6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established iSjl PUBLISHED BY THE TELEGHAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACK POLK President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER Secretary GUS M. STEINMETZ ■Jfa*afiii£ Editor Published every evening (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building. L'ie Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern Office. Fifth Avenue Building, New York City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western Office, Advertising But'dlnp, Chicago, 111., Robert E. Ward. Delivered by carriers at six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at $3.00 a year in advance. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. Sworn dally ■ vrrnce circulation for the three month* ending NOT. 30, 1016. Average for the year nut— Jl.WJ Average for the year ISIS—IH.9€» Average for tlie year 101!— 10.MI Average for the year 1H11—17.5C» Average for the year lolC* The ahove figure* are art. All «• turned, naaold and damaged copies de aacted. r~ Concentration is the secret of strength. — Emerson. CANDLE-LIGHTING CHRISTMAS EVE with candles burning in thousands of win-, j litvxs will remain long a pleas- I ant memory of those who had occa- J aion to be in the streets after night fall. It is to be hoped that the custom so auspiciously revived in Harrisburg. will not soon be abandoned. The readiness with which the people of the k city responded to the idea as presented through the columns of this news paper shows not only how widespread is the Christmas spirit here, but how eager and active the residents of the city are to do their part In any com jnunity undertaking. It is a good sign. I THE MUNICIPAL TREE municipal Christmas tree has , I become an established institu tion, not only in Harrisburg, but in the towns surrounding. Christ mas Eve saw hundreds gathered to sing and hear Christmas songs and the Christmas story in Central Pennsylva ' nla towns. Thousands gave generously of their time and their money and voted the celebrations well worth the price. Harrisburg led the way in making community trees, popular in this lo cality, but neighboring towns were not slow to follow, and in the general adoption of the municipal tree idea by our neighbors one may observe the Influence this city wields upon the suburban territory surrounding. It is 1o be hoped that the example we set may be always as good as it has been in this instance. 'V FRICH'S GENEROSITY IT is a fine tiling to be wealthy if one uses his wealth as did Henry C. Frlck when he made good the losses of the school children of Pitts burgh whose savings of years were wiped out when the Bank for Savings went down last week. No more gen erous or appropriate Christmas offer ing was made this year anywhere than the gift of Mr. Friok when he signed a check guaranteeing return in full for every penny held 011 deposit in the defunct bank by the boys and girls of the Smoky City. Thus at a stroke of his pen he brought joy and cheer to. many sad little hearts and to older ones, too, for most of those whose money was lost were either down right poor or at least not very prosperous. But the pleasure of loss retrieved and the joy of regaining a treasure that had dropped out of sight ap parently forever was as nothing beside another thing that Mr. Frick did when he gave this money, a thing tTiat one must look beneath the surface to see. Childish minds are impressionable to a remarkable degree. The wreck of the Pittsburgh bank, carrying with It the savings of thousands would have left a bad taste in the mouths of hundreds of boys and girls, many of whom would have gone through life nursing a grudge against banks in general, suspicious of the Integrity of all of them and distrustful of the activities of capital In any form. All the good that had been accomplished by years of habitual thrift would have been lost and much harm done. At this juncture, however, comes the beneficent and philanthropic Mr. Prick with his check to cover the entire amount lost by the blundering of those whose business it was to know better. In a moment distrust is re moved and capital and capitalists are raised in the eyes not only of those ■whose savings -were In the ruined hank, but In the minds of thousands and hundreds of thousands of others. The J«*son taught by the Frlck gift is wortiNrnany times the sum itself, and who kftows that It was this thought, as mucr< as a desire to make Christmas happy f)j>r the boys and girls of Pitts burgh. t'hat prompted the millionaire to makeSthe biggest present of the sea- son. \ Also, tftis unexpected act reveals a n«w side df Prick, whom to many has appeared ttot much more than a hard headed businessman occupied with the developmentVpf dividend paying- prop erties and th« builder of a gigantic personal fortune- Frlck, the man, has not been lost Frlck, the money * '.' '*•> Ms Wu-t ' MONDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG t&sS>£sg> TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 27, 1915. getter, and this Is another thing that should not be lost to sight. Very likely in a thousand ways that have not come to the public eye, Frick has been spending his money wisely and well for the benefit of others. Thoughts like that which prompted the Pltts | burgh gift are not bc.'