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TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 13.
Make up your mind what you want
and then go after it, and keep after it
until you get it. —John W. Gates.
COLONEL HARVEY'S PROPHECIES
IN his keen analyses of political con
ditions and his prophetic con- |
elusions regarding the thought and
purpose of the American people,
Colonel George Harvey occupies a
unique position among the great ;
editors of the country. In the May i
issue of the North American Review
Its brilliant editor correctly diagnosed
the situation in its relation to the dis
tinguished personalities involved in the
speculation as to the Republican na- j
tional convention, indicating the tre- |
mendous trend toward Justice Hughes
and the inevitable choice of theeem- t
nent jurist as the party's standard j
bearer. Upon the eve of the conven
tion. in the June number of his maga
zine, Colonel Harvey further empha
sized his conviction by predicting the
nomination of Justice Hughes upon
V the second ballot. That was substan
choice was not made until the third
roll call.
Thus the mantle of the prophet falls |
comfortably upon the shoulders of the
magazine editor who has established
a remarkable record for accuracy in
foreshadowing the outcome of political
campaigns. With such regularity has
he named the wihner since 1904 that
political leaders must hereafter invoke
his assistance in charting their course.
Turning from the candidate whose
selection has confirmed the correct
ness of his vision, Colonel Harvey now
says the main issue of the campaign
this year is America: that all other
issues fade into insignificance. Hear
him:
There is no exaggeration in say
ing that this is the one supreme
issue, the only one worth thinking
or caring about in this year's cam
paign. It is no question of this
party or of that party; but of
America. It is no question whether
this candidate or that candidate is
the most available: but of America.
It is no question of this petty prin
ciple or of that picayune policy:
but of America. The question of
robust, unwavering, unhyphenated
and fully prepared Americanism is
the one by which every candidate
is to be tested in an acid test. It
is the one upon which every party
convention will be expected un
equivocally to declare Itself.
Colonel Harvey has justified his
reputation as the country's leading po
litical prophet and pre-eminerlt diag
nostician.
One statistician has compiled a list
of fourteen questions upon which
President Wilson has changed his mind
since he was elected to the Presidency.
The list does not include "pitiless pub
licity," which makes the total at least
fifteen.
FOREST FIRE LOSSES
REPORTS submitted to the chief
forest fire warden for the year
up to June 1 indicate that the
IOES from forest fires in Pennsylvania
this Spring will be considerably less
than for the same period in 1915.
But the figures are still too large,
by far. For instance, the total area
burned over by the twelve largest
tires was about 57,000 acres. Think
of it 57,000 acres of valuable wood
land, the product of years of growth
and not to be replaced for years to
come, wiped out because twelve people
were careless, for the forestry officials
say that "as usual the great majority
of the fires are caused by careless
\ ness, pure and simple."
It would seem that the for
carelessness of that kind ought to be
made punishable by long terms of im
prisonment. No fine that could be
collected would be sufficient to pay
for the enormous losses entailed.
Under the head of "Business Situation
Reviewed," the Christian Sclenoe MonU
tor says that "The business world
lately has been somewhat agitated by
renewed rumors of early peace." This
is a pretty plain Indication that the
business world has a due appreciation
of the effect of the war on American
industry.
s TWO MILLIONS IN FEES
IN the first half of 1916 the auto
mobilists of Pennsylvania paid into
the State treasury in license fees
more than J2.000.000, This means
that the automobile owners are pay
ing far more than their share in State
road taxes, for most of them pay an
additional road tax on property.
The Legislature did not deal fairly
by the automobile owners last session.
By a Juggle In the wording of the ap-
TUESDAY EVENING,
propriation bill the State Highway
Department got far less than It should
have received and the motor license
fund becomes merely a part of the
general appropriation, instead of being
in addition to it.
Next time the automobilists 'will
know how to guard themselves against
an injustice of this kind. Automobile
owners have become a mighty army
in Pennsylvania and legislators who
value their jobs will be slow to trifle
with them.
