8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A HMHSPAPBR FOR THE HOMB Founded tSii Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH I*RIXTI>G CO., Talegraph Building, Federal Square. J. STACKPOLE, Fres't and Editor-in-ChUt V. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. + Member American Newspaper Pub -nffl-r llshers' Asaocla tion. The Audit Bureau of Clrcu -I%'llfelrIlatlon 1 latlon and Penn jjj sylvanla Associat ' £4 S 1 * * *fcf Eastern office, Has (2sl S 3SI brook. Story & I HSfl S IfiS KB Brooks. Fifth Ave FIBBHsSa fIF lute Building. New u&LSUggtt w York City; West- JafilEiatTK ern ofn ° e ' Hal- Brooks. People's *—- " * Gas Building, Chi ~ cago, 111. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. st&ZS&f By carriers, six cents a <uftbwijjy|'"j»tL v week; by mall. $3.00 a year in advance. Sworn dnllr ti\rrn*«» circulation for the three months ending Jan. 31, 1010. it 22,760 it\ 'lTiese flciirr* urn net. All returned, ■naold and dnuniged rnplr* dedncted. MONDAY EVENING, FEB. 21. Ye alto, as living stones, arc built up a spiritual Jiouse. to be a holy priest hood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, ac cejjtable to God through Jesus Christ. —I PET. 2:5. THE AUTOMOBILE SHOW WHETHER or not you own a caij/1 or expect to buy one this year, j by all means sec the Harrisburg j Automobile Show. In no oilier line of business has there been such great j development or growth as in the i manufacture of motor-driven ap- i paratus. The efficiency,of the loco motive was not Increased in a century to the degree that has marked the Im- ! provement of the automobile in the past ten years, and tho very latest in j all lines of automobile making is on j display at the big show in Market ' street. It would be to repeat a self-evident: truth to say that the automobile is fa;=t becoming a universal conveyance. Prices In the past few years have been advancing In almost every line i of trade except this one. On a gen- j erally rising market the cost of auto- ! mobiles has been steadily dropping, j until now the time is approaching when even the man or woman in very moderate circumstances will be able ■ to afford the luxury of a car. Not ' only that, but the moderate-priced cars of to-day are much better and 1 more convenient machines than were ! the $5,000 cars of a few years back, j "Engine trouble" is no longer the ' bugbear ol the motorist and even the j always possible puncture or blowout | have been robbed of much of their | terrors by the demountable rim and j tlm great improvement in tire con struction. The automobile show of to-day is i vastly different from that of a few j years back and the universal appeal ; of the motor-driven vehicle will doubt- 1 less crowd the big hall from the be- ; ginning to the end of the show, the , central location making It very easy | of access for those with only a short ! time to spare for the exhibition. The new ehip-purchaso bill provides : some offices, of course. It would set ! up a new commission of five members, ' two of them ex-officio. the secretaries ! of the Treasury and of Commerce, and the. others to be "men of large practical : experience," who would receive SIO,OOO i a. year. We can foresee exactly the j kind of men for inese jobs. The Federal j Trade Commission has shown that. They will all three be Democrats and they j will not be big men by any means. | The Federal Trade Commission was j touted in advance to be men big enough I to sit on the Supremo Court, yet only i one of them ever had any extended business experience—the others being \ lawyers and politicians. W ILLIAM PENN HIGHWAY ONE thing was impressed upon the ; Chamber of Commerce trade j excursionists last week aibove; all others, and that was the widespread interest in the movement for the cs- | tablishment of the William Penn I Highway across Pennsylvania through ; the Juniata Valley by way of Harris burg. All along the way between here and Altoona the Harrisburg party heard of the project and received as surances of large delegations to at tend tho conference to be held here next month. It is natural that Harrisburg should look favorably upon the William Penn project. Ever since the days when the Calder stables were headquarters for the stage coaches that carried pas sengers botween this city and Pitts burgh by way of Ilollldaysburg, our people have looked upon the Rock ville gap as the gateway to the -west by way of the Juniata Valley, The construction of the Pennsylvania canal along the course of the Juniata be tween here and Hollidaysburg was a second IIQIC in this western connection and when the Pennsylvania railroad surveyors chose the Juniata valley, paralleling the old canal, the route was definitely and finally established. When