16 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded iSji Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAni PRINTING CO., Telegraph llulldlng, Federal Square, E. J. STACKPOLE, Pres't and Editor-in-Chitf F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. i BUS M, STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member , American Newspaper Pub- A iraffß Ushers' Associa tion, The Audit Bureau of Circu aecjrj™nCtML latlon and Penn- H sylvania Associat ilL& Eastern of flee, *jj ig jjjg SB Finley, Fifth Ave lSßßs*BF nue Building. New ern Story, cago, 111.' Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. rJ <<3gyft> x By carriers, six cents a <E|IS<JSr Aj!SE> week; by mail, $3.00 a year In advance. FRIDAY EVENING, NOV. 24 Don't look for /fates as you go through life, And even though you find them Be wise and kind and somewhat blind, And look for virtues behind them. —ELLA WHEELER WILCOX. PUTTING OUT A FEELER? SECRETARY OF STATE LAN SING gave out a brief Interview yesterday relating to a possible embargo on the shipment of certain kinds of food stuffs from the United States to foreign countries which has some of the ear-marks of a "feeler." The secretary casually remarks that he doesn't suppose any foreign nation ■would raise objection to an embargo on provisions placed by this country and artlessly adds that the subject is "domestic, not International," and that he has, therefore, given it no atten tion. Just the same, an embargo on foods from America would become a great international Issue the moment it was announced. Europe is living off Am erica. It would go hard with England and France if we cut off our shipments of provisions. The effect would be to some degree, at least, similar to the "Iron Ring" England has been at tempting, with more or less success, to draw about Germany and Austria. The people in this country are cry ing for relief. New York authorities estimate that we in America are pay ing five to eight cents more a dozen for eggs and five to seven cents more a pound for butter because of the im mense shipments of those two pro ducts to England, and the orders placed for more. Doubtless the same Is true of every other line of provi sions originating here and figuring in International trade. An embargo is being urged. That Secretary Lansing has seen fit to comment upon the pro posal only illustrates to what degree the thought has been discussed and how seriously It is taken by those in authority. Perhaps it is just as well to put out such a "feeler" as Secretary Lansing gave to the press yesterday. England and France may in the same round about diplomatic way let us know how they would entertain such a proposal. It is almost certain that they would protest vehemently and it will be in teresting to observe the attitude of Germany, which all along has held that we have been favoring the allies at the expense of the central powers. A food embargo declared by Washing ton would be a big card for Germany, no doubt. "Football Fatal." Why not let the type stand? FRF CH INDUSTRY RUINED FRAVCE appears to hold Verdun 'lth one hand and the Ameri an market with the other, not wlths mding the assertions of Secre tary AlcAdoo that France is bled as white as her own fieur de lis. The official figures of the Depart ment of Commerce for the nine months ended September of the cur rent year show that our imports from that country, compared with the same period last year, increased 47 per cent, or from $53,000,000 to $83,000,000, the latter figure marking a return to the record of the first nine months of 3 914, In the meantime our exports to France reached the astonishing to tal of $630,000,000, or about $540,000,- 000 above normal, due to the huge drafts which France has made on us for war material. But with the cessation of war these, colossal shipments of goods made In America will stop, while the pro ducts sent by France to us will con tinue to Increase, If the present 9 per cent, tariff law is continued. Emperor Charles announces that he will push the war to a successful end. The new Emperor isn't bashful about taking on big contracts. LONDON AND BARLEYCORN NO more pitiful picture has been presented in the news recently than that of Jack London, the brilliant young writer, lying cold In death at an age when his once vigor ous body and mind should be at the very zenith of their power; and the more so because it was all so unneces sary. London met John Barleycorn, and was vanquished. The writer s story of that name, published in a popular magazine re cently, was