In his history of the American peo
ple, President Wilson describes the agi
tation against Chinese in this country
and says that Caucasian laborers could
j not compete with the men of the yellow
j race, who lived in such a debased man
| ner and on such a small pittance. But
j what difference does it make whether
the American laborer must compete
with the yellow man in this country or
compete with him across the sea? Tear
| ing down our tariff wall admitted the
| products of Chinese labor, and other
| cheap labor, to compete with the pro
-1 ducts of the high wage labor of
! America, and the President helped to
I tear down the wall
GOOD WORK
TIME was when the college boy,
"working his way through," had
hard sledding indeed. About
[half of his school year he spent worry
j ing over an effort to get a "job" where
by he might not only keep himself
during the summer, but at the same
time might lay up money to help tide
him over the following winter.
The announcement of the State Bu
reau of Employment that it has posi
tions for more than 1,800 young men
and women for the vacation period,
shows how conditions have changed.
This is a great work the Bureau is do
ing. The college student who wants
work during vacation Is usually a ser
ious-minded, earnest boy or girl whose
services are well worth having In any
one of the numerous lines that de
mand efficient help during the vaca
tion period. If the Bureau had done
no more than this it would have justi
fied its creation.
BREAKING DOWN" CIVIL SERVICE
THE last great Democrat to grace
the White House, Grover Cleve
land, thought "A public office is
a public trust." In 1903, Senator Bay
ard, a distinguished Democrat of Dela
ware, describing the conditions which
made necessary the development of
the civil service, said:
No man obtained an office except
he was a violent partisan, and the
office was given to him as a reward
for party services: Rnd so things
went on until the offices generally
were filled under that system—a
system which is; absolutely fatal to
the integrity of republican institu
tions, I care not what party or
under what name It may be organ
ized and carried on.
But the Democratic statemanshlp—■
to use a questionable term—of later
years, Is of a distinctly different brand.
Not only do Democrats raid the merit
system with an effrontery never
equaled before, but in 1916, they bold
ly step forth and boast about It.
Congressman Thomas of Kentucky,
a Democrat who has served in the last
' four Congresses, states, with not a
word of censure from his Democratic
colleagues:
I am utterly opposed to this so
called civil service or merit system,
except, perhaps, in the departments
in Washington City. I believe that
a Congressman knows more about
his district than any civil service
commission that ever existed. I be
lieve a Congressman is better quali
fied to name the postmaster and
rural route carriers in his district
than anybody else. So I am against
the whole business. Call me a
spoilsman if you wish, but I am one
of those Democrats who believe
that to the "victor belongs the
spoils," and I believe there is a
competent Democrat in this country
to fill every office in it.
Immediately after this unworthy
denunciation of the civil service by
Congressman Thomas, the Democrats
rose in their might and defeated a
proposal to place employes under the
proposed shipping law in the merit
system.
Woodrow Wilson by his unprece
dented number of executive orders,
has set the pace in the Democratic as
sault on the merit system; but Presi
dent Wilson, while committing the
fault, vet defends the principle. Mr.
Thomas, who has not had as wide an
experience in diplomatic usage speaks
out bluntly, and expresses the real at
titude of Democracy. Surely times
have changed and Democrats have
degenerated since the days of Cleve
land and Bayard.
"CANNING" PROSPERITY
AS an instance of the indirect ef
fect of the European war on
the prosperity of our industries,
that of the canned goods industry may
be cited. The war has boosted the
price of sugar from two and a half to
three cents a pound higher than nor
mally. Canned goods dealers depend
on this fact to seriously curtail the
amount of fruit put up by the house
wives of the country who will conclude
that it is the part of economy to buy
the commercial product rather than go
to the trouble and added expense of
canning at home.
The direct effect of the war on this
industry is shown by the fact that our
exports of canned fruits increased
about 300 per cent., comparing the
seven months, August, 1915, to Feb
ruary, 1910, with the seven months
Just previous to the outbreak of the
war. This is another sample Dem
ocratic prosperity.
Down in Louisiana a solidly Demo
cratic State Senate adopted a resolu
tion reciting that "under the leader
ship of the President of the United
States. Woodrow Wilson, and of other
patriotic citizens, the people of our
country are being awakened to the
necessity for adequate preparedness."
