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SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 29.
If a good part of our brain is oc
cupied with worrying. it deprives us
of just to much thinking power with
which to attend to business. — ANNlE
PAYSOX CALL.
PREPAREDNESS AND PEACE
NOTHING has so upset the cal
culations of the Democratic
politicians as the forceful
speech of Representative Mann, the
Republican leader in Congress, on the
subject of national defense. His pat
riotic declaration in favor of prepared
ness and his clear and unmistakable
demand for a proper attitude toward
this question on the part of all citizens
has cut the ground from under those
Democratic bosses who imagined they
would surely place the Republicans of
the country In an embarrassing and
unpatriotic position.
Mr. Mann suggested that it was the
part of wisdom for us to prepare for
any possibility of trouble that may
<ome. Coming from one who has
never favored a large standing army
and who has been classed as a little
navy man. this speech has aroused the |
country as nothing that has yet been j
uttered regarding the national de
fense. He has pointed out the upset
condition of the world and the abso
lute necessity of the United States
placing itself in position to defend the
interests of the Republic and protect
and guard the lives and liberties of the
people.
The Republican champion in Con
gress is not one of those who places
much dependence upon what he terms
a "paper pence." He manifestly be
lieves with a majority of his country
men that we arc menaced by power
ful foes who will turn their attention
toward the United States as soon as
the conflict ends in Europe. In the
judgment of Mr. Mann we should
strive to maintain peace at any hazard,
but he thinks the time may come
when wo shall not have the determin
ation: then we should be prepared. He
realizes that the cost will be enor
mous, but he also understands that It
is better to expend millions in pre
paredness than billions in tribute.
Fear of war with England after the
cessation of the struggle in Europe is
quite as prominent in the minds of |
many people as a possible conflict with i
Germany. We must not overlook the!
fact that the Untted States is en-1
oroachlng upon the trade and the!
prestige of Great Britain in many di- ■
rections, especially In South America, j
We are even now looked upon with |
envy by many of the foreigners who j
have been our erstwhile friends. These
are the things which should make our
government and our people think.
Preparedness is not a preparation
for war; it is a preliminary of peace.
Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, secretary of the
State Game Commission, presented
some practical and common-sense
views before the State Agriculture
Board this week. His plea for protec- j
tion of the birds as friends of the farm- I
er should be heeded. Xot only on the
farm, but alio in the town and city, i
the bird life ought to be conserved, j
Many diseases of trees would be cured
should more attention be given our
feathered friends.
BUILDING AN EXPORT TRADE !
WE "'cannot sell abroad without j
buying abroad to something!
like the same extent," says the j
editor of the New York Journal of
Commerce, a publication with free
trade tendencies.
The trouble with the Democratic
tariff policy, however, is that it plays
both ends against the middle. Under
it our Imports Increase almost In an
inverse ratio as our exports decrease.
The Republican polio* is to so adjust
tariff rates that the cost of production
at home and abroad may be balanced.
That gives the foreign manufacturers
an even break in the American mar
ket, provided their products are of as
good quality and workmanship. Un
der the Democratic free trade policy
our domestic manufacturers have to
fight to retain the domestic market.
How, then, can they energetically go
about the conquest of foreign fields?
The editorial continues: "Until we
• •an supply other countries with what
they want at as low a cost as they can
get. it for elsewhere, nnd take our pay
in what they have to supply from their !
own production, it Is useless to talk
about extending our foreign trade."
"Useless" is a strong word. Under the
KepuMicaa tariff law of 1909, our ex-.
port tradaincreaaedfrom $1,710,000,000
In 1910 to $2,428,600,000 In 1913, and
our favorable trade balance from
*188,000,000 In 1910 to $658,000,000
In 1913. We took our pay mainly
from foreign goods of a non-competi
tive character, or which, dne to some
peculiar quality or preference of the
well-to-do American consumer, found
: a demand in our market. If the
: foreign manufacturer to any extent
squared our export accounts through
the sale in this country of his com
petitor)' articles, it was because of
lower interest rates and incidental ex
penses abroad which had not been
covered into the protective duties of
the Republican law.
With particular reference to manu
facturers, there are two ways in which
the United States "can supply other
countries with what they want at as
low a cost as they can get it else
where." One way is to pay our labor
ing men the European rates of wages.
