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FRIDAY EVEXING, APRIL. 28
Any man may commit a mistake, but
none but a fool tcill continue in it.—
CICERO.
I
MEXICO NOT AN ISSVE?
IV'E Mexican question will not be
i an issue in the capipaign of>
1916—if President Wilson can j
prevent it. At a recent dinner in I
Washington where the President and
other lesser lights of Democracy met
to sound a key note for the canvass
of the autumn not one word was
littered regarding Mexico—and this in j
epite of the fact that the dinner was
held on the same day that the news
canie of Carranza's demand for the
withdrawal of our troops and that the
country was informed of the attack
made upon our soldiers at Parral.
There was much oratory about what i
the Democrats have done for the!
farmer and how they have done up I
everyone else with whom they have'
come in contact—but of the most
pressing question then before the
people, about the national honor
which Carranza's note had impugned,
al'OUt our soldiers slain by border
bandits and attacked by Greaser mobs,
not one word.
This is the typical manner, of the!
President in dealing with a trouble-1
some problem. He thinks that by!
ignoring it he disposes of it. If he has
his way Mexico will not be an issue
this year.
But Issues are not made by speeches,
either in what those speeches contain 1
or by what those speeches omit.
Issues grow out of facts. The facts
of the Mexican question cannot be
:«vaded or avoided. Mr. Wilson and l
his party will have to face those facts.
Mexico will be a big issue in this
gear's campaign, because out of Wil- j
-eon's handling of the Mexican ques- j
tion arises all the contemptuous
treatment which we have received
from the powers of Europe. Wilson j
may continue to keep silent about!
Mexico —but his silence will be a con-1
fession.
MAYOR BOOTH BY
THIS is a tale of two cities —in ,
real life—and the hero is Fred- 1
eric E. Boothby, erstwhile of i
Portland, Me., and now of Watervllle, '
that State, it is written to show that,
•while being Mayor of an American j
municipality is usually a thankless;
job and often without recompense'
save worry and censure, there is at
least one man who has been able to
make a success of the job not only!
In one city, but in two.
Boothby was general passenger]
ayent for the Maine Central Railroad
Company when the citizens of Port
land began looking around for a
candidate for mayor. There were lots ;
of men who wanted the job, but all
ol' them were about as well fitted for !
the place as a square peg is to fill a 1
round hole. Somebody suggested
Bocthby. He didn't want the office.!
Said he was too busy and that he j
aian't know anything about politics;
anyway, a*id got the reply that it j
was because he was busy and because
he didn't know a ward politician
from a precinct committeeman the
people wanted him. They said they I
■were tired, of politicians in the mayor's |
office. So Boothby ran and was j
elected. Twice after that he was j
chosen for the same place, which]
shows what a good mayor he must
have been.
During his terms Portland took on j
r.ew life and so graterul were the i
people for what he did in turning one
of the town's tin can commons into a
beautiful public park that they named
the new recreation place In his honor
—and so it stands to-day.
But Boothby came to the place
where he felt that he had done his
part and was entitled to * rest, so he
moved away from Portland and re
tired with his wife to a pleasant home
in Watervllle, his old home town, and
last winter went South on a vacation.
Hardly had he landed in Florida until
he received a telegram announcing
that his fellow citizens of Watervllle
had nominated him for Mayor and he 1
must come home and make the run
i for the sake of the old town. The 1
, success of this, his fourth campaign,
is indicated by a note in the news
-1 papers the other day stating that he
[had just been inaugurated.
This all may sound like a personal
"puff"' for Mayor Boothby, but it is
more than that. It shows that the|
busy businessman often makes the
I most successful city official and thatj
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FRIDAY EVENING. HARRISBURG $&&&. TELEGRAPH APRIL 28, 1016
the less politics has to do with city
office the better. Politicians playing
for place and salary may serve very
acceptably, but the man for mayor of
any wideawake town Is one who has
made good In business, who has a
high reputation for energy and
honesty and a proper pride in his
city. Boothby's rather remarkable
career simply Illustrates the point,
that's all.
