16 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded itsi Published evenings except Sunday by THK TEI.GGRAPH PRINTING CO.. Tclegrnnli Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACK POLE, Pres't and Editorin-ChUf F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GVS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Ediler. * Member American Newspaper Pub- I Ushers' Associa sylvanla Assoclat- Esstern office, Hag- Brooks, Fifth Ave nue Building. New Qas°BuMdlns' Chi" Entered at the Post Office in Harris bury, Pa., as second class matter. .otflP??. . By carriers, six cents a <*3565*-«ps£> week; by mail, J. 1.00 a year in advance. Sworn dally atrrice circulation for the three month* ending Jan. 31, 181*. H 22,760 These <(iirr> are net. All returned, unsold and damaged copies deducted. FRIDAY EVENING, FKB. 25. Th* secret of success is constancy of purpose. —Dis&ajciA. PENROSE ANI) RYAN SENATOR PENROSE and Public Service Commisioner Ryan cross ed swords at the North Kensington Businessmen's dinner, at Philadelphia, the other night. Mr. Ryan is an ora tor of pleasing delivery. Mr. Penrose is a public speaker with few of the arts of oratory to embellish his speech. Probably Mr. Ryan painted his phrases in rosy colors and his elo quence may have roused his audience to applause. But side by side in cold print there is no comparison between the two addresses. Senator Penrose's address abounds in sound logic and his arguments are supported by facts known to every man, and to North Kensington men es pecially. Mr. Ryan's talk was a de fense of the Underwood tariff law. 31 r. Penrose's speech was a condemna tion of it. Now it happens that the North Ken sington district is largely given over to the manufacture of hosiery. With the Republican protective policies in force North Kensington never knew such busy days. Everybody was em ployed, and at good wages. No sooner tlid the Underwood law supercede the Payne law, following the election of President Wilson and a Democratic Congress, than the mills at North Ken sington began to slow down and prosperity flew out of the working man's window. Hard times and lit tle work followed, and it was not un(il the rush of war orders from Europe gave new stimulus to the hosiery in dustry that anything like good times returned to make happy the people of the Kensington district. Had Senator Penrose done noth- \ ing more than point out to his hearers lliese facts —which apply not to Ken sington alone, but to the nation at large, and to all branches of business and Industry—he would have over thrown completely all of the finely turned phrases of the orator who at tempted to support the indefensible policies of the Democratic administra tion. Senator Oscar Underwood favors a munitions plant to be erected at Birm ingham, Ala., Mr. Underwood's home town. Representative Ike Sherwood recently declared for a similar plant to be located in his home town, Toledo, Ohio. The preparedness program among the Democrats rapidly takes on the characteristic ascribed by General Dogan to the tariff—a local issue. SCHOOL DRILL AS a result of aroused interest throughout the United States upon the question of possibili ties of military training in the public schools as an effective method of in culcating into the youth at least the fundamentals whereby the country wide demand for national prepared ness may be materially assisted. Rep resentative John R. K. Scott, of Phil adelphia, has introduced in the House a joint resolution providing for a committee of three senators and three representatives to conduct an investi gation and report to Congress as to the feasibility and means to encourage instruction. Under the Scott resolution the mili tary affairs committees of both the Senate and the House would be di rected to each designate three of their members to serve on this joint subcommittee for the purpose of in vestigating the advisability of and determining the best methods for the encouragement of such training in the public schools. Authority is con ferred for the subcommittees to sit during the recess of Congress, with power to summon witnesses, to ap point experts and clerical assistance necessary to a full and comprehen sive study of the subject. Representative Scott, in speaking of his resolution, said that he has been impressed with the possibilities offer ed by military training as a part of the curriculum in the high school grades of the public schools. He be lieves that a congressional committee, by careful inquiry into'the subject, could readily determine a plan where by encouragement nnd assistance could be offered by the government to school authorities in the various cities, towns and country school dis FRIDAY EVENING, HARraSBURG tSSpSbI TELEGRAPH FEBRUARY 25, 1916 ] ' T I tricts of the nation which would tend ! I to do wonders in the way of establish ing "a citizenry trained to arms." Representative Scott says he has i been receiving numerous inquiries : | from public school authorities throughout Pennsylvania and that i there are movements already under: way in certain school districts for the ! , organization of cadet corps in the' high schools. He contends that it is j not alone for the instruction of mili : tary tactics that the school author!