.i i«l a moment ;Of minds given only to the considera tion of personal gain. And what may . be assumed to be true of Frick is be yond question true of thousands of ; other men whom the world knows i only for the fortunes they have amassed. Right hero in Harrisburg, jif tile public could be let into the secret chambers of the hearts of some men who are noted for their ability to turn dross into gold, might be seen the workings of that rare and price less spirit of service to others made manifest in the Frick incident here < related. More than ever in the history of the city men are thinking of the I needs of their fellows, of the good of j the community and of their duty to ! ward both. This is no mere idle guessing. The Telegraph knows where of it speaks and time will bring deve'opments that will be quite as pleas ng and perhaps quite as sur prising as this unlooked for generosity of Mr. Frick. COSTLY PROBING SO we are to have another congres sional investigation under Dem ocratic auspices of the rail road situation as it affects inter-state commerce and the powers of the In terstate Commerce Commission. This is In line with President AVilson's rec ommendation and the investigation Is to be conducted and the results re ported back to Congress within a year. What a joyful outlook for the rail roads and what a junket for the joint committee! The people have not for gotten the several investigations that have been carried on at enormous ex pense. the results of which fill acres of space in Washington and have pro fited nobody. A trainload of docu ments and testimony and inventories was shipped to Washington by one big corporation, it is said, and it will require from now until the millen nium to discover what is contained in i this mountain of material gathered at the expense of the people. We are having a fine exhibition of how not to do it under the present theoretical regime at the National Capitol. Tin; WAITS I/oss TO ART THE recent air raids on Venice and other art storehouses of Europe have rightfully brought down on the heads of those responsible for these outrages the wrath of the civil ized world. There can be no gain to any of the belligerents by the destruc tion of any work of art, but the world as a whole is the loser thereby. It is sheer wanton destruction to cast bombs on picture and statuary gal leries or to bombard cathedrals, but the damage to these, great as it has been, will be small indeed beside the sacrifice of artists, students and teachers whq, have laid down their lives or will do so in the great war now devastating Europe. That loss will probably never be regained, and even the lapse of time will only partially repair the lasting injury. It must not be forgotten that the greatest men in art, the most wonderful men in the countries of Europe, were those who first, un selfishly and willingly, offered them selves as sacrifices in the awful, un seemly struggle—a struggle the real basis of which is clearly an exag gerated ego, a supremely selfish spirit, which, when broadly viewed, is diffi cult to understand. Not only will Europe suffer from the unnecessary expenditure of valued lives, but the loss of artists will be a great blow to all of us in America, be cause of the large number of our best teachers in art and in science who are to-day in the thick of the awful strife. Many of them have already sacrificed their lives to their patriot ism. A forcible illustration of the tremendous loss America may bear is furnished by the well-known case of Paul P. Cret, Master Architect, man of great creative genius, broad learn ing and understanding; with the faculty of Imparting his knowledge to others, which he freely did with splendid results not only to the stu dents of architecture at the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, where he was professor of design, but in extending to everyone a helping hand, with gen erous encouragement and kindly criti cism accompanied by suggestions for Improvements and betterments in de sign. On the first day that war was declared against his country Pro fessor Cret joined his regiment and entered the service shoulder to shoulder with the rank and file of the army. This is but one of many like losses America has suffered temporarily; war's