HARVEY BOOSTS HI'GHKS
IN his characteristic and always in
teresting way Colonel George Har
vey, the original Wilson man, is out
in the May Issue of the North Ameri
can Review for Justice Charles Evans
Hughes as the man of the people for
President. He discusses the political
situation from Dan to Beersheba and,
after pointing out Colonel Roosevelt's
alleged shortcomings and the attitude
of the influential leaders of the coun
try toward Root and others. Colonel
Harvey declares that nobody wants
11 1'ghes—"nobody but the people!" He
suggests that the Colonel has over
played the "frightfulness" policy in
dealing with Wilson and has not
profited from the knowledge "that it
was not the prodigal son who pos
sessed the fatted calf." This In allu
sion to the proposed getting together
of the progressive and stalwart wings
of the Republican party. He further
declares that while Hughes is opposed
by political leaders and others, he is
essentially the choice of the people,
notwithstanding the effort to create an
impression antagonistic to his selection
on account of his judicial position.
Again referring to Roosevelt, he says:
Whoever says Our Colonel is a
candidate is a liar. He Is n<> hill
climber. He is Mahomet. If the
Mountain sees fit to come to him. it
may bask in the glories of Heaven;
If not. It can go to Hell.
Thus Colonel Harvey discusses at
length the Roosevelt element of the
situation, basing his conclusions upon
the rather doubtful attitude of many
voters in different parts of the country.
Contrary to the view of Joseph H.
Choate, he thinks the nomination of
Justice Hughes "would be far more
, likely to clarify the muddy turmoil of
politics than to bespatter the judicial
ermine—a consummation devoutly to
be wished."
Manifestly Colonel Harvey, pursuing
the role of prophet as in the period
preceding the nomination of President
Wilson, proposes to throw about his
prophesies as many safeguards as pos
sible, so that there may not be another
flareback such as followed the election
of President Wilson and his repudiation
of Colonel Harvey.
Throughout the Hughes boom, as
staged by the distinguished editor of
the North American Review, there is
repeatedly thrown upon the screen his
epigrammatic and rapid-fire comment
regarding the especial availability of
the "candidate of the people." There is,
in fact, throughout the whole editorial
his argument summed up in the sug
gestion that Justice Hughes is "hold
ing to the old-fashioned idea that the
responsibilities of the Presidency are
so great that it is not. to be sought and
must not lie declined."
And there you have Colonel Harvey's
latest inspiration and his conviction
that "the overpowering issue will be
one of men—of ability, of judgment,
ol fidelity, but above all of character."
He believes that it will be Hughes or
Wilson and that, patriotism must dic
tate a choice between the two.
But notwithstanding Colonel Har
vev's analysis of the situation the Re
publican sentiment of the country
seems more and more to be crystalliz
ing around the one proposition that
the party will unitedly support the
nominee of the Chicago convention
whether his name be Hughes. Root,
Knox, Brumbaugh or any other of the
"favorite sons."
DR. DRINKER'S VIEWS
EVERY sane parent wants his son
to know how to take care of
himself when in danger. He
does not want him to go about pick
ing: fights, but he wants him to be
prepared to protect himself in an
emergency.
That is the view of Dr. Henry S.
Drinker, president of Lehigh Univer
sity. who addressed the students of
the Technical High School Wednesday
on "Preparedness." And that, if you
please, is all there is to "prepared
ness;" to know how to protect oneself
in case of war. Otherwise we would
go ourselves and send our sons into
the trenches to be butchered.
Dr. Drinker recommended the sum
mer military training camps to the
boys /Of the Technical school, and cer
tainly it'eannot be gainsaid that these
training camps are better places for
the average boy than a summer's idle
ness spent in town or in the trifling
amusements of summer resorts.
So the Democrats at Washington, led
iby the Tammany delegation, have
smashed the Administration's plan for
turning over the Philippine' Islands
within four years. With an almost solid
1 Republican minority arrayed against
| this foolish independence measure its
1 fate is a foregone conclusion.
AN ADMIRABLE PLAN
IT is a good sign when City Com
missioner Gross, as the head of the
Department of Parks and Play
grounds, invites the former members
of the Park Commission to co-operate
with him in an advisory capacity. One
of the gravest features of the act
creating the commission form of gov
ernment was the fact that the new law
eliminated the volunteer bodies of
citizens wh6 had given to Harrisburg
and other cities their best thought and
] energy in working out the various
municipal problems. Under the cir
cumstances, therefore, the invitation
of Commissioner Gross to the former
members of the Park Commission will
be hailed with satisfaction by citizens
generally.
In the multitude of counselors there
Is wisdom and we trust the ex-Park
| Commissioners who served their city
| so well will respond to the invitation
Lto serve as an advisory body.