a Harrisburg man thtnks of a western trip by force of habit and as sociation his mind naturally pictures his journey by way of the Juniata. The endorsement of the Pike's Peak Ocean-to-Ocean Highway association came PS an encouraging development of the Chamber of Commerce trip and served to increase enthusiasm all along tlis route. The people of the Juntata Valley realize the Importance of this project and are displaying their Interest in the appointment of com .mitteM aud their expressed intention MONDAY EVENING, > HARRISBURG (Sift* TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 21, 1916 to send large delegations to attend the conference here next month. To be left off the main highway between the east and the west would mean to be sidetracked for all time. More and more automobile traffic is going lo pass through Pennsylvania from the west to tho east and from the east to the I west. The establishment of the Wll | liam Penn Highway will mean much |to the businessmen of the Juniata valley. Thousands upon thousands of tourists will use that route if it is linked up and rebuilt from end to end, and the automobillst is the best spend er on earth. Beside, tho Juniata Val ley is one of the most beautiful any where, and State pride ought to prompt people generally to get back of r movement that will do more to advertise tho scenery of Pennsylva nia than any one thing that has been undertaken in the past fifty years. A man in Georgia who aspires to ; come to Congress confesses to weigh ing 100 pounds. We hope he will be j elected. Georgia has been sending altogether too many lightweights to Congress. UP TO THE MAYOR DURING the campaign leading up to his election Mayor Steals made many boasts as to the | kind of a police department he in tended lo have. He poked fun at Mayor Royal and his detectives. He [charged that they were inefficient, and that the officers in charge either winked their eyes at crime or were too stupid to know a criminal when they saw one. Cut all this was to be changed under Mayor Meals. Imme diate detection of crime was promised and efficiency in the police and detec tive bureaus was to be the keynote' of the new administration. It is now j up to Mayor Meals to make good. In the space of a month eight fires of incendiary origin have been started [ and not an arrest has been made. ( Despite unquestioned proof as to their cause the detective department has l been quoted as "desiring conclusive evidence" that they were the worki of a firebng, or firebugs, regardless of! the fact that it is the duty of the city detectives to Investigate for them selves all suspicious ocurrences and; find the evidence that shall lead to j conviction, if it is ascertained that crime has been committed. Tt is not the part of the private citizen to do the investigating. Tlic detectives have, more to do than to merely make ar- i rests after proof sufficient to convict ■ ha? been laid before them. The five fires of Saturday night are! ample proof that an incendiary is 1 at work in the Allison Hill district. Not a resident of that locality is safe! so long as this miscreant is at large, i It Is the duty of Mayor Meals to see j to it that his officers remain on duty day and night, if necessary, until the j mystery surrounding these fires is: cltared up and the guilty persons be- ■ hind the bars. Nor ought it to be such a very diffi- i cult thing to apprehend this criminal. | All the evidence in the case points to ward a person of unbalanced mental condition. There has been apparently no purpose back of the fires save a denire to see something burn. School houses, stables, boxcars and lumber i yards alike have been visited by the ! firebug, and such a man ought to be j easy of detection, by the simple pro cess of elimination, if in no other way. But difficult or easy, the task of apprehending him should not be. neglected for a moment until he is, safe in prison. Mayor Meals made a solemn pledge to the people of efficiency in the police department The Telegraph believes he was in earnest and that he meant every word he said. It is now up to him to see that his department makes good. The way of the world was well il lustrated in Washington during n brief period recently. Within three days ljouls Brandels was nominated a justice of the Supreme Court and the Supreme 1 Court decided that the "Wolf of Wall i .Street" should serve a term in jail. INCOME TAX ON A BANKRUPT WOULDN'T it seem a ridiculous proceeding for the United States government, through its judicial department, to declare a man bankrupt, and then, through Its treas ury department, try to collect an In come tax from him? But that Is exactly what will ulti mately be done under the Treasury ' Department's rules governing incomo j tax