelt as
well as those who supported Taft see
this very plainly and are willing and
anxious to get together on a candidate
and a platform that will at once draw
to the Republican standard the full
support of the 4,000,000 voters who
conscientiously supported Roosevelt
three years ago and the great body
of loyal Republicans who went down
with Taft. In that direction lies vic
tory. Any oilier course would run
perilously near the shoals of defeat.
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 21, 1915.
"~Pc.n,KOi{£tfa)vux
Bj the Ex-OommltM«aM
| State wide interest is being: niani-
J fested In the visit of Senator Penrose
|to New York to-day. It is frankly
j stated that there is a possibility of
the senator meeting; friends of Col.
Roosevelt with a view to ascertaining
the views of the Colonel on ex-Secre
tary P. C. Knox as a presidential
possibility.
The Philadelphia Ledger sums up
the matter in this way to-day: "Re
publican leaders in this city acquaint
ed with the thoughts of Senator Pen
rose feel that there is nothing impos
sible about the Colonel's position. It
is declared specifically that Senator
Penrose is favorably inclined to Mr.
Knox as a candidate for the United
States Senate as the successor to Sen
ator Oliver. In fact, political leaders
here now believe it virtually is settled
that >lr. Knox is to have the support
,of both Senator Penrose and the
Washington party leaders as a candi
date for the Senate. The thing which
appears to have swept aside all doubt
as to that was the suggestion that the
former Secretary of State would be ac
ceptable to Colonel Roosevelt as a can
didate for the Presidency "
—The maddest Democrats in Penn
sylvania just now, and that is saying
a great deal, are the Allegheny county
reorganizes. They counted on having
one of their number put into the va
cancy in the county commissioners'
office caused by the death of John A.
Martin, but the board of judges did
not see it that way. They named a
man not aligned with the reorganizers
and the bosses are pawing the air.
—The Coatesville mayoralty contest
may drag on over the first Monday in
January when the new mayor is to as
sume office. Yesterday another post
ponement was taken.
—The election contest in Schuylkill
county in which Judge Brumm threat
ened to go out into the county and
hold hearings has been dropped. The
judge will not go out on the circuit.
—People active in State politics are
showing considerable interest in the
naming of Henry A. James, of Doyles
town as a referee in bankruptcy.
James has been an influential member
[of the Bucks county Democracy and it
is intimated that there is a peace deal
under way. He -will succeed Oscar O.
Bean who has been a bankruptcy ref
eree at Doylestown for eight years and
relinquishes that office to become Reg
ister of Wills of Bucks county, to
which he was recently elected. Mr.
James assumes his duties at once, tak
ing over all bankruptcy cases not yet
terminated that were assigned to Mr.
Bean. Mr. James' appointment is for
two years.
—John J. Seip was yesterday ap
pointed deputy county controller of
Northampton.
—lt is said that Old Gu&rd Demo
crats in Philadelphia will have a
meeting early in January to discuss
naming of national delegates. State
Chairman Roland S. Morris is regard
ed as having made up the slate for the
machine faction for that city.
—Friends of C. D. Wolfe, former
mayor of Williavnsport and now chief
deputy (ire marshal, are urging him
to succeed State Fire Marshal Joseph
Li. Baldwin. It is said that there is
also a Philadelphia man being boomed
by the Vares and that Western Penn
sylvania has a candidate, too.
—Talk of Mayor Ira W. Stratton for
Public Service commissioner was heard
again on the Hill to-day. Mr. Strat
ton has been here several times lately.
—According to the Pittsburgh-Ga
zette-Times there is a possibility of a
contest over the county tax assessment
board as well as over the county con
troliership. The present county com
missioners named <3. W. Simon, James
M. McKee and C. B. Price for four
years from December 1, but the new
commissioners arc said to be scheming
to upset it by going into court. Men
said to be considered for the places are
David B. Johns, Louis Alpern, A. V.
Simon, R. J. McGrath and Judd H.
Bruff. ll is also said that Ex-Senator
Elliott Rodgers is slated for county
solicitor and that E. M. Bigelow may
be asked to succeed John S. Gillespie
as county road engineer, although W.
M. Donley is also mentioned.
| LETTERS TO THE EDITOR"
THANKS FIRKMEN
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
A good word for the firemen of Har
rlsburg! When everyone is giving
thanks it is not out of place to thank
the firemen for the good work they
did at the fire when J. E. Dare's coal
elevator burned. They saved the frame
row of houses on Eighteenth street. It
was only by their good work our homes
were saved.
A RESIDENT.