On an average, two-thirds the cost of
manufacture is paid out to labor in
the United States, and our average
wage scale is twice that of England,
three to four times that of Continental
.Europe, and twelve times that, of the
Asiatic countries and Japan. Any
manufacturer who wants to force even
the English rate on our American
laboring men is welcome to the Job.
The Democratic party tried it before
and was ousted.
The other way is to guarantee to
the American manufacturer the
American market to such an extent
that his mill can run full time and at
100 per cent, efficiency. The higher
the efficiency the cheaper the cost of
production. The consumption value
of goods in the United States has been
estimated at $20,000,000,000 annually.
The larger the share of this consump
tion value guaranteed to the American
manufacturer, the greater the oppor
tunity for his mills to run full time,
full capacity, giving labor steady em
ployment, achieving increased effi
ciency, lowering the unit cost of pro
duction—hence better preparing him
to extend his foreign market and meet
the competition of the pauper-paid
labor production of Europe and Asia.
And the mission of the Republican
tariff policy is to bring this about.
This has been a busy week one way
and another on Capitol Hill. Boards
and officials and commissions have con
ferred on matters affecting their sev
eral departments while Governor Brum
baugh has been getting into touch
with the Important Republican leaders
from all parts of the State. Out of all
the conferring and exchange of views
should come a still better atmosphere
of harmony in the administration.
lilt \NI»IES- APPOINTMENT
IX choosing Louis D. Brandeis, of
Boston, to fill the vacancy on the
Supreme Court bench. President
Wilson has selected a man of brilliant
intellect and one of the best lawyers
in the I'nited States. Brandeis is a
keen analysist and has an extensive
knowledge of the law. It is not on
the score of his ability or his honesty
that objections to him have developed
in the Senate. Senators evidently fear
that Brandeis has been for so long
connected with cases that may come
before the Supreme Court and has
held such radical views concerning
them and business problems In general
that he may not be able to divest him
self of lifelong habits of thought in
order to bring to the duties of the
Supreme bench the calm, fair-minded
judicial attitude required for a proper
administration of the office. It is sur
prising for these reasons that Presi
dent Wilson picked Brandeis from the
comparatively large number of well
qualified men against whom none of
these objections could have been
raised.
Emperor Francis Joseph appears to
be approaching the last foe in this life.
When he shall have passed away a
still greater conflict is liable as a re
sult of the demand of Hungary for
separate government. For years the
Hungarians have been dissatisfied with
their hyphenated relationship to Aus
tria and those familiar with the condi
tions in the Austria-Hungarian empire
realize that only the respect of the
Hungarians for the aged emperor has
prevented an open break.
With the increased cost of shaving
and hair cutting and incidental facial
decoration by the tonsorial artists of
the city we may anticipate the day
when the growth of alfalfa will he
largely increased in this community.
Already one may see luxuriant dis
plays of black and tan trimmings float
ing upon the winter breezes. Surely
our barbers should have some con
sideration for those sanitary features
other than the antiseptic treatment of
their daily utensils.
Civilization is moving along. In
dignant refusal of a Penbrook con
tractor to remove the old gallows
among other debris from the Court
house suggests the change In methods
of inflicting capital punishment. Xo
more shall we have the gruesome
scenes which too often featured exe
cutions in this county. With the In
troduction of the electric chair and the
snuffing out of criminals in the new
State Institution among the hills of
Center county the old order has pass
ed. There ar e still those students of
criminology, however, who believe that
the example of the public hanging was
more effective In reduoing crime than
the modern scientific plan.
Among the get-together meetings of
the year is the annual banquet of the
Dauphin County Bar Association. Al
ready a committee of prominent law
yers has been appointed to arrange for
the event and the legal fraternity will
break bread and have a good time to
gether at the annual feast.
Xews that England has lost a half
million men in battle won't help the
popularity of the conscription bill any.
Announcements from Indianapolis
and New York indicate that neither
miners nor railroadmen want to strike.
The "get-together" spirit seems to be
spreading.
[TEIEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE I
—An alibi some times dls-proves
the old assertion that a man cannot
be In two places at the same time.
—The Sick Man of the East appears
to have been transformed Into a goat
for Austria.
—A hyphen is a small black line,
blacker even than it looks.
—The Colonel shows commendable
self-restraint in letting President
Wilson have the front page all to him
self.
—Kansas has a woman candidate
for vice-president. Why so modest?
—The married man's first line or
defense is the telephone line.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
The Teutonic Governments should
send fewer notes to Lansing and more
to the submarine commanders.—Boston
Transcript.