admittedly his own ex perience with drink. He recited the horrors of the habit with all the graphic power of his virile pen. The FRIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURQ (£££& TELEGRAPH NOVEMBER 24, 1916. wreck of body and soul on the rock of Intemperance has never been paint ed in such vivid colors as London de picted it from his own lurid expe riences. And in the end he summed up all the damning evidence him self had given as a witness against old John Barleycorn—and then de cided that for him drink was supreme, that he preferred the "short life and the merry" with whisky to cheer the way, to the drab side of existence with out the stimulus of drink. The result is in full accord with his own prognostications, but it is most pitiful, for all that. Denmark is to issue iron money. If the price of paper keeps going up may be Uncle Sam will find it cheaper to let Charlie Schwab make a few dollars for him, the aforesaid Mr. Schwab al ready having quite a little reputation as a dollar maker. AN ABLE RULER THE declaration of Emperor Charles, successor to Francis Joseph on the throne of Aus tria-Hungary, that he intends to con duct the war to a successful conclu sion, is based on more than the heroics of an archduke called suddenly to imperial duties. Charles has conduct ed himself with distinguished honor and marked ability in the field since the very beginning of the great war in which he now finds himself so con spicuous a figure, and he speaks from deeds rather than" from the mere de sire to do. The new Emperor has had a bril liant military career and is now the only member of the Austrian imperial family known to be holding a high command in the field. . The world learned with surprise last May that the Austrian heir-apparent was In com mand of the Austrian army which penetrated farthest into northern Italy in the dramatic drive which was brought to an abrupt close by the Russian counter-offensive in Volhynia and Galicia. From that time he was hailed as the rising military genius of the house of Austria and while Archduke Frederick, titular commander-in-chief of the Austro-Hungarian forces, went Into mysterious seclusion along with his brothers when Von Hlndenburg was made generalissimo in the east, Charles Francis was soon called to divide honors with Hindenburg him self. The official German bulletins in recent months have referred only to the front of Von Hindenburg and his successor, Prince Leopold of Bavaria, and of Archduke Charloe. Recently his command was extend ed to Include not only the region from the Dniester to Bukowlna, but, nomin ally at least, the entire Rumanian frontier. So far as official statements reveal, even General von Falkenhayn, former German Chief of Staff, was outranked by Charles Francis. It is not conceivable that Austria will permit her ruler longer to remain in the field at the head of an army corps, much as his services there may be desirable, but what the Central Powers will lose by his call to higher duties will be amply repaid by the in telligent service he will be able to render as head of the nation when military genius is its sorest need. A Southern bandit stole $40,000 the other day from an express company. Probably he wanted the money to ex press a few Christmas packages. SHOOTING IX WILD WOOD THE following extract from a some what lengthy letter to the editor of the Telegraph is only another illustration of the slipshod manner in which the City Park Department has been run by Commissioner Gross: I would also like to draw your attention to the fact that my chil dren dare no longer spend their Saturdays in Wildwood Park, where they used to take their lunches and fish or hunt for nuts. Gunners are everywhere. Not an officer is left in the park. I don't believe there has been one there since the hunting season opened. Last Saturday, when I told one he had no business there, he told me to "go to the devil." If I had not been a woman I'm afraid I would have had to face a charge of break ing a park rule for disorderly con duct. It is a shame that we can not use our only up-town park for fear of being shot by men and boys who kill our squirrels and rabbits while the Park Commissioner looks on and smiles. This letter is from a well-known West End woman, the mother of three boys. Her name is withheld at her own request. It is a shameful fact, as this corre spondent says, that Commissioner Gross should have withdrawn all of his police officers at the very time they were most needed in Wildwood. Always there will be some violations of