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WEDNESDAY EVENING, DEC. 29
j-'riends. in this world of hurry.
And work, and sudden end.
If a thought comes quick of doing
A kindness to a friend.
Do it that very moment:
Don't put it off —don't wait.'
"What's the use of doing a kindness
If you do it a day too late?
—Charles Kingsley.
EXPERIENCE WILL COUNT
UNDER the provisions of the act j
creating the Industrial Board of
Pennsylvania that body is given
wide powers in both administration I
and interpretation of the laws gov-1
erning employment of men and wo- '
men and minors as well as those re- i
latins to conditions under which they
labor. In the last two years thej
Board has devised some valuable
standards for wage-earners in sev
eral important . industries and has
made rulings of wide effect. But its
work is just beginning.
The new child labor act will become
operative this week and there will
also be effective other laws having to
do with the welfare of the many who
are making a greater industrial com
monwealth, all of which will tend to
give to the Industrial Board the Im
portance contemplated by the framers
of the legislation which brought the
Department of Labor and Industry
and its various agencies into being.
The questions which will arise will
call for fairness, experience and in
telligence in the rendering of de
cisions.
The members of the Board selected
by Governors Tener and Brurtfbaugh
are people who have high qualifica
tions for the tasks that confront them
and whose training and study make
them well adapted to rule in the di
verse propositions that will arise.
The selection of William Lauder to
be the secretary of the Board com
pletes that body and will give to its
membership the benefit of years of
experience in handling men. knowl
edge of conditions in two basic in
dustries and a fund of good hard j
common sense, which is needed in
Slate affairs, as in all others. Mr.
Lauder was a worker and an em
ployer, a businessman and a student
of educational and welfare matters.
His Ideas are advanced and not ex
treme. As executive officer of the
Board he will give plenty of vigor to
its work and that regard for all that
experience teaehesiis best in g6vern-I
ment.
DEMOCRATIC DUST THROWING '
DESPERATE efforts are being |
made by the administration news- !
papers to confuse the public
mind with regard to the tariff policies
of President Wilson and his Demo
cratic associates. They pretend not to
gee the handwriting on the wall, but
with fatuous- indifference to the facta
continue to declare with vehement
persistence that the present tariff Is
all right, pointing to the reviving pros
perity of the country as a confirmation
of their contention.
Notwithstanding it has been demon
atrated over and over again that only
the European war saved the United
States from the worst panic in its his
tory these apologists of the free-trade
propaganda continue to assert that
their alleged tariff reform is respons
ible for the reviving business condi
tions and the general employment of
labor. Shutting their eyes to the facts
■upon every side they grasp at every
evidence of business activity as an ar
gument in favor of the Underwood
tariff law.
The United States to-day Is the
beneficiary of the tragedy of Europe:
there is no doubt upon this point. Nor
Is there any question among Intelli
gent people that the enormous pur
chases of war munitions, foodstuffs
and general supplies by the nations at
war and those neutral countries which
previously obtained their supplies from
these name nations has been directly
responsible for a revival of Industry
throughout this country.
What would have happened under
normal conditions was Indicated within
a few months after the Democratic
tariff went into effect and what will
•till happen to the United States
ahould the war cease before the exist
ing tariff law is repealed Is not pleas
ant to contemplate. Manifestly the
•nd of the war will see such competl
'* tion among the nations of the world
WIHSNES>i3AY~EV ENING,
as has never been known and unites
we are prepared to meet the whole
sale dumping of the cheap product* of
Europe and elsewhere upon our
shores at the cost of American labor,
there can be little doubt concerning
the situation which will then confront
this country.
Preparedness not only contemplates
national defense, but likewise compre
hends and embraces such regulation
of the customs duties -as will protect
American industry from the invasion
of the European nations. Democratic
exponents of a free-trade'policy may
be able to throw dust for a little
while and the workingmen who are
employed at present at high wages
may for a time be deceived as to the
real conditions, but unless and until
the Underwood tariff law Is trans
formed into a protective law there can
be no assurance of permanent pros
perity in this country.
Fortunately for the people, the
| statjfesmen of the country—the great
I Republican leaders—are giving their
i attention to the important remedial
legislation which will have serious
consideration as soon as the party of
protection resumes Its proper place at
Washington. A persistent increase of
business and undiminished activity in
many lines will not close the eyes of
any intelligent person to the impor
tance of the protective policy as ap
plied to the continuing welfare of the
j American people.
