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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 21.
Forgive me, Lord, my selfish day;
Touch my sealed eyes and bid them
tcake
To see Thy tasks along the icay.
Thy errands, which my hands may
take
And do them gladly for Thy sake.
—SUSAN COOUPGE.
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SITUATION IS SERIOUS
NEVER has the country faced a
break in diplomatic relations so
calmly and with so little display
of feeling as it is now facing a very
probable interruption of friendly re
lations with Germany. There are two
reasons for this. In the first place, we
have been to the brink so many times
In the past few months, only to be
drawn back before making the plunge,
that it is probable many people be
lieve the President's ultimatum will
he followed, as in the past, by more
notes and more negotiations. Again,
the people generally recognize that
Germany is In no position to attempt
an Invasion of this country and that
the navy rather than the army would
have to shoulder the bulk of the re
sponsibilities of war, should the pres
ent Issue go that far. In the latter
conclusion, they are correct, but In
the former it is difficult to understand
how anybody can expect the President
to resume negotiations. He has said
what amounts to the final word unless
Germany backs down completely,
Which is not likely. The situation is
very serious. We are upon the very
verge of war.
AUDITING AUDITED BOOKS
f/""MTY COUNCIL has let a contract in
the sum of more than $2,900 for
the auditing of the city treas
urer's books during the term of Owen
H. Copelin, despite the fact that these
accounts have been audited and
passed upon as correct by the regu
larly constituted auditing authorities.
Nobody during Mr. Copelin's term of
office even hinted that there might be
anything wrong with his books, but if
It is necessary to go through them at
a price that could be well utilized in
petting up the statuary, the
work should be done without delay.
The people are entitled to know what
the auditors find and the sooner they
know the better. If there is any good
reason for the investigation, very well,
but if not, then the audit will be gen
erally regarded as a pretty costly bit
of councilmanic amusement.
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RIGHTS
THERE are individual and com
munity rights which must be
respected in order that the best
Interests of the city shall be conserved.
It will be noted as one walks about
Harrisburg that there is more or less
disregard of the things which directly
concern the community as a whole.
For instance, a flagrant illustration is
the misuse of the paved streets by the
river coal interests between Verbeke
and Boas streets. Here the fine coal
sifts through the carts and for
squares the thoroughfares which have
lust been swept at the expense of the
city are littered with grimy black
dust as the small grains of coal are
ground to powder by passing traffic.
Inasmuch as there has been a con
listent effort for several years to keep
the streets of Harrisburg clean at
public expense It would seem to be
the duty of officials to see to it that
the littering of streets with ashes from
collection carts and coal from the
river should cease under some
itringent regulation and penalty.
It will also be noted that a con
siderable portion of the river wall and
steps between the pumping station
and Hardscrabble Is now being
utilized as a public wharf by these
same coal Interests which appear to
regard the river front as their own
special and particular preserve, to do
with it as they see fit. If these inter
ests; have no proper appreciation of
the rights of the community In the
premises and are indifferent to public
protest as It has been voiced from
time to time, then the Department of
Parks and the Department of Public
Works co-operating should establish
strlrt rules to prevent this sort of
violation of the rights of the public.
Admitting that the recent high water
has placed these interests at some dis
advantage, they should realize that
the concrete .steps along the river
front is public property and must not
damaged without proper indemnity.
AVe realize that there are a certain
FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH APRIL 21, 1016.
few people In Harrisburg who still
believe that the river front was
created for their own particular uses
and that it is a serious invasion of
their rights that the dumping of
garbage and old barrels and boxes and
household refuse has been prohibited.
But unless and until the proper offi
cials of the city establish a strict
patrol system along the river and
throughout the parks the outrageous
vandalism and destruction of property
will go on.
As to the sifting coal dirt from the
disjointed carts that are utilized In
hauling the fuel from the landing at
Verbeke and Boas streets, these
vehicles should be so lined as to make
them, at least, coal tight.
