8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH Established ISjl PUBLISHED BY THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER Secretary GUS M. STEINMETZ Mauaeinz Editor Published every evening: (except Sun day) at the Telegraph Building, 21€ Federal Square. Both phones. Member American Newspaper Publish ers' Association. Audit Bureau of Circulation and Pennsylvania Associ ated Dallies. Eastern OfTlce, Fifth Avenue Building. New York City, Hasbrook, Story & Brooks. Western OfTlce, Advertising Buildinr, Chicago, 111., Robert E. Ward. Delivered by carriers at <yJ'M..yiL»'. > six cents a week. Mailed to subscribers at J3.00 a year In advance. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. Sworn dully avernur circulation for the three month* ending: Dec. 31, 1015. Jf 1 22,412 Average for the year lIIH—III.SSB Average for the year 1913—1 II.M! Average for the year 1012—19.64# Average for the year 1111 I—-17,311- Average for the yeur 1011V—16^1(11 The above figure* are net. All re turned, unsold and damaged copies de ducted. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN. 5. I do not think we have any right to think of a heaven for others, much less of a heaven for ourselves, in the world to come, until Ice are wholly de termined to make this world a heaven for our fellowmen, and arc hoping, be lieving, loving and working for that, and for its realisation rwt in a thou sand or a million years, but in a nearer and nearer future. —Stopford A. Brooke. THE CITY'S GROWTH THERE is promise of great real estate activity during this year. Many new buildtngs are being planned and some vacant sections of the city will be developed. With the growth of Harrlsburg provision must be made for the people and with any thing like normal activities the real estate business should expand largely In every direction. Harrisburg is bound to become a large and still larger city with the passing of the years. Its reputation is spreading rapidly and much more favorably than even our own citizens sometimes appreciate. Attention has been drawn to the city by its pro gressive undertakings in recent years and not only as a place of residence, but as an unusual business center, it has become known throughout the country. It remains for our officials and our citizenry to maintain this good name and to further the development of the city in every proper way. The almanac for 1916 tells us. as usual, about the eclipses for the year. It schedules only three as visible in eastern North America, and dates all of them prior to the middle of July. For once the almanac Is wrong, in Novem ber- -on the Tuesday after the first Mon day—will occur the total eclipse of the Democratic party, visible from every where. KABIi KIIINKR'S DOLLAR EARL KRISER, aged 12, of Mid dletown, believes that "one good turn deserves another." If more people (felt as Earl felt after he had been treated as a patient at the Har risburg Hospital, that institution would not be constantly in need of funds. Some time ago Earl fell and a bone in his right leg was broken, so badly broken, indeed, that his life hung in the balance. But the hospital surgeons performed an operation that made him well again, and when he went home Earl did not do, as so many older patients, accept it all as a mat ter of course and let it go at that. Instead he was deeply grateful for the treatment he had received and, think ing the matter over, concluded that he owed the hospital something. He had little to give, for he was a mere boy and a cripple at that, but he went right manfully to,work and managed, by skimping and saving, to amass a dollar in pennies and nickels. This he sent to the hospital management as a testimonial of his appreciation. There is a lesson in this gift, small as it is in amount, that could not be drawn from many a contribution to the hos pital of far greater value than the tiny sum presented by this grateful little patient. The widow's mite and Earl s dollar were both given in /he same spirtt. Democratic orators and editors are diligently hunting nowadays for a phrase to use in succession to that which described "the lonely President in the White House." FIXE START FOR l»i« THIS newspaper has been pleased on reveral occasions to call at tention to the noonday lunch eon meetings of the Chamber of Com merce and the fine character of the Bet-together conferences of the busi neesmen of Harrisburg. There have been many distinguished •peakers at these midday sessions in cluding United States senators, great architects, landscape designers, pub licists and others, but none of these roade a deeper Impression upon the representatives of our business com munity than Dr. D. F. Garland, the Director of Public Welfare of Dayton, Ohio, who addressed the first luncheon meeting of the new year yesterday. His subject was "The New Conception