8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded IS3I Published evenings except Sunday by THH TELEfiRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square, E. J. STACK POLE, Pres'l and Editor-in-Ch**f P. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. QUS M. SHEINMETZ, Managing Editor. A Member American Newspaper Pub jpLrrrsarr lishers' Associa i|Ssgj££|g3|§ Bureau of Circu lation and Penn- KBEjggjl sylvanla Assoclf-V I Eastern office. Has iH§ IS! !Sf Brooks, Fifth Ave- nue Building. New Brooks, People'# — ~ ~ r "" Gts Building, Cll*»« " cago, 111. t Entered at th 1 Post Office in HarriO= burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, six cents a week; by mail, $3.00 a year in advance. Sworn dally average circulation for the three month* ending May 31, 1010. ff 22,189 These figures are net. All returned, unsold and damaged copies deducted. MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 5. Trust in nothing but in Providence and your own efforts: never separate the two. —Dickens. WILLIAM PENN HIGHW AY THE new secretary of the William Penn Highway will find plenty with which to occupy his time and energies. The movement, al though well started, is only in its In fancy. The early consummation of the plan for a 'cross State road, with feed ers from all important population cen ters along the way, means N more than the selection of a series of existing highways as a route. It means the rebuilding of hundreds of miles of roads that are now in use, but not fit to be a part of such a great and comprehensive system. This will cost money and money is to be had in sufficient amount only by the passage of a State road loan. The William Penn Highway As sociation should be one of the great factors in the adoption of such an amendment to the constitution. It is here that the new secretary should be able to get in his most effective work. NEW TYPES OF HOMES THE real estate columns of the Telegraph, especially those of Saturdays when builders lay be fore the public advertisements show ing what they have to offer, are worthy of careful attention. The pic tures and the descriptions of the new types of houses in Harrisburg have a meaning far beyond their advertising value for those who knew the city twenty-flve years ago and who have watched its growth In that period. A quarter of a century back there were scarcely two dozen residences in the city worthy of more than a passing glance. The charm of architecture was marked in Harrisburg by its ab sence. Men built rows of brick or frame boxes and called them houses. But with the birth of the new civic spirit came a change, and builders of to-day vie with each other to make their developments attractive from every standpointA>f the buyer or renter and scores of! people who have "made money" in the city are spending some of it as they should, in beautifying their home town by the erection of beautiful homes. THE BREWERS' BULLETIN WE have read from "stem to stern" the latest issue of the Bulletin of the Pennsylvania State Brewers' Association. So far as we have been able to decide the Bulle tin is opposed to prohibition because prohibition always increases the con sumption of alcoholic beverages. In other words, the Bulletin appears to be striving mightily to prevent the adop tion of prohibition laws because the brewers are opposed to increasing the output of their own breweries. A sim pler and lees expensive way, it occurs to us, would be for the brewers to close tha breweries. REALITIES OF SOCIALISM IN the House of Representatives the other day, Meyer London, of New York, the only Socialist member, ■was discussing a bill to regulate the government of Porto Rico, and he said that the terms of the measure were such that Porto Ricans would be justified in assassinating the officers whom this country might send down there. There was much commotion at this declaration, the words were "taken down'' preparatory to a vote of C3nsure, and London withdrew them in order to escape this punish ment. Shortly thereafter Beimer, Socialist nominee for the Presidency, was mak ing a speech in New York and he de clared that'if this country should find itself in war the Socialist laboring me" would see to it that the munition factories were not allowed to work, thus paralyzing the attempts of our forces to do battle. These utterances are the stern realities of Socialism. They represent the ultimate of Socialistic doctrine. Whoever embraces Socialism, even philosophically, may to find himself sooner or later occupying the came position as London and Beimer. It is well, therefore, to avoid the tendency to evil. Such a tendency is found very markedly in some of the legislation which the present ad ministration is endeavoring to force through Congress. The shipping bill, the armorplant bill, and other pro- MONDAY EVENING, posals eagerly espoused