Leadership. Indeed! Many, many
months aftr other patriotic citizens had
been demanding adequate preparedness,
President Wilson was making speeches
declaring that we had not neglected
this essential. Woodrow Wilson was a
mighty poor follower in the prepared
ness movement. In fact, the only par
ticular In which he has demonstrated
leadership was in the smashing of the
planks of the Democratic platform. He
has led all other citizens, patriotic and
otherwise, in that.
We're beginning to revive our faith
in June weather.
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'PowwOijCtfCUua
Sy the Ex-Commltteeman
Organization of the campaign for
Hughes and Fairbanks and the elec
tion of a United States Senator, Con
gressmen and Legislature firmly Re
publican, will be undertaken by Sen
ator Penrose and State Chairman
Crow in Philadelphia in a short time
and it is planned to make it very ef
fective throughout the State. The
Democratic campaign will be started
as soon as National Committeeman
Palmer and State Chairman McLean
return from St. Louis. The Progres
sive or Washington campaign is de
pendent upon the decision of the Sage
of Oyster Bay. The bulk of the Pro
gressives throughout the State, not
withstanding some local efforts here
and there to show otherwise, are in
clined to follow the Roosevelt lead,
although many will vote for Hughes
and work for him regardless of what
may come from Sagamore Hill. Wil
liam Flinn has put the brakes on the
Progressive organization until he gets
word from the Colonel.
The general endorsement of the
Chicago ticket and platform is being
interrupted by some typical Philadel
phia claiming of credit for swinging
the State delegation for Hughes. The
Penrose men say that the Senator did
it, but the Vares claim the flag. The
continual claims are becoming tire
some to the rest of the State, which
is satisfied with the ticket and in
clined to praise every Pennsylvanian
who had a hand In it. The great bulk
of the State Republicans are not in
terested in what this or that man
did to hold the Roosevelt strength or
to line up the delegation for Hughes
any more than they are in what date
State Chairman A. Nevin Detrich may
pick for the Bull Moose State com
mittee to meet.
—Bedford county's Republican
county committee held its annual
meeting yesterday at Bedford and re
elected County Chairman Harry C.
James, of Bedford, over Samuel Mul
lin, who was rated as an antiPenrose
man. The meeting was very largely
attended and the Penrose men were
in a big majority. The committee
adopted resolutions endorsing the
ticket and platform.
The Philadelphia Democratic
committee last night named Edgar C.
Lank as temporary chairman and ad
journed to light out some contests.
—Morning papers say that betting
in New \ork is favorable to Hughes
and that George von L. Mever is out
for the former justice.
—Senator Penrose went to New
\ork yesterday from Chicago and will
be back in Philadelphia to-dav to take
up local matters.
p,m S « muel C, roth ers. Philadelphia
tsuil Moose chairman, is said to favor
coming out for Hughes.
A number of eastern Democrats
passed through this city last night on
their way to St. Louis to attend the
convention, in the trains being Phila
delphians who had remained for the
meeting of the city Democratic com
mittee.
Pennsylvania seems to have at
tracted attention early in St. Louis.
The delegation is at the Plaza, which
has no bar, but has headquarters at
, „. J .? ffersoni w hich is noted for its
facilities for allaying thirst.
J. Denny O'Neil, former countv
commissioner of Allegheny county, is
frivins - his fifteenth annual picnic to
the children of McKeesport to-day.
Last year the attendance was 45 000
;and this year it will break records.
: The picnic is the greatest affair of its
! kind in the State.
Philadelphians and Pittsburghers
of all walks of life ore quoted in the
newspapers as endorsing Hughes and
Fairbanks. The ticket seems to have
been generally acceptable.
. —Webster Grim seems to have been
ignored by the Palrr-er machine In the
line-up of the delegation at St. Louis.
Mr. Grim was the Democratic candi
date for Governor in 19X0, when some
noted Democrats bolted the party and
ran for delegate-at-large without per
mission. The roller is rolling again.