grim chance may make them tragically permanent. Europe, the school house of art. Is being rapidly shorn of its teachers and students, both of those who have advanced to spheres of great useful ness and those who are partially ready to go on and aid civilization by their culture and their highly developed artistic sensibilities. There will remain architectural monuments of antiquity, of inesti mable value and all important as models for the study and guidance of architects yet to be born, but if, as It appears, no masters and teachers will be left —only boys—who will teach those boys and who will inspire them? Therein will be found the greatest loss to civilization, and the advance of art in Europe will neces sarily stop for fifty years. The history of the development of arts and allied sciences in America plainly shows that our advancement commenced when we began to en courage our art students In their migration to Europe for study, and to attract Europe's teachers to our schools and universities. The won derful strides we have since made will be stopped. The hurry and bustle of American life is not conducive to finish ar.d polish in arts and sciences, and for many years we have been striving for Its attainment from the older schools. America will be brought to a point where art will re ceive no further stimulus from old masters, and it has been proved by past experience that without their aid our efforts do not give much satis faction. The question now arises— shall we, as a result, develop an art truly American? Nobody at this time can tell. | TEL£GRAPhTS~PEftISCQPE —We think we could guess the most popular man in Pittsburgh without trying very hard. -=» Well. whatever it cost. Christinas rtas worth it, wasn't It now? There is one sure way of not breaking any New Year's resolutions— don't make any. Ostrich is to be the dish extra ordinary at New York hotels on New A ear's eve. Tough as the crowd that will eat it, we suppose. Pardon us if we appear to be ahead of the season, but now that Christmas is over we are beginning to look forward with pleasure toward the garden catalog period. ■—Those who remained up long enough had their wish for a white Christmas. HIS LOVfi FOR A IIOHM-: Ei-Swrfrtrj- Kn»< Hrlatr* Hon It* Origin Hrvrnlril to Hltn Former Secretary Philander C. Knox In the Breeder's Gazette. I have always loved a horse and for many years I was at n loss to discover the reason for my affection. It did not come from early association with him. * * _ * The mystery of my passion was finally solved. My gentle mother, of whom Dr. John A. Brashear. the great astronomer, once wrote, "she was I morei nearly a wingless angel than any one 1 have ever known," being on her way to the Pacific coast, stopped several days with me at my home in Pitts burgh. Yielding to my persuasion, to i the charm of a brilliant October after noon, and to my specific promise that I would drive slowly, she, notwith standing her seventy-five years, went f° r a drive with me behind as quiet and swift little mare as could be desired. \\ ith literal adherence to my pro lse Dolly jogged along and we enjoyed the day. Presently an alertness in the mare, which could be felt rather than seen, indicated something coming be hind. With one eye on the little lady In the seat and the other on the one in the shafts I let the latter have her way gradually without seeming to disturb the former. In a moment we were step ping some, but not enough, for with a whiz and a cloud of dust we had been passed. This was a new experience for the mare. She resented it and was soon in full pursuit. 1 had not yet gotten fully into the game. 1 still felt the re straint of my promise and while hesi tating what to do 1 felt a motion at my side and turning saw my mother tight ening her bonnet strings and in tones of excited pleasure she said, "There. Phil, there is n wide place; you can pass him there;" and we did. 1 have never since doubted where I got mv love for a horse. A LKSSOSi IX THRIFT [From the Kansas City Times.] Economists who predicted a short war in Europe because the belligerents would run out of money would have hit it just as close If they had predicted the abolition of Christinas because the supply of stockings wouldn't hold out. There will always be n stocking for war. When all the mints and tho banks and the treasuries go broke it will be found that a good part of their vanish ed hoards are tucked safely away In the savings of the people, who are the real bankers of nations. Consider the .im mense domestic loans—running into the billions —that have been raised by the warring nations. These great sums come from the national stocking and are apparently inexhaustible. WHAT PREPAREDNESS ME AX S [From the Kansas City Star.] "What is spared in money is spilled in