This week a clear observer of the
trend events, discussing the situa
tion, says the present tariff has not
been tried; that the European war
I erected a protective tariff of very
much greater proportions than any
thing we have ever known, as it stop
ped practically all exports from Eu
rope. Confirming the statement which
we have just made, he potnts out that
just previous to the war many lines
| of business In this country were slow
ing up and their business was being
gradually undermined, allowing ex
treme competition of European goods,
the war removed this competition.
In short, our present prosperity de
pends almost wholly upon the buying
power of the warring nations .a broad;
the ending of the war would undoubt
edly cause a sharp reaction and the
curtailment of production in every di
rection. It is this fear which has
created the widespread feeling among
conservative men of all parties and
intelligent workingmen everywhere
that there must be a change of our
attitude at Washington, and a going
back to the safe and sane policies of
the Republican party.
STANDARDIZING DRESS
THERE'S one thing about the peo
ple of Missouri beside their well
known insistence upon "being
shown"—they are courageous. We can
prove this simply by quoting the ex-
indention of the University of
Missouri to standardize woman's
dress. This also shows that Missoarl
ans are not afraid of tackling a job
that, if accomplished, would make the
historic tasks of Hercules appear, by
comparison, like the puny efforts of
a rank amateur. The university has
already announced its standard gar
ment, and now all that remains is to
induce the women of the country to
adopt it. In order that no time may
be lost in getting the new standard
before the women of Harrlsburg we
quote from the specifications:
The skirt is made in four pieces
with a seam at the back and opens
in the front. It is simple to make
because only one seam needs stay
ing. and in order that it be made
perfectly hygienic and comfortable
when worn without a corset it is
suspended from the shoulders by
means of an underwaist made of
some thin material. The waist is
a blouse falling down over the hips
and held in slightly at the waist bv
a loose belt.
It must be simply grand to have
a university like that, where world
old problems can be decided in a
half hour or so by professors armed
only with shears, "some thin ma
terial" and a profound conviction of
their own infallibility. Our own
State College in its proudest moments
never did anything like this. Bring
on your standardized garments, con
sign Parisian styles to outer darkness,
crown Missouri queen of fashion and
then let's consider for a moment what
our own wives are likely to do about it.
HER MOST VALUED POSSESSION j
MRS. LAURA 8. ROCKEFELLER. !
wife of John D. Rockefeller,
who died last March, left an
estate valued at $1,490,371, which she
bequeathed in large part to charitable
and educational institutions. Her
family got little or none of it. But
she did leave a bequest to her son,
John D. Rotfkefeller, Jr.—her wed
ding ring, worth, according to the
State's appraisers, about $3. This, the
will set forth, was her "most valued
possession."
What a wealth of thought is Involv
ed in that trifling bequest and the
phrase used to describe it. In these
days of sudden riches and quick di
vorces, of hasty marriages and trips
to Reno, it is a pleasure to note that
even where wealth has been supposed
to hold prime sway In the heart, the
marriage ceremony and its symbol
have been held In even higher regard.
There have been those who have pic
tured John D. Rockefeller as a feudal
baron of the business world, as a rob
ber of the poor, and unquestionably he
was a ruthless money-getter, but It is
hard to believe all the nasty things
that have been said of him in the light
of this testimony of his wife, who held
as <ier "most valued possession" the
$3 wedding ring i>e bought for her
when both were young and all tlrf
riches they owned were locked up in
their affection one for the other.
There are few Jekyls and Hydes in
real life. The Ideal husband must of
necessity be a pretty good sort of man
at heart. He who loves his family
dearly mgst reflect something ha holds
In his heart for all men. It is a pret
ty good recommendation for any man
when after a long life spent in hia
companionship a wife comes down to
her declining years with his wedding
ring as her most cherished possession,
valued even beyond a piilllon-dollar
estate.
| TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE
P —President Wilson walked 9 miles
| on the day before his 59th birthday,
which la pretty good, but at that he is
not In a class with our own Dr. Pager.
—Mme Schwimmer says she %1U
stick to the last on the Ford peace
ship. Pretty good name for one
aboard a sinking vessel.
—Our idea of a hero is a mail clerk
who goes through the Christmas sea
son without losing his religion.
Somebody has suggested that Ham
Lewis may be a dark horse for the
Presidency. How can a man with pink
whiskers pose as a dark horse?