Brand W hitlock may have had a
rough voyage of it, but it seemed the
only way to avoid a Vice-Presidential
nomination.—Atlanta Constitution.
Germans ought to love us because
the British dislike us, and the British
ought to love us because the Germans
dislike us. but it doesn't seem to work
out.—Chicago Daily Xews.
What chance has the poor English
slacker, with conscription leering at
him on one side and leap year clawing
at him on the other?— Kansas Citv Star
Germany Is getting so mad because
the allies won't sue for peace that the
first thing they know she may start In
an <l lick them all over again.—Dos An
geles Times.
A. Mitchell Palmer is anxious to be
re-elected as Democratic national com
mitteeman. Mr. Palmer has not vet
received irom President Wilson an ap
pointment that suits him and It is na
tural that he should want to remain in
a position where he ran he of service
to the big chief.—Wilkes-Barre Record.
England feels a draft.—Chicago
Post.
Wait for the big show! At Chicago,
June i. Two rings! lndianapolis
Xews.
Germany s plea in effect seems to be
that she is not guilty, but won't do it
again.—Columbia State.
The Central Powers apparently are
trying to solve the Balkan problem by
cancellation.—Boston Herald.
If demands for reparation are com
piled with, those submarines mav soon
become I. O. C-boats.—Philadelphia In
quirer.
Lansing and von Bernstorff seem to
be searching for a word that will sound
hard in English and soft in German.—
Brooklyn Eagle.
FOUR DON'TS
A few don't s might well be con
spicuously posted in manv a mother's
mind.
Don t consider it neeessarv to svs
tematically underrate your child. Your
adult friends will know vou do not
mean it, but the child will not, and
probably more characters are weak
ened by the lack of self-confidence en
gendered by such a process than by
the vanity which follows the silly
bragging of overfond parents.
Don t think that the'moment ycu
are alone with your boy or girl you
must find fault or endeavor to improve
the occasion by a little moralizing, no
matter in how loving a spirit. This is
the hardest don't of all. for no one is
so anxious to help a child toward per
fection as is the parent, yet it surely
leads to an avoidance of the moments
alone together, which should be times
of happy confidences.
Don't correct the child before others.
Never mind if a well-meaning- relative
does say, "My dear, I am surprised
that you do not show more force of
character: your children are suffering
from a lack of discipline." Pass the
matter over until you and the small
offender can have it out alone. If the
circumstances are such that It cannot
be passed over, take him out of the
room.
Lastly, laugh often with, but never
at. your child. This takes self-denial,
but it pays. Make up your mind that
whatever others may say, he can de
pend upon you for a quick, sure under
standing, without quibble or joke at
his expense. This does not mean that
he must not take his share of harmless
fun. It is wholesome, and too much
sheltering would make him oversensi
tive; but the mother who lets her child
know that she never makes fun of htm
will be surprised at the confidence
with which he relics upon it.—Xella
Toss Ford, in the March Mothers
Magazine.
BOYS.' OPPORTUNITY
At the National Farm School, in
Bucks county, Pennsylvania, worthy
young men who desire to make agri
culture their lifr's work, but have not
the means to pay for an agricultural
education, may realize their ambi
tion.
This school, which was opened a
score of years ago and has a farm of
almost 400 acres, situated ih one of
the richest agricultural districts of
Pennsylvania, gives to poor, worthy
boys a three-years' training in practi
cal and scientific agriculture, free of
all cost to them. The object of the
school is to train young men in the
practice and science of agriculture for
agricultural callings and for leader
ship of agricultural colonics.
The requirements for admission are
briefly: The applicant must be be
tween 16 and 20 years of age: he must
have an education equivalent to that
required for admission to the High
Schools of this country: he must be
in good physical, mental and moral
health: and he must have an earnest
purpose to make agricultural his life's
work.
Applications for admission to the
new term, which begins in March, are
being made now. Further informa
tion may be had by addressing Mor
ris A. Kaufman, chairman of the Ap
plications Committee. 407 Mutual Life
Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
FOUR HOPES
[Ohio State Journal.]
Cardinal Gibbons expresses four
hopes for this republic. The first rests
upon the wisdom and discretion of
our civil rulers; the second upon the
intelligence and patriotism of the
American people; the third upon a
sufficient army and navy to repel in
vasion; the fourth upon a trust in the
protection of an overruling provi
dence. The cardinal's fourth ground
of hope will not be generally regarded
as important because it is too vague
and vanishing But really it is thu
most important hope he has express
ed. if not Indeed the only true one.