Much of this destruction of city
property is the result of ignorance,
i but much more of Indifference and J
1 positive resentment. But this is a
| community of 70,000 people and the
' few who are responsible for these
violations of the public lights must
not be permitted to continue un
hindered in their course. Some fine
day it will be necessary for the city at
great expense to repave the damaged I
concrete steps and then it will be hard \
to explain why such damage was
permitted.
BOOSTING YOUR CITY
ONE of those Harrisburg livewlres
who never falls to note and profit
by everything that he sees else
where has sent the Telegraph an
edition of the Jacksonville Times-
Union, which devotes a page to the
"Greater Jacksonville" movement of
the Chamber of Commerce in that city.
The body is doing for Jacksonville
what the Chamber of Commerce of
Harrisburg is doing for our own com
munity and here is one of Its appeals
which might easily be adopted for
home consumption:
You are proud of Jacksonville.
You like to bear strangers say that
it is one of the most progressive
and prosperous cities in the coun
try. You have reason to be proud.
Jacksonville is strong—financially,
intellectually, morally and In every
other way.
Our city has ail the elements of
potential power. It has wanted
merely the knack of fusing those !
elements into an effective unit. We
do not lack the power; we only j
lark organization of it.
The public-spirited business and
professional men of Jacksonville,
working together, can do practi
cally anything they set out to do for
Jacksonville. Now let's get to
gether. every public-spirited citi
zen. Do it. Do not talk about it,
or debate how or who.
Let's get together on the things
which all of us want—our unani
mous desire for more factories,
more home patronage for our
stores, for agricultural develop
ment. for port development ana
greater use of the St. John's river, |
ami all those other things which '
will make Jacksonville a better city j
in which to live and do business.
Here's the Chamber of Commerce.
Make it yours. Be one of the body
of citizens standing shoulder to
shoulder in an organization which
shall he your Instrument for the
advancement of our civic welfare.
The Chamber of Commerce offers
Itself for the expression of your
civic ideals, the effective applies- •
tion of your civic efforts.
Do you join hands with us on I
that platform? v.
Do not wait for a committee to
call and urge you to join. Offer
your membership and your service.
Let your action be thoughtful,
broad-minded, hearty, ambitious.
Harrisburg Is a city somewhat I
similar to Jacksonville, save that the!
Florida city Is a port and has two or
three fine hotels. Otherwise It has'
"nothing on" Harrisburg. But our j
own people must not rest upon their 1
oars. We have had a splendid i
development during the last fifteen
years and our great progress has
been due to the co-operation of the
entire community. Now Is the time
to line up in every quarter of the city j
for the work of the summer. There j
must be no falling back in any direc- !
tlon. As in Jacksonville, the Cham- 1
ber of Commerce, the Rotary Club,
the Civic Club and all other organ
izations should combine their efforts
with a view to accomplishing the best
results in the making of a city that
will stand as a light upon a hill for
other municipalities.
THE "PIJATTSBURG CAMP"
BEAT Plattsburg," is a new slogan
that is spreading through the
West, where it is said that a
campaign is being waged to recruit
more men for the western camps at
Salt Lake, Seattle, San Diego and Mon
terey than can be assembled at the
Plattsburg camps. They will have to
work at high pressure from now on if
this is to be accomplished. Inasmuch
as the "Plattsburg Idea" is spreading
throughout the East more so than ever
before, and 3,600 have actually en
rolled for the New York camps this
year.
Each man attending the camp pays
an average of SCS or S7O for uniforms,
transportation and food, but it has
been found that with a little care the
"rookie" can get along for a consid
erably smaller amount, depending, of
j course, upon the travel necessary to
reach the camp site.
Plattsburg is located on the shore
, of Lake Champlain, the drill plain be
i ing separated from the lake only by
j the railroad. A wonderful country,
with beautiful surroundings, is the
site which was wisely selected for the
location of this popular camp. The
advantages of a month in the open
are ob'vious, with the resultant hard
j ening of flabby muscles and Increased
color in cheekS whiteneTl by a winter's
I work in the office, with good whole
'some food and plenty of It. The sum-
I mer resort fades off into dim noth
ingness in comparison for the vlgor
i ous young man.