AND PRINTERS' INK DID IT
[From the Chicago News.]
"Young man, advertise yourself ajid
your business."
This is Nathan L. Amster's para
phrase on Horace Greeley's famous
epigram. He vouches for the efficacy
of his advice from personal experience.
Three years ago. he was a small stock
holder in the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific Railroad, who believed
that the financial powers governing
the system were looting it. To-day he
is chairman of the executive commit
tee of the road.
Hov.- was the seeming miracle per
formed? Advertising, newspaper ad
vertising, coupled with proper pub
licity. Is Mr. Amster's answer.
"To what do you ascribe your mete
oric rise?" he was asked.
"To advertising, dally paper adver
tising," was the reply. "I am a firm
believer in advertising, both for your
personal advancement as well as for
your business success.
"When I became convinced the Rock
Island properties ought to be paying
dividends instead of rapidly deteri
orating toward a receivership, I was
only a little stockholder with a few
hundred dollars invested. The idea
struck me of leaguing the small stock
holders together. I asked the com
pany for a list of stockholders, but
was refused. I tried every way. but
couldn't get the names.
"Then the thought of advertising
for them came t.o me. T started a cam
paign in the newspapers in every large
city in the country.
"My success was instantaneous.
Stories were published in all parts of
the country telling of my fight. Grad
ually these small stockholders rallied
to the cause I was advocating.
"With proxies from these people I
opened my fight. Many times I was
on the point of giving up. but printers'
ink bridged the gap between my thou
sands of dollars opposed to the mil
lions of my opponents.
"When the road was finally thrown
into the hands of receivers my oppo
nents were gradually eliminated. Then
1 was chosen to head the new execu
tive committee and my advertising
campaign was triumphant."
Mr. Amster is mentioned as the
probable next president of the road.
Is not the Hon. Rill Klinn of Pitts
burgh confusing himself with the Colo
nel when he says "The rule of the
sea applies to me. I must be the last
man to leave the Progressive ship"?—
New York Sua. ,
PRACTICAL CHRISTMAS WORK OF ONE CITY CHURCH I
t
Here is shown the result of a practical Christmas giving service held Sunday afternoon in Stevens Memorial Metho
dist Church, of which the Rev. Dr. Clayton Albert Smucker Is pastor.
More than 1,000 members of the Sunday School brought Rifts for needy families in the city. Each class brought a
certain article. Eight barrels of flour, ten bushels of potatoes, canned fruit jellies, and other canned goods are only
a few of the articles shown above, brought in by the Sunday School members. It took forty-five minutes to bring all
of the supplies to the platform and assort them. A] K. Thomas, superintendent, had charge of the arrangements. The
gifts will be distributed this week to needy families and to several charitable Institutions in the city.
TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE
—And now, just as we receive word
that mistletoe Is plenty and cheap,
comes the Health Board's warning
against kissing.
—Yuan says China is a consti
tutional monarchy; with Yuan as mon
arch and constitution, too. we suppose.
—lf grovi have any doubts about the
part you ought to play this Christmas
season, take a couple of hours and
read Dickens' Christmas Carol.
—'Before becoming too much worked
up we should be sure that some of the
munition factory explosions are not
duo to green hands instead of red
hands.
—Times change—few years ago the
college student used to burn the mid
night oil; now he burns gasoline.
—Germany's submarine captainF are
doubtless having pleasant visions of
how the little children of the Lusi
tania are celebrating the merry Christ
mas season under the seas.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Tlie New York physician who pre
sented a $99,000 bill to the executors
of a $130,000 estate was selfish. How
about the poor lawyers?— New York
World.
Wonder whether Sir Thomas Lip
ton will accuse Ford of sending a ship
across the Atlantic Just for advertising
purposes?— Philadelphia North Ameri
can.
In time some obscure American will
gain world-wide notoriety by publicly
confessing that he does not know how
to make peace in Europe.—New York
World.
"BEST SPELLER" FAILED OX
THESE; CAX YOU DO BETTER ?