collections. A man who gains by investments in stocks must report and pay a tax upon his gains, but will be aliowed no deductions for'losses. If, therefore, a man made wise war stock speculations last year and sold later at a gain of $50,000 and then, in the same year, speculated in other stocks which wiped out his capital entirely, so that at the end of the year he had no capital and a large accumulation of debts, he must nevertheless make an Income return showing $50,000 gain or be subject to fine. Secretary McAdoo I in performance of his duties would file In the bankruptcy court a claim in behalf of the government for the year's income tax from the man who had gone bankrupt on his year's busi ness. The Houston Post predicts iliat the | President's campaign to seek support for his preparedness program will suc j ceed. Then its success will not come I from any wildly enthusiastic co-opera , tion in Texas. On the first days of Mr. i Wilson's speechmaking out West a lot of Democratic Congressmen held n mass | meeting 111 a Washington theater and | spoke in condemnation of what Wilson ! | TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE ( i —lf they wait long enough the liquor s probers will be able to find "Jim" Mul , vihill In Harrisburg. He's always on j hand during the legislative sessions. ' —Mayor Smith appears to be one of those rare executives who believe the 1 people elected them to govern rather t than to play politics. , —Marriage is a contract, but tt must be remembered that contractors have a [ habit of not observing all the specifica tions. —Doubtless the "cherry tree story" ' isn't true, but what would we have ; done for Washington Birthday decora > tlons if it had not been invented? i —Perhaps the reason for contribut- | i iug that American eagle to the New ' j York Zoo was because the President 1 ! had no place for it at Washington. ;! | LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ~ A FRIENDLESS DOG I o the liditor of the Telegraph: Will you kindly print the following ! plea for a friendless dog. Every day i on Market street between Third and , Fourth streets there is a yellow dog, ! lying in the sun or shivering in the : cold. He is very friendly to everyone, j j On Saturday In all the cold he was' playing with the papers that blew with the wind. I went into a restau rant and bought a couple of sand-' wiches for him and he was nearly famished. | Now will you write this up asking the largo army of employes in the ! neighborhood to give him the pieces i | from their lunches? I have a dog and a cat or I would ; give him a home. Please don't use my name in this i | unless necessary. Thanking you in i , advance, I remain. Respectfully, A LOVER OF ANIMALS. "HARDSC'R ABBLE" AGAIN j To the Editor of the Telegraph: Harrisburg. Feb. 19, 1916. And now comes the "Most unkind- : ' est cut of all." The city threatens to I ' drive us out of our "old homesteads" ! inside of a few months, regardless of | all hardships entailed, (killing our 1 I business, etc.) and without even giv , ing the court an opportunity to pass j upon tho "status quo." "Mine enemies j dog. though he had bitten me, yet. i would I not turn him out" —in such i ; unseemly haste. "Upon what, moat | hath.this, our Caesar fed that he hath j ! grown so great?" While "Greater ( j Harrisburg" was in its swaddling | j clothes, down in "Shitepoke," under j the euphonious name of Harris Ferry, ' ] our ancestors resided in the beautiful I village of Maelaysburg, on the "great, thoroughfare" to the west, which j made Harrisburg "quite prominent" j .as early as 1794. We know that some of the laws of Pennsylvania are "fear- I fully and wonderfully made" and in- j terpreted even worse, yet we do not | I believe that they can hold out ; ! against the fundamental law of the i | land—the Constitution of the United i ! States, which says, "Nor shall private 1 property be taken for public use, | without just compensation." During ' the proceedings, up-to-date, we stood j about as ' good a chance for our white ! alley" as a "celluloid dog would of catching an asbestos cat in a race j through the orthodox infernal re- j giorts." They told us that our side j "will be heard in court. If we render i j an award that suits you—tho city will I appeal, «if it suits the city—you will • appeal." They evidently did not con- 1 j sider their work final but merely ! ; preliminary. Hoping for, and expect- i [ ing A Square Deal, by a "jury of my i i peers," 1 am. Yours, in F. L. & G.. JOHN YINGST. Front and Cumberland Sts. SEGREGATION FOR LEPERS ; [Pittsburgh Sun.] It is stated on tho authority of phy- ' sicians and nurses who have made the j subject a study that there are in the United States more than 500 lepers at large. These