of the City" and what he said made ■uch an impression upon all present that he was surrounded at the close ot his remarks by an enthusiastic clr WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH JANUARY 5, 1916 cle of men who wanted to shake him by the hand and tell him how much his address was appreciated. Dr. Garland's remarks were par ticularly directed toward the new phase of business which regards <he wel fare of the community as first in im portance and which has established a different relationship between em ployer and employe. Time was when such an assemblage of businessmen to listen to a welfare talk would have been almcst impossible. Bankers and merchant* and manufacturers and professional men sat side by side during the admirable presentation of an increasingly interesting subject while at the speaker's table were Mayor Meals and his associate com missioners. Throughout his address Dr. Garland dwelt upon the importance of conser vation of human life and health and the opportunity to live comfortably under better community conditions. His whole theme revolved around the one thought of community co-oper ation for the welfare of all. Parks, recreational grounds, civic centers, the utilization of school buildings for the public betterment, the realization of individual responsibility one to the other—all these matters were devel oped in the most interesting and con vincing way so that everyone present left with an impression of his own personal responsibility in the better ment of the city. Again we must compliment the Chamber of Commerce upon the luncheon meetings. This phase of the organization's activities is quite as important as any other feature of its work. So long as busy men will gather at noon for an hour of good fellowship and consideration of the needs of the city it is not likely that t Harrlsburg will go far wrong. Mayor Meals and Commissioners Gross, Gor gas. Lynch and Bowman surely gath ered much of benefit during this re markable address and we have no doubt they will be guided in the con duct of their several departments by the spirit of Dr. Garland's forceful and inspiring remarks. In this connection we recall with pleasure a statement by B. F. Umber ger, a membe; of the City Planning Commission and former president of Select Council, during the recent muni cipal celebration. Mr. Uinberger, who has been closely identified with the city's progress, declared that the great est result has been not in our public improvements themselves, but in the spirit which inevitably follows muni cipal improvement—the love of city. Harrisburg people, he said, are now proud of their city and the end of municipal government is the happiness and contentment of the people. Dr. Garland emphasized this view of the matter. A contented and happy and prosperous people are to be found where the housing conditions, the san itary requirements, the laws of health and a general regard for the public welfare are the dominant qualities of the administration. Men like Dr. Garland hearten us for the tasks before us and encourage us to persevere along the lines of muni cipal betterment we have laid down for ourselves. The railroads of the eastern section of the United States have never been subjected to so serious a strain as is now engaging the attention of the traf fic and operating departments. By reason of the congestion at the termi nals in New York, Baltimore. Philadel phia and elsewhere the railroad officials are spending their days and nights in working out the difficult problems pre sented day by day. Thousands of cars are awaiting handling at the several ports and the result is an embargo up on transportation which is becoming constantly more serious, the only fa vorable factor in the situation having been the absence of frequent and heavy snowstorms this winter. MISSING SOMETHING PEOPLE in Dauphin and Cumber land counties who preTnterested to the extent of doing something more than talking about conservation, reforestation and water supply should take some notice of the action of the Berks County Conservation Associa tion in deciding to ask the State to give it something like three quarters of a million young trees to plant for the benefit of the general public. Be cause, the Berks folks are likely to get them, too. It does seem rather odd that In this county, where the State Forestry De partment has Its headquarters and where there are such splendid oppor tunities for planting of trees where they can be useful and ornamental, that nothing has been done to get the trees which the State raises by the million just to give away to people who will take the trouble to plant them. To use a slang term, It is over looking a good bet. It is missing a chance to get something for nothing which can be of value to the young sters of to-day and the citizens of to morrow. Governor