—While a wife thinks nothing of
giving her husband a cut glass dish
for Christmas she would weep all day
if he gave her a box of cigars.
—Getting the "grip" isn't so bad;
it's getting rid of It that causes the
trouble.
1 EDITORIAL COMMENT"]
The Attorney General wants laws to
punish traitors. How about sending
them home to fight for their sovereigns?
—Philadelphia North American.
ith the approach of winter it may
n ?* amiss to offer the customary ad
vice that exposed nations be particular
ly careful of their war-chests.—Wash
ington Post.
The Government is rounding up the
S P. ?,° ra P'dly now that it is expected
all will be in custody by the time our
last remaining factory is blown up
Boston Transcript.
G. B. Shaw says that the allies must
not crush Germany. Latest advices
from the front indicate that the allies
are taking his suggestion very seri
ously.-—-Macon Evening News.
Russians claim capture of 49,874 in
one month. Tendency of Russian and
German populations to change places
seems to call for more notice from eoo
mists.—W all Street Journal.
1 LETTERS TO THE EDITOT]
A BEAITIFI L DECOR ATION
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Complying with the request of the
Telegraph that the old custom of put
ting candles in the windows should be
revived, many took kindlv to the sug
gestion and in many places in the city
the lights were burning.
One of the most beautifully decorated
and lighted homes, and which we think
should receive especial mention, was
that of Mrs. Kathryn M. Berst. 1015
Market street. Every window In the
house was beautifully wreathed and
had two randies burning in them. The
effect was very pleasing, and we hope
in future years to see many follow Mrs.
Berst's example in so beautifully deco
rating their homes.
Yours truly,
_ A CITIZEN.
CHRISTMAS CARDS
TKrom the Kansas City Star.]
This one word about Christmas cards.
There Is a graceful custom of exchang
ing among friends the printed senti
ments of other men as their own. Now
it probably is true that these little
messages in which Buskin and Tenny
son and Browning have so well inter
preted our own thoughts are cast In
higher language than we could cast
them, but we ought to remember when
we take our pen In hand, what Schiller
said—that no man Is eloquent save in
his own language.
If we are to shape our business and
Intercourse with each other on approved
models there arc patterns enough.
There are model letters; letter for a
}oung Man Proposing Marriage. letter
for a Young Man Seeking a Position. !
Letters for a Young Woman Declining
an Invitation to an Oyster Supper, but
they cannot be recommended. No more
should we allow Emerson or Bvron or
Marcus Aurelius—no matter how cor
rectly they have interpreted our
thought—to tell our friend we are
thinking of him. If you want your
friend to read Emerson send him the
book, but let the letter accompanvinsr
it be yours.
ECONOMY IX Oil.
Two big liners, the Finland and the
Krooniand. are being changed from
coal-burners to oil-burners. Kach boat
Is expected to save $5,000 annually In
the cost of fuel as a result of the
change, besides a saving of sl3 500 a
year in the wages of stokers. Bv the
removal of the coal-bunkers enough ad
ditional space and cargo-tonnage will
.^«f alned to P««"mlt the carrying of
J.oOO tons additional freight, which
means an extra profit of £20.000 In
freight tolls on every trip when the
ship carries a full cargo. These figures
show why the use of oil as a steamship
fuel Is becoming more and more gen-
Our Daily Laugh
APPRAISAL. v
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amounts to about 9 4,
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I GOT IT A 1.1.
By Ulng Dinger
The wife of a good friend of mine
Called me by phone last week,
And said: "For hubby, as a gift,
A golf outfit X seek;
The clubs he'll need. I do not know. "
And I*ll be glad if you
Will pick an outfit out for him—
If this you've time to do."
And did I? Well, I guess I did—
I went right down the street.
And first of all, from a large stock
I chose a golf bag neat.
Then driver, brassle, Jlgcr and
Some other clubs I chose,
In fact, I bought 'most everything
That with nn outfit goes.
And knowing how the fever acts,
I purchased a white ball
And covered It with crimson paint-
But wait, that Isn't all.
I also bought a little thing
To make tees out of snow.
So to the course and at the game
My friend at once could go.
HARRISBUHG TELEGRAPH
CT>olO«* U . I
By th« Bi-OommltTMmu " II
cq—n umaniß——J
Another "social call" paid by Mayor
elect Thomas B, Smith, of Philadel
phia, on Governor Brumbaugh at At
lantic City yesterday has strengthened
the belief that the Philadelphia mayor
is working out a plan whereby any
differences in the Republican party
over national delegates and
committeeman will be avoided. The
Mayor saw the Governor here lust
Wednesday, and while information
about his visit was dodged by the
Governor and everyone else, it was
pretty generally known that the Mayor
urged the Governor not to get into a
fight.