A number of Harrisburg business
men will enroll for the August camp
this summer. It is entirely a matter
| of individual decision and there Is no
concerted action with a view to cam
j paignlng for recruits, but a spontan
eous desire to try out the government's
method of getting around compulsory
military training has led a number to
signify their intention to merge their
individualities Into the "school of the
soldier" and be boys again under the
open sky by day and night.
This newspaper will be glad to an
swer any questions that prospective
applicants may ask In the matter of
details of the camp, which will this
year be in charge of Captain Halstead
Dorey, officer-in-charge. Eastern De
"partment, Governor's Island, N. Y.
"PotltcCfl. uv
By ttie Gi-Commllttrmaß
Fighting for control of the Demo
cratic State machine was opened in
earnest under the name of Woodrow
\\ ilson to-day. The rehabilitation fac-
J*on. which is an amalgamation of the
Old Guard, the inen who did not get
recommended for federal positions and
those who have grievances against the
men who have led the party the last
r?. U iT ° l>ene d its headquarters in
Philadelphia last night and tartly an
swered the diatribe of National Com
mitteeman A. Mitchell Palmer against
Congressman Michael Liebel. Jr., of
Erie, who is contesting the committee
nianshlp with him. The reorganization
taction is lining up behind Palmer and
his pals and the battle will b'o waged
up and down the State for the next
three weeks with a ginger that will
make it worth while observing.
The funny thing about this light be
tween the rehabilitators and reorgan
izes is that each side is vociferously
that it represents Woodrow
\\ uson and that the other side is not
sincere. Palmer has a personal grudge
against Liebel because' he ventured to
dispute his leadership and Is asserting
that Liebel is a foe of the President,
while the rehabilitators charge that
Palmer is more or less inclined to be
miffed at the President and not to be
his rock bottom friend.'
Some of the Democrats are inclined
to ask Palmer and his pals where they
stand in regard to William Jennings
liryan, former Secretary of State, who
is out on a campaign of obstruction in
the hope of tishing up something from
the troubled waters. Latest returns
from Nebraska are that Bryan was de
feated for delegate and that his
brother was hit by something like an
a\alanche of adverse votes.
A few years ago Bryan was a high
card for the reorganizers and spared
no pains to make himself unpleasant
to the Old Guardsmen. They are now
Inclined to ask their rivals whether
Mr. Bryan is considered as real any
longer.
Notwithstanding the conference held
yesterday between Mayor Smith and
Senator McNichol there are no more
prospects of peace in the Republican
party over the State ticket and na
tional delegates than AVednesday night.
The signs are all the other way. The
Penrose forces are lining up for a con
test which they plan shall be thorough
and the Vare-Brumbaugh forces are
declared by Attorney General Brown,
the Held marshal, to be ready for the
fray. Mayor Smith declined to discuss
the McNichol visit, but the senator
Kas more talkative. This is the way
the Philadelphia Record prints the
story:
" 'Has any agreement been reached
betweeh you and the Mayor?' Senator
McNichol was asked last night.
" 'No. nothing final or definite,' was
his reply.
" 'ls it true, as reported,' the Sen
ator was asked, 'that you were au
thorized to make a proposition for the
withdrawal of State Senator Snyder
from the Auditor General face in the
Interest of a general harmony deal?' "
" 'That Is absolutely untrue,' he de
clared. 'Senator Penrose has taken a
pronounced stand on that issue. He
will unquestionably not interfere in
any way with his friends who are sup
porting Senator Snyder, and that issue
must be decided by the Republican
voters at the primaries.'
"In reply to the query whether or
not there was hope of harmony, Sen
ator McNichol said he always had
hope and would not cease to work for
harmony until the end. -Mayor Smith
declined last night to talk about the
conference, beyond admitting that it
had taken place without tangible re
sult."
—Congressman John R. K. Seott,
whose congressional place is threat
ened by the Penrose people, plans to
accompany the Governor on his tour.
Scott is chiefly notable for bitter
speeches and this means that the ad
ministration forces will not mince
words. The scholarly end of the
speech making will be in the hands
of Deputy Attorney General Emerson
Collins.