blood." This utterance by David IJoyd-George in the House of Com mons is a complete statement of the meaning of preparedness for national defense. England was not prepared when war came and has had to prepare while fighting for her existence. YES. HE CAME [From the New York Sun.l Well, he came-—didn't he. boys and girls! And the jolly old Saint, a lit tle hit sobered by the heavy demand on the tin soldier department of his toy factory, is especially anxious that the young colonels and generals who drill them and shoot them down by platoons and regiments may never know the horrors of real war. but only the pomp ami panoply of parade and the ardors of blank cartridge battles, In days of peace with perfect national honor. Till: SUFFRAGE IN NORWAY At the centenary of tlie Norwegian Constitution, celebrated in Chrlstlania in the summer of I'Jll. public men were appealed to by suffrage workers for an expression of opinion on the conse quences of giving the vote to women; for it was thought such testimony might have an effect on the numerous American voters of Norwegian extrac tion who were soon to pronounce on the issue In several of our States. The ans wer was that the question had long since passed beyond the pale of dis cussion, and a Norwegian statesman arguing on the right of women to vote would feel as foolish as an American if he were to discourse on their right to learn to read or to go about in pub lic unveiled. Less than a quarter of a century had elapsed between the first demand by a few pioneers and the granting of political rights to women; half a decade had sufficed to make the new order accepted as a matter of course. Hanna Astrup Larsen in the January Yale Review. Yesterday Was the Birthday Anniversary of— flHl WtStte ■MI fl v 9ij9ffiMH Harvey B. Bair, 1822 North Second street. Mr. Bair is a memebr of the firm of C. E. Bair & Sons, cigar manu facturers. He Is one of Harrlsburg's promising young business men. Throughout yesterday and to-day he received- many congratulations,^^ ["f* IK Ry the Ex-Oommitrecmaa Announcement made in Philadel phia last night that Senator Boles Penrose would submit his candidacy for national committeeman from Pennsylvania to the Republican voters of the State at the May primary ends all talk that the Senator might he a candidate for the presidential nomination. It is taken here to mean that If Governor Brumbaugh desires to be a presidential candidate his friends can go after delegates without starting a factional fight. Belief Is general thai there will be no factional contest and that the visit of Mayor-elect Thomas K. Smith to the governor was the beginning of a movement on the part of men active in party affairs which will prevent any clash of ambitions that would en danger party success next year. This week the governor will be in Phila delphia a good part of the time and will probably seo men from other portions of the State. Regarding (lie Penrose announce ment the Philadelphia inquirer says: "United States Senator Boies Penrose has determined to again sub mit his leadership of the Republican Party organization to the voters of the State. It was yesterday authorita tively stated that the senior Senator has decided to file a nomination peti tion that his name shall be printed upon the Republican ballot for the primaries in May next for election to the office of Republican National Committeeman. Senator Penrose has decided to accept the spirit of the new legislation and go directly to the peo ple for a certificate of membership in the National Committee. Under the regulation of the new system petitions of candidates to Vie balloted for at the May primaries may not be circu lated for signatures before February IS next. But immediately upon that date friends of the senior Senator in every county in the Stale will get busy getting well-known and potential Re publicans to append their names to petitions to have the name of Boies Penrose printed upon the ballot of the Republican Party for National Committeeman, it is believed that Mr. Wasson will not aspire to re-elec tion as National Committeeman. Senator Penrose will at the same time he a candidate /or dclegate-at-large to the Republican National Conven tion, the Republicans of the State be ing entitled to elect twelve delegates at-large by popular vote. —Henry G. Wasson. the present national committeeman, who was elected in the days of the Flinn domi nation of the State committee,' will not be a candidate for re-election. As far as known none of the Pittsburgh element will take much part in any insurgency movements this year. If there is any it will come from Phila delphia. —Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson is understood to be making an effort to straighten out tho row among the Democrats in the Fifteenth Con gressional