Walter J. Christy, writing from
St. Louis in the Pittsburgh Gazette-
Times, says: 'Mrs. Frank M. Roessing
of Pittsburgh, first vice-president of
the National American Woman Suf
frage Association and chairman of'the
National Congressional Committee is
here directing the fight for a suffrA'e
plank in the Democratic platform. She
is being assisted by Miss Hanna J
Patterson, of Pittsburgh, national sec
retary, and a number of prominent
women from all sections of the coun
try. Mrs. Roessing says a delegation'
of Pittsburgh women will arrive here
Wednesday morning. Following is the
plank the women want the Democrats
to adopt: 'Believing that governments
derive their just powers from the con
sent of the governed, we acknowledge
the right of women to participate in
government and favor their enfran
chisement'."
—The Butler Citizen, the leading
Progressive party paper in Butler
county and a strong supporter M
Colonel Roosevelt, in its leading edi
torial yesterday morning declared for
Hughes and Fairbanks, the Repub
lican nominees for Fresident and Vice-
President. The editorial says of
Hughes: "The platform, the man and
his declarations are broad enough, big
enough and fair enough and American
enough to satisfy all; and any men
who ever laid claim to the proud title
of the party of Lincoln, Grant or
McKinley can all get together and
make an aggressive fight for Repub
lican principles and Americanism."
The Burglar and the Pup
The burglar, stepping across the cel
lar, kicked something soft. It yelped,
then barked ecstatically, as the Pup
discovered a living presence in the
lonesome dark.
The burglar stuffed the little dog
under his arm, and listened, while the
pup squirmed up his chest and licked
his chin. Except for the rasping of the
little tongue on the stubbly chin, there
was no sound. Dropping the puppy to
the floor, the man began work on the
house door. Behind him came the
pup, flopping up on its fat little feet.
Again the Burglar seized it, and again
the pup licked his face. »
"What'll I do with you?" whispered
the man. "Go to bed, won't you?"
The pup would not. "Let's have a look
at you." The hurglar sat down, balanc
ing the puppy on his knees. "You're
just a little feller. It's a shame to put
you in the cellar."
The pup blinked and snuggled down.
"I got work to do," objected the bur
glar. He set the pup on the stairs. It
protested, and was hastily picked up.
The crying ceased. For some time the
burglar sat on the stairs with the pup
on his knees. Then, putting the sleep
ing dog in a capacious pocket, the man
set 10 work.
Next morning, in the puppy's bed,
they found the loot, and this note: "To
pay for the pup. Tou don't know how
to treat him." —D. Q. Applegate. in
Life.
Explaining a Note
"Never had habit of note-writing."
His letter to Harrlman was not a
note, but an ultimatum.—New York
Evening Post.
Stands First
In naval rank the United State* Is a
poor third, with France and Japan
rapidly shoving It into fifth place. But
in pork and postofTtoes this nation
stands first.—Chicago News,
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—There are indications that T. K.
stands also for truly repentant.
—Gerard may be punished for tell
ing Europe that President Wilson
stands for what all America hopes he
advocates—the early end of the war.
Secretary McAdoo wants a power
plant erected in Washington where
the smokestacks will disfigure the
landscape, figuring, probably, that so
far as he's concerned, he won't be
there after the plant is built.
—There's no danger of Bryan forc
ing Wilson on the Democratic conven
tion this year.
—Recent happenings confirm the
belief that Senator Smoot might with
perfect propriety add an h to his name.
Roosevelt and Hughes
[North American Review.]
"I have not expressed and do not in
tend to express myself as being for or
against any man," he declared as late
as May 1. And three days later, allud
ing to the World's assertion that in
private cortversation he had referred
to Mr. Hughes as "that Baptist hypo
crite." he said flatly. " This is just us
preposterous as if it had been said that
Mr. Hughes had called me a Dutch
Reformed dinosaur. One statement
would be just as true as the other and
just as ridiculous." Granting that this
denial would lack conclusiveness if it
could be shown thai the learned and
discriminating Justice has in fact in
stanced Our Colonel as a rare speci
men of archisaurian reptiles with am
bulatory feet, two-headed ribs, per
forate acetabula and no interclavicle,
of the Dutch Reformed persuasion,
the point must be heeded that no evi
dence to that effect has been adduced.