A 19-year-old boy has proved him- j
self to be the best speller on record in
Ohio, according to an article in the
current issue of the American Maga
zine. His name is Claude Gossett, and
he won out over sixty-seven competi
tors who lined up with pencil and
paper in the Ohio House of Repre
sentatives. Out of the hundred words
given younc Gossett missed but thir
teen. Just for fun, try them out your
self and see how many you yourself
will fall down on. Here they are:
Connoisseur, pyre, punctilious, recon
naissance, salable, prescience, referable,
tertian, calliope, Richelieu, skyey,
sacredotal, vassalage, minstrelsy, ado
lescent, bassviol, passe, habitue, soiree,
azalea, elysian. irascible, crochet, in
carcerate, Pontchartrain, renaissance,
debris, obeisance, liquefy, inveigle,
thesaurus, vaudeville, igneous, dog
gerel, equable, mirage, abattoir, desue
tude, paulospore, patois, paucity, nai
vete, nagana, incestuous, ineffable,
doubloon, dytlscus, niccolite, Olen
tangy, nonpareil, prophesy, pyrotech
nics, capias, mesa, matador, sepul
chral, vitreous, finale, attache, com
mandant, sarcophagus, decollete,
kaiser, consomme, erysipelas, resume,
sucrose, legible, auxiliary, creosote,
abscission, baptizable,contumely, cyno
sure, prehensile, Yenisei, Monterery,
melada, Schuylkill, Neuces. Pough
keepsie, Caribbean, Bayonne, zoophyte,
xyster, manacle, triglyph, rarefy,
theine, roceme, onerous, isosceles, oleo
margarine, suite, meningitis, Himalaya,
Beirut, supersede, audible, Opelousas.
SAIL OX!
Henry Ford really did get off, and
! has not been turned back yet at this
writing.
It is a happiness to think of that
wonderful yachting party bounding
over the deep at the costs of the ad
venturous Detroit Fortunatus!
Andrew Carnegie never thought of
anything as sporty as that.
What one hates to think is that
such a partv must arrive and break
up! Why should it arrive? Why
disband? The Flyinpr Dutchman
never arrived: its company never dis
banded. There is a precedent for
Henry. Let him buy the Oscar XI
and keep sailing that cargo of paci
flcers around, putting individuals
ashore only in response to calls by
wireless. Thus when the Allies cap
ture Berlin, if they want Ben Lindsay
to be governor, put Ben ashore, but
not until then. Sam McClure always
needs a rest. He is years behind in
repose. This is his chance to get It!
O Navis! as Horace would say—O
ship that carries Henry and all those
living curiosities; do not occupy any
port: keep sailing of them around ar.d
have the newspapermen keep accurate
logs of what happens. Meanwhile,
perhaps the nations will stop lighting
Xa laugh.—Life,
OUR RADIO SERVICE TODAY
By Frederic J. Haskin
ONE profession that is not over
crowded in the United States is
that of radio operator. The
United States is always in need of
competent men for its increasing
wireless service, and in case of war it
would be a difficult matter to secure
enough professional operators for all
of the ships and stations. In that
emergency the government's only re
source would be the quarter of a mil
lion amateur operators who are using
their own instruments in all parts of
the country with the permission and
under the supervision of the govern
ment service. Many of them are just
bungling beginners, of course, but
there are also a lot of competent op
erators among them.
The young man enlisting in the na
tional radio service gets a thorough
training with one of the largest and
most varied equipments in the world.
The first of the four years of his term
THE STATE FROM m TO DW (
As nn aid to digestion, we offer this
interesting bit of news. There are
22,975 newspapers in the United
States, and about 60,000 in the world.
Of the latter, one-half are printed in
English.
Dr. Conwell's lecture, "Acres of
Diamonds," scjms to have inspired
some Pittsburgh second-story men,
if perchance they were privileged to
hear the lecture, with the wrong kind
of ambition. At any rate, an apart
ment house out there was raided the
other day and $12,000 worth of jew
elry and silverware found, among the
booty being more than a pint of dia
monds.
Ralph Rotolo, a New rastle charac
ter, is up again to answer charges
before the police of that town. Sev
eral months ago this man escaped
from jail by sliding down a hose
which he attached to the bars of the
prison, a la movie, also a la fireman,
an#he gave a very convincing excuse,
to wit: "I was afraid I hadn't done
nothing so I got out.
Two masked men, armed, made a
mysterious visit to the Lancaster
county prison night before last. When
confronted by the guard, they flashed
a light in his face, and one remarked:
"He is not the man," after which
thev silently and swiftly slid into the
shadows. The belief is that they
were going to attempt the life of the
other guard, who was fortunately ab
sent at the time. No clue to their
identity has been found.
To-day was the third day of the
annual meeting of the State Grange,
which was in session at State Col
lege the first three days of this week.
Patrons of husbandry from all parts
of Pennsylvania gathered there for
the annual session, and it is figured
that approximately 1800 attended.