by the Presi dent and some of his party, are socialistic perhaps not extremely harmful in their socialism but so cialistic, nevertheless, and constituting the first steps toward the ultimate views which London and Beimer lead one to believe Inculcate murder and treason as reputable weapons. k -• • JUSTICE HUGHES JUSTICE HUGHES may or may not be nominated by the Republicans at Chicago. But that possibility —probability, perhaps—gives Interest to Mr. Hughes' attitude on matters of public moment. There are those who look upon the nomination of Hughes as something corresponding to the proverbial "pig in a poke." But these do not know the man. His views on "preparedness," for instance, have been questioned, and this is the only point that can be generally in serious doubt, for the Justice is a staunch Re publican on matters of party princi ple as a whole. There is no reason for uncertainty, however, even in re gard to preparedness, for he is on record as far back as 1908, when few Americans were thinking seriously of our military and naval delinquencies, as expressing himself on that subject in these no uncertain terms: We are devoted to the interests of peace and we cherish no policy of aggression. The maintenance of our ideals is our surest protection. It is our constant aim to live in friendship with all nations and to realize the aims of a free Govern ment secure from the interruptions of strife and the wastes of war. It is entirely consistent with these aims, and it is our duty, to make adequate provision for our defense and to maintain the efficiency of our army and navy, and this 1 fa vor. This is precisely the attitude of the Republican party to-day, and of a vast number of voters outside the party lines. If Justice Hughes stood for proper military preparation then, how much more so must he feel the need of adequate defense plans now. On other topics of popular interest his position is equally clear and strong. His reasons, for Instance, in not be coming an active candidate for the Presidency, in addition to a natural reluctance to step from the bench into the political arena, may be cited in this extract from an address to stu dents of Yale University on "Political Office": Work in your chosen field to the best of your ability; enter into poli tical activities without thought or demand of reward; do your duty as a citizen because it is your duty and not because you expect office; keep yourself free from embarrassing obligations; be ready to take office if it comes your way and you can take it. but never let the thought of your selection stay your efforts in aiding the community to better things. Again, as to his views on the rights of the people, one need seek no farther than his speech in support of the New York Public Service Commission bill when he made his famous fight from the Governor's office for its passage by the Legislature. On this occasion he said: I am here retained by the people of the State of New York to see that Justice is done and with 110 dispo sition to injure any investment, but with every desire to give the fullest opportunity to enterprise and with every purpose to shield and protect every just property interest. I stand for the people of the State of New York against extortion, against favoritism, against finan cial scandal and against everything that goes to corrupt our politics by interference with the freedom of our Legislature and administration. 1 stand for honest government and effective regulation by the State of the public service corporations. No honest corporation manager could find fault with that and even the most radical of reformers could ask no Justice Hughes is far from being a "pig in a poke" candidate. True, he j has not spoken recently, but his views on every important issue now before the people are well known to all who j have followed his political career, and in none of them has he fallen below the high ideals held by all true Ameri cans nor short of the purposes of pat riotic citizens expressed in the pre paredness program now so generally advocated. FOOLISHNESS OF "GETTING MAD" EVERY once in so often you lose your temper. Yes, you do. We all do. Nobody has a monoply on "getting mad." With some it is an every day diversion. With others it is reserved for a rarely pro voking occasion. You may justify yourself as you like, but "getting mad" is utter folly. Scientists tell us that when a man is in anger the body is flooded with a poison exuded by the blood and that an angry man is not quite sane. So when you are angry you are not yourself and the other fellow has all the advantage. Raving never got any body any place sut into an asylum. There may be "righteous wrath" but if there is it ought to wear a badge for identification purposes. "Getting mad" at your friends or your superiors leads only to .loss of esteem and prestige. "Getting mad" at a subordinate does not help much and often hurts a lot. It you must "cuss" somebody, "cuss" yourself. Chances are you need a "dressing down." But don't "get mad," whatever you do; or, what Is nearly as good if you do become Angry, don't show it. The man who shows his temper often makes a show of himself. DANIELIZING THE NAVY To get officers and men for the three new dreadnaughts, the Ne vada. Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania, Secretary Daniels ordered to-day that six battleships be placed in re serve with 40 per cent, comple ments. Here we have the full significance of Danielizlng the United States Navy. When Josephus Daniels came out of a newspaper office in the South to preside over Uncle Sam's first line fighting machine, he declared it to be his purpose to convert the fighting machine into a "university a,float." He has reduced the general, efficiency of our Navy to a point where, if the fleet were called upon for quick action, the result would be the biggest scandal In naval history. How well he liar, succeeded with his schoolmaster nostrum is shown through the present tying up of the alleged university alongside a dock for want of both teachers and pupils. The Danlellzlng of the United States navy Is sure to he a foremost ltsue in the coming campaign. Demo crats, recognizing the political serious ness of Mr. Daniels' inefficiency rec ord, are at a loss how to provide him an adequate crutch. Action on the naval bill was delayed largely for this reason, and, finally, the aenunlstration pushed it through in a form that will give us a navy sometime, perhaps, but not for five years at least. [ TELECRAPH PERISCOPE ~ —Some of the "booms" are about to go bang. —Going to the national conventions isn't what It used to be in the days of annual passes. —"Airships for the navy," says a newspaper headline. Yes, and after looking over the Democratic vote of Friday on the naval bill, we would beg leave to amend by preceding the noun airships with the qualifying ad jective, hot. —lndications are that the high school freshmen class of next year will do its studying on the roof. —"Justice Hughes continues silent," says a dispatch from Chicago. And, let's see, what's that about "Silence giving consent?" WHAT THE ROTARY CLUB LEARNED OF THE CITY [Questions submitted to members of the Harrisburg Rotary Club and their answers as presented at the organiza tion's annual "Municipal Quiz."] What is the approximate cost of the sewerage system of the city? Approximately $1,600,000.00 Summer Winds Of all the winds of summer-time that blow, I think the sweetest are the ones that go At early morningtide adown the hill And up the vale, while yet the world is still:— Bending the tops of trees a bit to pass And ripple into waves across the grass. Surely the very spirit of the year. Incarnate Summer, from the hill-top here. Had breathed Into the air a lilting song That gathered sweetness as it passed along! And out into the valley, unconfined, Swept on and on, till It became a wind! And sometimes, from a vision haunted night I waken at the morning's faintest light, Or murmur of that gently-moving breeze, Stealing at dawn across the listless trees. And wander through the forestland, until I hear the song of Summer from the hill.—Garnett Laidlow Eshew, In Book News Monthly. Postmaster General and Congress [From Philadelphia Inquirer] In spite of the appurent willingness of Assistant Postmaster General Blakslee to be the "goat" in the con tioversy between Congress and the Post Office Department the Issue is really one between the Legislative branch of the government and the Postmaster General. Mr. Burleson hcs assured Senators Bankhead and Townsend that he sincerely "regrets" the activities of his assistant in creating a lobby to defeat Congres sional measures, but every person familiar with the situation is aware that the measures in question are the ones that have met with the disap proval of the Postmaster General. The truth of the matter is that Mr. Burleson has assumed to be an auto crat and a dictator when in reality he is merely an appointive officer who Is bound to abide by the actions of Congress. But the head of the Post Office Department is not to be too severely censured. He has merely fol lowed the lead of the President who has time and again whipped Con gress Into line whenever that body has not bent itself to his sweet will. Hen Adopts a Quail [Alton (Kan.) Empire.] Last summer one of W. D. Lem ley's old hens stole her nest out on the creek. Evidently she chose a quail's nest, for when her brood came oft' there was a young quail in the lot. The old biddy mothered the stranger with a mother's care, and though it ofttn vexed and astonished its mates by flying away like the wind, all went weli with the happy family. To this day the quail prefers to stay among the chickens; roosts