Brumbaugh coined a phrase in the course of his campaign which described quite a good bit of land in this and other counties on the watershed of the wide branching Sus quehanna. He referred to the slopes which have been denuded of timber and which are allowed to stand brown and bare, not cultivated or reforested, subject to constant erosion and turn ing oft water which should be held, as "loafing hillsides." There are a lot of hillsides In this and Cumberland and Perry counties which are not only idle, but detrimen tal. They should be put to work and the people who have been talking about trees and blades of grass and drops of water should stretch out their hands and get the help the Common wealth offers. Uaving about disposed of the plums hanging upon the municipal tree the City Commissioners can now proceed with the business of their several de partments. It may be assumed that the manacerß of the city are In harmony upon at least one proposition—the de velopment of every good thing for Harrisburg. Champ Clark prophesies that Roose velt will be the Republican candidate next time. Four years ago he was pre dicting Champ Clark as the Democratic candidate time. Lk "~P en,>vc iftu a>ua. By the Ex-Committeeman Philadelphia's civil service board, which contains two men well known to many Harrlsburgers. is now furnish ing considerable entertainment for the people of that city and the State as well by refusing to resign as requested by Mayor Smith. The Mayor wanted to name a new board and it Is said that heretofore boards generally re signed when asked. The Philadelphia Inquirer says re garding the incident: "The fact that the civil service commission, consist ing of Frank M. Ritter, president; Peter Bolger, secretary, and Lewis H, Van Dusen, had declined to present their resignations at his request ap parently failed to annoy Mayor Smith. He was asked if he had promptly dis missed the board" and said: I have not. There is no hurry. They sent a long letter to me to-day, in which they recited the accomplishments of the past four years, and stated that if they resigned it might be taken as an Implication of dereliction in duty. I do not feel that It would. In asking for their resignations, I simply follow ed the example of my predecessor, us ing even the same form of letter. lam not at liberty to say what course I will follow as a result of their refusal to resign." Howard Mutchler, leader of the Democratic party In Northampton county for many years, and prominent in State politics, died at Easton last night of pneumonia, aged 56. His father, William Mutchler, died while a member of the ways and means com mittee of Congress, and he was elected to succeed him. In 1900 he was again elected to Congress. He was owner of the Easton Daily Express. —Governor Brumbaugh's friends in Pittsburgh are urging him to make a visit to that section. The Governor, however, has not made any plans for speech-making as he Is staying here to clear up governmental matters. —The Coatesville mayoralty con test has been postponed because every one connected with the case has grip. —Luzerne county appointments have been held up because the con troller Insists that the salary board must approve of them. —Senator W. M. Lynch, of Lacka wanna, has denied that he is at all in terested in being named to a place in the gift of the Scranton Poor Board. —Mayor A. L. Relchenbach, of Al lentown, Is out with a statement in which he says that he proposes to be a real city father. He is well known here and his friends believe that he will become one of the most popular Mayors Allentown' ever had. —T. D. Beatty is the new head of the Mercer ijpunty commissioners and Guy Thorn has been elected solicitor. —Director of Safety William H. Wil son yesterday informed the heads of the Philadelphia police that he would hold them personally responsible and that no political pull would save them. —Bradford county is debt free and is celebrating. —Congressman A. G. Dewalt, A. Mitchell Palmer and Roland S. Mor ris are announced as speakers for the Jackson day dinner of the Philadel phia Democrats on Saturday evening. Whether there will be any plates thrown or not is unknown. —Representative A. A. Welmer of Lebanon last night announced that he would run again for the House. So will his colleague. Dr. I. K. Urich. —Ex-Mavor Blankenburg, of Phila delphia, will go to California for a rest. —Fred Heed has been rc-elected president of West Chester borough council for the eighth time. —ln Philadelphia yesterday Mayor Smith took occasion to deny reports of breaks with Senator McNlchol. —Allegheny county' controilership is to be fought out in the courts. Con troller Moore is one the Job and Cribbs is after him with a \Vrtt. —F. W. Pilgrim, Republican, was elected president of Sharpsburg coun cil by Democrats. The attention of the State is turned toward Washington to-ilay because of tho effort of Congressmen John R. K. Scott and W. S. Vare to put in Edgar R. Kiess as member from Pennsylva nia on the Republican congressional committee. This place was held by Charles E. Patton, now secretary of agriculture, and it is evident that the State administration is boosting Kiess. C. H.