- j tics and the general public is becom i ing interested, but also for the ren-: ■ son that it is recognized that such training is of material benefit to the youth in teaching obedience and other • ; desirable moral qualities, besides fur- I nishing excellent opportunities from a calisthcnic standpoint. Many of the Pennsylvania represen- j tatives in Congress have been viewing | with considerable interest the trend j 1 towards such training of late by both ! citizen and school authorities in this State, and practically every member , has received communications relative to what encouragement might be of fered by the government in the way of | equipment and instructors for the cadet cprps. ! School authorities are notoriously i conservative when it comes to changes , : in the cut-and-dried school system, p and that is probably one of the rea sons why objection has been raised in I some quarters to the organization of cadet corps in connection with the , public schools of the country. An : other reason is the activity of the "peace at any price" agencies. But there yet remains to be raised one well supported objection to a system of voluntary military drill in the schools. For many years, ever since their foundation, indeed, our schools have I been devoted to the notion that they I have no other function than that of mind training, with a little moral training thrown in to leaven the loaf. They have, to a very large degree, ne glected the physical side of the work i entrusted to them. They teach phy siology. it is true, but they fail to put the text into practice. Regardless of | the fact that the trained mind is but 1 a poor agent in a weak body, and that ! modern efficiency demands a strong' • body as well as a working brain, our schools have been stumbling along the : old paths, placing emphasis only on I the mind and letting physical fitness take care of itself. Of course, we have j athletics in our high schools and to a i limited degree in the grammar schools, i but not for the masses. A premium is placed on the expert in any particu- ; lar line of effort and upon the team. Nothing is required of the individual and the great majority receives no benefit, while unquestionably some are injured by participation in sports for I which they are not physically fitted. Now, there is no better form of exercise than that of military drill. It brings out the best there is in a boy. It squares his shoulders and it broadens his chest. It disciplines both mind and body, and heaven only, knows most of our high school boys j ( are sorely in need of both. So long as military drill in the schools is j voluntary and places no burden on the parent for uniform or equipment it is difficult to see why anybody should object to it. In the minds of some who have viewed with ill-concealed : | impatience the failure of schools to give attention to the physical side of education it appears in the nature of 11 a godsend. i, _ 1 Three million pairs of shoes for Ital ian soldiers are now being made up in , Brockton, Mass. Prosperity of the j , ; Democratic brand. HERE IS THE PROOF DEMOCRATIC leaders who wish to minimize the seriousness of , the break between Secretary! I Garrison and President Wilson, deny that the President was ever in the slightest degree committed to the Gar- ! • rison plans for national defense. Lest' there be any doubt on that point it j will be well to call to mind the mes-; sage delivered to Congress by the President on December 7, last: It is with these ideals in mind that the plans of the Department of War for more adequate national defense were conceived which will I be laid before you. and which I urge you to sanction and put into effect as soon as they can be prop erly scrutinized and discussed. They seem to me the essential first step, and tlie.v seem to me for the I present sufficient. • It was after Mr. Wilson discovered the attitude of certain sections of the country toward the Garrison plan, j which received his executive sanction, that he performed the classic Wilson flop, and from the entire plan, which, | • lor political purposes he had espoused, ! he later for political purposes sought a divorce. As a prominent Democra- 1 tic member of Congress