"Pottttca- Ik
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By the El - Com ml ttermi n
Judging from the preparations being
made by the leaders of the rival fac
tions, there will not be any "pussy
footing" about either the Republican
or Democratic campaigns prior to the
primary 011 May 16. The Brumbaugh
campaign tour will start to-morrow
and the Penrose tour is already on.
Governor Brumbaugh returns to the
city this afternoon and after disposing
of mail and accumulated business the
Governor will devote himself to prepa
ration of the speeches he will deliver
in Blair county to-morrow and at the
railroad men's meeting in Pittsburgh
Sunday morning. He will be back in
Harrisburg Monday and go to the east
ern part of the State on Tuesday. Sen
ator Penrose will leave Pittsburgh to
morrow and spend a couple of days
touring the State, making some
speeches Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday.
According to gossip which filtered
into the city to-day from the two big
cities, the campaign will be vigorous.
—The plans of the Brumbaugh
forces are to have men of noted ora
torical ability flay the Penrose leaders,
including the senator, according to
these stories, and the Penrose people
will retaliate. Intimations of charges
of various kinds are already in the
wind. The sudden switching of Con
gressman John R. K. Scott from the
Governor's Blair coupty tour is de
clared In Philadelphia to be due to in
tention of Penrose orators, in case the
Philadelphian takes the stump, to read
extracts from newspapers now friendly
to him, said extracts having been
printed in times when Scott was a
target.
—The Brumbaugh campaigners plan
to make a play to the railroad men by
having Senator W. J. Burke, of Pitts
burgh, one of the officials of the or
ganized brotherhoods, speak beside the
Governor. Burke is a good talker and
well liked.
—The Penrose orators are. to be
Senator Charles A. Snyder and Con
gressman B. K. Focht, neither of whom
is inclined to be "mealy-mouthed"
in making speeches. The Senator will
also do some talking himself.
—The Democratic plans are not to
have very extensive meetings, but to
have A. Mitchell Palmer visit the vari
ous counties to have talks with the
leaders, while his rival, Michael
Liebel, Jr.. goes about from place to
place on the same errand. Palmer
and his pals are putting out their
slate and it is being facetiously styled
"The President's Own," which title Is
disputed. Liebel and Palmer will issue
statements at short intervals which
will supply the interest whenever the
Republican campaign dies down.
—With Pittsburgh bubbling because
of the tights for control of organization
in both parties, the activity of tlie Pen
rose men in lining up against the Gov
ernor and his friends and the Demo
crats in a row over their county chair
manship, Philadelphia is also doing
Its share to make things interesting.
The Mayor has been warned that he is
endangering the loan bills by his atti
tude and demands are being made
that he keep the police out of politics.
Purging of the registry lists is under
way and the McNichol men aver that
they are not getting a square deal.
The Philadelphia Republican League
and the Citizens Republican League,
two new organizations, are making
daily attacks on the Vares and threaten
to carry the war into South Philadel
phia.
—The Philadelphia Record to-day
prints an amusing story about the
speeches of Mayor Smith, Congressman
Yare and Senator McNichol at the
banquet of the business men. The
Mayor pleaded for the loan, McNichol
made a hurrah speech for Penrose and
Congressman Vare boomed the Gov
ernor. The diners had a lot of fun.
—Pittsburgh papers dwell upon the
welcome given to Senator Penrose and
to the manner in which he has been
promised support.
—Judge Eugene C. Ronniwell, who
is contending with ex-Judge IS. L. Or
vis. of Bellefonte, for the empty honor
of the Democratic senatorial nomina
tion. was here yesterday on his way
to Shippensburg, where he made a
speech.
—The Philadelphia Ledger to-day
says of Philadelphia conditions:
"Political developments yesterday in
dicated that the two loan bills, one
for $67,000,000 for port and transit
improvement and the other for $47,-
000,000 for general improvements,
were in danger of defeat at the polls
on May 16. One of these striking
developments was the delivery of an
ultimatum to Mayor Smith by City
Commissioner Moore to the effect that
if police activity in politics did not
cease within two days both bills would
be voted down by the people."
—Senator Penrose, who never has
opposed the candidacy or W r illlam S.