unfortunate sufferers are free to come and go and constitute; a I menace that cannot bo overestimated. I These facts were brought out at a 1 i hearing given by the United States Senate committee on health on a bill i that seeks to establish a national hos- j pital for lepers. It was brought out i that there is hardly a city of any size i in the United States that does not con- i tain within its borders at least one in- I i dividual who is suffering from the j i ancient malady. In this city wo know j j that within comparatively recent, times ! j we have had two, one a Chinaman who died, and another a sufferer who was j taken elsewhere. The arguments that are brought for j ward in favor of the government un dertaking this work are manifold, it. I is held that municipalities and states j are not prepared to care for such suf- I ferers and that in consequence the unfortunates are subjected to harsh ; treatment, not Intentionally, but un | avoidably so. There are three leper j asylums in this country, but they are i not prepared to care for any more patients than they have, which is 300. If conditions are as the doctors, | nurses and investigators say they are, J and if there are 50 lepers at large In i New York. SO in Chicago and so on, ! with a less number for the other cities, it is certainly time that the federal government take cognizance of the matter. Every effort should be put forth to stamp out the disease, and the : quicker it is done the better. The "statement of some specialists that leprosy is not contagious except under . certain circumstances may be all true, but to run unnecessary risks simply to 1 sustain a contention Is not the part of wisdom. HOW TO LIVE LONGER HABITS —RuIe It—Lift your chest up, arch it forward and throw your • shoulders back, stomach in. Do not , slouch. If you stand straight and breathe ■ deeply, it will help you to keep your I chest up. Tt will also help to keep your ' | bowels in good condition. ! If it Is hard for you to sit up straight I in your chair, put a small pillow behind 1 | you low down, that is, in the small of : the back. One of the common causes lof constipation and nervousness is a slouching position. Walk and stand ! with heels apart and toes straight for ward. "Toeing out" leads to weak feet 1 and flat foot. MR. ROOT'S SPEECH [.New York Evening Post.] i When Elihu Root takes his time , 'and puts pen to paper, the result Is apt to be something notable. His 1 speech at the Republican State con i ventlon, yesterday—really a speech to , the country, actually intended as a i rallying cry for his party in the com ■ ing Presidential campaign—was the ' j performance of a master. In style, • jin ordered thought, in close argument. in disdain for rhetorical fripperies, it ;stands out, above all our current poli tical oratory. As a powerful attack ' upon the President. It leaves the l jshrillest assault of Mr. Roosevelt look ■ ling cheap. It is tho deep baying of a • mastiff as against, the yelping of a . I terrier. Even one compelled to dis 'sent from much that Air. Root said. t " and to criticise his address sharply, cannot refuse the tribute oflntellcct ' i tial exhilaration in reading a speech 1 | so consummate in form and so weighty 1 jiu matter. LK By th« Ex-Com Tho Democratic State organization last night began the annual campaign to collect contributions and the word will be passed along to federal office holders and those who wkrnld like to get a few of the plums remaining on the trees that prompt pecuniary aid would be appreciated. The old bun combe about carrying Pennsylvania for Wilson is to be turned on again. It will be recalled that the Palmer- McCormick-Morris crowd had for its slogan: "Give us Wilson and we will give you Pennsylvania," but that while they got Wilson they could not deliver Pennsylvania for the President or even carry it for themselves two years later with all the power of the federal government behind their ma chine. The latest move is the reopening of headquarters here in charge of Peter Bolger, for years legislative correspon dent of the Philadelphia Record and a member of the Philadelphia Civil Service commission. Mr. Bolger is admirably qualified for the work of maintaining the up-State headquar ters as he knows evoryone and' knows politics and knows the peculiarities of the men in charge of the machine, but it is doubtful If even he can save the reorganization gang from rout. It will be recalled that one of the indictments against the men who were in charge of the Democratic organiza tion when Palmer and his pals were trying to get hold of it was that Phil adelphia and not Harrisburg was the party headquarters. Yet Roland S. Morris moved the headquarters, bag and baggage, to Philadelphia the first chance