This week it is said that the Gov
ernor. instead of going to Scranton to
attend the State Educational Associa
tion meeting, will stay at Atlantic City
to get rid of his cold and will see
Congressman Vare and other leaders.
In this connection it Is interesting
to read the following from the Phila
delphia Ledger: "Every Republican
faction in New Jersey friendly to
ex-Governor Edward C. Stokes for
United States senator may be lined up
for Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh
for President as an outcome of a
dinner tendered Governor Brumbaugh
and Mayjr-elect Thomas B. Smith, of
Philadelphia, here to-night."
—According to Pittsburgh papers,
suit to enjoin County Controller-elect
John P. Moore from taking office will
be started within a day or so. The ac
tion will be taken by H. M. Cribbs, the
present Incumbent. Mr. Crlhbs con
tends that Mr. Moore is Ineligible for
the controllership under a special act
of the Legislature enacted May 1. 1861.
Last April when Mr. Cribbs was a can
didate to succeed by appointment Rob
ert J. Cunningham, who resigned as j
controller to become State Highway |
Commissioner, he had his attorney.
Harry H. Rowand, examine the act of
May 1, 1861. It was under this act.
that Mr. Cribbs was appointed by the
judges of the common pleas court of
Allegheny county. It is the contention
of Mr. Cribbs and his counsel that
Mr. Moore is ineligible under the sec
ond section of the act, which prohibits
a member of the Legislature from
serving.
Reading is all stirred up by a re
port that steps are to be taken to pre
vent Councilman-elect William Abbott
Witman from being sworn in at the
reorganization meeting to be held next
Monday because his statement of cam
paign expenses did not comply with
the law, it is alleged. It is pointed
out that the statement was not accom
panied by receipts for all expenditures
over $lO, as required by law, the total
of over $l,lOO being in sewn items,
ranging from $75 to S4OO, the latter
for postage. It is said that injunction
proceedings may be started to prevent
Mr. Witman being sworn in or from
being paid the $3,000 salary. He has
been at loggerheads with his fellow
councilnien elect over the distribution
of patronage. Mr. Witman's friends
say that the same charge of irregu
larity might be brought against Mayor
elect Filbert and other councilmen,
whose campaign expense accounts
were not accompanied by the required
receipts.
—The proposition for six State penal
farms and the abolition of some county
jails, made by the State penal laws
revision commission last session, was
revived by a committee of the State
Bar Association at Pittsburgh yester
day.
—Ex-Governor Edwin S. Stuart,
who was 62 years old yesterday, was
greeted by many friends. He said that
lie hoped people would start In now
and boost Pennsylvania and not run it
down so much. The former Governor
declared that the country was enjoy
ing prosperity because of the war, but
that If It had not come the nation
would have been suffering from a
Democratic tariff depression.
—Philadelphia is having a diverting
contest for the place of real estate
assessor made vacant by the advance
ment of Peter J. Hoban to be assistant
director of supplies. Senator R. V.
Farley, an Old Guard Democrat, and
Magistrate Joe Boyle, a reorganize! - ,
a r«r fighting Lee Haggerty.
—The contest over the Cambria
county controllership will be aired in
court this week. The contestant was
forced to postpone It by grip.
—F. P. McCluskey, the new district
attorney of Northampton county,
named his opponent. R. E. James, as
assistant, to the surprise of East on.
—Ex-Governor William A. Stone,
the new prothonotary of the Supreme
Court, will make his home in Philadel
phia.
—Montgomery county yesterday
added enough to its linking fund to
pull it out of debt. This is the first
time in years that it has been.debt, free
and there was general congratulation
at Norristown yesterday.
—Coatesville's mayoralty contest will
not be ended in time for the new j
mayor to take office on Monday. Some
interesting disclosures are being made.
—J. A. Person, sealer of weights
and measures of Northampton coun
ty. has resigned. He denied a lot of
charges brought against him before
doing so.
—W. E. Finley wants to succeed H.
C. Ransley, the new sheriff of Phila
delphia, as mercantile appraiser. The
Auditor General wijl have a hand in
naming the appraiser.
THE NEW YEAR COME*!