Vare for Congress, will, in the pri
maries of May 16, contest his renomi
nation through the candidacy of
Homer H. Hacker. This new policy
was announced yesterday .by the
Philadelphia Republican League, di
rected by Councllmen Berger and
Trainer, as follows: "The forces sup
porting the State leadership of Sena
tor Penrose and the candidacy of
Senator Snyder for Auditor General,
as well as an unlnstructed delegation
to the Republican National Conven
tion and a full district and Congres
sional ticket, are prepared to carry
the State and city fight against the
Vare Brumbaugh-Smith alliance di
rectly into that section of Philadel
phia which heretofore the Vares liave
claimed as 'exclusively Vare terri
tory.' "
—Ex-Deputy Attorney General
Frederic, W. Fletlz. who has taken
charge of the Brumbaugh campaign
in • Lackawanna has announced that
Registration Commissioner Alex T.
Connell will be In charge of the head
quarters every day until the primary.
Registration Commissioner Connell
has been appointed secretary of the
campaign committee. Warren T.
Acker will be treasurer of the com
mittee, and this, with Mr. Fleitz as
chairman, will complete the organ
ization, "The sentiment in Lacka
wanna.county is very favorable," Mr.
Fleitz said to the Scranton Republi
can, "and as there is no contest here
among our friends, we have excellent
prospects of getting the party to
gether." In a statement, yesterday,
Mr. Fleitz was anxious to correct an
impression that the Brumbaugh or
ganization was an anti-organlzatlon
movement. He said thar all those
taking part are organization Re
publicans, who favor Governor Brum
baugh as a .means of securing the
nomination at Chicago of Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt. Several meet
ings In the nature of political rallies
wiil be held In Town Hall before the
primary on May 16. and Mr. Fleitz
Is trying to Induce Colonel Roosevelt
to address at least one of these meet
ings on behalf of the Brumbaugh
candidacy.
Dangerous Explosions
fFrnm the New Haven Journal-Courier!
We should advise Count Von Bern
storfT, the German Ambassador in this
country, who, on the wnole. has con
ducted himself with rare discretion, to
abandon Wolf Von Igel. His case is
full of dynamite.
' THE CARTOON OF THE DAY
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1 TELEGRAPH'S PERISCOPE
—"Whiskers are coming back," says
a newspaper paragraph. Yes, that's
what makes the barbershop possible.
—Kansas City will present a fly
swatter to each of its 13,00 ft school chil
dren. Isn't this a subject for pacifist
protest?
—Congress Is again asked to adopt
the metric system for the United/
States, which is like leading a horse to
water but being unable to make it
drink.
—lf the owner of an automobile does
not make more mileage than he can
afford the neighbors say he hasn't the
money to buy gasoline.
—The worst thing about this back
ward Spring is that roasting ears are
going to be two or three weeks late
this summer.
—One of the perversities of nature is
that a man does not get bald on his
chin instead of on the top fit his head.
"editorial commentFi
Chancellor Von Rethmann Hollweg
says that there must be a "new" Bel
gium at the end of the war. That's
the way the Allies feel about Prussia
and Germany.—Chicago Herald.
Dr. Spahr, leader of the Centerist
party in the Reichstag, says that
"Americans of German descent have
indeed endeavored to create a senti
ment for our view, unfortunately with
out success." Why not also give due
credit to the German submarine com
manders?— New York World.
Dollars Behind the Flag
[From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.]
America's largest bank has welded
together a new and greater' ship com
bination than any In which this country
has ever been financially Involved. The
Morgan "ocean trust" is only a part of
this new consolidation which passes to
the Standard Oil-Hockefeller wing of
our money powers. The business gen
ius of that group of financiers is
proverbial. It has in the last couple
of years been notably active in estab
lishing branch banks in various parts
of the world. And right here is where
the United States may count upon a
restoration of its flag to the high seas,
because the routes of ocean shipping
depend greatly upon the banking fa
cilities which shippers here and abroad
may employ. With the greatest of all
business concerns behind both these
newly created foreign branch banks and
also back of this huge merger i f ships,
it seems likely that the Stars and
Stripes will soon replace the foreign
flags under which the steamers now
operate. And tills is the real way to
revivify American shipping, through
private capital and private manage
ment. Government ownership would
only mean political waste and incompe
tence, in addition to being an outrage
upon the best traditions of our land.
Record to Date
[Prom the Roston Globe.]
The New Jersey 12-year-old boy fish
ing in a stream who says he caught
with his hands a brook trout that
weitrned two and one-half pounds and
measured sixteen and one-half Inches
has told the star fish story so far.
And Not Easily Stopped
[From the New York Sun.]
Will William Alden Smith, of Michi
gan, sray to Albert H. Cummins, of lowa,
•"Well, Senator, the Ford seems to be a
self-starter, what?"