he got. Now when contribu tions are needed the Harrisburg wind mill is reopened. —The Philadelphia Inquirer yester day in the course of a review of the State Republican situation voiced the opinion that there would be no fac tional light, saying: "The opinion pre vails among usually well informed men In Stale politics that there will be no State-wide factional fight at the May primaries after the situation shall be further canvassed." The Philadelphia Ledger in a continuation of its review of the Republican conditions in each county remarks that the sentiment among party leaders up State Is for harmony and fair play. Apparently, the up-State Republicans are not growing enthusiastic over a Philadel phia squabble. It noted that West moreland county Is getting together and that in other counties there are harmony moves. The progressives' leaders are apparently keeping in the limelight in almost every county so that when the jump comes they will be "among those recognized." —There was the usual flood of visi tors to Philadelphia political head quarters Saturday, but no one seemed to have anything to say. —Delaware countians do not take kindly to Mayor Smith's proposition to annex Philadelphia. Some of them say Delaware might annex Philadel phia as Chester and some other places have not as much debt and take bet ter care of school children. The Gov ernor and Attorney General Brown talked over the matter Saturday and the Governor said that the Mayor would probably embody his ideas in a bill for the next Legislature. —Ex-Congressman A. Mitchell Pal mer is being blamed by Democrats who are not against liquor in politics for starting something which will make trouble. Palmer counts on us ing something which will make trou ble. Palmer counts on using the in dustrial activity and the disclosures about the liquor men in politics to help Wilson and "capture" Pennsyl vania. As tho industrial activity is war-born and everyone knows that liquor has been in politics in Pennsyl vania, having its men in both of the big parties no one is going to get excited. Palmer and his pals always have been strong in "redeeming" dis tricts prior to primaries. —John T. Murphy, former State Senator from Philadelphia, and one of the Roosevelt boomers In 1912, Is out as a candidate for Republican national delegate on an avowed Roosevelt plat form. It is said that in some anthra cite counties the same thing will be uone by Roosevelt men of 1912 who are now back in the fold. —Announcement by Congressman D. F. Lafean, of York, yesterday that he would be a candidate for Republican renomination for cougress-at-large, was followed by announcement that P. J. Gilbert and S. K. McCall, of York, would be candidates for the nomination in the York-Adams dis trict. —Nominating papers for Congress man A. S. Kreider will go into circu lation in the three counties of this district immediately. —Harry P. Hiltner has been chosen as the borough treasurer of Norris town after a battle. —O. A. H. Jacobs, of Boyertown, is a new aspirant for legislative honors in Berks county. —Representative J. E. Rininger, of Altoona. is somewhat Inclined to be truculent In his announcement of can didacy for Republican renomination. He says that he will make a dignified campaign, but that if there Is a dis position to rough things he will en deavor to hold Ills own. —Union county makes the eleventh county to go dry. However, there are fears that some of the existing dry counties may be swung back. —Representative J. G. Dell, of Huntingdon county, is a candidate for renomination. —Nicholas A. Bendle, for many years prominent in Democratic affairs in Pittsburgh, died suddenly on Sat urday. He was once sergeant-at arms of the Democratic State commit tee. —Joseph Guffey was elected Alle gheny County Democratic chairman without bloodshed on Saturday. He succeeds the late John A. Martin. —According to the Democratic bosses In Philadelphia E. E. Greena walt, labor commissioner under the Wilson administration, is to be the goat against Philander C. Knox for United States senator. E. J. Lynett, the Scranton editor: Congressman W. W. Bailey, of Johnstown, and Secre tary of Labor Wilson have refused to be 'sacrificed. So poor old Greenawalt, victim of hopeless campaigns before lie got a federal job, is to be offered up again. —W. N. McNair, candidate for sec retary of Internal affairs without the consent of Palmer and his pals last time, is going to run as a candidate for Democratic national delegate-at large. KITCHIN'S ARGUMENT [From the Kansas City Star.] Representative Kitchln Is reported to have, a diagram hanging in his office showing that, the United .States spends a larger proportion of its revenue on its army and navy than Germany spends In time of peace. This