—Out In Pittsburgh the newspapers
take the Fleitz statement of yester
day as indicating something In the
campaign and comment upon the
activity shown to keep the Governor
in the campaign by the very men who
tried hardest to defeat him in 1914.
—Senator Penrose is to make a
campaign keynote speech in Pitts
burgh Thursday night. This will be
followed by speeches in other parts
of the State.
—Penrose men say that there are
er.cugh members of the State com
mittee in sight now to make his elec
tion as national committeeman a
cinch.
—The Vare forces lost a skirmish
In Philadelphia council yesterday and
the morning newspapers comment
upon it.
—The attack on Mayor Smith's
bonding activities in Philadelphia
seems to be engineered mostly by
Democrats.
—Calvin Greene, of Lewistown, has
withdrawn his declaration on his peti
tion for Republican national delegate.
He Is a candidate for delegate and
very much in the fight unpledged. •
—The Philadelphia Inquirer to-day
sums up the situation in the Re
publican camp as follows: "All hope
for harmony at the coming Republi
can primaries was dispelled yesterday
following another conference at the
Mayor's office. Penrose lieutenants not
only ridiculed the stories emanating
from the Vare camp that Charles A.
Snyder would withdraw as a candi
date for Auditor General, but confi
dently predicted his nomination.
Senator Penrose, it was announced
last night, is to enter the arena early
next week and make a number of
speeches advocating the election of
an uninstructed delegation to the Re
publican National Convention."
—Attorney General Brown, who
went t"> Philadelphia last evening, ap
pears to be quite belligerent. He de
clared that talk of the Governor
withdrawing was nonsense and said
that the Governor would start out on
a tour of the State next week. The
Governor's office yesterday said that
the Governor would go to Boston and
Altoona and announced that he would
visit the mountain top county. The
Philadelphia North American, which
is close to the Vares and the Attorney
General at present, says that the
Governor is going out on the stump
and will cover practically every
county. The plans, which are credited
to the Attorney General, certainly do
not sound like those made for a sick
man. The campaign, said Mr. Brown,
will open cither in Blair or Hunting
don county. The party will swing
west toward Pittsburgh, northward
toward the Erie-Crawford district and
then start east through the northern
tier counties. After talking In the
coal regions in the northeast, the
party will proceed south through the
principal river counties and then back
toward Harrisburg. Tff£ trip prob
ably will be made mostly by auto
mobile.
In Plain Language
[From the Scranton Republican.]
When the movie censors. In the per
formance of their duties, keep within
the law their decisions admit of no
appeal. "When they transcend the law
they can be called to account. In plain
language, that is the Supreme Court's
opinion, and it is too clear to be de
batable.
■ THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
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1 TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE ~| '
—One of the thing's that Is not
worrying: Captain Von Papen is what
the United States court will do to him
If It catches htm.
—Up In Vermont the maple sugar ;
makers can't understand why Ix>ulslana j
Democrats are so sore over tha sugar j
tariff—sap's at full head In the maples.
—The Colonel has made reservations J
at Chicago; four years ago he made a
reservation and then went and got
off It.
—What has become of the mother
who used to make her children wear
camphor and sulphur bags during
measles epidemics?
—Now If Carranza has a bit of pride
left in him he'll hurry up and do some
thing in order to get Into the "indefi
nite ultimatum" class.
—"Villa, alive or dead," was the
army's slogan when It went into Mex
ico, and Villa evidently .preferred the
former.
The Tragedy of Calvary
Pilate therefore, willing to release
Jesus, spake again to them, but they
cried, "Crucify him! crucify him!"
And he said unto them the third
time. Why, what evil hath he done?
I have found no cause of death In
him; I will therefore chastise him and
let him go.
, And they were Instant with loud
voices, requiring that He might be
crucified. And the voices of them and
of the chief priests prevailed.
And Pilate gave sentence that It
should be as they required. And he
released unto them him that for
sedition and murder was cast Into
prison, whom they had desired; but he
delivered Jesus to their will.