What we do know Mr. Hughes said of
Mr. Roosevelt, not in private conver
sation to be sure, but in a public
speech in 1908, is this:
President McKinley, a victim of
insensate passion, laid down his
life, trusted and beloved by all the
people. To the difficult task then
devolved upon him, with the prob
lems created by an unparalleld
prosperity came a new leader, dear
to the people's heart. He entered
upon his work with courage and
determination, and four years ago
he received an overwhelming vote
of popular confidence. For seven
years, with lofty aim and uncon
querable spirit, he has labored for
the people, and to-day, by virtue
of his sincere devotion to their wel
fare, his valiant attack upon evil in
high places, his zeal for the com
mon interest, whether in the pro
tection of the public domain or In
insistence upon the freedom of In
terstate trade, or in the mainte
nance of high standards of adminis
tration, or In the recognition of the
rights of labor, or In the care of
our natural resources, the forceful
and representative leader is typified
to the popular imagination in the
person of Theodore Roosevelt.
And he added, as if having in mind
the very situation existing to-day,
these significant words:
The business of the great national
departments has been In worthy
and competent hands. The mention
alone of Hay. Root and Taft suf
fices to call attention to the honor
able conduct of affairs in which all
our citizens take Just pride. The
dignity and honor of the nation
have been maintained and trouble
some difficulties have been ad
justed with an access of prestige.
And every American has been grati
fied by the possession of world
wide Influence attained by the
President both by reason of his
personal qualities and because of
the distinction in our International
relations of which he has been the
head.
While admitting that the imme
diate question is not what Mr. Hughes
thinks of Mr. Roosevelt, but what Mr.
Roosevelt thinks of Mr. Hughes, the
fact nevertheless is patent that Our
Colonel could not easy put himself at
loggerheads on matters of principle
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NEW CLOTH FIBERS
By Frederic J. Haskin
j
WOOL is now scarce, and a posi
tive shortage of the fiber will
probably exist within two years.
This prediction has created alarm in
the American textile trade, and caused
scientists in all parts of the world to
renew their investigations of the veg
etable and mineral kingdoms for a
substitute.
Every time a man in the trenches
discards his woolen uniform, it is
burned and a new one supplied him.
This is a tremendous tax on the pro
duction of wool—a fabric that was
none to plentiful when the war start
ed.
Fabrics of all kinds have been more
" less affected by the war. The
large flax fields of Belgium were wiped
out just as the demand for linen in
hospital supplies became enormous.
Only cotton has survived the war
strain with anything like an increase,
and in this country even its production
has been curtailed by the introduction
of diversified crops In the South.
Goat's hair and camel's hair have
already helped us through a couple of
winters and provide a possible answer
to the problem. Camels and goats
are not so numerous as sheep, how
ever, so that the real answer must
come from the vegetable kingdom.
Nettles, pine needles, seaweed and the
leaves and stalks of various plants are
with one who held his own adminis
tration in so high esteem. » * »
~ hen further he expressed the
earnest hope that the delegates will
nominate some man on whom all Re
publicans and all Progressives can
unite, he not only placed an im
passable barrier 'before both himself
and Mr. Root, but he practicallv left a
clear path for only one man—Charles
Evans Hughes.
Theodore Roosevelt as President
never did and never could render so
great a service to his country as he is
now rendering as a patriot. The evan
gels of which he has become the fore
most herald are neither fantastic nor
dubious; they are true and splendid
and are recognized as such gladly and
gratefully by millions whose regard is
priceless. That he would or will per
mit impairment of this unique and in
estimable possession through common
self-seeking is simply inconceivable.
That he would or will strive for the
perpetuation of a government which
he considers ignoble by conniving at
the defeat of Charles Evans Hughes
as a candidate for President on a plat
form embodying the very "great and
vital principles" which he himself is
upholding so admirably is the acme of
absurdity.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
find out whether
a man is a molly.
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whether he'll jjl
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JUNE 13, 1916.
being experimented with by European
scientists in the hope of discovering a
new fabric that will have the warmth,
the impenetrability to dampness and
the close, soft weave of wool.
At present there are seven textile
fibers on the American retail market,
including cotton, wool, linen, silk,
ramie, jute and artificial silk. Cot
ton, the cheapest of these, has short
fibers with a peculiar spiral twist
which are adapted to spinning, but
produce a fuzzy thread preventing lus
ter in the cloth. This disadvantage
is in part overcome by the mercerizing
process introduced about a decade ago,
which imparts to cotton cloth a luster
seen in some inferior grades of silk.