diagram is point ed to as an argument against prepared ness. It may be that tho I'nlted States doesn't get as much for Its money hs it ought to. But that doesn't attect the fact that the nation isn't adequately prepared for defense, and that it ought to be prepared. THE CARTOON OF THE DAY "YOU MAY FIRE WHEN READY, LANSING!" —from <hf Philadelphia Public Ledger. ' "I THE VANISHING DOMESTIC By Frederic J. Haskin s. A MOMENTOUS effect of the war that has been very little noticed Is the decrease of the American servant to tho point where that rare and valuable creature seems to be seriously threatened with extinction. This is not fanciful. Careful students of the situation are predicting that the all-around household menial will have to be replaced by skilled workers in various lines. Instead of having one maid to muss through all of your work, from cooking to window wash ing, you will be visited regularly by expert cooks, bedmakers, .laundrymen, dish-washers, doorknob polishers. There is to-day in Washington, D. C., a man who makes quite a remunera tive profession of washing pet dogs for society women. He shows the possibilities of specialization in do mestic service. Reduced immigration is the prin cipal cause of this shortage in help. It is estimated that 72 per cent, few er servants came into the United States last year than the year before. Em ployment agencies cannot fill their or ders. Clumsy Scandinavian peasant girls, unable to speak a work of Eng lish, are literally received at Ellis Island with open arms and offered sal aries that make their jaws drop and their eyes widen. Very few of them ever get as far west as Chicago. Female li*lp is scarce, but. male ser vants are almost unattainable. Never before has there been such a short age of valets and butlers. Gouty old gentlemen are forced to dress them selves, and persons who have always considered a butler as much a neces sity as a tooth-brush are now opening their own doors. It is estimated that there are less than half as many but lers and valets in New York to-day as there were a year ago. One employ ment agency, which specializes in real English butlers, had orders for five hundred this season and only secured five, though it usually has a thousand names on Its registers. With con scription threatened, the prospect of a new supply is anything but bright. Nearly all of TKese aliens who have been American servants have gone back to the service of their father lands. Not only are butlers and va lets fighting in the ranks, but thou sands of French maids are wearing the uniform of the Red Cross. Many of these American servants have gone to the battle line with the help and sympathy of their American employers. At least one New York society woman Is still paying tlm wages of her five servants who are now on the battlefield and in the hospitals. In the absence of the butler, the daughter of the house opens the door for her guests. Persons who keep large town houses | THE STATE FROM WTODW" Little Marlon Parker, of Freeport, J Pa., has written a pathetic little let ! ter to Mayor Mitchel, New York City, asking him to find her papa and send him home if he is in New York. The letter read: Dear Sir:—Will you try and find my papa—he left me over a year ago —and I miss him so much, for I only had papa to love, as mama is in Heaven. Papa called me "Botts" and I. know he loved me so much, but why does he not come to me? I have been sick so long and all I want is papa. Please find him if he is in your city and send him home to me. John Pickles, aged 24, of Phila delphia, can't stand It any longer, sez 'e, and so he has petitioned tp have his name changed to John Turner. A joke's a joke, thinks he of the punable name, but time has soured him on Pickles and inasmuch as he is not a drinking man, the name will have to go. State College students will have a half holiday to-morrow by reason of Its being Washington's Birthday. President Sparks will deliver an ad dress on "The Inauguration of Wash ington." The Mayor of Chester is in favor of annexing Philadelphia to Chester, but he Is strongly opposed to the Idea of having Philadelphia annex all of Delaware county including Chester, Eddystone. and Marcus Hook. He thinks Chester is perfectly well able to take care of herself, and treats Mayor Smith's proposition In the light of a valentine. J The executive boards of the United Mine Workers of the three_ anthracite districts are off for New York to-day for the purposes of negotiating a new agreement with the coal operators. Federal Government representa tives have taken the first step in con demnation proceedings against prop erty wanted for a site for a new post office down in Lancaster, for which i VIuS,OOO is available. and insist upon the full