Thete are bells to ring,
There are songs to sing.
There is irood cheer everywhere;
There are kin to meet.
There ore friends to greet,
And the world is bright and fair.
There are vows well meant,
There Is good Intent.
There are pledges brave and gay.
There are eyes alight.
There are faces bright—
For it's New Year's Day to-day.
There are Tiefs put by.
There's a cloudless sky.
That smiles o'er a waiting world.
There are rosy dreams
On a hundred themes.
And a flag of joy unfurled.
There's a courage new.
There's a purpose true,
There are shadows pasged away,
There's a faltli in prayers.
And a soul that dares—
For It's New Year's Day to-day.
—I-, M. Thornton in the Mother's Maga
zine.
THE TRUTH OF THE SITUATION
[Kansas City Star.]
Those politicians who have been
criticising President Wilson for bis
natience with European nations In
dealing with the question of the rights
of American citizens and American
property might read again the report
of the naval board, which says:
"Our present navy is not sufficient to
give due weight to the diplomatic re
monstrances of the United States, nor
to enforce its policies In war."
I,INKS TO BE REMEMBERED
Robert Louis Stevenson.
To be honest, to be kind—to earn a
little and to spend a little less, to make
upon the whole a family happier for
bis presence: to renounce when that
shall be necessary and not to be em
bittered! to keep a few friends, but
without capitulation—above all,
on the same grim conditions to keen
friends with himself—iiere Is a task
for all that a man has of fortitude and
delicacy.
Berlin hears that 23,000.00(1 Mnham
medians In India favor joining Turkey
In the war. which shows what wireless
telephony Is doing already. Wall
Street Journal.
| THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
Picture of a Dignified Man Whose Sock Has Dropped
—From the Kauaac City Tlniea.
1
SCIENCE BEGINS
Chemistry in the Kitchen
By Frederic J. Haskin
are Just beginning to take
j»n interest in what they eat. A
liVHve of dietary curiosity is sleep
ing the country. Books by the hundred
are being published on the balanced ra
tion, the ideal menu, the scientific bill
of fare. The latest development is a
correspondence course irf "scientific
eating."
The last place to be touched by this
new tendency was the kitchen itself.
The home is the most conservative of
institutions. You can change the basic
law. of a nation before you can change
its characteristic way of cooking pota
toes. This conservatism is not a bad
thing, for a great many of the early
conclusions of the food faddists and
investigators turned out to be based
011 insufficient data. But now the
kitchen is beginning to ask questions.
The food question Is obviously of
supreme importance. Half our ills
can be traced to improper feeding.
Nobody realizes this better than the
housewife, but when she turns to
science for information some spec
tacled savant assures her with a bland
smile that the whole question is per
fectly simple and hands her a page
of chemical formulae that look like a
Chinese puzzle and convey about as
much meaning as a receipt in Greek.
Nevertheless, the question is simple
in its essentials. Food has three func
tions in the human body—to repair
waste, to furnish fuel for the human
engine and to regulate the vital proc
esses. It was this last office that the
early food investigators overlooked
and got themselves and their ideal
j dietaries into confusion thereby. They
calculated the needs of the body in
grams and calories and concluded that
the average man was eating a great
deal more than was good for him.
They selected the foods which con
tained the most concentrated nourish
ment and pointed out that, for the
economical, articles like califlower and
spinach were a needless extravagance,
because they consisted 90 per cent, of
water, which could be purchased from
the city at 15 cents a thousand gallons.
This reasoning failed to take into
account the physiological effect of
many vegetables which are essential
to health because of the mineral mat
ter they contain. Spinach, cauliflower
and celery are among the best of
these. They are particularly rich in
iron, phosphorous and calcium. These
minerals go to the building of bone,
and hence are of great importance in
the diet of children.
Besides, in the vegetables mentioned
above, such minerals are found abun
dantly in turnips, carrots and parsnips.
The turnip was long a favorite target
for the criticism of diet cranks, who
THE STATE FROM DAf TO Dffl |
A supposedly demented woman in
Erie has been held by the police lest
she do serious harm to the popu
lace. She entered the Nixon theater
in that city last evening and began to
throw candy kisses at the audience,
thinking she was a detective and had
been sent there as a special messen
ger to put the quietus on the moving
picture shows.
While we are on the subject of kiss
ing, it behooves us to call attention
again to Health Commissioner Dixon's
advice against osculation during the
grip season. Cut it out, is the edict,
if you would not spread grip germs.