-Rowland, who succeeded Mr. Patton in Congress is being boom ed for the place by the Penrose men. At a dinner given by the retiring Bucks county Republican officials to their successors, State Senator Clar ence J. Bucknian announced his can didacy to the National Republican Convention, and Republican County Chairman Hiram H. Keller, of Dovles town. announced that he would seek the place as alternate. Both will sup port a standpat Republican for the presidency. Joseph R. Grundy, leader of the Republicans in Bucks, made this plain in a speech in which he said no Republican in Bucks need seek po litical recognition if he wanders away from the old-time Republican princi ples. Former Postmaster E. W. illn ster, of Bristol, announced his can didacy for State Committeeman. FISIIIXG IX MESOPOTAMIA With the exception of the Turkish governor and the few soldiers quar tered there before the war the occu pants of the village are Arabs. Na ture has provided them with so many of the necessities of life that they bear little resemblance to the small active Arab of the plain. They are large. Inclined to corpulency and shiftlessness. The rivers abound with fish, which the natives catch in an ingenious manner. The tide of tho Persian Gulf reaches up tthe rivers beyond. Kurna, and the natives build fences of reeds, enclosing a small space of the river near the shore. A JOB AHKAD By Wing Dinger Over in the corner Stands the Christmas tree, Tinsel dark and tarnished, And there comes to me | Visions of a duty I must shoulder soon— Ornaments must be packed And the tree come doon. Don't mind much the trimming, 'Cause 1 think of,joys That on Christmas morning 'Twill bring to my boys. But this present duty Is a thankless job, And when I think of it I could almost sob. I can see Its bugbears Very clearly, b?. Pine pitch on my fingers Sticky, as you know. But what I dread most la When the needles fall Down beneath my collar— That's the worst of all. , - THE CARTOON OF THE DAY | WHEN AN IRRESISTIBLE FORCE MEETS AN IRRESISTIBLE BODY f\ " T I ROTARY NIGHT WITH | THE" TELEGRAPH. RVGHT IN?) ("Sone SHACK^j THE SHOP'S S . YouvE got 1 Reprinted from the special edition of the Telegraph of last night published for the entertainment of the Harrlsburg Rotary Club meeting in this newspaper office. THE STATE FROM DAf TO DW City officials who have been super seded in the various cities of the State have shaken the dust of their official burdens from off their feet and are now to sit back and watch others per form their duties, for better or for worse as the case may be. The Irony of fate has o'ertaken the police chief In the town of West Ber wick. His term expired Friday night of last week, but he was still serving until his successor could be appoint ed. Being naturally of a sporting na ture, the chief took a chance on a goose raffle the other evening and won the goose. But its sauce was sauce for the gander In the shape of the Chief Burgess C. W. Freas, who verbally suspended him on Saturday evening. A new officer is now being sought. There Is a green grocer of Mlners ville, and verdancy was of a hue like that of the money in the case, when he hung a pair of trousers in a sup posedly safe place with S7OO in each pocket. The trousers got up and walked away during the night, he thinks, or else they were taken. The Ohio has become turbulent out by Pittsburgh and flooded a number of mills along the banks, to say noth ing of loosing the gasoline packet Grantsville from her moorings and sending her to destruction. People were driven from their homes to es cape the water, and only the recently arrived cold snap prevented a danger ous flood. Judge Ellis L,. Orvis, retiring from the judgeship of Center county, which he has held for the last twenty years, refused six licenses to hotelkeepers as his last official act, to the great delight of the temperance workers. The ax-judge will at once resume the practice of law. The annual teachers' institute is being held in Sharon this week. HEARD IX THE GRANDSTAND Nan —Did Clarence make a hit with you ? Fan —Well, I'd rather call it a bunt. —Judge. THE PAEAN OF UNPREPAREDNESS [Pro-American,in the New York Sun.] If a burglar comes to rob you. Ask him in; To resist a fellow creature !s a sin; So let him have your cash— After all it's only trash; Nonresistance is the only way to win. If a ruflian assaults you, Don't complain; Mankind were meant to give and suffer pain; Abolish the police And assaults at once will cease; Preparedness is neither safe