District over patronage. Wilson had hopes of getting a Demo cratic congressman from that district, but he has no more hope of getting a candidate who can defeat Edgar R. Kiess than he has of flying. The borough of Turtle Creek may not change its name to Westinghouse, even though the Allegheny grand jury decided it was entitled to do so. Judge James McF. Carpenter in Quarter Sessions Court refused to confirm the grand Jury's finding and quashed the whole proceedings instituted to secure the change of name. The people of East Pittsburgh and Wilmerding con tested the grand jury's report, in favor of Turtle Creek and these exceptions came up before Judge Carpenter, who decided upon them yesterday in favor of the contestants. IS AIIEItICA DEMOCRATIC* 1 chanced to he in Paris when hos tilities began, and 1 came home filled with the solemn impression of the French sense of duty made on mo by seeing the whole manhood of France march to the frontier without a mur mur and without a quaver. I knew that the same thing was going on in Germany. 1 thought that men could do no more. Now the rights and wrongs of this war are, for my present pur pose. Immaterial; all that concerns me is the national standard it Illustrated of self-sacrifice and of duty. And on both sides of the ltlrine 1 found that stand ard good, ft seemed to me also to be the true standard of pure democracy. For what can lie more democratic than that prince and peasant, plutocrat and pauper, shall serve their country to gether side, by side, marching in tlie same regiment, wearing the same uni form. submitting to the same discipline, enduring the same hardships, and dying the same death. In mass, universal service is absolute equality: some men it is true, serve as officers, but these men are officers because thev have made themselves, by lives devoted to obedience, to and to studv fit for command: and this fitness for command is recognized by their coun trymen. who have chosen more lucra tive or easier walks in life, when the hour of danger is at hand. I had sup posed that in our democracy these great facts would have been appreciated and honored by all, even though it might possibly be argued that in America the necessity for such self-abnegation had not. as yet arisen. I never fell into .greater error Brooks Adams in the January Yale Review. SIOXS OF SEASONS IX KANSAS fFrom the Toronto Republican.] At Toronto we mark the arrival of winter by the time Frank ifall puts on his felt boots, and not, as generally supposed over the State, when Colonel Kelley begins wearing earmufts. X j Our Daily Laugh NO RESIST ANCE. He: I can hard- VtfHcIUSL' ly res * st hissing I wouldn't resist, so THESE s. YOUNGSTERS. \ Bobby, wash Where's it dirty, _ jf Wash it all over and you'll be sure \ iSF I to strike the dirty Ajß s Yes. but I'd be Jm!! Wre. »_ sure to strike some of the clean Ji I places, too. BUSTED HOPES By Wing Dinger Well, we had a bang-up Christmas. And I hope you had the same, Many incidents quite happy I believe that I could name. But the thing that 'bout this Christmas Frojn me gets the loudest praise Is that It so hit the week, friend, . That I got two holidays. THE CARTOON OF THE DAY "ANYHOW, THEY'VE BEGUN TO TALK ABOUT ME!" —From the Philadelphia Evening l.edger. THE PROBLEM The American Flag in the South Seas By Frederic J. Haskin I THR Central American State of Nicaragua. which experienced twenty wars and revolutions in the twenty years preceding 1913. lias enjoyed peace, interrupted only by a few bandit outbreaks, since the latter date. Three years ago. It took about sixteen pesos of Nicaragua!! paper cur rency to buy one good American dol lar; now the national currency is al most on a gold basis. Despite plagues of grasshoppers, droughts and business disturbances, Nicaragua is moving steadily to prosperity. The prime reason for tiiis state of affairs is that a force of about Km American marines. diplomatically known as tlie legation guard, is camped near the Niearaguan white house; and that the joint commission, having two America members, lias just finished adjusting the claims and concessions of the Niearaguan Government. The Nica raguans know that the marines will suppress any disturbance which threat ens American lives or property. Where fore there is no revolution, and Nica ragua enjoys tlie unique experience of having a comparatively stable govern ment for several successive years. IX'o friction arises out of this arrange ment. The American marines are quar- I tered in part of a large park, the rest 'of which is occupied by the Nicaraguan army. The two forces live on terms of the greatest amity and play baseball together regularly. Furthermore, the propinquity has resulted in an almost startling improvement in the appear ance of the Nicaraguan army. The