But kissing goes merrily on, just the
same and the number of cases of grip
hasn't materially diminished.
Kaiser Wilhelm lost fifteen men of
military age by naturalization in Read
ing yesterday. Out of the twenty-five
applications accepted, three-fifths
were Germans.
An aged couple of Norristown, both
of whom have been married before,
have taken oOt licenses to wed, each
being over 70 years of age. But the
truth of the old adage is here appar-.
ent, when it says, "Better late than
never."
More than SI,OOO worth of floral
tributes surrounded the casket of the
late John M. Herblg, a prominent ma
chine-shop superintendent of the
Bethlehem Steel Company, whose
funeral was held yesterday. For ten
minutes the machines in the three
shops which had formerly been under
his supervision were stopped out of re
spect to his memory.
The congregation of the First Pres
byterian Church of New Castle played
Santa Claus for their pastor, the Rev.
Robert Little, to the extent of a fine
automobile on rhristmas morning.
Needless to say the chimney was not
used,
Governor Brumbaugh will be a
speaker at the exercises to-morrow at
Scranton of the Pennsylvania State
Educational Association which Is in
convention in that city. Governor
Willis, of Ohio, will also make an ad
dress.
TO GUARANTEE PEACE
"The only way to be sure of pre
venting a war between this country
and other countries before this world
war pasaton has been exhausted is to
have a potential army and navy «o big
and so fit that nobody will dare molest
ÜB." —Charles H. Grasty.
DECEMBER 29, 1915.
pointed out that it consists almost en
tirely of wood and water, but. further
investigation triumphantly vindicated
its place on the dinner table. Not
only vegetables, but many fruits,
notably- oranges, contain much cal
cium. In other words, thev are build
ers of bone. Milk, too, is rich in this
mineral, and that is one of the prin
cipal reasons why it is so well fitted
for a growing body. There is more
calcium dissolved in any glass of milk
than it would be possible to dissolve in
a glass of water.
Another virtue of roots and vege
tables which is just coming to be
valued at Its proper weight is that a
large part of their solid skeleton is
indigestible. At first glance this seems
to be a fault rather than an advantage,
but the truth of tho matter is that our
civilized diet tends to be too concen
trated. Ry our precooked and pre
digested foods we are cheating our
legitimate internal digestions out of
their natural occupation. Fruits and
vegetables give them something to
work on. a condition of things essen
tial to their good temper and well
being. The digestion Is an industrious
mechanism which does not thrive in
idleness.
Moreover, there is a certain sea
sonable value in green foods which is
even yet imperfectly understood, but
probably rests on the age-old custom
of the human race of eating particular
plants at the particular season of their
ripening, until the body has come to
expect it. This principle is generally
acted upon on the farm, where the
mess of greens in springtime is an
institution as firmly rooted as the
greens themselves. City dwellers, how
ever. are prone tp overlook it.
The point to be taken fr»m all these
virtues of the vegetable is largely that
it is dangerous to judge foods on the
basis of their fuel value. The term
"food value" is often applied solely in
this sense, and. rightly understood,
the fuel, or nourishing, value of a
substance is a valuable indicator in
buying and cooking. But because
beans have fifteen times as high fuel
value to the body as has spinach, it
does not follow that they are fifteen
times as valuable a food.
The fruit and vegetable at most,
however, is only an essential side dish.
The prime need of the body is for
something to repair its waste and for
something to furnish the energy that
carries it through a day's work. This
energy is supplied for the most part
by the various sorts of grains, the few
really nourishing vegetables, milk, eggs
and meats. The problem of the day is
how to- arrange a menu with the right
proportion of each.
Letter List
BIST OF BETTERS REMAINING IN
the Post Office, at Harrisburg, Pa., tot
the week ending December 25, 1915:
Ladies' List—Miss Carrie and Sara
Arnold. Mrs. H. A. Brooks. Miss Mil
dred Clark, Miss Henrietta Cooper. Miss
Mabel Dougherty. Mrs. John Ditthron
ner. Miss Bertha Dockely, Miss Bernice
(nurse) Klder, Miss Myrtle B. Evans.
Mrs. Jean Kane Eoulke, Mrs. John
Gilbert. Mrs. Maggie Gooilall, Miss Mary
Hawk, Miss Romain Hinkle, Miss Kath
erlne Hippie. Mrs. Lueinda Hubbard,
Miss Lilian Hummel, Mrs. Clara Keller,
Miss Beatrice Kerr, Miss Bertha Mar
berger, Mrs. Harry Mason, Mrs. Edna
Matchett, Mrs. E. D. Matteson. Mrs.