the gunning law in the park. But in former years offenders have been dealt with so vigorously that few have cared to take the risk and the park has been comparatively safe. There is another regrettable side to this reckless "shooting up" of Wild wood. Ever since Its purchase park authorities have been endeavoring to make the tract, which is ideally suited for the purpose, a great game pre serve. Water fow*l, quail, opossum, squirrels and rabbits have found refuge there and have multiplied under the protection of the park officers. All this good work has been undone oy the neglect of the present adminis tration. Commissioner Gross' only excuse for withdrawing the police Is that he has no money and that Council will not give him any. This is in large part his own fault. In order to attempt a grandstand showing he deliberately took less than Council would have given him when the budget was made up last year. Council is also to be criticised in not coming to the rescue of the Park Department at a time when it is In sore need of assistance. The public Is aware of these things and It Is not likely to forget, even though for the moment it is to some extent helpless. London hotels are putting up prices on account of a scarcity of food. Ameri can hotelkeepers have done the same because of a plentltude of dollars. Chicago women are having a contest to find who can dress most quickly. We hope this fashion comes Bast. KELLY—LAST BALL, UNPOPULAR PLAYER'S SHOT, ALIVE, A SET-UP AND BIGGEST POT . By BRIGGS / V. OimlY played a W. GAMS To WIM / I'D give AMY Safety - You Kg s<Jch <s TH.MG- if Me-O OVJ6HTA <3O FI 1 ° H rH£^ e ' 5 \ FOOCOW T FIFTY r= BMK c°^. !L° UT \ LOOK-, HE'A r I FOR lewim 1 TH LAST \ SHAKI-JG UK6 [IT MS V S ET es/BCDV V - L-L I A leaf - ,_7 Sore to .see - y I va/ouuO have a 1 om 7?-ie squasßEl J A GUY uKe. ) \ cha wee wow o\ t'x> DROP dead / V_ -S "774 AT PVJLL Dova/kI \ \ M.UCH. <KJ T"H POT ; 1 IF I VUOM A r j THE BIG POT- ' K PO7R L ' '_^JY 7>olCUc4. Ck "^CKKOnIoCCKca- By the Ei-Committeeman Friends of Representative Richard J. Baldwin declared in Philadelphia to-day that the Delaware county man was in the race for the speakership to the finish and that none knew it better than the men who were opposed to him but who had not been as yet able to concentrate upon anyone to oppose him. It is said that in the event of the Vare-Brumbaugh-Magee forces not be ing able to count enough noses to de feat the man from Chadd's Ford, they would try for a compromise candidate, failing which they would offer the olive branch and unite with the Pen rose forces for a harmonious session. This will be entirely agreeable to the senior senator, who has not been hunt ing a fight, but will contest if forced to do so. The Baldwin backers say that their man has strength in districts claimed by the other side and that even in Philadelphia he has a pretty good fol lowing. If the opponents of Baldwin cannot swing the delegations from the two big counties, the Delaware man will have easy sailing. Mr. Baldwin in discussing his boom declared that he was in the race to the finish line. "I have started and lam not going to stop," said he. "I stood aside for harmony two years ago. This .time it's my turn, and that's why I am going to run. I feel confident of the outcome and will be in Harrisburg to open headquarters right after Christ mas." One of the interesting things about the State Society dinner last night was that Mr. Baldwin sat at a table with Speaker Ambler, of the last House, and Representative Herman B. Hecht, of Philadelphia, who was to be Speaker. President Pro Tem. of the Senate E. E. Reidleman met most of the members of the next Senate in Phila delphia last night and was assured of their support for re-election as the presiding officer of the Senate. The senator was a guest at the Clover Club and also at the State Society dinner. He will not be opposed in the Repub lican caucus. Resolutions of the legislative board of the Brotherhood of Railroad Train men, in session in this city, opposing Richard J. Baldwin, of Delaware county, for Speaker of the oc casioned little surprise last evening. Representative Baldwin was sponsor for the full crew repealer which passed the legislature by a vote that was dis tinctly nonpartisan but which failed to become a law because of the veto of Governor Brumbaugh. The resolutions also set forth that "it is in the interest of this organ ization that the hands of the Governor be upheld iit the next session" and ask members throughout the State to so petition the legislators