in the barn in bail weather, and is as tame as the ordinary pigeon. Mr. Lemley says it whistles around the place like it was the only bird on the farm. Home Economies [Buffalo News] The American housewife is under Indictment. The crime of which she is accused is wastefulness, and the garbage can is being subpenaed as chief witness. Senator Smoot, speaking in the Senate the other day on the subject of preparedness, stated that the Am erican garbage can was the fattest in the world. The charge is no new one. The world over Americans are noted for their extravagance. Large hearted ness, free handedness are well-known American. characteristics. The American standard of living is the highest in the world. It Is also an established fact that it is not the high cost of living that causes distress so much as the cost of high living, and the appalling waste is so common in most homes. Interesting investigations of gar bage cans have been made in some of our cities and the waste uncovered has been a revelation. In many cases nourishing, palatable and wholesome food has been found la the refuse—despised "left-overs" I that should have been used. The answer to this indictment may be that "John abhors rejuvenated dishes." To a certain extent that may be true. Few men love "resurrected rcast" in the form of "hash." But there are a thousand and one little tricks in culinary art and kitchen cun ring that insure the using up of these unconsidered trifles. The fault lies not altogether in "John,'.' but in the Ignorance of the housewife In this kitchen craftsman ship. Senator Smoot said that in a short Investigation he found that domestic science was not taught In any one of six nationally known colleges for women. "And In nearly all these." he said, "four years of Latin is positively required." The moral is obvious. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH LK %j the Ex-Committeeman The Pennsylvania delegates to the Chicago convention grot away yester day, In two bodies. The Penrose dele gates, under the direction of' Secretary W. Harry Baker, passed through here early in the afternoon aboard two spe cial cars and were joined at this point by Delegates Stamm and Coleman. The Governor's private scretary, W. H. Ball, came as far as this city with the Penrose people and explained that the Governor would have joined the spe cial here but for the fact that he did not want to break an engagement at Gettysburg college, where he preached to the student body yesterday. The Governor left the city with Mr. Ball last night at 6.50 and was joined en route by a number of his delegates and friends. * « ♦ —Among Senator Penrose's callers at Chicago yesterday were Senator George T. Oliver, E. V. Babeock, G. L. Gillespie, of Allegheny county, who ar rived there yesterday with a number of delegates frojn Western Pennsylva nia. Penrose learned from these men that the sentiment was that a major ity of the delegates from Pennsylva nia were disposed to vote for ex-Sena tor Knox on the first ballot. Penrose said that he understood that Knox's name would not be formally presented to the convention. When asked how many votes Gover nor Brumbaugh would receive Penrose replied "He will get between 20 and 30. The other delegates will appar ently vote for Knox, Hughes and Roosevelt. The likely Roosevelt votes will come from William Potter, of Philadelphia; Mr. Moore and Mr. Flinn, of Pittsburgh; Mr. Beacon, of Greensburg, and Air. Phillips, of But ler." —Concerning the situation general ly, Senator Penrose said: "The great majority of the delegates are still of an open mind and are ready to do the thing that is best for the nation and the party. It will probably be Friday or Saturday before a ballot is taken. In order to prevent the convention from running over Sunday, night ses sions will be held if necessary." "Is there anything in the story that the Old Guard leaders are charging you with flirting with Roosevelt?" he was asked. "There is no truth in that. I am still of an open mind, and want to do what is best for the party and the country. I hope that this convention after due deliberation and conference will name as its candidate for Presi dent a man who will unite the party and carry it to success in November. It is my purpose in keeping aloof from any candidate to be able to aid in the naming of such a candidate when the time arrives." —Concerning the chairmanship of the Pennsylvania delegates, the Sena tor said that he would have between 55 and 60 votes and would not be sur prised if he was unopposed for the position, which has always been ac corded the senior senator of Pennsyl vania by the Republicans. —Congressman Orlest and his col league in the convention four years ago voted for Justice Hughes, and it is known that the Congressman is very much inclined to do the same in this convention. If it shall appear