Tango Preparedness
[From the New York Sun.]
City men. military experts say, make
better soldiers than rustics do because
they have more experience in late
hours and dancing. Why not make
rural free one-stepping obligatory?
Not Much Alike
[From the New York Sun.]
It is to be hoped that General Scott
has learned to discriminate between a
lemon and an olive branch.
PIPE DREAMS
By Wing Dinger
Gee. I wish I had a million—
No. 1 wouldn't give up work,
But I'd have some sort of office
And # I'd hire a brainy clerk.
So that on a day like this one
I could phone, say, at nine:
"I'll not be around this morning.
> Eighteen holflg** lor mine."
SOME PROFITABLE HOBBIES
Subjects For Science
By Frederic J. Haskin
NOT long ago, the experimental
work conducted by the scientists
of the Public Health Service in
San Francisco was Interrupted by
their inability to secure a further sup
ply of white mice and rats for labora
tory use. The wife of a suburban
physician, bearing of the incident,
conceived the idea of raising white
mice and rats for the medical pro
fession. and incidentally making pin
money for herself. She bought a few
of the rodents, set up a breeding es
tablishment. and during the first year
made more than enough money to buy
all her clothes.
Rats and mice and guinea pigs are
in constant demand by universities,
hospitals and laboratories for experi
mentation. yet comparatively few per
sons are engaged in raising these ani
mals and the suDply is always run
ning short. The white guinea pig, for
example, is a necessity to every scien
tific laboratory in the work of propa
gating and testing anti-toxins. The
San Francisco case is only one of
many important experiments retarded
because the animal needed was not
available. When the Public Health
Service was carrying 011 its cholera
work in New Orleans, the surgeon in
charge was compelled to scour the
whole country before he could get a
sufficient supply of white guinea pigs
to continue the experiments. This
proved very expensive, as the lowest
price paid for any was fifty cents plus
the express charges, and for some the
price was a dollar apiece.
With this large and permanent
scientific market for animals, it is cur
ious that more people have not fol
lowed the example of the San Fran
cisco woman and started a sideline of
rats and mice or guinea pigs. As a
business by itself, it would probablv
not prove profitable, but the original
vestment is so small and the amount
, ! n , p , squired so negligible that as
a sideline it could hardly fail to be
successful. Guinea pigs, for instance,
yield greater returns when raised as
an adjunct to a small truck farm, be
cause they require a lot of green food,
which is supplied by the waste of the
farm, but is rather expensive if pur
chased itself. The loose leaves of cab
bage, the tops of carrots and the in
ferior roots not worth bunching are
rood on which the guinea waxes fat.
One Long Island woman started rais
ing guinea pig S for the Rockefeller
Institute in order to enhance the in
come derived from her small truck
farm. The animals proved the better
investment, and now she uses the
truck farm to enhance the value of the
guinea pigs.
The guinea pig is usually raised In
™ < i ß i Ca ?. ea sim " ai ' to those used
for rabbits. If possible, there should
be some arrangement by which the
2?.?™ ! ,e removed and . leaned
dail> for it is necessary that the ani
mals be kept sanilary and healthy if
thej are to be distributed for medical
use. A hutch three feet long, two feet
deep and eighteen inches high will ac-
C »7 m ?», a, ° one ~oar nnd three sows
and still provide room for them to
move about freely. The guinea pig
produces from two to five litters of
at least*sTx?'*"' C " Ch "" Pr averaffln S
™ ts an, l "lice are raised In
small wire cages, the floors of which
Free Speech vs. the Flag
[From the New York World.]
Professor Beard, of Columbia Uni
versity rises with some warmth to de
fend persons who revile'the flag. "Sup
pose," he says, "some one does say 'To
hell with the flag!" what of it? This
j country was founded on disrespect
and denial of authority, and it's no
time to stop free discussion now."
No one will quarrel with that state
ment. This Is a free country and it is
the privilege of any American to abuse
It and Its flag as much as he pleases.
But there is the material difference
that this is decidedly not a right to
be exercised on pubUc property and in
an auditorium that represents the
country of which the flag Is the em
blem. There is nothing to prevent dis
contented persons from hiring a hall
to express their grievances against file
government. When, however, they de
fame the flag on property belonging to
people to whom the flag is sacred, the
question is no longer one of free
speech but of disloyalty.