"Alas, poor Yorick! —a fellow of
infinite jest, of most excellent fancy,"
as Shakespeare would say. So also
was McCarthy, a Mahanoy City man,
who was yesterday about to be em
balmed for burial when he suddenly
If
Jfc
Burn a Candle
on Christmas Eve
You will want, to observe this
city's latest custom for her
alding the Coming of the
King. Burn a candle in your
front window on Christmas
Eve.
The custom that is centuries
old, but it has lately been re
vived and will be observed In
this city this year.
Be sure that your window
has a burning candle.
of enlistment are spent at one of the
naval electrical schools which are lo
cated at New York, Chicago and on
Mare Island near San Francisco. Here
he learns all that the experts can
teach him about all the different varie
ties of radio apparatus, including the
Itelefunken, which is the type used by
'the German army, and by most of tlie
large commercial services.
In order to enlist in the government
service, a man must be able to take
dictation In the Morse code at a speed
of twenty-five words a minute and
must be able to receive twenty words
a minute. This modest proficiency
may be easily acquired in many tech
nical high schools, where wireless
telegraphy is a feature of the electri
cal work.
After his year In one of the govern
ment schools, the recruit may be as
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rat up in bed and caused the hair of
the undertaker to rise by calling for
food. He was believed to be dead,
having swooned away following a
critical attack of pneumonia, and the
"corpse's" resuscitation was extremely
embarrassing for the undertaker,
who was naturally a little put out
about it.
A CAP IN THE CRIMIN AL CODES
[From the Philadelphia Bulletin.l
If there is no law in Pennsylvania
j defining the sale of a bogus college cer-
I titicate, to be used as a warrant for the
I Illegal practice of dentistry in the State,
as indicated by Judge Bonniwell, the
defect should be noted by the Dental
! Council of the State in order that the
I deficiency may be supplied at the next
session of the Legislature.
| Incompetent practice of dentistry is
hardly second. In its danger to the com-
I mon health and welfare, to unskilled
practice of medicine and surgery.
Statute law wisely regulates the prac
tice of each, requiring evidence of edu
cation. training and fitness, and holding
human health too valuable to be ex
ploited by quacks and bogus practition
ers. Violation of these laws for the
restriction of practice is amply penal
ized. and there should be like penalties
for the fraudulent issuance of certificates
which are antecedent to the scheme to
defraud the State and the public, in ac
tual practice.
! The production of such false certifl
| cates cannot have any honest purpose
deserving consideration, and possession
or disposal of such a fraudulent paper
might well be regarded as presumptive
evidence of criminal Intent, and there
fore penalized.
( Our Daily Laugh
I used to tell
my wife she was
/ a '}bear" before I
sm\ wHal And now i suP
jl|P&S® rJB pose she says
• 'jmjja you're a regular
" beßr * ,roull< *
i SOME CHANGS.
She: I'm afraid,• *■ .* lift
. as your wife, I E«~-a I iQT
| couldn't live as
I've been accus-
He: No—You'll i j
have t<x cut out
about a dozen
beaux. " m «'
CHRISTMAS TIME
By Winn Dinger
! There's one thing works upon my
nerves
And often gets my goat.
That's when from offlce to my home
Some bundles I must tote.
But when it happens to come 'round
To Christmas time of year,
No matter how I'm laden down
It seems to give me cheer.
Each night on crowded trolley car
With packages galore
I ride, some bundles holding tight.
Put others on the floor.
And In the morning others to
The Post Office I bring.
Instead cf groans and grumbles, why
I whistle and I sing.
I'll tell, you bo. there's nothing like
This Christmas-spirit stuff
When once It gets you. by Jove,
You just can t do enough.
We ought to render thanks that we
At such a time may live
And scatter joy and sunshine 'round
,AJ bei » tuiU tiier« e jfiveu
iEbrmng (£hat
Through an arrangement of Christ
mas book shelves and holiday tables
the Harrisburg Public Library has be
come as lull of suggestions for pres
ents as the average department store's
series of windows. In fact, tha
Library, which furnishes about one
sixth of the 'Community with reading
matter and answers f.om 40 to ui>
questions a day is also doing a publio
service In the way of suggesting books
for Christ mas. The Library does not ♦
sell books as some of its visitors ap
pear to have thought when the.V
came around, bul it gives the idea
names of the stores whera
they can be bought are to be had for
the asking. The Christmas book dis
plays have been under way at tha
Library for the last fortnight and
| nave been changed frequently, some
ot the latest books having been
shown. Just whai this has meant to
Ihe people of the city who were after
some hints as to what books to buy
and lo the stores of Harrisburg is
well worth noting.