pertinently " remarked, when news of the Garrison ! , resignation reached his ears: "It is 1 not so much a question of what plan is most meritorious: it is the necessity ' for making a decision. If we are to ' dodge all over the map trying tosquare ■ ourselves with every section of the country it will end with the entire ■ country losing confidence in us." 5 And for that matter the entire coun- i - try has lost confidence in the Presi f dent and his followers. After considerable analysis of Presi dent Wilson's literary style, illustrated in a profusion of correspondence, the 1 New York Sun finds him guilty of "ad i verbial overintensities," and "adjectival - protestations" to an extent subversive t of clear rhetoric. There is nothing left , on which to pin our faith. THE BABY SHOW WE like the idea of the Baby Welfare exhibition to be held in this city. Mere prettiness f is not lo count. Some of the finest 1 little chaps that ever chewed a rubber j " rattle were anything but pretty. f Health is the thing. Snub noses, bald 1 heads, yea, and even double chins, \ - count for naught but charm when •' baby is well and radiating with hap > piness. The pretty baby is all very - well, but give us the healthy baby e every time, and this is not an ob »' servaition based on painful personal 1 s acquaintance with colic and teething - [ periods. A ! ■■ - f U By the Ex-Conimltteertian Governor Ertsmbaneh's declaration that the situation as regards his presi ' dential candidacy is "up in the air" | and his reiteration of his disclaimer i that he brought out Speaker Ambler las a candidate for the Republican I nomination for Auditor General at \ | Pittsburgh are the talk of political ; circles in the State. The Governor s failure to take a definite stand in the | Auditor General contest has caused a I < hill among the friends of the Mont j gomery man and the Pittsburgh inter i vlew is accepted in some places as a bid for harmony, but interpreted in ; others as a plea for things to remain \ as they are pending developments. In some parts of the State it is be lieved that things will be so ironed out before long that there will be no con test in the Republican organization i j anil that while men will be allowed to fight out their battles for delegate and legislative and congressional nomina tions in their districts, things will be harmonized in the State and the Democracy will furnish the only circus. • In connection with the Governor's interview the Philadelphia Record, Democratic, says that it is regarded as an intimation that the Governor and the Vares are likely to drop Am bler because, the Record says, no en thusiasm l'or hint has been shown. The I Record also prints this Democratic view of it: "For some weeks there has been widespread belief in political' circles that the Ambler candidacy was ' put forth as a "feeler" with the hope i that both Ambler and Snyder would be ! withdrawn at an opportune moment i and a candidate acceptable to all ele- j I ments of the party agreed upon. The I Vare-Smitli slioutcrs in this city deny that such an idea can prevail, but it is ' known that many up-State leaders would like to support a candidate against whom no objection could be I raised and have tried to get Senator Penrose converted to the belief that his political interests could be strength- j ened by giving his support to a man of i wider popularity than is enjoyed by I Snyder. Penrose has thus far re- j fused to openly commit himself fur- j ther than to declare his opposition to Ambler, and is said to be ready for battle in case the Speaker's candidacy is insisted upon." i The Philadelphia Inquirer gives this ! Republican view or the interview: ' "Republican workers were interested j yesterday in reports from Pittsburgh : that Governor Brumbaugh had dis- ! claimed responsibility for the booming : of Speaker Ambler for Auditor Gen eral and that he had also indicated that the nominee of State Treasurer should come from the West and that H. M. Kepliart seemed to be well thought of in that connection. There is no doubt that Governor Brumbaugh is very friendly disposed toward Mr. Ambler, who aided him in his fight for local option at the last session of the Legislature, and that Mr. Ambler also has the good will of Mayor Smith. : How far either the Governor or the Mayor will go in pressing for the | nomination of Mr. Ambler, however, . has yet to be developed. Senator Pen- ! rose's friends throughout the State are practically united upon Senator Charles j A. Snyder for Auditor General. —lt is said that some of the Cum- . berland and Lebanon Democrats are . inclined to show signs of restiveness over the reported slating of City Com- | missioner W. L. Gorgas for national ; delegate from this