This trust is spoken of so frequently
that it seems to have hardened into a
mere sentiment. But, this trust is
more than a creed or a doctrine; it is
a faith that is a part of life, and be
comes a trust just as much as one
depends upon his legs to wall; with.
This trust enters into a man's life
carrying with it all the virtues, nobil
ities. and hopes that human nature
van contain. Such a trust Is a real
thing. It is an association, a day's
work, an hour with a friend, an ex
perience of Joy or grief. Any man
who separates this trust from his life
may be a worthy citizen, but not the
worLhiusC
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Governor Brumbaugh in Philadel
phia yesterday reiterated his hope
that there would be harmony in the
election of deiegates-at-large to the
Chicago national convention. The
Philadelphia papers to-day quote him
as saying that he looks and hopes for
harmony. The Pittsburgh papers say
that there will be harmony if he has
to fight for it.
The Governor has been endeavor
ing to reach an agreement upon a list
of twelve Republicans who will be
generally acceptable for delegates-at
large to the National convention. The
Philadelphia Inquirer says: "It would
appear that the outcome of recent
conferences will be united support of
the following:, according to usually
well informed party leaders last night:
I nited States Senators Penrose and
Oliver, Governor Brumbaugh, Mayors
Smith, of Philadelphia, and Arm
strong, of Allegheny; former Lieuten
ant Governor Watres, of Scranton;
Brigadier General C. M. Clement, of
Sunbury; E. V. Babeock and D. L.
Gillespie, of Allegheny county; Col
onel James Elverson, Jr., of Phila
delphia; E. J. Stackpole, of Ilarris
burg, and Colonel H. W. Shoetnaker,
of Altoona. This is the list recently
announced by Mayor Smith as favor
ed by the Governor and his friends
with the exception that Messrs. Bab
cock and Gillespie take the places of
George E. Alter, of Allegheny, for
mer speaker of the House, who is
proposed for election from his home
Congressional district, and former
Lieutenant Governor John M. Rey
nolds, of Bedford county, who is said
not to be eager to run."
—ln commenting upon the political
situation Governor Brumbaugh vester
day said:
"I am for harmony on delegates to
the Republican National Convention.
I hope, and fully expect, that the Re
publican party will be united for the
national campaign of this year. This
Includes the faction that supported
Roosevelt in 1912, and all other fac
tions. The only interest 1 have in
the delegate situation," the Governor
added, "is to see (hat there is harmony
as to the delegates."
In commenting upon the National
situation, the Governor said:
"I see by the newspapers that Presi
dent Wilson is in favor of a nonparti
san tarifT commission. I came out
for a tariff board long ago, and am
glad to see that President Wilson has
very lately been converted to the idea.
Present business activities," the Gov
ernor went on, "are only temporary,
and a result of the European war.
Mills were idle a year ago, and would
be idle now but for the war. Industry
is like an individual, it cannot be
in a happy condition if it is uncer
tain when it goes to bed what its con
dition will be in the morning."
—Charles A. Ambler's candidacy
for auditor general, which has not yet
been launched, was boomed and bat
ted yesterday. Charles Johnson,
State Insurance Commissioner, came
out with a boost for him in these
words: "In view of Mr. Ambler's
splendid service rendered this Com
monwealth during six terms as Rep
resentative in the State Legislature,
and especially the fair and capable
manner in which he conducted the
office of Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives during the session of
1915, supporting and earnestly advo
cating the passage of humane legis
lation passed at that session, which
redounds so generally to the welfare
of all our people, the unanimous
sentiment of the people of Mont
gomery county, from a careful can
vass. establishes him as the logical
candidate for the office of Auditor
General, and Mr. Ambler can be as
sured of the united support of the
voters of our county."
—At the other end of the State S.
R. Tamer, prominent railroad man,
i came out with a violent attack upon
his attitude in the Legislature.
—County Controller Hendersliot, of
Luzerne county, has caused excite
ment among the placeholders In that
county by refusing to pay salaries
until all the placeholders come before
the county salary board.
—George D. Porter, who has been
much in the limelight in Philadelphia
since things began to move because
of interest in the delegate elections,
is preparing a statement in which he
will set forth his own attitude.