Bess Moul. Mrs. John McMurray, Miss
Hazel Merging, Mrs. Mineal, Miss Kat
tie Manin, Miss Laura Myers, Miss
Katherine, Nye, Mrs. Electa Orr, Miss
Katherine Osborn, Miss Paske, Miss
Mirabell Perry, Mrs. James Peters, Miss
Gene Rotinson, Ml— Abe Shapairo, Mrs.
Annie Shoop, Ethel Splelman, Miss
Taylor. Mrs. Jennie Toohey, Mrs.
Susie R. Willis.
Gentleman's List Clarence Bach,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry and Miss Baldwin,
Lawrence Barrtngton. E. J. Bartolet,
John Bender, David Bioser, Harold Bon
awltz, J. W. Borhman. Cecil A. Brown,
P. Buccl, W. S. Bulett, James Burns.
Joe Ben Chandler. Harry X. Clark. W.
H. Clearwater. Gllman Clee, D. C.
Collier. Frank Connor, George F. Davis,
I.aurence Deynan, C. F. Dene!. R. E.
Dexter, J. D. Decerson. S. C. Dorman, H.
Ferguson, W. S. Flck (2), Mallie Kur
man, Courtney Gaskill, Harrv H. Gil
bert. Arthur Gogel. George Goldsmith.
John Griffith. J. A. Harris, Ross Leslie
Harris, Clarence M. Henry. Sheridan
Hersh, Jacob E. Hertzler, *Alex Hess,
Harry Hess, Frank Hasler, A. Hove.
Januls Jackson. Charles Kelms, F. O.
Kepner. C. .V. Klines, Harrv Laurie,
T F. Logan. J. A. Lukens, Russel
Mackelnae, Marashleian, Ed. Martin
Jay Martin, I,cvi Martin, J. B. Mason.
Wallace B. McAllister, Luther Mose
'?>'• ,. (j eorge Nye, M. P. Pasguarrell,
T hllip Paul. Kadannnovich, W
Arnold Raffenspewr, Parker Reaido,
Chas R. Rider, George Rlttenliouse.
A. C. Rodenbough. Robert C. Schultz
W. E. Seller. Walter ShafTner. 11. A.
•_haron. J. A. Shorlin, Frank Simmon,
W. B. Smith, Chas. F. Walter, .1.
Ward. Bradley P. Wheelen, Walter W
Wyman, Paul Yost, John T. Young.
Foreign Vlncenzo delle Donne
Firms—Harrisburg Building & Loan
Asso., Harrisburg Gr. A- El. Co., Meyers
Bros.. Quality Piano Co. ' y ' B
Persons should have their mall matter
addressed to their street and number
thereby Insuring prompt delivery bv
the carriers.
F. C SITES.
Postmaster.
MAINK RELIC RECOVERED
[From Popular Mechanics Magazine.]
One of the side plates of the battle
ship Maine, which had been Imbedded
In the mud at the bottom of Havana
harbor since 1898, was recently
brought up by the anchor of the
American ship Esperanta.
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W hlle some of the churches of Hu •.
rlsburg may be better known to th*
outside world H nd have figured
widely In religious activities than St.
Lawrence's Catholic Church, there is
none in all Harrlsburg or the towns
round about which is the obJecK of
greater \eneration to a large number
Citizens than tho .
LfrU)w house of worship in Walnut
hiitf V WeM n,Kh years Its
bells have rung the hours of prayer
for many families and even Iln>Be of
other denominations were wont to reg
ulate household matters and meals bv,
the deep tones from Its twin towers.