quota of ser vants are having a hard time. They are paying fabulous prices for ex tremely poor servants, who have al ways the ehoicc of any number of oth er positions. Far more serious though less pic turesque than the shortage of ser vants among the wealthy is the diffi culty the average housewife experi ences in getting a maid of all work. This is especially true in the North anil West, where there are few negro servants and immigrant peasant girls have had almost a. monopoly of do mestic service. The German girls who formerly came over in consider able numbers, are now almost unob tainable and fewer of other nationaliti ties come every month. The advance in wages has forced many an Amer ican woman to do her own house work. Untrained girls, who cannot speak English, are paid as much as $25 or S3O a month. The most striking feature of this scarcity of domestic help is that there are thousands of American men and women who need the money and could do the work. Unemployment is a problem in nearly all of our cities which the return of prosperity has not completely solved. The "touch" is becoming a more and more common incident upon American streets. The manner of the American down-and out is always the same. He apolo gizes for his condition, explains that lie is poor but worthy, seeks to ap proach you as an equal forced to ask help by a temporary embarrassment. The man is not a good beggar, for the same reason that he does not relieve his own indigence by becoming a ser vant. He is too proud. The spirit of American equality has engendered the Idea that all personal and household service is menial and degrading. Every other nation in the world has servant class that is satis fled with its status as such. In the United States, no such class has grown up among the native white population. All the comfortable household jobs have been monopolized by Immigrants. And now that there are no immigrants to fill the jobs, Americans who need them will not take them. The anomally goes far ther yet. American wives and mothers are compelled to perform these so called menial taskp themselves be cause American servants cannot be found to do the work for wages. Of course, the idea that household work is of a lower order than any other skilled labor is simply one of the less desirable products of Amer l ican pride. The dignity of any work depends upon the spirit Til which it. is done, and this fact is gradually gain ing recognition. 1 OUR DAILY LAUGH HANDS OFF. _ When war » breaks out in the , ;fu„ m women's after- f noon card club ' — there's only one f thing for the men .( -T Ifl \ What's that? Km Wt Remain abso- m>& lutely neutral. LOST / Mary had a little 'Twas gentle as a pup, When Mary took |li,. .*— It out on# (Jl 7AT The Beef Tru,lt ft* y grabbed II GOODBYE, LITTLE CAR, GOOUDYB By Wing Dinger I had a little auto— A 1913 brand— It served me nobly, brother, I thought it very grand Until I took the family Out to the Auto Show— Tliey saw the 'l6 models— The old car now must go. AN INSINUATION [From Everybody's Magazine.] I The jury had been out for two days, and still one persistent fellow held out : against the other eleven. "Well, Kontle- I men," asked the court officer, looking in at the doors, "shall I order twelve | dinners?" "No." replied the foreman. "Make 1' dinners and a bale of hay." Stoning CMjat More projects for Improvement of ''spokes of the wheel of roads" lead ing to the State Capital are under dis cussion now in this part of the Staty than In the last half-dozen years, nos even excepting 1912 and 1913, wh«r% the ways to Gettysburg were fixed uffc Part of this is due to the William Penn Highway, which is now attracting na tional attention because of the oppor tunities it offers for visiting historic and thriving points of interest, ami part due to the general desire to have roads which will prove worth while for the motorist, whether pleasure, farming or business bent. In addition to the movement for the betterment of roads in the eastern end of the county steps are being taken by folks in the upper end 10 get highways improved ttiirf tlic Lyksiifl \ alley offers some scenery of which the average Harrii burger knows little and yet which be fore many years will be visited by many people. The negotiations be tween the Northern Central Railwav and the State Highway Department are expected to lead to substantial changes for the better on the River side road above Fort Hunter and will enable peoi>le to come to the State Capital from Sunbury without running risks and at the same time open an interesting portion of our own county to automobilists of Harrisburg. The moves being taken in Cumberland and Perry counties will affect this city be cause those roads are feeders for Har risburg