district. ■ —Germantown Bull Moosers last night decided to urge the back-to-the party movement. William Draper Lewis was the chief speaker. —George Arner is the new post- : master of Weissport. —Jesse Asper, of Meehanicsburg, who started out as a candidate for Republican national delegate, has withdrawn, according to reports cir culated to-day. —Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia, contemplates going to the South early j next month, according to gossip in Philadelphia. —H. E. Lanius, the blind repre sentative from York county, will be a candidate for re-election. —George 11. Horning. Enola's jus tice of the peace, is getting busy on his boom for Republican nomination for the Legislature from Cumberland county. —Congresman Vare in a speech last night declared that he saw trouble, coming after the war and wanted the I country to be ready for it. He also ' wants the government armor plate i plant built in Philadelphia. —F. N. Moore, former member of the House from Bradford county, was here to-day. lie is going to be a can- j didate for the Mouse this year on a local option basis. —C. Tyson Kratz, of Montgomery I county, is out as a candidate for Re publican national delegate on a Brum baugh platform. If Brumbaugh is not , a candidate, then he is for Roosevelt, j Kratz was elected a delegate in 1912 i and was an ardent Brumbaugh man in 1914. —Senator Penrose is going to meet i a number of up-State leaders at Phila delphia to-morrow and will talk over the -'eneral situation. —The Sixteeners, composed of the alumni of Ihe Soldiers' Orphans' i School at Mount T oy. have adopted j | resolutions endorsing H. M. Kephart for Siate Treasurer. Mr. Kepliart is a I graduate of the school and is very i popular with the alumni. VENUS DE MILO [Ohio State Journal.] A Swarthmore College junior has physical measurements almost identi cal with those of Venus de Mi'lo, and is therefore regarded as a perfect woman, so far as form and feature are concerned. That fact made her famous, so that she is getting offers of marriage from over the country, while the film people are anxious to get her to pose for the movies. One thing that accounts for her grace and beauty is the fact that she is a good, all-around athlete; plays tennis, basketball and swims like a fish. But another attraction she possesses thai would make her physi cal exercises futile if she did not have, and that is brains. These shine out in conduct and increase every at traction. Mere physical beauty lacks , its 'finest quality if it does not re veal the graces of the mind and heart. A girl may have all the measurements of Venus de Milo, but if the soul does not radiate from them, she possesses only animal beauty, which no true girl would be satisfied with. LETTERS TO THE F^ITOR" THANKS THE TELEGRAPH ' To the Editor of Ihe Telegraph: Miss Shanahan, sister of the late Bishop Shanahan, desires to thank the i many friends of her brother who pub licly expressed their affection and re spect for him on the day of the fu neral and also especially to thank those who so kindly sent to the i Cathedral the beautiful floral tributes. Miss Shanahan likewise desires to j thank the Harrlsburg Telegraph for the manner in which it spoke of her brother's work nnd character and for 4its accounts of the funeral ceremonies. - THE CARTOON OF THE DAY BREAKING INTO THE BIG LEAGUE w wmt ;>si| i j7! ill —From tlif St. I.ouis llepuhllc. | TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE^ —Tne Serbian ambassador is be ing escorted about this country by Mrs. Pankhurst. German bomb throwers beware. —Somehow or other the name of Hiram Johnson always is suggestive of the headliner in a minstrel show. —That is a gallant picture the cor respondent painted yesterday of the Kaiser, back of his lines urging his men forward, but why didn't the Kaiser go forward at their head? —"A man shot through the East River yesterday"—Philadelphia Eve ning Ledger. Wonder if he bled much. —Man is made of dust, and every wife knows that he sheds a powerful lot of it around the house. EDITORIAL COMMENT — They Wouldn't Hesitate to Ask [St. Louis Globe-Democrat.] Can't see how any of the Europeans are to get any indemnity for anything unless they ask this country to lend it. Too Much Trouble For Most [Milwaukee Jounal.] Mr. Sotliern will have plenty of pub licity for his new venture in the movies, which suggests that, one good way to get it is to become a really good actor. 