And as they led him away, they laid
hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenlan, com
ing out of the country, and on hirrt
they laid the cross, that he might bear
it after Jesus. And there followed him
a great company of people, and of
women, which also bewailed and
lamented him. • • •
And It was about the sixth hour, and
there was a darkness over all the
earth until the ninth hour.
And the sun was darkened, and the
vail of the temple was rent In the
midst.
And when Jesus had cried with a
loud voice, he said. Father, into thy
hands I commend my spirit; and hav
ing said thus, he gave up the ghost.
Now when the centurion saw what
was done, he glorified God, saying,
Certainly, this was a righteous man.
And all the people that came to
gether to that sight, beholding the
things which were done, smote their
breasts and returned.
And all his acquaintance, and the
women that followed him from Galilee,
stood afar off, beholding these things.
And, behold, there was a man
named Joseph, a counsellor; and he
was a good man, and a Just:
(The same had not consented to the
counsel and deed of them:) he was of
Arimathaea. a city of the Jews; who
also himself waited for the kingdom of
God.
This man went unto Pilate, and
begged the body of Jesus. And he
took It down, and wrapped It in linen,
and laid It in a sepulchre that was
hewn in stone, wherein never man
before was laid.
And that day was the preparation,
and the Sabbath drew on.
And the women also, which came
with him from Galilee, followed after,
and beheld the sepulchre, and how his
body was laid.
And they returned, and prepared
spices and ointments; and rested the
Sabbath day, according to the com
mandment. —Luke 23.
DIXIE GOES AHE A D
Old and New Plantation Days
By Frederic J. Haskin
THE South is going back to Its
plantations. T.ands that, have
lain fallow for a generation
ore being tilled again and long
deserted mansions repaired and open
ed, sometimes as permanent homes,
oftener as country places and shooting
lodges. Wide fireplaces blaze again
on autumn evenings; halls that have
been silent for fifty years are filled
with music and voices; swamps and
pine forests echo the horns of hunt
ing parties and the trumpeting bay
of hounds.
There is something peculiarly ap
pealing about the rehabilitation of
these old mansions, some of which
have stood through the whole Ameri
can story since colonial days, and have
sheltered the soldiers of three Ameri
can wars. After Lee's surrender, a
variety of conditions forced the
Southerners to leave their plantations
in the coastal plains. The rice industrj
could not stand the competition from
the West. Sea Island cotton, which
had long ruled the market, dropped
in price. There was no money in the
South to begin agriculture on new
lines. The people left their lands and
crowded to the cities. Now they have
found prosperity again, and they are
going back.
The movement is not primarily a
sentimental one, by any means. A few
THE STATE FROM D/Y TO DA/
Whether old "Bill" Shakespeare died
on the same day he was born (com
monly termed an Irish bull) and
whether or not Frankie Bacon did
some of his work for him makes little
difference except to those perennial
talkers who argue for love of It; never
theless the fact remains that if it
weren't for the famous Bard of Avon
a lot of us would have been compelled
to take a lot of uninteresting Eng
lish courses when we were at school.
The first straw hat has made its ap
pearance in Charleroi, says the Mall.
May 1 and May 15 are both good
dates, but it Is a brave man who will
attend a baseball game with an out
of-season lid that is bound to prove
easy pickings for the nearest mischief
maker.
The Warren Mirror tells of an ec
centric man who died and had the
largest funeral that had ever been
held in the neighborhood; a cere
mony at which strong men broke
down and wept like children. In his
life the man had made It a rule, when
telephoning, never to say fiercely over
the wires. "Whiz ziss?" Instead he
invariably said, "This is John J. Pop
pendicke, wishing to speak to Mr.
Buckover."
A distinguished looking stranger in
Johnstown, reports the Tribune, intro
duced himself about court as former
chief of police of Wllllamsport. He
also presented himself to the city en
gineer as the former official of like
nature in Williamsport. He was ar
rested and locked up on a charge qj
drunkenness when the authorities
came to their senses.
Wayne schoolgirls have organized
"The Girls' Audubon Society" of the
Radnor school for the purpose of
studying the bird family. Our little
feathered friends have been receiving
much deserved attention of late.