—The first petitions for placing of
names of candidates for nominations
upon the May primary ballot will be
issued from the Department of the
Secretary of the Commonwealth next
week, but the papers may not be
circulated until February 18 under
the primary law. Requests for hun
dreds of blank petitions have been
filed at the Capitol from all parts of
the State and many inquiries regard
ing the provisions of the law have
been made.
—lt is expected that in the next
two weeks numerous announcements
of candidacies for delegates and for
nominations to be made at the May
primary will be made. The circula
tion of petitions for signers will be
in order on February 18 and two
months later all papers must be on
file at the State Capitol.
This Is the Birthday
Anniversary of—
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FREDERIC C. MARTIN
prominent in musical circles in the clt.v
and vicinity, a pianist and composer of
rare ability and charm. Mr. Martin Is
director of the Carlisle Choral Society
and is doing much to develop musical
t&ituu and uute ill Uiis, his home town.
THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
WAR BABIES—By Hungerford.
—Froiu The Pit (nilurich Sua.
S4 VING THE BABIES
By Frederic J. Haskin
WHEN a baby arrives in Kansas,
he starts' life with a certificate
from the board of health, a
book of instructions on the care of ba
bies. and a congratulatory note from
the Governor. Kansas begins to look
out for her babies before they are
born, and stands by them officially
through all their infantile troubles.
The country is justt beginning to take
real interest In the welfare of the
baby. This year will see the biggest
campaign in history for spending a
knowledge of babies' needs. The cli
max is scheduled to arrive early in
march, in the form of a nation-wide
Baby Week.
The Yuma Valley Women's Club in
Arizona will hold a Baby Week. In
Nebraska 200 women's clubs, half of
them in rural districts and some of
them 30 miles from a railroad, will
carry the movement across the State.
| A hundred towns In Florida have
started work on their plans. Some
community or organization in every
State in the I'nion has already begun
preparation for the coming Baby
Week.
There will be all sorts of Baby
Weeks. Some of them will be munici
pal, in big cities, and Borne rural, in
the country districts where the co
operating workers will have to come
from miles around. Some of the cam
paigns will be directed by State boards
of health, others by local women's or
ganizations. The national campaign
is being directed by the General Fed
eration of Women's Clubs.
The State universities of 32 States
will co-operate by offering special
courses In extension work, consisting
of correspondence and lecture material
on babies. The children's bureau of
the Department of Labor is flooded
with requests for its literature on
"How to hold a Baby Week." The
baby is about to become a figure of na
tional prominence.
The purpose of a baby week is two
fold. It seeks by unique and striking
means to awaken the community to a
realization of the condition and needs
lof local babies: and it teaches the
1 mothers and fathers and sisters of
babien how they should be cared for.
;The death rate of American babies
shows clearly the necessity for some
such propaganda.
Out of every 1,000 American babies,
124 die before they are twelve months
old. Intelligent care on the part of
parents and community would cut
such mortality in half. The figure may
not be Btartlingly high compared with
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A COMMUNICATION
"To Mr. Wing: Dinger.
"Care Harrisburg Telegraph.
"Your poetry's rotten, Wing Dinger—
"You think' you're some hot metre
slingcr.
But we've had enough
Of your rotten stuff.
So go run your head through a
wringer.
"Yorn <-orsix, c.or. DINGER."
"We dare you to publish this."
nEPr.Y I
Fie. lie, dear Uol. I <*.n 11 your bluff!
Think you, that I wlio write such stuff
Ami dare to print It KIVP a rap
For you or any other chap?
WING DINGER
the rest of the world—in fact, it Is bet
ter than the average—but It Is twice
as high as it need be. In Vienna and
Berlin, the infant death rate runs up
to 160 per thousand, while in St. Pet
ersburg and Moscow it reaches 280,
but London's infant deathrate, in
spite of the unsanitary conditions in
the poorer quarters, is only a little
over 100. In typical Norwegian and
Swedish cities it drops to 80 per thou
sand, and faraway New Zealand sets
an example by losing only 50 babies
out of every thousand in their first
year—two to every five that we lose in
America.
The American people have been haz
ily aware of a high infant deathrate
in this country, but It has been blamed
on the crowding in big cities, and on
the large number of immigrants that
enter our ports yearly, and are pre
sumably less enlightened than the na
tive-born. Recent investigations bring
out tli startling facts, however, that
education in the care of babies is at
least as badly needed in the countrv as
in the city, and that in New York at
least, where (host. of the immigrant
influx finds lodgment, the deatjirate
among their infants is lower than that
among the babies born to native Amer
ican parents.