of their re spective districts. While a large number of legislative matters were considered by the legis lative board at its sessions yesterday, members said after the meeting the only decision reached was that the trainmen would again exert every ef fort in their power to oppose in the session of 1917 the repeal of the full crew law of 1911. —Three of the Prohibition presi dential electors and one of the Social ist electors to-day filed their expense accounts incident to the presidential election at the State Department to day. They are: William F. Euler, of Meadville, Crawford county. Socialist, no expenditures or receipts; F. E Whittlesey, Corry, Prohibitionist, spent $135, SIOO of which was contributed to the National Committee, $25 to the State committee and $lO toward a town meeting held at Corry; John B. Killheffer, Philadelphia, Prohibition ist, $7 contributed to the Philadel phia county committee, and Charles D. Sensenig, Coatesvillek Prohibition ist, no receipts <fr expenditures. Control of the next national House of Representatives, which seemed to be drifting toward the Republicans, may rest with the Democrats. This sit uation is brought about by the de clared election of three Democrats in Pennsylvania, namely, M. Clyde Kelly and Guy E. Campbell, in two Alle gheny county districts, and William E. Tobias, in the Twenty-first Pennsylva nia district. The reported election of Representa tive Scully in the Trenton district and Zeb Weaver over James J. Britt, Re publican, In the Tenth North Carolina district, with the possibility of an other change in the Tavenner district in Illinois, according to Representative Doremus, chairman of the Democratic congressional cofrimlttee, gives con- trol of the next House to the Demo crats. The political complexion, according to Mr. Doremus, will be: Democrats, 217: Republicans, 213; Progressive, 1; Socialist, 1; Protec tionist, 1; Prohibition, 1; independent, 1. Republican leaders have been count ing upon three members of these minor parties—Schall, Progessive, of Minnesota; Martin, Protectionist, of Louisiana, and Fuller, independent, of Massachusetts. This would give the minority party only 216, while the Democrats would have 219. Final election counts may change the esti mates of Mr. Doremus. 1 EDITORIAL COMMENT] Appacrntly the Mexican joint commis sion can see no need of hurrying tiie negotiations so long as the two Gov ernments concerned are paying the hotel bills.—Des Moines Register. The hyphen turned out to be only a minus sign.—Philadelphia North Amerl can. The temperature of the Deutschland's second welcome is about U-53 degrees. —Boston Herald. The Nobel peace-prize is cumulative, the future competition will look like war.—\\ all Street Journal. The Law Falls Short [Pittsburgh Dispatch] The complexities of our social life will furnish the reason for slow movements towards the elimination of child labor under the age of 16. So much must be done before that can be accomplished, and whatever is done must be so slowly worked out, that hope for thfe abolition of child labor cannot grow strong. Owen R.. Lovejoy, secretary of the National Child Labor Committee, gave his approval to the recently en acted federal law, in an address in Philadelphia a couple of days ago. But he qualities his approbation by saying it is good only so far as it goes and it doesn't go far enough by almost 2,000,000 child workers in the industries. In spite of all that has been done to soften, to eliminate, the evils of child labor, he regrets that there are 1,800.000 children at work whose welfare Is not touched by any law, federal or State. His own so lution is the outlawing of child la bor. He says nothing but to make all child labor unlawful will ever reach the heart of the problem. Long before society is ready to abolish child labor it must be willing to make sweeping changes here and there to lead up to the final outlawry. To prohibit all child labor now would be to throw upon society the respon sibility for the millions of little work ers which would be as great a prob lem, perhaps, more serious, than the original one. Obviously if child labor is an evil the only cure is its aboli tion, but recognizing an evil is vast ly easier than working out means for its removal. By the time society is prepared to abolish child labor by outlawing it, so many other conditions will have been made over that it will appear in the general shifting without attracting much, if any, attention. Great Opportunity [New York Herald] Speaking in Philadelphia Myron T. Herrick