There will be plenty of dyes and
plenty of eggs to use them on, is the
report that comes from Pittsburgh, to
the delight of thousands of young
ones to whom eggs at Easter are as
important as a tree at Christmas.
THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM
The fear of the Lord is the begin
ning of wisdom; a good understanding
have all they that do his command
ments; his praise endureth forever. —
Psalm 111:10.
weeks ago three brothers here bought
back ten thousand acres, which had
belonged to their family before the
war. They are going in for scientific
agriculture. Companies have been
formed to reclaim the rice fields.
There are two experts from the na
tional Department of Agriculture in
town now to advise some Charleston
men on such a project. They believe
that by strengthening the old dykes
and using steam pumps, these rich
alluvial lands can be placed under cul
tivation again. Other lands are being
divided into small tracts and colon
ized.
•Most unique is the utilization of
these old plantations as hunting pre
serves. Nearly nil of them contain
great areas of swamp and woodland
and these are alive with game. Deer,
wild turkey, foxes, wild fowl and part
ridges are abundant within a few
miles of Charleston. There Is prob
ably not another city of its size in the
United States that commands finer
hunting. Now those estates which
combine excellent game covers with
comfortable mansions are being pur
chased by clubs. The old homes make
excellent hunting lodges. Men from
as far North as Boston and as far
West as St. Paul gather here in No
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OUR DAILY LAUGH
MONOPOLIES.
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HARD TO SEE!
Wing Dinner
The boss In the office
Received from his clerk
A request for more money
In lieu of his work.
The boss, in replying.
Astonished the clerk
By making the statement
That he did no work.
"Eight hours In sleeping
You spend," said the boss,
"Days one twenty-two
That to me is a loss.
"Eight hours In rest.
Recreation, et cet..
Makes another third year
That, you know, I don't get.
"Then take off your Sundays,
Leaves sixty-nine days;
Take Saturday half days
And you 'twill amaze—
"To find there's remaining
Days Just forty-three—
Then two weeks' vacation
Leaves twenty-nine, see?
"In lunching, an hour
And one-half you spend,
Making twenty-eight days
Spent in lunching, my friend.
"So that leaves one day
In the year, my dear clerk,
'TIs the Fourth of July,
When the force doesn't work.
"So I for the life of me
Cannot see why
For an increase In salary
You should apply."
iEtontng Qlhatj
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Vacation days will soon be here and
already most folks are beginning to
plan their outings and weeks of leis
ure, in a tentative way at least. Speak
ing of vacations did it ever occur to
you what a bully time you can hava
right here at homo with very little ex
pense, pure water and no mosquitoes
to mar your pleasure? There is golf
ing and tennis at Reservoir, fishing at
Wildwood. on the river and in the
nearby creeks, swimming at Indepen
dence Island and anywhere else in
the Susquehahna that you may choose
to venture, mountain climbing within
several ten-cent car rides, boating
from the river dam to Rockvllle or be
yond if you please, canoe trips from a
score of different points, and recre
ation parks at Paxtang, Mount Holly,
Summerdale, Boiling Springs and so
on. So if you haven't got the coin
to go to the shore or "the Thousand
Islands," why worry? You can have
just as much fun at home and it will
cost you practically nothing.
* * *
Mayor Berried, of "tlardscrahble"
fame, is spending his days—and his
nights-—just now painting canoes. The
smell of paint pervades the boat livery
and (he hundreds of craft are begin
ning to gleam in their new dresses and
everything is about ready for the be
ginning of the season on "the basin"
at Harrisburg's front steps. Despite
the high water quite a few of the
more courageous canoeists have been
testing their skill during the last sev
eral weeks and there have been a re
markably small number of accidents
at that. But now that the Susquehan
na is falling again and the tops of the
islands are beginning to pop from the
yellow swirl of the river, hundreds of
boats will begin to ply the stream and
as "the Mayor" says, the season will
be well under way by May 1.
• • •
Hundreds of Harrlsburgers sro
planning to join the annual Easter
parade at Atlantic city and quite a
few folk from this city and the nearby
towns will leave for the shore Satur
day night and early Sunday morning.