that no nomination is likely to be made on an early ballot the two Lancaster dele gates may give a complimentary vote to Governor Brumbaugh. —Lieutenant Governor McClain in commenting upon the situation, said: "After chatting with a number of my friends in the Pennsylvania delegation and from other States I am convinced that the atmosphere is strongly tor Justice Hughes, and I would not be surprised to see h'm become the nomi nee. There are not enough delegates, however, for any one to form a posi tive judgment, and developments of the next two days may change the as pect of the situation." —Senator Oliver, of Pittsburgh, who will probably be unopposed as Penn sylvania's member on the resolution committee, in chatting with State Sen ator Brown, of New York, predicted that Pennsylvania would likely de mand radical changes in the primary laws affecting the election of delegates jto national conventions. "The only people we find in Penn sylvania who favor the popular system of selection of national delegates are the A. B. C.'s, or those whose names begin with letters at the top of the alphabet, and are fjiven the exception al advantage. Under the law the names of candidates are printed al phabetically on the ballot and on a lengthy list such as we had in Penn sylvania in the recent primaries. Many voters marked the first 12 names rath {er than go through the entire list to -make selections." —A bitter fight for party supremacy was settled here on Saturday when at a meeting of the Democratic standing committee of Cumberland county, at Carlisle, County Treasurer Robert W. Peffcr, of Boiling Springs, was elected chairman for the year by a vote of 33 to 24 over D. P. Finkenbinder, Plain field, the former official. The contest began two weeks ago, when a meeting was called, but was adjourned because the proper certificates of election had not been issued, and has been bitter-- ly fought on both sides. Peffer repre sents the younger wing of the party. John E. Myers of Camp Hill, and E. P. Conley, of Lower Allen, were re-elect ed secretaries, and James E. Caroth ers, of Carlisle, treasurer. The Call of the Road [Toledo Blade) A young woman student of a Wis consin college has published her ambi tion. She would be a tramp, she says. Winding roads fascinate her. Camp sracke is the sweetest of perfumes. If she could have her way she would spend long, beauty - absorbing days "lingering in quiet, woody groves." Few men, just at present, would condemn her. On these mornings of sublimated glory, they feel very much tht same way. They are troubled by the suspicion that of all mankind's mistakes, work is the stupidest. If they were not enslaved by responsi bilities. hobbled by conventions, hamp ered by doubts as to the source of next week's bread and-potatoes, they would, most of them, tell the boss to go to bliuses and just tramp away to the handiest, fishing stream. To be a tramp is to be free. That i 3 the one priceless thing about such a life. But to be a tramp, one must also have a dull conscience, indiffer ence toward dirt, something that, amounts to talent at enduring cold rains, the sleeping accommodations of jails and the hard soles of railway brakemen. The person who can weigh the vagrant's freedom against the vagrant's discomforts, distresses and chances at hard labor entorced, and vote for freedom is cut out for a tramp. All other persons are dis qualified. , THE CARTOON OP THE DAY STRANGE HOW YOUR HUSBAND, USUALLY SO CAPABLE, CAN BE SO INCAPABLE —From (hi* C ol it mini* Dispatch. f > TORNADOES By Frederic J. Haskin THE tornado season is well under way. The Mississippi valley is just regaining its equilibrium after a siege of storms that took heavy toll of life and property. The dazed people are now engaged in adjusting insurance claims and rebuilding their dwellings. Yet the next week may bring another destroying gale. Although the tornado is a familiar occurrence in the Mississippi valley and the southern States throughout the period from April to September, so Bwift and dynamic IS its approach that it always finds many unprepared. It is the one kind of atmospheric dis turbance that is impossible to predict. The government weather bureau may warn the people that heavy storms are headed In their direction, but the tornado is so largely a matter of local occurrence that the specllic indica tions are usually apparent only a few minutes before it happens. Thun derstorms are frequent in this sec tion of the country, but the tornado accompaniment is only occasional. It is therefore unreasonable to suppose that at the first sign of every thunder storm the people are going to leave their various occupations and seek seclusion in eaves, dugouts or cellars. Yet this would seem to present the only absolute means of safety. The day on which a tornado oc curs is always calm and sultry, the air hot and