expressed the wish that President Wilson might see tit to ap point a committee of leading Amer icans to raise a fund of a billion dol lars for relief work in the belligerent countries. "It is often said," declared the erst while ambassador to France, "that ithe I'nttcd States will have no friends when this war ends, but were we to , create this gigantic charity for the relief of the wounded and des i titute Its beneficent work would over shadow nil the animosities which now vex us. We should have all these na tions as our friends." Coming so closely after the Presi dent's Thanksgiving Day proclama tion calling upon all Americans to share their bounty with the afflicted peoples of Europe, this suggestion of Mr Herrick merits the deepest con sideration. In the midst of this world cataclysm America can achieve noj nobler nor more durable dlstinetlorf than by being the Great Samaritan to the war's innocent victims. Courtesy Saved Life "Courtesy to grafr hair, which he has always tried to respect, saved my boy's life," said Mrs. Mary Fox of Wo burn. mother of William Fox, a pas senger on the car that plunged into the Fort Point Channel a few days ago. Pride gleamed in her eyes as she told of her boy's escape. Fox had left his seat in the car and smilingly gave It to an elderly, gray haired man. only a minute before the street car arrived at the bridge. He then took his place with several others on the front platform, from which he leaped to safety.—Boston Post. MAN IS LIKE MOTOR CAR SAYS HEALTH THE three danger periods of hu man life formed the subject of a talk by W. Earl Flynn, health evangelist. Infancy, Mr. Flynn said, was the first danger period. "You talk abouf preparedness!" said the lecturer. "Can anyone tell me anything people should prepare more carefully for than the bringing of a new life into the wOrld? "We ought to start avoiding the dangers of infancy a year ahead. Strong, healthy, intelligent parents are the best defense a child can have against illness and death. Talk about infantile paralysis! Why, parental ignorance kills more children every year than Infantile paralysis kills in a hundred." In discussing the next danger pe riod—between 13 and 16-—Mr. Flynn compared the human body to a motor car. "Between 13 and 16," he said, "the change in a child is equivalent to the change from a 1-cylinder to a twin six motor car. Unless it has been pre- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR" MY KINGDOM TURKEY Harrisburg, Pa., *ov. 23, 1916. To the Editor of the Telegraph: I have a new 1917 model auto mobile that I would like to exchange for a turkey. Is there anybody you can suggest who might be induced to make the trade? I do not expect a large turkey—Just a moderate sized one. Anxiously awaiting your reply, because we ex pect company for dinner, I am. Yours truly. PIANO MAN. P. S.—My machine is a 1917 model Peerless. Where Big Men Serve There would be a lot of things which can't be done—if it wasn't that somebody is always doing them. It is well known that cities can't be gov erned without a mayor and two houses of a council—only cities are governed without them and governed much better' than with them. East Cleveland has now adopted the manager plan, and it ought to be of In terest to the Kansas City Charter Commission to note that in applying it that city has had no difficulty in get ting leading business men to serve as commissioners. It is this body that hires the manager—and fires him if he doesn't perform. It is the hardest thing in the world, as Kansas City knows from its own ex perience, to get competent men to give up ail their time to city business. Hut East Cleveland and Dayton and the othpr commission-manager cities are finding no difficulty in getting first rate men to act as city directors and give up an hour a day to seeing that the manager they hire is making good.— Kansas City Times. Gold Coins Disappear Bankers and pay officers of the army are puzzled over the rapid dis appearance of new gold coins and their replacement ly old and worn gold coins. That someone is collect ing and retaining all new gold coins being paid out by the army to soldiers, replacing them with old, worn gold coins, was asserted by quartermaster department officers. As much as $175,000 in gold has been paid out at Brownsville, Texas, In one month. II is believed that the higher weight of the new coins is the cause for their disappearance.