na tive soldiers are imitating the Ameri cans in every respect. The starch-col lared. well-brushed uniform and neat ly-shined shoe have made peaceful con quest of the Nicaraguan army. This Nicaraguan situation Is not bad in itself, but it lacks the element of Rermanence. We have no treaty with icaragua which permits us to prevent disturbances there with armed force. The status of the marines at Managua is a bit hard to define. Furthermore, the situation Is complicated by the fact that a treaty of great importance to the American people between the Unit ed States and Nicaragua Is now pend ing. and will in all probability be voted upon by the present Congress. The treaty provides that the United States shall control the Nicaraguan canal route, which is absolutely neces sary to protect our Panama Canal from the possibility of competition. The treaty also provides tl\at we shall have enough Nh-araguan territory on Fon |THESWE FROM DAfTODW Christmas conies but once a year, thought a burglar in Wtlliamsport, so when he was caught in tlie act in the basement of the Park Hotel at an early hour Christmas morning he took a Christmas iree by the base and swung it heavily upon the old clerk, who is seriously injured. What would Santa have thought of that? Speaking of Christmas, State College this week will be the mecca for prize winners in the various corn clubs in the different parts of the State. Among these will be John H. Sherman, who won the second prize in the corn clubs for Pennsylvania. « » • There are 65.000 members of the Grange in Pennsylvania, and of this number nearly one-sixth live in Tioga and Bradford counties. » • * A letter written in the Lithuanian language and signed "Dog" was re ceived by a music dealer ill North Scranton the other day. The letter demanded SI,OOO and said in part: "I am a dog. and was turned to a dog about eighteen months ago. I would like to help you out. I have been sleeping in shanties for a long time." The letter then goes on to threaten the man's life in case he does not pro duce. A delightfully amusing and en couraging Christmas gift, we think. o * « Philadelphia suffered mightily from the big Christmas storm that came almost too late. Windows in the sub urbs were broken, fences were torn down and branches were twisted from trees by the iifty-mile-an-hour gale that swept the city. Street lights were out for three hours early last night because of fallen wires. I,IKK MARY USED TO SJIII-E I saw a couple walkin' Out In the park one day. The fellow was a-talkin'. Girl hadn't much to soy; He'd emphasize his subject. An' ev ry little while. She'd sorter smile up at him, Bike Mary used to smile. A kind of soothin' sweetness. I never can forget. Delight o" Joy In lTvin', 1 see her sweet eyes yet; A lot of folks are praisin' Such things as dress an' style, But all that s true Is smilin" Bike Mary used to smile. I feel so kind o' lonesome, A-goin' through this world. A dizzy-like sensation Mas got me sorter whirled; The*"re gettin' few an' fewer, But yet, once In a while. You'll see a girl a-smllln' Bike Mary used to smile. I've been so weak, here lately, Ain't felt like don" much; I don't feel good for notliln' Bike doln' chores an' such; Bast night I was a-dreamin'— Could see a thousan' mile — I saw an angel smilin' I Bike Mary used to smile. —John Quill, in The Christian Herald. seca Bay to establish a naval base, and this establishment will be an Important element in our plans for better na tional defense. Meantime, the somewhat unofficial status of our marines in Nicaragua has not been overlooked by the enemies <*f American influence in La tin-America. All reports indicate that the mass of the Niearaguan people are friendly to Americans, but the professional poli ticians and revolutionists of the Lib eral Party, which is out of power, are using the American protectorate as an argument against their opponents and against the ratification of the treaty. Through their iittle poltical newspapers those Liberals are shouting to the peo ple that the Kagle of the North lias stuck Its claws Into Nicaragua and that all patriots should rise up and re sist. This brand of eloquence does not have much effect in any quarter, but the assertion that the United States is about to make a treaty with a Gov ernment which is under United States control, has gained a sympathetic hear ing both in Nicaragua and in this coun try. The Liberals assert that if a fail election were held to-morrow the Diaz administration, which they claim the United States set lip. would be defeat i cd. This is hard to prove, because a fair election is almost unknown in Nicaragua; but it i» certain that the Liberals are a strong party and that the Diaz regime, even with American sunport, has been far from ideal. This, then, is the dilemma. If