nor sane. If a brute insults your sister, Why object? You never should get angry; Just reflect If you cringe and run away The truly good will say. Behold another one of the elect! If foreign tyrants threaten, Smile and coo;. They may be harsh to others, not to you: Repudiate your heroes. And the Attilas and Neros Will be reasonable and gentle, good and true. • Should they kill your wives and chil dren On the seas. Remember you must always strive to please; So ask them most politely If thoy think they acted rightly; It will be undiplomatic if you tease. If they hesitate and dally, Send them notes: The country on such correspondence dotes; We are much too proud to fight, And since we know we're right, What matter if they keep on sinking boats? Say nothing with the very Slightest dash Of anything belligerent or rash; We are taken for a nation Which seeks for reparation On easy terms, reducible to cash. There's perhaps a trifling remnant With us yet Who are feeling burning anger ant regret. Who remember Andrew Jackson, And prefer bulldog to dachshund, But they seem to be a scattered, help less set. WHITE HOUSE GOWNS • By Frederic J. Haskin THK must novel fashion book in i the world is soon to be issued by the National Museum in Wash- < ington. it will include a resume of! stylos in clothing from the time of Pocahontas down to the latest crea tions worn in the official social life of modern Washington. This interesting volume is a catalog of the great loan exhibit of historic costumes. It will be illustrated with numerous pictures arranged in chrono logical order, while the descriptions have been written by persons thor oughly familiar with historic dress. The publication will be the most com plete story of clothes in the world. • The collection deals with all Ameri can history. New treasures are being added almost daily, but those already upon display are quite sufficient to fascinate (he feminine eye for hours. The most important place is given to flic gowns actually worn at <. fflcial functions by mistresses of the White House. With two or three exceptions, each presidential lady from Mrs. Washington to Mrs. Taft is represented by one of her best reception gowns. The gown of the late Mrs. Wilson is not yet in place, but has been prom ised at an early date. Mrs. Roosevelt's gown is also missing. As no definite promise has been received regarding it, the imaginative guide informs the woman tourist that it was cut into pieces to make neckties for the Bull Moose. The dress worn by Mrs. Washington is a silk fabric, in a light brown shade, which is covered with a hand-painted trellis supporting leaves, flowers and insects. The bodice is nearly covered with a lace fichu, and a high lace turban forms the headdress. The fig ure wearing her gown stands by a carved mahogany table once owned by Mrs. Washington. On the floor, in front of it, is a dressmaker's bill of goodly length. Issued from Philadel phia in 1792. It was evidently once thrown into the fire, as it is burned around the edges. The dress of Abigail Smith Adams, wife of John Adams, is of white satin with silver trimmings. The skirt is of modest dimensions and the costume does not differ as much as might l>e expected from the fashions of the present century. In the same case is shown a dress belonging to her daugh ter-in-law, Catherine Adams, the wife of John Quincy Adams. This is of soft crepe material in a deep purple shade. The wide skirt has a deep border of brocade. W r ith it is worn a large lace fichu and a pair of pale vellow slippers embroidered in blue. These last are of doll-like dimen sions. . ■ TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE" —This Is the kind of weather that puts the rip in grip. —The New York bombmaker arrested yesterday missed his calling. He ought to have been superintendent of a mu nitions plant. —-There's some sense left in Ford. He lias-refused to buy new hats for the women members of his peaee party. Maybe, however, Mrs. Ford had some tiling to do with that. —There's one make of auto we don't care to own—auto-matic. —Many Harrisburg offlceseekers now appreciate the Kaiser's hopes for "a place in the sun." | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR" MISS LOUISB H. t'HABBE To the Editor of the Telegraph: "When hearts whose worth is proven UKe thine are laid In eiWth. Then should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth." Amongst the hundreds of faithful teachers whose names adorn the long roster of those who have labored In the public schools of Harrisburg few, If any. bad a more shining record than was that of Miss l«oulse M. Orabhe, whose mortal remains are to be com mitted to earth to-day. Through many years she was an earnest, devoted, con scientious teacher. To-day there are hundreds In Harrisburg and in other .communities, in all the various walks