-—San Antonio Express. Business Briefs October figures show $2,500,000,000 gain in the United States' foreign trade for the year. Representatives of the Russian gov ernment yesterday placed orders with Baldwin's for 40 largest type locomo tives, making a total of 109 In the past two weeks, aggregating a contract price of $1,250,000. Wheat crop estimates Indicate a de crease below normal of nearly 28 per cent, for the whole world. A big rush is reported for knit Kobds, with the result that prices are up and stocks are depleted. High cost of cotton caused another advance In bleached cottons of all kinds yesterday. An extra dividend of 3 per cent, has been declared by the Lackawanna Steel Company. More than $4,000,000 worth of auto mobiles ready for shipment are held at Detroit because of car shortage. pared for this period, it stands little chance of staying together. "The time to prepare for this period is the thirteen years before it begins. Then the child will reach manhood or womanhood with a fair chance to get over the long road ahead of it in good shape." The third danger period, Mr. Flynn said, Is between 50 and 60. "This is the most difficult of all to handle," he said. "This is where we meet the machines that have managed to survive the road. They aren't all in the best of shape, though. They are beginning to pufT and steam and rattle. The next few years will tell whether they can make the long hil ahead or go to the junk heap. "The thing for every man and wo man to do at this time is to stop and cut down the horse power. It's time to reduce the fuel, and to see that no carbon gets on the cylinders. "But there's no excuse for the ma chine going to pieces. It's all a ques tion of intelligent driving and care." —Kansas City Star. | OUR DAILY LAUGH POOR PER FORMANCK. \ She has a good ear for music. Maybe so, but T7Jj she doesn't sing with her ear, II 15* INDIFFER ENCE. _,|g, Which do you Bra prefer, summer or winter? cy I've no prof it erenc : It Is J 4 \ r—V t equally depress 'nKl 0 m a whether I put In — Wf THO a larße P or tlon M of my time jufi A | reading about ®r ''ill the hottest day 2+ eVer, or the coldest day ever. What do you think of the > P resident's speeches? ' P ?y " " I don't like \tf\ Have you A ; V\ \ read them? :J® / ) ) No, when I V >tY' T I / / disagree with a gL 1 mail's politics I | [j J don't have to | II ■! read his speech- j es to know that , v?M 1 don't like them. Owm * THE USUAL ~ WOMAN. 2g> Does she ®P ea,t as she •m-Wx thinks? Try Oh yes—of \ y tener than that. WELL POSTED Housewife J v"*/ Will you please j'lk tell me where I gcJS. 41 fife can see the can- All canned goods are on the T next floor. - I Stoning dljal Speaking of getting interviews from distinguished visitors under difficulties, a reporter recalls Ills success in getting into touch with General Shatter when that officer was a much sought for personage by newspapermen after his return from the Cuban campaign In 1898, of which he was in command. General Shatter was at the Common wealth Hotel for a brief time and his orderly at the dining room door would let no reporter In. "No use," said one of the older men who had tried In vain to a young reporter at the foot of the stairs. Forewarned was fore armed, so the youngster went on up stairs, hung his hat on a peg like any registered guest, strolled leisurely Into the dining room and got a seat just opposite the General. Then he told his mission, and the officer, after get ting over his surprise, laughed heartily at the ruse and "gave up" quite an interesting bit of an interview. • * * Dr. Francis D. Patterson, chief of the bureau of hygiene and engineer ing of the Department of Labor and Industry, is still suffering from the shock of an answer he received at the bureau of information at Union sta tion the other day. The genial doc tor arrived here Monday with some friends and according to what he told the other day, he asked at the station in order to make sure just where the Industrial Welfare and Efficiency con ference was to be held. It also seems that he asked about it under the name of "convention." This is what he drew. "There isn't any such convention here. The only two here this week are the Methodists and the Owls." * Governor Brumbaugh's mall, which is lilled with all sorts and styles of letters, includes many begging ones and quite a few which may be said to be in the offertory class. The other day the Governor was offered a sure cure for infantile paralysis anywhere in Pennsylvania for fifty dollars. In the same mail came a letter from a man invited to attend the Welfare conference who said that a five-dollar bill would about meet his expenses. * * * Justice