traffic, and if something is only done to improve the road along the Susquehanna south of Middletown it will link up a section which abounds in beautiful river views. Just how much of the various programs under way can be worked out this vear is problematical, but the fact that so many propositions have sprung up spontaneously shows a healthy degree ' n^ e , rest in bettor roads to and from Harrisburg, which, by the way, this city s people can well afford to stimu late. The present activity in the iron a.n<l steel trade is having the effect of re viving Nome of the furnaces In this part of the State which have been re garded for the last few years as having come close to the xieriod of antiquity, especially several in the Susquehanna and Lebanon Valleys. The demand for ferro-manganese, a. pig iron mainly produced abroad and now in very gen eral use in filling trade orders, is causing some furnaces to be improved at heavy cost. Marshall furnace, at Newport, which had been idle for some lime, has been started on this kind of iron, and North Cornwall fur nace, near Lebanon, which had been classed as practically abandoned, is about to go on this iron and to use Brazilian ore. There are three idle blast furnaces in this city and one or two near Columbia, which are said to have been looked over wtih a view to estimating what it would cost to op erate on ferro-tnanganese. One of these is Loehiel furnace, owned by the Pennsylvania Steel Company, and last in blast two years ago. The Washington Fire Company, which will lie seventy-five years youns this week, was established in 1841 at the United States Hotel, which stood at the corner of Second and Mulberry streets for many years, but which lia disappeared in the march of improve ments. That its members were hus tlers is shown by the fact that in less than forty days after the meeting was held the company had a hose carriage bought and pair for. Levi Wolfinger was the first president and many men prominent in Harrisburg affairs have been members. The company has al ways been a hose company, never hav ing had an engine, and not until it re ceived its chemical apparatus having else than a hose carriage. Its first, real home was at Second street and Meadow Lane, which it. occupied in August, IS4 4. Among .the men who were officers for years were Major John H. Zeigler, W. A. Alricks. I>. F. Jauss, E. S. German, John L. Martin, David I.ingle, George H. Bell, A. A. Pancake, Charles H. Etter, Peter K. Boyd, Frederick Haehnlen, J. F. C. Dace, Samuel and John Bernhelsel. Levi Wolfinger, Henry F. Young and others known to the older residents of Harrisburg. * * « The greatest interest is being mani fested throughout the State In the ac tion of the Public Service Commission on the full crew law complaints. There are over a dozen complaints embodied in the cases now being considered and the rulings will clear up numerous points in which the railroads and the railroad men have been at odds. * • « A number of teachers in this part of the State and some State officials are planning fo attend the banquet of the alumni of the West. Chester State Nor mal School. State Superintendent N. C. Scliaeffer and President E. E. Srmrks. of State College, will be guests of honor. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE*] —Judge Charles E. Rice is to be banqueted by the Luzerne bar next month in recognition of his distin- Kuished legal services. —George C. Stone, head of the New Castle works of the American Tinplate Company, has become head of the plant of the McKeesport Tinplate Com pany. —W. H. Stout, prominent in geo logical affairs in Schuylkill, has been made head of that county's farm bureau. —-Senator J. P. McNichocl left yes terday for his annual trip to San Lucie. Fla., the old Quay winter place. —Congressman W. S. Vare will lead the grand march at the Union Re publican Club ball In Philadelphia March 6. DO YOU KNOW That Harrisliiirg-niade beds are In many hospitals in this State? lITSTOJUC harrisburg General Larayette visited Harrisburg in 1525 and was given a reception at the Capitol. POUR OUT THINE HEAR* Arise, cry out In the night: in the be-, ginning of the watches pour out think heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward Him for the life of thy young children.— Lamentations ii, 19. J-.J? Keep At It When \ You Start Before you begin advertising lav out your definite program. When "once you start, keep at it. Don't be stopping, vaoillatlng and swapping horses in mid stream. , Continuity is one of the great factors in advertising success. The more you push tli* easier it becomes. Let tills newspaper help you In laving out your plans and get ting on the track that leads to Profit Land.
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