Incidentally, it might be added that
the new Library is going to close its
second year of usefulness in the city
and its vicinity on January 1 and tlio
indications are that its circulation for
the year will run up around 112,000
or 10,000 a month. This will be over
10,000 more lhan for the first year.
The registration now amounts to over
a fifth of the population of 1-larris
burg, although people from Its en
virons are given the privileges of tha
Library as freely as residents ot this
municipality.
'Lots of people are starling off to
save for next year and the Christ
mas and savings funds are going to
lie as popular next year as tltey were
this year," was the opinion voiced
yesterday by a city banker. "Strange,
as it may seem there were a good
many hundreds of dollars put bade
into savings funds as soon as they
were broken up. These hundreds
were nest eggs and the owners just
took the earnings. Other dollars
were put back by people who wanted
to start off the new funds. The habit
of saving for next summer's vacation,
for next Christmas, for a rainy day
and for the child's education has
caught on in this city."
The State Capitol's collection of
battletlags and of the colors borne
in three wars in which Pennsylvania
participated never seems to lose its
charm for visitors. This is a rather
slack period for visitors on the Hill,
but every morning or afternoon peo
ple can be seen looking at the flags
and nine out of every ten of the
visitors for a day make a bee-lino
for a case to look up the flag of a
regiment in which a relative marched.
There have been so many inquiries of
this variety that the guides have
regimental history and location oC
flags down pat.
If any Federal, State, county or city
official is drawn for jury duty during
the ensuing year it will be because his
name happened in some way to slip
past the vigilant eyes of the Dauphin
county court and the jury commission
ers when the wheel for 191ti was filled.
Both Jury Commissioners XSdvvard
Dapp and Samuel M. Taylor made an
especial effort this Fall to keep the
names of all public officials from their
lists on the ground that the talesmen
would invariably ask the court to ex
cuse them. "What we wanted to
avoid during the coming year, "said
Jury Commissioner Dapp, "was tlm
innumerable requests for excuse from.4
jury duty. The court certainly doe.<f
not approve of them and the proce
dure has a tendency to break up tlm
court routine to some extent. So we
thought it best to place in the wheel
only the names of jurymen whom wa
were certain could serve."
» » •
There was fun yesterday after
noon when the full crew cases were
being beard by the Public Service
Commission.
Charles If. Bergner, arguing for
the Pennsylvania railroad, contended
that the commission could set aside
a State law if it conflicted with a
federal law.
"And so," observed Commissioner
Pennypacker, "the ifcmmisslon cutu
be authorized to commit suicide."
"Oh, no," responded Mr. Bergner,
"It always has that power."
"And your people would be glad
to see it exercise it," put in James
Scarlet," who was lighting the rail
roads.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~
—Senator C. W. Sones, of Williams
port, has his lumbermen in the State
insurance fund.
—Chancellor S. M. McCormick, of
the University of Pittsburgh, says
practical men and not theorists are
needed in the ministry.
—J. L. Replogle, a big figure in the
steel world, is visiting his old haunts
in Johnstown.
—Controller-elect J. P. Moore has
taken the oath as controller of Alle
gheny county.
—Dr. Hichard H. Harte, of Phila
delphia. will go to France to aid war
sufferers.
1 1 DO YOU KNOW ~|
That Ilarrl'.buig Is shipping'
point for much produce for Phil
adelphia and Xew York?
HISTORIC IIARRISBURG
John Tyler was the first president
to speak at the Capitol.
OH! I'OOK WHAT WAS FOUND
(From the Kansas City Star.]
The detention and search of the peace
ship Oscar II has at least let one gleam
of light into the dark murk of war.
Prunes were found aboard but were not
seized. It being announced they are not
contraband. Thus is the nightmare of
a pruneless Europe removed from the
category of war's horrors.
t i
Advertising and Price
Who pays the price of adver
tising Is a much discussed ques
tlon. ,
Listen to what Jules B.
Schloss has to say In Newspaper
dom.
"Good advertising creates a
passive expense which is over
balanced bv the decreased cost
of production or selling and
it reduced the price of the com
modity to the consumer. It low
ers the cost of living.
"Poor advertising remains an
active expense, which must bo
added to the price of the com
modity because It does not pro
portionately increase the sales—
poor advertising increases, In
stead of decreases, the cost of
production and selling: Conse
<iuentlv.lt raises the cost of living.
When advertising is run In media
to which it Is not suited, it is de
cidedly poor advertising, and It
will not bring the necessary re
sults,"
! And because they produce re
sults at low cost the newspapers
nre to-dav the most favored of
all advertising mediums.