Silk is the most valuable of fabrics,
owing to the length of its fiber, often
over a hundred yards. While the
mulberry tree upon which the silk
worm lives may be grown success
fully in the United States, the amount
of hand labor required in raising and
handling the cocoon precludes the
probability of our ever developing a
raw product industry here. In re
moving the long silk fiber from the
cocoon much shorter fiber is also de
tached which is made up into a fabric
known as "spun silk," having a some
what fuzzy thread and without the
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THE STATE FROM m TO DM
The acme of spectacular achievement
will be reached at the coming "Ad."
men's convention in Philadelphia, when
a steeplejack will stand on the out
stretched fingertips of William Penn,
atop City Hall, and after a short dem
onstration and confetti shower he will
slide down a rope to the observation
platform while men will gasp and wo
men faint, no doubt.
The publication of the Knit Goods
bulletin is authority for the statement
that the high price of Skirts demands
that the bathing suits for girls this
summer be cut higher and lower, at
the bottom and top. respectively. More
over, it is rumored that the price of silk
stockings will go up, which we think is
taking a mean advantage.
A Uniontown 15-year-old driving a
machine the other day turned aside to
avoid a dog and killed a baby and
possibly Injured the other occupant of
the car so that she too may die.
The State Is Just revelling in school
commencements, than which there is
no more serous time, proportionately,
In the schoolboy's life. "Good old gol
den rule days" are occasions for great
reminiscing, whether the rule happened
to be golden or merely hickory.
"Wellsboro'g new glass factorv will
blow in about September 1 with 250
hands." Well, that is emphatically pref
erable to blowing up, and as for blow
outs. *.hey may be confined to the auto
mobilist and banquet promoters.
Headline "Commissioners Discuss
Bridge." Evidently these officials are
getting their pleasure confused with
business. -
"How much are five-cent cigars?" was
the inquiry heard across the counter
yesterday from one of our most Intelli
gent citizens who had heard that to
bacco had gone up." Thus the Johns
town Tribune makes famous among the
originators of Irish bulls one of Johns
town's sons.
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."]
Is food inspection self-sustaining?
The entire cost of food Inspecton
i is covered by the amount recelvod
I from licenses.
1 . I
iEbpning (Eljal
It is doubtful if any section of Penn
sylvania can funish a greater variety
of scarecrows than the fertile valleys
of the Juniata, Cumberland, Lebanon
and Susquehanna, known as the Sus
quehanna basin. They are singular to
this district, a geographical feature
to speak. There is nothing like the
traditional stick wearing the cast oft
coat and the old hat. The stuffed
figure of the stage is not to be found
in the fields about Harrisburg. In
stead the thrifty and Ingenious farm
er of this part of Pennsylvania uses a
nag, a plain ordinary flag. It may be
the red of our Socialist friends or it may
be the green flag of the railroad men
or a plain white flag or the yellow of
the suffragists, perchance. Anyhow,
its a Hag. The flags are to be seen ii
many fields and from all accounts thai
can he learned over a fence or from a
barnyard they are just as efficacious in
scaring off the crows as the effigies
which have furnished so much enter
tainment for the cartoonist and pab
ulum for the playwrights. In some
districts there are high poles which
have muslin squares tacked to them.
Some have two or three flags, resemb
ling the old style weather bureau 01
signals or the yard arm of a battleship
asking the flagship for permission to
shoct up the seascape. There are oth
er flags fastened to bean poles or oth
ers which look like those wielded by a
[crossing watchman and which have
; seen better days. The farmers say
,'nat any wind will cause the flags to
, wave and that the crows will shy off
ithem quicker than they would an in
animate tigure no matter how much
it may look like a man. In other
words the crows have become famil
iar with the old trick of a figure in
a field which does not move and
have concluded that signals from flags
mean danger.
"If your country needed you in tima
of war, would you ask to be excused
from service because you were behind
with the work of your office and want
ed to catch up?"
"Why certainly not, sir. Not In time
| of war."
! "No? Well, tliis is a request of your
country for service—in time of peace.'