1 OUR DAILY LAUGH CAUSE FOR RHJ JOICING. I wonder why " we always feel |/|\. more cheerful as Mf Un J 8 (spring draws \ if I don't know. 1j 1 K 1 ykl unless it's because m I H Iby that time our I LdxT I I) holiday cigars are I r all smoked and IM< -° U r Christmas <©> & neckties are worn «£*** out. THE REASON. Farmer See _ -ifm that there pig. I * call him "ink." Visitor Why WHaJ k ■o? He isn't black. Farmer No, but he keeps run nlng from the . pen. ANTICIPATION' By Wing Dinger Every member of the family Has been striking me of late For some cash in lumps that vary | From the little to the great. ! Kxplanations are not given S As to why demands Increase. I But the wheels just keep on squeaking And I have to pile on grease. But last night I got to thinking In th - hope that maybe I In a little while could dope out In my mind, the reason why. j And quite suddenly a light dawned— My birthday conies 'round next !week — If 1 don't get heaps of presents Some of U3 will cease to speak. But In THE DA Y OF OLD MEN By Frederic J. Haskin AT what age does a man lose his girip? This question is being investigated again as the re sult of the European war, with its long list of septuagenarian generals. If you are what the world calls an old man, you stand a better chance of being appreciated in the future. Late researches puts the age of great est efficiency much higher than it was formerly reckoned. In the United States especially, the demand for young men has been, and still is, a conspicuous feature of the economic situation. Some years ago. a large wholesaler advertised for a man to take charge of a branch ware house. He got in touch with an ap plicant by correspondence, liked the man's letters and his recommenda tions. and ended by hiring him. But when he saw his new employe, he called the bargain off. The would-be manager was forty-two years old, and gray-haired. The wholesaler told him he was too old to learn a new business. The applicant went back to his job at routine office work and held it for nine years. Then he got an opening in a hardware house. He knew noth ing about the hardware business, but he learned it. and to-day he is past sixty, well-to-do, and a success in his new line. But the wholesaler's atti tude is typical of our business world. Youth is still regarded as a primary qualification in a man looking for a job. The studies recently mado seem to Indicate that in many cases such a course not only puts an unnecessary HOW TO LIVE LONGER HABITS —Rule IS—There are many diseases which are catching" because tlie people who are sick with them have what are called "germs." These germs gave them the disease. Germs are almost everywhere, but they will rarely hurt you if you are well and strong. If you are tired, or are not well, these germs may make you sick. When many people in town have colds or grip, do not stay in crowds if you are tired or do not feel well. An easy way to catch tuberculosis is from some sick person who has been spitting on the floor or pavement. The spit dries like powder and goes into the air as dust. You then breathe it Into your lungs, and you are apt to catch the disease if you are tired or weak. Many other diseases are caused by spitting where people can breathe in the germs. It is not wise or nice to spit 'about the home or in public places. . The mosquito often carries malaria and yellow fever. The common house i fly may carry typhoid fever germs. To ] avoid diseases, keep mosquitoes and 1 flies out of the house and away from your food. ! The best way to avoid diseases which are caused by flies or mosquitoes is to destroy their breeding places. Mos quitoes breed In stagnant water. Flies breed in decaying matter, especially horse manure. You should boll water before drink ing if you are not certain that it is j pure. Water may have typhoid germs i and germs of other diseases in it. I? your teeth are decayed they make ! poisons in your body. Be sure to clean your teeth, tongue and gums thorough ly each night and morning by brushing with a tooth-brush. Move the brush up and down with a circular motion, as ' well as across the teeth. If you can do so. clean them after each meal. Fruit, j especially apples, after a meal are good mouth and tootli cleaners, i Hathe often to keep awa'- sickness. | Always wash your hands beforo eat ing. If you scratch or Iniure any part ;of your body, keep the injured place clean. Some of the poisons of the body are thrown off by sweating. After sweat ing. you should bathe to take these 1 poisons from the skin. Do not use drinking cups or towels which have been used by other people. Many diseases are carried in this way. WHERE IS BRYAN? Colonel Roosevelt may stand at Armageddon. but a great many Democrats would like exceedingly well to know just where Mr. Bryan i stands: , hardship on the "old man hunting a j new position, but also results in an | economic loss—the loss of much valuable ability. A man's age, according to this the j ory, cannot be reckoned in simple i number of years, but is a comparative