we keep our marines in Nicaragua, pass our treaty and establish our naval base on Fonesca Bay, there will be vocifer ous protest on the ground that we have forced the treaty down Nicaragua's throat to gain Our own advantage, al though it cannot be denied that Nica ragua would also gain. On the other hand, if we withdraw our marines we Invite almost certain revolution and bloodshed. Many lives will be lost and the era of prosperity just budding j under American protection will come to a disastrous end. Furthermore—and this is the real joker in the Caribbean pack—American lives and property will again be endangered, and again we will almost certainly be forced to inter vene. For these reasons, what wo do in Nicaragua is of prime importance both to us and to the Nicuraguans. But our action will also have an Important hearing upon an issue far larger than the possession of a naval base and a canal route by the United States. WOMKSI AMI WAR By Ella Wheeler Wilcox Copyright. 1915, Star Co. AVe women teach our little sons bow wrong And how Ignoble blows are; school and church Support our precepts, and inoculate | The growing minds with thoughts of love and peace. "Let dogs delight to bark and bite," wc say; I Hut human beings with immortal souls Must rise above the methods of the brute. And walk with reason and with self control. And then—dear God! you men, you wise, strong men. Our self-announced superiors in brain. Our peers in Judgment, you go forth to war! You leap at one another, mutilate And starve and kill your fellow-men, and ask T'.ie world's applause for such heroic deeds. You boast and strut; and if no song is sung. I No laudatory epic writ In blood. Telling how many widows you have made. Why then, perforce, you say our bards are dead And inspiration sleeps to wake no more. And we, the women, we whose lives you are— i What can we do but sit in silent homes. | And wait and suffer? Not for us the blare Of trumpets and the bugles' calls to arms— For us no waving banners, no supreme Triumphant hour of conquest. Ours the slow Dread torture of uncertainty, each day The bootless battle with the same de spair; And when at best your victories reach our ears. Thfere reaches with them, to our pitying hearts. The thought of countless homes made desolate. And other women weeping for their dead. O men. wise men, superior beings, sav, Is there 110 substitute for war in this Great age and era? If you answer "No," Then let us rear our children to be wolves. And teach them from the cradle how to kill. Why should we women waste our time and words? ROOSEVELT AS A LEADER fFrom the Kansas City Star.l The country first knew Mr. Roosevelt when he was Police Commissioner of New York City and was fighting .the lawless saloon keepers of that city, not as a temperance reformer, but as an officer sworn to uphold the law. Prom that day to this Mr. Roosevelt's atti tude toward the American people, in every relation he iias held with them, has been one of fearless demand that there shall be no special privilege for anybody before the law. He has de nounced the rich employers of labor who had no respect for law as "male factors of great wealth." Likewise he denounced the extreme labor agitator who had no respect for law as an "un desirable citizen." For his fine ability to discern that path of justice between the two, Mr. Roosevelt lias called down upon his head the anathema of both. He always has been too radical for the conserva tive and t«»o conservative for the radi cal. tbpning (Efyat One of the things that must have impressed Ilarrisburg people the Inst; three days was freight. Freight trains, loaded with coal, steel, merchandise of all sorts, automobiles and horses to say nothing of dressed beef and pro visions of every kind, were thunder ing through and around Ilarrisburg on t liplr way to the east and the south on c hiistmns eve and wore rolling along in the same way all day long on the great day of the Christian world. Saturday night's howling storm was pierced by the whistles of | ne engines and (he few quiet periods of yesterday were broken bv the rum ble of seemingly endless trains of cars. It seemed ;us though on "the dav l.etore, the day and the dav after" that every railroad that could pour Height for the seaboard had selected linos passing through or around Har risburtf. There have been Christmas days when railroad men had to work to keep the yards and the lines clear of the accumulating freight, but Sat •! mli Was *^ Us * evef y °ther day or a nttle more HO" UX one stalwart rail road man on his way home for Christ mas dinner after dark put It. The railroad men wore practically all out because there was not only a' tremen dous rush ot freight from the coal regions and from the four big lines that converge on this city, but an equally