moist. By the end of the afternoon, usually great quantities of this moist hot air have risen and formed dense clouds. But as this air rises, the gravity of the earth is pull ling masses of cool a:r from the strata , above the storm clouds to its surface. .This rising and descending of air causes an energetic eddy of air cur rents forming a whirlwind or a tor nado; in the case of the whirlwind, the rotating motion is usually hori zontal, while in the case of the tornado it is vertical, taking the form of a funnel-shaped cloud which writhes and twists as it glides along the earth's surface. The appearance of the funnel cloud is the obvious indication of the torna do. Just before it forms the clouds almost always show an ominous greenish-black tint, moving and whirl ing about with great rapidity. Then comes the black funnel cloud, some what resembling an elephant's trunk, drooping until it touches the earth's surface where it begins the whirling dance that leaves a wide path of de struction. Five minutes generally mark the period of the tornado's activity, al though it may be anywhere from one second to 20 minutes. The funnel shape cloud is the personality of the tornado. It has all the sardonic hu mor. malicious coquettisliness and vindictive imagination of a fiend. It dri\cs straws into wood, boards through trunks of trees; casts digni fied boulders weighing over a ton from their ancient resting places; divests fowls of their feathers; and trans ports various things, including cattle, horses, roofs, steeples, and sometimes men and women, long distances. The air is filled with flying debris. Some things lisappear altogether and are never recovered. A year later a man is apt to find his piano in the house of a family living 50 miles away, while his own house is probably adorned with articles which were left in his front yard by the passing tornado In the big tornado that struck St. No Room For Triflers [Kansas City Star] Boys and girls and young men and Tionien by the thousands are to be graduated from high schools and col leges in the next fortnight. Upper most in their minds to-day is the won der whether they will make good in the world where they are going to earn their living. They have seen other generations of students go out. None of them starved. But many failed to make the success which they had hoped for. What, to-day's students are asking, is the difference between success and failure? Can the qualities that pro duce success be cultivated or are they inborn? Old subjects, all of them. But they come to every generation of graduates with new force. Captains of industry are born, not made. But men of ordinary capacity may be trained to bo lieutenants. No amount of training would have pro duced a Napoleon. But the right sort of training made a good share of his officers. Every employer knows of plenty of employes who might rise, who have the ability, but who lack thu disposition to use the ability they pos sess. Ask any employer what was the matter with the man he discharged and the chances are he will say: "He was too trifling for any use: I saw "he wasn't going to get anywhere, so I fired him." "Trifling" Is the word. The unsuc cessful man ordinarily isn't dishonest, or lazy. He Is trifling. He doesn't think. He does his work mechanically, and is glad to get through with it. He is interested in outside things, perhaps in flirtations, perhaps in gambling, perhaps In the society stunt. His energy is so much absorbed that there is none left for his work. You get a rise out of him when you mention the latest musical show, but JUNE 5, 1916. |Louis in 1896, it was noted by one newspaper that all the churches had j been stricken and all the saloons left | untouched. The saloonkeepers were disposed to attach a prophetic signifi | cance to this mysterious distinction, ; but a scientific explanation was also j published. Besides Its wind velocity, ! the tornado has an explosive action due to the sudden decrease in barom etric pressure . Now when this pres sure is suddenly reduced one-half, sev en pounds per square inch is added to the interior of buildings containing air for which there is no rapid means of | outlet. Thus the windows of churches 'and other unventilated places, are j pried outward by the power of the heavier air within. The tornado, which, by the way, is a Spanish word meaning "whirl" is peculiar to the United States, being practically unknown elsewhere except in modified form in a few places where there are frequent and violent violent thunderstorms. The theory has been advanced that tornadoes occur oftener | of late years than they did in the past, but this is unlikely, the only difference being that now they are reported and then they were not. Some years, of ; course, there are fewer than others. On the 19th of February, 1884, North I Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, ! Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Ten nessee, Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana were devastated by 60 tornadoes or more. This time the funnel-shape 'cloud killed 800 peopls, wounded 2,- 500, left 15,000 persons homeless de stroyed 10.000 buildings and hundreds I of horses, hogs and cattle. In September of this same year Min nesota and Wisconsin were visited by tornadoes in which six people were killed, 75 wounded and four million dollars in property destroyed. Again in July of 1877, Ercildoun, Pa., was attacked by a tornado which killed five people, wounded 50, de stroyed GO buildings and tore up by the roots forty acres of heavy timber. Here pillars decorating buildings were hurl ed from their places and half-buried in the earth; a cow was tossed over a 20-foot wall, and the surrounding country was Strewn with school books letters, carriage wheels, quilts, blank ets, etc., while many bushels of grain were snatched from barns and sown extravagantly over many acres. These instances show that while the Mississippi valley Is supposed to be the home of tornadoes, they occur In the east Atlantic States also. As a mat ter of fact, they occur occasionally as far North as New England. Here they became the subject of a poem bv I Oliver Wendell Holmes, in which he describes the erratic flight of shirts and petticoats from the clothesline in the backyard, and, most lamentable of all, his Sunday breeches. They, also snow that the tornaao does not alwavs "■ ?"ack to the period from April to September, but may appear as I early as February. The tornado is'still a little explored .phenomenon. Few people are inclined d . own » nd mane deliberate and n no t® s on the progress or pe '. ,f ts the funnel-shape cloud nrlhii f » gto the loU(1 ominous rumble of its approach. Instruments for testing the barometric pressure oc terecl" tL" B hav , e at °^ e been shat tered. rhe most accurate details <>n | record have been supplied bv terrified spectators who have been able to Jot ISStoS" ot & none if you mention some possible ! business development. There is no reason in the world why tr°im n a * nd Th r '? ? Ut ," ch °ol be rining. That is a disposition that is , acquired, not inherited. If thev delib- Hlnft K if » WOrk for al ' there is in It, if they try to see Its broader wlfnln gS h so Ket an '"terest in the whole scheme, if they are constantly on the lookout, to Improve and to lie usetul. they will And that they get up. Success has no mystery about it attain it by jiggling out iigntning lods for it to strike. It I conies as a result of earnest, intelligent trll!ersl° r ~~ 80 11 doeHr),t to OUR DAILY LAUGH ' AN ABSENTEE, Bangs: I never | see you at the ball ,'*J t \ Karnes any more. ' 1 ' Whangs: No. ' The way the C ; home team is wTw*' playing now, I find it less de- S pressing to read about the games Wy than to see them. SARCASM. a ,uck ' JLJ > ? I Yes, indeed. ll* jiX ' always manages to be ivtli, lit wix * n opportu nlty calls. Ebettittg (Eijat Local coal dealers are a bit reticent In talking- over the increase In anthra cite coal prices since the operators have granted the demands of the min ers. A number of retailers are still waiting before adding to their pres ent price, but it is said that the ma jority expect to charge at least 45 cents more by October X for all grades of hard coal. One dealer who haa already added ten cents a ton to the various grades, said' he does not be lieve many retailers will be able to keep the price down much longer as they have been charged more since May for hard coal from the mines and, look for a regular ten cents a monial increase in wholesale prices. • » • Hundreds of people in the city will soon receive checks for money which they have saved in the Vacation Funds in several banks in Harrisburg it was announced this morning. The Union Tru*t company an nounces that checks from that bank to persons in the vacation fund will be sent out June 22; the Security Trust company funa will close June 10. Other banks in the city have adopt ed (he idea but not on the same basis. In one instance the Commer cial bank—the time extends over a period of sixteen weeks and at the end of that time the person receives the fund. * » » Brisk winds that ruffle the surface of the Susquehanna to the frequent dismay of sailor-canoeists do other damage occasionally, too. For in stance when an especially high wind tears across the river—and Harrisburg has experienced some pretty stiff gales during the last rew months—the great globes on the river wall lights on more exposed promontories suffer J somewhat. On one or two occasions | inspection of the lamps revealed the ] fact that several had been shattered and the luckless small boy was blamed of course. An investigation, how ever, showed that the wind had quite j evidently loosened those