quantity dependent not only on in dividual temperament but more es pecially on the general line of work i for which he is fitted. Moreover, the 1 investigators point out that the ten dency of the time is toward older men for leadership in all lines. The ) change in this respect is strikingly illustrated by the generals in various great wars. | In the past, most of the great con j querors gained their victories in youth |or early middle age. Alexander com manded an army and won battles at eighteen. Charles XII, of Sweden, was the same age when he defeated |an army of 80,000 Russians. Such i cases were the rule in the days when j war was a comparatively simple science. As the implements of de ! struction were developed and strategy j became more and more complex," gen | erals grew correspondingly older. The 1 average age of the ten principal I northern generals in the Civil war was forty years. Ten leading Con federates averaged a few months younger. I The Russo-Japanese war was the | first conflict in which old men were I conspicuous, though two of the Prus ! sian leaders in the Franco-Prussian [Continued oil Page 22] THE STATE, FROM Dflf TO DOT Shall the bathtub still hold coal, i shall families be permitted to live in abandoned stables and chicken houses and shall toilets still be used for rag bags are several of the enlightening questions that were taken up and dls leussed by the Johnstown Chamber of Commerce yesterday, all of them with a view to improving health conditions j about the city. ' The benedicts of a Pittsburgh sub i urb, who are of club life tendencies, i have organized themselves into "The Husbands' Welfare Association" the aim being to promote the happiness | of husbands whose wives take jour i neys and leave them to the merciless j hands of cook and maid. The club I seems to have had a marvelous growth | since its inception. "Baby Week" will be observed In | cities in all parts of the State from March 4 to 11, in connection with the 1 national movement which originated in Washington, D. C. Harrisburg ! will have hers a week later, and it is planned to make the exhibit one of strong popular appeal. A drop of perspiration for perhaps it was sweat—we refuse to draw any distinction) from the brow of a workingman at Pottsville the other day caused more trouble than such a drop ordinarily does cause. This par | ticular wandering globule, being of an adventurous turn of mind, determined | to stray afield and so found its way \ into a tank of cotton saturated with : nitric acid. Immense clouds of smoke passed through the building following the explosion, but no one was hurt. The remaining drops, it is said, were Immediately frozen with terror lest they suffer the same fate. Evangelist Biedcrwolf has been | tearing things up with a vengeance In Norristown. A recent beer party said to have been held In the city hall and the use of the select council chamber I as a dressing room for the actresses | who helped to make up the party I were characerlzed by the evangelist j a» being ••damnable helllshness." The j clergymen who listened to his lan guage were speechless after his re marks. but whether from surprise or from lack of anything to say, none i knew. jJEtetttW} (Effat Alfred Douden, the Mlllersburg businessman, banker and manufac turer, who died yesterday at his home jij upper end borough which he did so much to develop, was one of uie rapidly diminishing number of Dauphin countlans who helped found the Republican party, air. Douden was one of the first men in thirt coun ty to join the organization of men who established the party so firmly in ? former Democratic stronghold and he cast his first vote for General John C. Fremont In 1856. lie was u firm believer in the Republican prin ciples in that early day, always main taining his interest, but never aspir ing to political office. Mr. Douden was born in England, but was brought to Schuylkill county by his parents when a child. He first em barked in business in Minersville, then moving to Lykens, from which town ho went to Millersburg in 1563. lie was already a well-established man of business and his planing mill was one of the best known In that end of the county. He was the organizer of the First National Bank at AliUersburg and helped found the Johnson-Bailie Shoe Co., the big industry of the town. Mr. Douden was burgess of his home town several terms. In this city he was well known and a frequent visitor. • » • In these days of the Schwabs and Graces, the Doiiners and Keplogles, the Coreys and Dinkeys, changes come so rapidly in the steel business that you can scarcely know for sure when you rise in the morning whether the same group of men who owned a. iron or steel company when you re tired at