This is the sort of thing that the
promoters of Baby Week intend to
fight. Several cities held local baby
weeks last year, including New York,
Chicago and Pittsburgh, but this
year's activities will be on a much
wider scale. Illinois, for instance, be
sides the Chicago campaign, already
has the pledged support of 535 wo
men's clubs in the work for 1816.
Wisconsin lias an interesting pro
gram laid out for the week. The point
that will be especially stressed in this
State is the importance of parental in
fluence on the future well-being of
the child. A system of visiting nurses
to call on and confer with expectant,
mothers will be advocated. A triple
organization is back of the Wisconsin
work, in the shape of the State Fed
eration of Women's Clubs, the Depart
ment of Health, and the extension di
vision of the University of Wisconsin.
Montgomery county, Pa., will insti
tute a new form of the Baby Week
I when several of her small rural towns
[come together and hold a joint pro
gram. Texas will devote specia latten
tion to the rural Baby Week. Albany
and Schenectady have their plans well
under way. The big cities will prob
ably all observe baby week; the ma
jority of them have already outlined a
| schedule.
[THE STATE FROM DATTODAT
I A York authority declares "thousands
have died of kissing," and the sage of
| Milton Grove observes, "Oh, death,
where is thy sting?"
It is said that we must have weather,
whether or no, and the police of New
Castle evidently believe that they must
make arrests, whether they can find
I suitable objects for that purpose or no.
After a difficult capture the other even
ing, Officer Sharvitz, of that city, plac
ed under arrest a disorderly pig which
had explored a large restaurant. Officer
Wahl will do the honors as chef.
A Loretto man takes issue with the
accredited statement of the weather
man that Thursday was the warmest
January day in years (fill in the
number yourself). Charley O'Donncll,
who is not only a weather prophet, but
also a hotel man, recalls the year 1876
when It was even warmer in January j
than during the present month. And
there was little sickness that year, he
also recalls.
Speaking- of warm weather, the old
swimmin' hole and a well-skinned base
ball diamond wouldn't go so bad right
now. Eddie Roth, Ilarrisburg Academy
football star, is evidently of the same
opinion, for his swim in the Susque
hanna of a short time ago does not
seem to have materially harmed him.
"A moonlight schedule" is to be put
jinto effect by the Electric
Light Company, at the notification of
tlie borough council. When the moon
shines sufficiently bright, electric light
will not be required, but on all other
nights they must burn till midnight.
No pesky robbers will be able to "have
it soft" in that active community.
Emma Rohotian. of Shamokin, on the
evening of the 27th, sent a postal card
to her parents, but before the mail
could be delivered In the morning, they
received word from Elizabeth. N. J.,
where she was visiting, that she had
been accidentally asphyxiated during
the night.
HOT BISCUITS
TFrom Farm and Home.]
If you want to serve the biscuits
fresh and hot to your guests at an af
ternoon tea, here is a good way to pro
ceed :
Into one quart flour put one teaspoon
salt, three level teaspoons baking pow
der. and sift all together Into a small
mixing bowls. Then melt one table
spoon shortening and pour Into one cup
i sweet milk, pouring all into the flour.
Eiirhtly mix to the consistencv of
dough for rolling. Roll and cut an
Inch thick, placing In baking pan ready
for the oven. Place the pan in a cool
place until wanted for baking, about
twenty minutes before serving, in the
afternoon. By the time the cloth is laid
tjand the other refreshments brought
1 forth, they will be done and found
] delicious. They can be prepared in the
I early morning and left all day.
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Resumption of work at a number o•
long idle blast furnaces, the speed
ing up of production at coal min.
fcnd the demands of the railroads for
men have caused what State officials
In charge of employment matters con
sider the most serious condition in
regard to labor in years. There have
been more applications made to the
State employment agencies in the last
three weeks than In any month since
they were started and men in charge
of iron works and mines have taken
to using the long distance telephone
instead of writing letters or sending
telegrams asking for help. As fast
as a name is put down at the agencies
men in lines which need men, and
they Include almost every one, are
communicated with. Jacob Llghtner,
chief of the State's employment agen
cies, says that the three bureaus have
found work for 900 men and hav«
applications on file to take care of a
good many more men if they will only
send along their names. In Central
Pennsylvania a number of furnaces
are being started and managers art
seeking men, while the railroads have
been recruiting in the country durins
the winter months. Although it will
be weeks before much outdoor work
can be done contractors and farmers
are seeking Information as io how
they can get hands. With industries
at top notch and the ordinary supplj
of labor from abroad shut off the de
mand has come at a time to test tin
new State bureau.