which hadn't been securely and eventually they fell off. Of especial interest to Harrisburg's citizens, particularly those who are interested in the proposed movement for the erection of a new high school, will be the annual report of Dr. F. E. Downes, city school superintendent. It is in course of preparation and of course, the Information will not l>e given out before the report is pre sented to the board. Just the sail.a a hint or two has filtered out t'o tho effect that the statement will contain a mass of valuable data that will bear directly on the new high school prob lem. « » ♦ Flowers were a glut on the markets Saturday, and many were carried back to the farm, Harrisburg people are fond of flowers but they refused to pay some of the prices asked in the local markets. At the opening of tho markets, peonies sold for one and two cont3 each. There was a rush on the part of buyers. Then the price went up to three cents each and by 9 o'clock five cents each was asked. The buy ing stopped. Those who held to the low prices sold out. early. « » « Amateur baseball players have found out the location of the head quarters of E. R. Dematn, local weather observer. When it rains in the morning, or the skies are cloudy, telephone calls are quite numerous. The small boy is quite original in his inquiries. One query the other day was, "say mister weather man can wa play ball this afternoon? I belong to the Boas Street Juniors." He did nd play ball. It rained. A frequent inquiry is. "How's the weather going to be for baseball today?" While not able to attend games observer Demain is interested in the Natinal game and knows what is going on in the baseball world. A stretch of white sea sand, wind ing through a cooling grove of palm tiees, under which are spread little tab es, shaded by vari-colored seaside umbrellas, twinkling electric lights that rival the weird spell of the sum mer moonlight, pennants, streamcrg ai'd insignia floating lazilv in the breeze, and from some distant, se cluded bower the strains of orchestral music lending its charm to a sceno of entrancing beauty," that's the way Ralph W. Dowdell describes it. Panama, say you or Hawaii'' Nothing like it. Thus he feebly del scribes the great plaza of Music Hall at Cincinnati as it will appear on the evening of the grand ball given by the International Association of Rotary Clubs oil (he evening of July 20, the linal day of the 191(1 convention. Car loads of sea sand from Palm Beach and other cars loaded with palms and [palmettos from Miami, packed in ice, will arrive in Cincinnati the day be fore the grand ball. A large force of decorators will immediately strew the sand about Music Hall and arrange the great palm garden. The im mensity and beauty of the garden will be realized when it is noted that, the facade of Music Hall is over half a city block in length and ninety feet deep. The palm garden is but one of the features of an entertainment accorded to 7,000 visitors at the Ro tary Convention which will be epochal for its lavishness even for a city noted as -Cincinnati is for great hospitality. Aliout 100 Harrlsburg Rotarians are preparing to attend. 1 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR] MORK OF LEMOVXE SCHOOLS To the Editor of the Telegraph: In fairness to the Telegraph's sub scribers in the Lemoyne district, we hereby try to answer the letter to the Bailor in Friday night's issue entitled Lemoyne School Matters. There is no wish on the part of "the few of her citizens who are dis satisfied because tljey. could not have things their own way," to detract from any teacher's character or ability. This young man is recognized as a young man of good character an<£ high ideals by all, but we think a mistake was made when he was elected as a supervising principal to head a system of ten schools. We do not think it good policy to have * man in charge of such important fairs who has had so little experience, Tc b$ put in authority over te» other teachers who have taught fronj two to eighteen terms seems pre posterous. The assistant to this prin cipal has had eight terms' experience and possesses by far greater scholar* tic qualifications. The "few of her citizens" who are so ungrateful as to question the wis dom of this august body have signed a remonstrance to the strength of over one hundred fathers, taxpayers arid voters. This petition asking for an experienced principal will be pre sented at the regular meeting of the Board on Tuesday evening, Juno 6. We earnestly hope that the bonrd at this time can lay aside all personal feelings and matters of personal friendship and act wisely and judiciously. If this cannot be done, we expect all these men, who have taken such an Interest at this time, will re member conditions on a certain date in November. i ANOTHER CITIZEN.
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