night, are still in control. So quickly have some of the recent deals been made that employes of the com panies sold scarcely know to-day who |are their "Chiefs." Illustrative of this | is the following incident: Desiring the photograph of the-new I owners of a big steel plant, a news i Paper the other day telegraphed to j the secretary of the new president, : but in care of the plant purchased, | and which the president and his party i was about to inspect. Back from the plant in a city not ;> n Pennsylvania to which the in spection party was speeding came this ] telegram: "Mr. Grace unknown here. Can you give department In which ho works ?" To which the paper replied: "Mr. Grace's company owns your plant and I will be in to look it over in a few I hours." I There was no reply. « • ♦ | The complaint filed at the Public . Service Commission yesterday by W. jH. Molly, of Lebanon, on behalf of I the traveling men living at Lebanon, is of considerable interest to residents j of this city and indeed of people living on the lines of the Pennsylvania, Northern Central and Cumberland Valley railroads as well as those who live between Harrisburg and Leb anon. This complaint brings to an issue the refusal of the Reading to I install passenger train service to Reading and Allentown leaving Har risburg after 6:30 p. m. The com | pany contends that the service would not pay, the same excuse that was ■ made a decade ago. It does seem odd I that, there is 110 train to Reading after i half past six at night from Harris burg. It means that people who hap pen to transact business in Sunbury, Huntingdon or Carlisle and who want to get to Lebanon or Reading or intermediate points that night cani j not do so unless they get here before i 6:30 at night. • * • [ Cheer up. Spring is truly here. I One of our friends from the West Shore came in yesterday and an -1 nounced that he had eleven "peeps." He had hatched out. all but one egg which had not proven fertile. This • is pretty early for announcement of the arrival of chicks, hut. it is in line | with the admonition of the State De partment of Agriculture that the early chickens are the money makers. * « • Harrisburg friends of Captain G. | Chal Port who was for some time in ! charge of the Pennsylvania Railroad I police here, but who is now sleeping with one eye open while he looks after 'the safety of one of the big plants in i Huntingdon county, will be interested I to know that he has been boomed for 1 State fire marshal. * 4 • How to entertain oneself while | traveling is for some people a perplex* i ing problem. A few read the papers, some sit and think, while others just ; sit. Many aren't satisfied unless they !are chatting with somebody else, and j if there are no acquaintances aboard, j they will strike up one. Another \ class make good use of the opportunity ]to do constructive reading, and ror many of these the periods of travel ing offer the only opportunities for such reading. When at home busi | ness and other duties render almost, j negligible any chance to absorb real mental food. * * * Walter R. Linn who was formerly connected with the editorial depart i ment of the Harrisburg Telegraph, but who now resides in Bristol, has 1 been selected as one of the trustees | of the reorganized Public Library in | that thriving borough. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE" I —F. K. Connerly, the new assistant ito Vice-President Schoonmakcr of I the Pittsburgh and Lake JSrie, used to be purchasing agent of the com pany. —Judge J. N. Langham, of Indiana I made the address at the anniversary I exercises of the Indiana Odd Fel lows. —R. L. Munce. of Canonsburg, is the president of the Pennsylvania Wool Growers. He is a prominent Washington county farmer, i —Dr. Carl W. Gay, of the State Live Stock Board, Is making a series of speeches, urging more attention to State horses. —Hiram Smith, former Wilkes- Barre street commissioner, has en- I tered the insurance field In his town. - [ DO YOU KNOW 1 That Harrisburg paving methods have been followed in many Pennsylvania cities? HISTORIC HARRIISBtnO ! ThA First Baptist church to be I established here was In 1830. < —— Cheapening a Shoe Most of tho vital parts of a shoe are hidden and quality docs not show until the footgear Is put to tho test of wear. Paper or composition can be substituted for leather and the shoe will look as welt from the \ outside. It behooves, the purchaser, then, to study brands which carry a guarantee of quality—to choose stores that guard their in- I terests. There are many such, and from tim«* to time they make known their willingness to serve you through the advertising In the Telegraph. Read it.
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