People of Pennsylvania do not ap
preciate the sport there is in fishing
for the yellow perch, says Commis
stoner of Fisheries N. R. Buller in
the course of a statement made here
to-day on the prospects for fishing in
the State next Spring and summer,
The commissioner has arranged tt
"plant" many thousands of trout, bass
sunfish, catfish and perch this yeai
and a particular effort will be madt
to popularize the yellow perch. The
latter fish he contends should be bet
ter known because it can be taken
with any bait and may be caught by
women and children. In a numbei
of cases these fish have been set oul
by the department so that they will
propagate In regions where people
camp in summer.
Practically every desk In the hall
of the House of Representatives in
the State Capitol has had to be re
paired the last few months as the re
sult of the strenuous times during the
Legislature of 1915 and because ol
the numerous occasions on which the
hall was used for meetings. One car
penter has been working for several
weeks simply repairing places where
the desks had been worn or cracked
or .where seams had opened.
Stamp collectors are on the trai]
of the new Pennsylvania State stoclfj
transfer stamps, which are used as
evidence that the tax of two cents on
the hundred dollars of value have
been paid. The act has been in effect
for about four weeks and a. number
of inquiries have been made as M
how collectors may obtain a set oi
the stamps. The stamps are all sold
through agents and nqt directly from
the State Capitol.
This item- from Johnstown may lnj
terest a good many residents of t.hia
city: "Members of the Johnstown
'Boosters' League,' which has prac
tically every church and social service
organization in the city on its roster,
conferred with the county commis
sioners to-day relative to the establish
ing of a "work farm' for delinquent
children. At present local delinquents
are sent to state institutions. The
boosters' plan is to have a farm where
practical agriculture will be taught in
connection with agricultural classes. A
tract of ten acres is under consid
eration as a possible site."
» » •
Senator William C. Sproul, chairman
of the State Historical Commission and
president of the Pennsylvania Fed
eration of Historical Societies, will be
senator again from Delaware county!
His friends in that county have lined
up for him already. His election next
November, which is a foregone con
clusion, will be his sixth term. He is
now the ranking member of the uppe«
house, the "Father of the Senate.'
Next January about this time he wil
begin his twenty-first year as a senatoi
of Pennsylvania, a distinction given tt
few men and certainly merited by th<
Delaware legislator, who, by the way
is a native of Lancaster and only aboul
forty-six years old.^
Charles A. Wilhelm, who celebratci
his eightieth birthday yesterday, ii
probably one of the best known Ode
Fellows in this part of the State
He has been a member of the ordei
for half a century. Mr. Wilhelm has
been a staunch Democrat no mattei
what happened for many years.
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE~|
—Congressman D. F. Lafean is go
ing into some new industrial enter
prise in York.
—Jacob S. Hawk, Carbon counts
commissioner, celebrated his seventy
sixth birthday.
—Thomas Kennedy, mentioned fot
president of the Mine Workers ol
America, comes from Hazleton.
—Professor A. E. McKinley. of the
University of Pennsylvania, has sug
gested studying the industries ol
Philadelphia as a profitable thing foi
students to do.
—William H. Goft, of Wilkes
Barre, is the new president of th<
Pennsylvania State Lumbermen's As
sociation.
—Frank Silliman, of Philadelphia
has been elected vice-president of the
Michigan Railways Company.
—Dr. W. W. Keen, of Philadelphia,
has returned from Florida.
[ DO YOU KNOW ~
That Harrisburg is becoming a
center of stogie manufacture?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The Buckshot war occurred her«
in 1838.
—
"I'll Prove It by the
Newspaper"
Every day you hear the news
paper referred to as a medium
to settle some dispute.
It is an authority.
And in its advertising columns,
too. It is Sir Oracle.
They form the public market
place 'where buyers come and of
fer what they have to sell.
There is nothing else quit# like
them in this respect.
The advertising In this very
newspaper to-day is typical of
the business life of the com
munity.
It is as interesting as It is au
thoritative and it is read and re
ferred to by nearly all the read
ers of the newspaper.