The town is rapidly taking on an Eas
tertide air, and clothing store people
and florists are looking forward to
one of the busiest Saturdays of the
year. Where hundreds go to the shore
for the day, thousands will do their
promenading in the city parks and
along the city's "front steps" and one
of the biggest parades in the history
of the town Is looked for If the weath
erman is at all kind. Last Sunday
Hlverslde Park was thronged, but the
crowd of the last Sabbath will be but
a handful compared with the one that
is sure to be out on Easter Day.
• • *
When the Susquehanna receded be
low the level of the river following
the recent high water, tiny pobls col
lected in the slight depressions just
Inside the walk. These miniature
ponds form temporary homes for a
curious type of resident. Some small
boys called a stroller's attention to
the odd circumstance the other day
when they offered to sell the contents
of a small tin can. "We'll sell 'em
to you for a penny. Mister," suggested
one of the boys, "they're just fresh.
We just got 'em out of one of these
little ponds." And they uncovered the
i small can and exposed to view a dozen
;or more tiny, wiggly, flapping min
nows.
• • •
The closeness of Easter recalls tho
I big-neartedness of former Mayor
; Maurice E. Eby, who was never satis
fled unless he was doing something to
entertain the boys and girls of his own
and many other neighborhoods. Drop
ping pennies through a knife-made silt
in his hip pocket, aifri giving a Fourth
I of July pyrotechnical display annually
> in his front yard at Third and Maclay
! streets were only a few of his many
i schemes for keeping things humming y
. among the children. But the Easter T
• season surpassed them all! There used
i to be an enormous Held next to his
t properly in Third street, and every
3 year without fail, in the early hours of
3 the Easter morning, before the Sand
i man had taken his departure for most
- human beings, the kindly old gentle
' man would take dozens of colored
- eggs, prepared In advance, and hide
them In every nook and corner of the
f field. It was a big day for the young
" ones, with the field teeming with ac
-1 tlve little figures terribly intent upon
' finding the beautifully colored eggs.
• The youngsters who were fortunate
" enough to be Included In the parties,
' now young men and young women,
" will never forget the Joy of those East
-5 cr mornings.
t* • » •
1 Harrisburg's riverside parks and
1 the drives In the parks are commenc
" ing to attract much notice from vlsl
-5 tors to the city because of the beauty
1 of the shrubbery which Is just com
r meneing to bud. The bright hued
leaves range from yellow to deep
green and the large bushes are en
deavoring to make up for the time lost
by the late Spring.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE*
—General C. Bowman Dougherty,
formerly commander of the National
Guard, is one of the candidates for
Democratic alternate national dele
gate.
—Ex-Mayor Rudolph Blankenburg
says that he is enjoying sitting on the
side lines in Philadelphia.
—Edward E. Jones, author of good
roads legislation, is a candidate for
State Senator in Susquehanna. _
Provost E. F. Smith, of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, has to make
an average of four addresses a week
these days.
Captain W. W. Lazarus, long con
nected with the National Guard at
Wllkes-Barre, has resigned.
1 DO YOU KNOW
That every visitor to Harrlaburß
is a booster for the Inevitable
hotel the city so greatly needs?
HISTORIC liARRISBURG
Harrlsburg used to have a woman's
college and it was located in South
Front street below Mulberry.
f
Does Newspaper Ad
vertising Pay?
A large paint manufacturer
asked this question of retailers
throughout the country:
NO. 2 SAI0:
"Tour advertisement should (
show r customer definite articles ,
that you have that fills a need
he has and should be In such a
spirit that back of your words
he will know there is the stuff to
make good what you say.-. That's
half the battle. Get one artlclo
that you sell to bo commonly
spoken of throughout your coun
try as the very highest quality
for any specific purpose; or get a
number of articles you thus
handle to be common household
worlds throughout your section as
standing' for satisfaction and
utility and you win your battle
for trade.
"Write your advertisements
with this pupose In view and we
■ cannot see why they will not b*
| effective.
(Continued to-morrow)