of life, who are the better fitted for life's duties on account of her faithful discharge of her mission as a teacher. Requiescat In pace. J. HOWARD WERT. Harrisburg, January 6, 191#. A royally splendid dress of yellow brocade seems to typify the gracious beauty of the famous Dolly Madison. The tigure wearing it holds in its hand a much-worn volume of Milton's "Paradise Lost," once owned by the lady herself. In pleasing harmony with the golden radiance of the Madi son gown is shown one of equal beauty, though less striking at the first glance. It was the favorite reception dress of Mrs. Monroe and is lovely enough to make the modern woman envious of its delicate shade of blue and daintily embroidered gold. Mrs. Andrew Jackson Donaldson, the niece of President Jackson, presided over the White House during his ad ministration. Her dress is another favorite. It is of pale gold-colored satin, but the skirt is nearly covered with flounces of white lace, embroid ered in daintily colored silk. An im posing gown near it is a costume of bright blue velvet with a tremendously wide skirt, worn over hoops which look about six feet wide. In contrast with the heavy richness of the velvet is the cobwebby delicacy of the white lace fichu draping the bodice. This costume was worn by Mrs. Sarah An gelica Van Buren during her reign in the White House. Mrs. Van Buren was a lady of elegant taste. With her gown is shown her fan and a hand some lace handkerchief, both of which are elaborately embellished with her initials. A dress of heavy brown velvet with balloon sleeves of Koodiy size was worn by Mrs. Jane Irwin Findiay, who pre sided over the White Mouse during the administration of William Henry Har rison. The dainty taste of Mrs. Polk is perpetuated in this collection by an evening dress of rich satin brocade, in turquoise blue, trimmed with many yards of exquisitely tine lace. Mrs. Retty Taylor Bliss, the chatelaine of the White House during the Zackary Taylor administration, is represented by a favorite dress which is flounced to the waist in bright colored silk plaid, the ground color being a sort of grayish tan. The wedding gown of Harriet Lane Johnson, the niece of President Buchanan and mistress of the Execu tive Mansion during his term, is one of the most notable gowns in the ex hibition. It is of heavy white moire antique, (he silk which was formerly considered the one desirable Jiiaterial for wedding gowns. The skir" is volu minous and generously trained, but hangs plain from the waist The bot tom is Hnished with neatly stitched scallops. The bodice is very decollete and is partially concealei by a hand some white lace shawl. EDITORIAL COMMENT Foreign Governments must now be aware that we are not too proud to write.—Brooklyn Eagle. Speaking about peace, the Kaiser will kindly note that Ftigland has now re ferred her case to the Haig.—Boston Transcript. There will be no patched-up peace, says President Wilson. But there will he a lot of patched-up nations. — Charleston News and Courier. Breaking oft diplomatic relations with Austria is a good deal like back ing into a war through the rear en trance. —Boston Transcript. Subject for a great historical paint ing to adorn the national Capitol when the new Velasquez arrives: William J. Bryan congratulating Henry Ford on the success of the voyage of the Oscar ll.—New York Sun. OUR DAILY LAUGH HIS MISTAKE. Jones is a self surely made a mistake In not Sjj consulting an ex- SURE THING. T' ill new spring "Ink at 18 of battle * _/ j • ■ How about the f / t ■ armament, m y lA\ J dear? I think k/'* 5,' three hatpins la a [ iEbmtng GHjat Although Pennsylvania has about $3,000,000 available l'or work on system of main highways during 19 U the mileage of the purely State roatl«» has grown so rapidly that it will hav_ to be spread pretty thin. Present indications are that there will be less than S3OO for each of the 10,200 milea In the State system. The plans for the State's road officials for the new year call chiefly for maintenance, the proposition being to carry It out as efficiently as possible with the fund* at hand and to follow the same eral plan as last year. The earth roads, which comprise the greater part of the mileage, will be combed by drags and machines and where needed will be given some oil treat ment. The stone roads will be given asphaltic oil In the Spring and will be under constant inspection by the road patrol forces and repairmen. The patrol system, which was inaugurated by Highway Commissioner R. J. Cun ningham, is being perfected during the winter and not only will the roads be Kept free from snow during the cold months, but as soon as the Spring time comes these caretakers will go out into the country and go over every foot of road, patch It up and keep it in shape for travel. There's a pretty wide range of wages for farm