It is well to get the facts straight,
If men want to consign the Stars and
Stripes to hell they should not attempt
It under the very folds of the banner
that protects them In their contemptu
ous speech.
I | should be scrubbed daily. They need
. plenty of fresh water, but food should
be distributed in small dishes holding
only enough to satisfy their imme
! diate needs. A supply of uncraeked
I nuts may be left in the cage, which
, prov ides material for them to gnaw
upon, thus keeping: their ever-growing
teeth worn down and in 'good condi
; tlon.
The female rat, which has on the
average of thirty offspring a year,
, ; should be given a cage to herself when
with young, and disturbed as little as
, possible. The male is frankly a can
. | nibal, eating his family as soon as
they are born if allowed to remain in
the same cage with them. This ap
: petite Is not due to the lack of proper
i food, as some have sought to excuse
him. but because he prefers his own
i species. Experienced breeders never
i feed rats meat, which always intensi
ties the cannibalistic instinct, but in
sects may be consumed in large num
bers without any untoward effect.
Rodents used for laboratory pur
poses should be nearly uniform in
weight. Mice, which command higher
prices than either rats or guinea pig's,
range from half an ounce to an ounce
1 ill right, while rats range from three
to four ounces. The mouse, which
, 1,38 P'a.ved such a large part In folk
lore and the hysteria of ladies, is now
L ( daily engaged in the involuntary but
> none the less heroic act of dying in
i order that a part of the human race
| may live. Among other things, his
| small body is admirably adapted to
- testing the carbolic acid qualities of
serums. A certain amount of car
; bolic acid is necessary to the preserva
■ tion of the serum, and by administer
■ ■ lng doses to the mouse it may be de
r I !.T,7 lln t d , V ow mm ' h nla V he used
without injury lo the human bodv.
, Besides the scientific- market, white
mice and rats and guinea pigs are in
demand as pets. Mice and rats have
' a £ ll !;? d thp PoP'UaWty as play
things in this country that thev have
abroad, where they are as common an
accessory to the home as is the canary
but the animal stores always keep "a
supply of them. Here the Japanese
wallaing mice are usually on exhibit
They are animals afflicted with a cur-
Jous brain disease which Impels them
to run around in circles or to scurry
about in an erratic manner which chil
dren find highly amusing. Japan was
the first to discover this variety but
they may easily be bred by the'ama
store. m S,OCk Becured at » reHabte
as T the K "'r n e vv "' K V B f lentl ncally known
animal wlfh'k
adored by children and is mud ?n di
, n and as a pet. Through the working
| out of many complex problems of
breeding and heredity in the cavv a
dozen distinct varieties have been pro
(lured. Some have long silkv hair
and with others the hair is so short
| AS to display the pinkn'ess of the skin
beneath The guinea's colors also are
n . lany " exhihUJon in the lh£,ock
shows of the country he is black red
■ cream, white, chocolate, blue and tor
. olse shell, with any number of com
< ; binations or these shades. The blue
! guinea pig is still in the experimental
state an.l requires a certain amount
r, of imagination to believe him Z
| thing but ii faded black but ?he
M breeders have hopes of making I
h the most striking of cavy's colors yet
OUR DAILY LAUGH |
call an Interview
with a great man
TH tim )K1 ' T
' * n *® n " e spring
; I'm quite a be-
For people then i
' wl " laalne«»
lEtening Qlhatj
Harrisburg's magnolia trees are in
all of their Springtime glory. There
are probably more of the han.lsome
lawn trees in this city now than has
ever been known and some of them
sue superb specimens. They are not
confined to any one locality as people
have them in yards ali over Harris
burg, but Front street appear* to have
quite a number. The tree on the
George W. Reily property at Front
and Reily streets, probably the oldest
magnolia in Harrisburg, is in full flow
er and resembles a gigantic bouquet.
It lias been greatly admired by many
people. Probably a dozen other mag
nolias are blooming along Front street,
and there are some on Allison Mill
which are showing beautiful flowers
and which bid fair lo add much to at
tractiveness of Harrisburg gardens in
the next few years. In a short time
the tulip trees and the wistaria will
be in bloom and the geraniums will
soon be displacing the tulips as the
bright spots of the gardens.
* • «
Herman Collins perpetrates the fol
lowing in the column dedicated to Glr
ard in the Philadelphia Public Ledger:
"Whenever Governor Brumbaugh
and Cyrus E. Woods, Secretary of the
Commonwealth, wish to erase the fog
from their brains they go out together
and play a game of golf.