It has been the church .»f the German
< atholios, who have included tlwisa
estimable folks who came from Ba
varia and other southern portions of
Germany and trom the provinces of
Austria, preserving many of the cus
toms of those lands. One of the cus
toms, which has been noted by Harris
burgers until it became a part of .-itv
lire was the ringing of the bells at s'
0 clock at night. Years ago, when these
bells rang more than one youngster
went to bed. They were reallv a cur
few without being called such and one
which no soul thought of disobeying,
"he building of St. Lawrence's Church
which was undertaken forty-one years'
ago in the days of the lamented
father Koppernagel. was slow and was
a labor of love for many of the sturdy
people who composed the congrega
tion. the energetic rector overseeing
everything and doing a consideiablo
amount of the work himself. He was
an expert wood carver and the church
is filled with examples of his art. in
deed. there are few churches in this
part of Pennsylvania that possess such
woodwork as St. Lawrence's and it has
been visited by many from out of
town. Father Koppernagel, who is
well recalled for his activity in affairs
and from the fact that he was one of
the few priests in this vicinity to wear
a. beard, occupied quite a place in tho
estimation of the people of Harrisburg
and there was general sorrow at his
death. There are few memories of the
priests who ministered in the old mis
sion in Front street before the present
church was built at the head of Fifth,
but of the men who succeeded him, the
ltevs. Francis C. Seubert and Stephen
M. Wiest are well recalled. The Rev.
P. S. Heugel, the present rector, lias
been a worthy successor of the men
who did so much for the German
Catholics of this community.
• o »
Aged Levi Walters, whose death oc
curred a few days ago, will be remem
bered by hundreds of men and women
who as boys anil girls attended tho
Hamilton school building in the days
when he kept a grocery store at the
corner of Hamilton and Sixth streets.
Mr. Walters made a famous brand of
molasses taffy popularly known in the
neighborhood as "Mosey." It came in
small cakes at a penny each and at
rece3s time in the days of 25 years
ago, and more, the children from the
Hamilton school (locked about that
"Mosey" counter like Hies about a mo
-1 lasses barrel. Mr. Walters sold hun
dreds of cakes a day and there never
was any question about coal tar dyes
or other impurities in that candy, for
it came clean and sweet from the
depths of a barrel of sugar molasses.
Thousands upon thousands of cakes
of "Mosey" have been cracked and di
vided on the old iron fireplug in front
of the old-time store and until his re
tirement Mr. Walters was almost as
popular among the school children of
the district as Santa Claus himself.
No matter what time of the year it
happens to be the State Department of
Agriculture is pretty sure to be askeil
about ways or means to get rid of
some pest or other. The latest pest
to make trouble or to stimulate letter
writing is the bean weevil. This bug
is a firsj cousin to the boll weevil
which has been the cause of much elo
quence in Congress and many appro
priations. The State had an abundant
crop of beans last year and It seems
that some farmers have been bothered
by bugs eating them. The bugs are
not ordinary affairs, but seem to bo
jvoracious and to bother only tho
| beans. The best remedy, say the State
i officials, is to fumigate the beans.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has started out to reorganize its
force because of the new child labor
law. The law restricts the messengers
to a certain age limit. This can be
managed all right for the day force,
but for night work men will be re
quired. The law does not permit any
one under twenty-one to be employed
in night deliveries. The result will be
that all messages received late at night
will have to be handled by grown per
sons.
WELL KNOWN PEOP* 1
—William Thaw, the Pittsburgh
aviator, is spending the holidays in
Western Pennsylvania and will return
to the front shortly.
—Col. Henry Hall, the Washington
correspondent, is writing a series of
articles on compensation in the various
States.
—Frank Hochreiter, well known
here, is to be retained as chief of police
of Wilkes-Barre.
—Joseph W. Foote. new superinten
dent of the Erie railroad, started in
his railroad work as a rodman.
—H. F. Baker, long secretary of
Lehigh Coal and Navigation, lias been
elected vice-president.
DO YOU KNOW ~
Tliat Harrislnirg bread Is sent
to districts miles away from this
city every morning: before day
break?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The first courts were held here for
Dauphin county the latter part of
1785.
As faith is said to move mountains,
we are beginning to fear that General
Goethals will have to call on the
preachers before long.—Washington
Post.
T. R. can't take his hat off now t<j
scratch his head without making th»>
favorite sons shiver.—Boston Trail
script.
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Markets In different sections |
of this continent differ.
Hdmr' parts construe more
food products than others, while I
sales elsewhere will .-how a I
higher percentage for dry goods. I
These things demonstrate the {
peculiar strength of the news- |
paper as an advertising medium. I
The selling force ran be dl- I
rected where posE'.bllltleu arc * }
largest.
It can be ndapteil to the sea
son. No advertising need be
wasted.
There is little or no guess
work and through its intcn
sivencss in results It .secures the
•co-operation of local dealers.
Manufacturers seeking light
on sectional markets arc Invited
to write to the Bureau of Adver
tising, American Newspaper Pub
lishers Association. World Build
ing, New York.