E. A. Walling, of the Su preme Court, forgot law and turned to the gospel in this city this week. The justice is one of the pillars of the church in Erie county and came to at tend the Laymen's meetings in which he was immensely interested. The tall form of the justice was generally sur rounded by a group of men as lie has many friends and his interest in re ligious matters is very keen. He pre sided at one of the most important | sessions of the whole conference yes terday. • • • I Out-of-town residents who came to I this city to attend the Methodist con vention this week did not experience much trouble in finding the place where the convention met. All along the principal streets of the city lead ing to the hall the committee placed signs on ail poles, pointing out the way. i At the entrances at both stations signs were placed and from all city hotels strangers were guided to the conven tion via these signs. • • Automobiling in the city is very dangerous on account of some people who drive cars having an idea that they always have a right to the street and also to persons partially under the influence of liquor trying to oper ate a gasoline vehicle. Last Saturday evening a Harrisburg resident said that he was driving down South Third street at the rate of 15 miles an hour. At' Blackberry, he said that he sound ed his horn. Hearing no response ho continued down street. Just as he was about to pass the street he said -> a "fool autoist" came out, crossed ahead of him at the rate of about 35 miles an hour. "Had I been going more than 15 miles an hour," he said, "we would havei collided and oc cupants of both machines killed or serously injured." * • • Ex-Governor Samuel W. Penny packer, contrary to the general opinion, liked to talk for publication. Only he did not always answer the questions. Once he was asked by a well-known reporter, now an up-State editor, about his cabinet. In reply he gave a fine discussion of the art of printing spelling books In 1750. * * * According to the notices being filed at the State Capitol immense sums of money are being made available for manufacturing purposes. There have been literally millions of dollars au thorized to be secured by companies for sale of additional stock or bonds. The increases have been filed at a live lier rate the last six months than ever • known before. Incidentally the State gets from $lO to $35 on each paper according to character and size. * • Somehow or ojther people never get tired looking at a fire and Saturday a good many people found much of interest watching flames sweep along the First Mountain above Enola. The tire got started on Friday night and in the afternoon spread rapidly. The battle between the men engaged in lighting it and the flames swept by a high wind was extremely interesting and as the tire was high up the ebb and flow of the lire could be plainly seen. A Writer's Ups and Downs A writer does his very best to make his work excel. To charm the critics one and all he strains his brain like—everything. He reads a script a dozen times before he wet 3 a seal; Than have the thing rejected, he would rather miss a meal. " 'Tis done!" he swears by all the gods, but still his face grows pale When from his hand the finished product drops into the mail. And from Hope's highest mountain peak he takes an awful dip Into the Valley of Despair just like a storm-tossed ship When where his thrilling masterpiece should have appeared In print, Of anything from his free pen there's not the slightest hint. He sees the busy Editor glance quickly o'er his script, And down into the wasto box, then, It takes Us final trip. "A schoolboy, now," he says, "could see the whole blamed thing was punk, I don't know what I ever meant by sending in that junk. That Editor will surely think that I'm a silly boob, An amateur, perhaps, or some un educated Reub, 9 "I'd just as well stop trying, for I do not have tho gift." Then, down the stream of Pessimism, ten to one, he'll drift. Until someday, while looking through tho paper with a sneer. He tlnds his thrilling masterpiece; It make him feel so queer. And then to him, just as to an afflicted Israelite, The very thing that poisoned once be comes a healing slight. Ashamed because he didn't have the confidence to wait, Quite modestly, he mutters when his friends congratulate: "Of course I knew he'd print the thins, for dash it. don't you know, That, after all, it's mighty good ex cept a line or so." JAS. C. BOWEUMASTER, For the Telegraph.
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