"A Harrisburg wit who has seen
them bent upon such errands was ask
ed that ancient question if the Gover
nor and Secretary were of the Civil
War variety of players—'out in 61 and
back in 65.*
" 'No,' said the capital humorist;
'they are both of the Spanish War
period—out and back again in 9S.' "
• ♦ *
Taking of polls to get a line on
Presidential preferences in this city
has been going on the last few days
and from all accounts It has led to
some rather amusing experiences.
The men who handled the work said
that they had run across a number of
persons who positively refused to ex
press any opinion in the matter, which
is quite different from what turned up
in the campaign of 1912. Yesterday
afternoon a man took a canvass or
straw vote or whatever you may
choose to call it in a business building
and found that the Democrats were
practically all outspoken and most of
them for Wilson, while the Republi
cans were inclined to ask what the
other fellows had been saying. Con
siderable Roosevelt, Brumbaugh and
Hughes -sentiment was found.
Traveling men who come to this
city for the week-end say that they
have been struck with the absence of
political talk in their swings about the
State. One traveling man who covers
the whole State got in last evening and
remarked that for the approach of the
primary period he had been struck
by the lack of political arguments in
hotels where he had stopped and in
the cars. "Generally, you can gel a
line on politics by listening to the talk
in the smoker," said one man. "Well.
I don't think that in a ride from Al
toona to Harrisburg I heard more,
than two men talking politics. They
were all talking shop, general busi
ness or war."
Father Penn pays his bills even if
they are sometimes over forty years
old. Yesterday Auditor General Pow
ell received from the Harrisburg Trust
company, which had received it from
the Armstrong Trust company, a State
warrant for $38.52 which had been
drawn in payment of some damage
claims alleged to be due to soldiers in
the Civil War. The warrant was dated
March 31, 1871. and was in payment
of a claim allowed by a. special act of
assembly in 1869. It was warrant No.
2.385 and made payable to John Gil
pin and W. F. Johnson. Jolin F. Hart
ranft signed it as Auditor General.
Where it had been no' one knew.
When it turned up, the record was in
vestigated and it was discovered that
the clerk in charge had drawn the
same numbered warrant twice, al
though each warrant was a different
transaction. The error in the number
was established and the claim being
proved a Stale check for the long due
money was ordered drawn.
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B. B. McGinnis. Plttsburglier. who
is prominent in election contests now
being heard In the Dauphin county
court, has been one of the Democratic
war horses in that city for years. He
was active in the reorganization move
ment.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
I —Mayor W. S. McDowell of Ches
jter. has been giving men who were in
hard luck carfare to return to their
homes.
—B. F. Fackenthal, Jr., prominent
Bucks countian, has presented the his-
I torical society of that county with a
number of valuable colonial notes.
—-Senator Penrose has been Invited
to deliver an address on the general
political situation at a Philadelphia
dinner next week.
—W. Li. Binder, the new president
of the State Editorial Association, is
i editor of the Pottstown News.
I —Congressman J. Hampton Moore
is being accused of writing poetry.
DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg's business as A
! publishing center is growing by
1 leaps and bounds?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
For over fifty years the post office
was in Second street below Market
Square. Then it moved to the Square.
The Searchlight
A ROOF GYMNASIUM
A Philadelphia firm has equipped its
roof as a model gymnasium in which
each of its 400 employes Is required to
take at least a half hour of exercise
dally. There Is a cinder race track
around its edge. Inside are tennis
courts and basketball grounds with
wire net coverings. If the weather Is
. j> bowling alley, rowing machines
and other apparatus afford facilities for
physical culture under a roof which
protects a part of the space. Time
schedules are made out by means of
Which the use of the gymnasium is
distributed throughout the entire day.
i The women employes have the same
I privileges as the men, but at separate
I flours.
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Does Newspaper Ad
vertising Pay?
A large pain manufacturer ask
ed this question of retailers
throughout the country:
NO. 8 SAID:
"Does newspaper advertising
pay? Yes. We would not do
without that kind of advertising
at all. We do not do as much of
It as we ought to, but that Is
another question.
"Let us say. for Instances, that
the ad we run this or next week
dops not bring in a single new
customer. It keeps our name be
fore the public, and .when they
,!o want anything in the line we
carry they think of the people
whose names they see In the pa
pers. Wo think money spent in
newspaper advertising ts well
spent."
(Continued to-morrow.)