heavy movement of rolling stock going back to factory, mill and mine, pouring in from Philadelphia, Baltimore, Heading Allentown and New ork. The extent of the t rattle could be told just by watching trains passing the Mulberry street bridge, tars from every line in the country together with some from Panada were whizzing by in lonjj trains. Then would come a solid train of coal. Then one of live stock. All being rushed East. On the other side of the Susque hanna the same. Long trails of smoke, long trains of cars, all heading away 011 shining rails leading to tide water. Not much of the Christmas spirit about any of it, either. Hard, overtime work, one crew taking up where another leaves off. grim cars loadeH in many cases with grimmer cargoes, smoke, dirt and hustle over all. That's what it is on line and in yard lor men in Enola, Ilarrisburg and Rutherford this Christmas season. Governor Brumbaugh's Christmas greeting to his friends was in the form of an autographed copy of his speech on Pennsylvania Day at the Panama - Pacific Exposition. The address is printed in pamphlet form and is a beautiful specimen of the printing art. It dwells principally upon the part. Pennsylvania has played in the historv of the nation and is brimful of that pride in Pennsylvania which is one of the Governor's most striking attri butes. Nobody can read the speech without being the better Pennsylvan ian for the perusal. It was character istic of the Governor that he should choose to make it a holiday greeting to his many friends throughout the Commonwealth. "There is one thing that the average man who talks about pre paredness does not realize and that is that there are largo numbers of alumni, so to speak, of tile regular army and the National Guard. Count tip and see for yourself how many men you know who have either been in the army or the navy or the guard or some cadet organization," said a man who follows public affairs. "Then, too, there are many men who have been members of organizations which have some semimilitar.v train ing. The big thing, however, is know ing to take care of oneself and that is where I think that we fall down. I know some men who can drill and who know how to shoot, but turn theni loose for a day's hunting and they are helpless as babes. Why some can't even make a fire on a wet day in the woods." • ♦ • It seemed rather odd to notice the lires of the works al Sfeelton on Christmas eve and Christmas night. In fact, Steelton was to be located by the same brilliant glow as on other nights. Holidays or not the pressure of work in the big plant seemed to be going ahead and there was as much activity as on other days. * # * Capitol Hill is observing Christmas in probably as long measure as shown in a decade. In many of the depart ments on the Hill and in State offices scattered about the town the holidays began on Thursday afternoon and peo ple living in faraway counties went to their homes. The result was that on Friday afternoon hardly anyone was left in the big State house and to-day the number on duty was small. By to-morrow things will bo moving as usual. • * * H. C. Ilubler. the new associate counsel for the Workmen's Compensa tion Board, who has assumed his du ties here, is one of the prominent at torneys of Scranton. [~WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —W. E. Corey, active man in Mid vale affairs, has been creating some excitement by visiting other plants. —lsaac Sharpless, president of Hav erford, is spending the week at the seashore. —J. A. Fenner, postmaster of Weiss port, is about completing twenty years as postmaster of his town. —Dr. J. P. Garber, head of Phila delphia schools, has issued a circular outlining the new child labor law. —Prothontary W. B. Kirker, of Al legheny county, was presented with a sold watch and chain by his office staff. [ DO YOU KNOW ~~ That Hari-lshiirg was one of the starters of the Christmas savings club plan? HISTORIC HARRISBURG Three tribes of Indians used to make this vicinity their winter hunting grounds. GOOD EVENING' There are some men ml women in whose company we art lways at our best. All the best sto; in our nature are drawn out by their intercourse, and we find a music in our souls never there before.—Henry Drummond. 1 * Fashion Some one bad described fashion as "the art of maklnic «lie many wear nhnt Is becomlnit only t« fhr few." There is wit if not wisdom in the definition. Nevertheless; few men or wo men have the courage to utterly disregard the "mode." They want to be in sartorial tune with public opinion. They take it as a mark of knowing "what's what." And for this reason most peo pyle like to glance through the advertising In a live newspaper like the Telegraph to see nows of fashion.
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