household help in Pennsylvania, according to the statis ticians of the Stale Department of Agriculture, who have been giving at tention to the gathering of data on wages of "hired girls," as they are still called in the country. In Delaware county the average is $4.50 per week with board and in the western part of the State as high as $4 is the aver age paid while in the northern tier it is from $3 to $4. In Franklin county the average is down around $3.25. In the < itio.s the rates for help are higher and going up. The twentieth anniversary of the Harrisburg Academy ot Medicine was mentioned at some length in a recent issue of the Bucks County Medical Monthly, as follows: "The third of December was a groat day with the Ilarrisburg doctors, for on date 'Father Time's' ohl clock struck twenty for the Harris burg Academy of Medicine. "To celebrate this event the doctors at home and abroad met together and enjoyed themselves to the limit. John B. MacAlister, M. D., president of the State Society, entertained the presi dent of the American Medical Asso ciation, William H. Rodman, and a few personal friends before the meet ing. After hurried routine business Dr. ifodman gave a splendid address upon Cancer and Ulcers of the Stom ach, and it was the best we have ever read or heard. After the lecture wo repaired to the banquet room where everybody partook with zest and pleasure. Then back to the assembly room where upon the screen was thrown the words of the old-tlmo songs we cannot help .singing. Baby and youthful pictures of many of the members were shown, and then the contrasting pictures, full manhood and old age. Some showed life at meridian, others on the western slope. Taken all together the affair was unique and entertaining, and your editor was pleased that his good friend, Dr. Ellenberger, had made him his guest. "The next morning Dr. Ellenberger showed me the city proper and the suburbs for many miles around, and I realized as never before what an important city Harrisburg Is and what growth there must be In the years to come. As I left the city this thought of the Harrisburg doctors, came to my mind: "I shall always regret every mo ment I miss, "From a bunch of good fellows like you." • • » Col. L. A. Watres, who was hero yesterday to see the governor, is one of the commanding ligures in north eastern He was Sena tor, Lieutenant Governor and colonel of militia. Tie is now active in busi ness and of wide influence In State affairs. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~| —Secretary of Agriculture Patton, who has been in Texas, is expected to return the latter part of this week. —G. 13. Thacharey, of the Cambria Steel Company, has received silver awards for company exhibits at San Francisco. —A. J. Haag is the first mayor of the new city of Dußois. —James A. Farrell, president ot the Steel Corporation, is to be the speaker at the Carnegie banquet in Pittsburgh. —Lee Masterson, for years city en gineer of Johnstown, was defeated for re-election by his first assistant. —H. C. Ogden is the West Vir ginia member of the State Canal board which is in charge of the Lake Erie canal project. —George Sullivan, one of the Lower Merion commissioners, has been made a Montgomery county commissioner. | DO YOU KNOW —That more freight cars pass through Harrisburg in a day now than used to go through liere in a week Hfteen years ago? "BRIDGE OF SIGHS" Bobby—Dad, what's a bridge of sighs? Dad —Ask your mother, Robert —she gave one yesterday.—Judge. CANADIAN BREED [From the New York Times.] The Canadians have a right to bo proud of themselves. They have shown readiness to enlist, zeal in training, fine vigor and courage in fighting. Vol taire's "few acres of snows" are a na tion full of lire. There are nearly 120.000 Canadian soldiers in Europe. There have been 212,000 enlisl incnts. The first 2 50.000 is almost complete. There are 50,000 already on the firing line. The government calls for 250,000 more, and will get them. A hardy, rosy, "fit" set of fellows, those Cana dian youngsters. The old breed in the new environment has Improved. Why Buy Blue Sky? i Blue sky Is fair to look upon but expensive to purchase. The manufacturer who shoots , his advertising money broadcast is making this kind of an in vestment. , . When he studies his market and Invests Ills appropriation in newspaper advertising .lust where he needs It, he is buying a definite thing. He is getting circulation where he wants It and only paying for what he uses. He Is winning the support of dealers and gaining the kind of co-operation that sells Ills goods. Manufacturers are invited to I write to the bureau of Advertls , ing American Newspaper Pub lishers Association, 80S World Building, New York, for a copy of the booklet, "The Retailer and His Friends."
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