Is there any difference? Isn't it all
service to your country?"
"That little colloquy occurred yes-j
terday morning at the opening of June
quarter sessions between President
Judge George Kunkel and an upper
county juror who wanted to be excus
ed from jury service because he was
a "little behind in his work and want!
Ed to catch up." 4
At the eastern entrance to the Mar-J
ket street bridge a' youthful "extra'*
gateman stepped out to receive the]
toll from a couple of promenaders.
"Notice that youngster?" inquired
one of the strollers, nodding to the
boyish gateman. "That's Sutch, the|
Technical high school champion long
distance runner."
"So?"
Yes, he can do a mile in, well in
mighty wonderful time—What are yoii
grinning at?" he broke off to ask.
"Nothing much," grinned his com-j
panion. "I was just thinking of the)
chance a fellow would have who might!
try to 'beat his way' by running across
this bridge without paying toll!" i
One of the difficulties in the countrjl
districts in the Central High
move on the West Shore, is the edu
cation of the country lad. Many res
idents of those districts say that the
which they wish their offspring
to become educated is farming. One
of the strong points brought out
against this by one of the promoter? of
the move in a conversation is that
when the country lad nowadays comes
into the city he is termed a "rube" by
lawyers, doctors and other city folk.
"Why not send your young to a high
school that is equipped with an agrl4
culture course and educate him in that'
line with the lawyer, doctor, school!
teacher and other prominent person^ l
of the every day life? said he. if the,
boy graduates with persons following
more remunerative walks of life he
will be up with the standard. Aftel
i he has completed liisagriculture course
he can return to the farm and.appl]
his knowledge scientifically, ancl will
be recognized by his fellow classmates
in the city who are taking other
positions, not as they saw him before
but as one of their classmates, who is
in the same position in the hall of
fame as they are."
Pennsylvanians who attended the
Chicago convention are awaiting witH
I interest a display of films of one of thq
! Griffith productions to be given in this
city because one of the participants
was Miss Marie Diller, who was sten
ographer for the Brumbaugh head
quarters In Chicago. Miss Diller spent
! over two and a-half years with the
[Griffith people in Los Angeles and
| took part In a number of productions,
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Levi L. Rue, the Philadelphia
banker, is spending part of June at the
seashore.
—'Ex-Judge R. E. Umbel, of Un-j
iontown. is one of the Democratic na
tional delegates at St. Louis. .
—Lieutenant A. E. Ahrends, United]
States officer at State College, ha si
highly commended the military work]
of the class at the college.
—Harry A. Mackey, chairman of]
the Compensation Board, delivered ara
address at the presentation of a flag aM
one of the Philadelphia churches.
—E. V. Babcock, nie Pittsburgh,
lumberman, is being strongly boosted'
for governor since his return from
Chicago.
DO YOU KNOW |
i_ '
That Harrlsburg Is noted for the
speedy repairs it makes to rail
road cars sent here?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Harrisburg had a national con
vention here in 1839 when William
Henry Harrison was nominated.
Finis •
There is no reason to believe thai
any of us will live to see the end of the
war. At the present rate of fifteer
feet slx-and-one-half inches gain pet
day it will take the Germans a hun
dred and thirty years to reach Paris,
Likewise, at the same rate it will take
the Allies some four hundred and
twenty years to reach Berlin.
So that at the end of five hundr<x|
and fifty years, the sum of two p*»«
lods, or in the year 2466, the German)
will occupy Paris and the Allies wl<
occupy Berlin. The end of the war is
likely to occur during almost any cer«
tur.v after that.
Why. then, do our newspapers insist'
on frightening us to death with wai
features? —Life.
A Bad Example
| From the Chicago Record.]
Miss Jane Addams, during a tea at
Hull House, said:
"1 disapprove of the new fashion*
because they encourage vanity.
"I know a little girl whose mothei
has gone In for all the new fashloni
—sheath skirt, slit skirt, short skir
and what not.
"This little girl's teacher said to hei
reproachfully one day:
'• 'But. my dear, don't you want t<
grow up so that everybody will 100 l
up to you?'
" 'No. ma'am,' said the youngster
decidedly, 'I want to grow up so tha
.everybody will look 'round at me.'"