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FRIDAY EVENING, DEO. 29.
Our doubts are traitors, and make
us Jose the good, we oft might win by
fearing to attempt. —Siiakespkabf..
THE PROPOSED TWO-CENT PIECE
CONGRESSMAN POTTERS bill
directing the United States mints
to resume the coining of two
cent pieces ts a popular measure. It
ought to be enacted without delay.
There are many good reasons why the
use of smaller coins should be en
couraged and there is a very particu
lar need for a coin between the cent
and the nickel in value, and the two- j
cent piece would cover the ground
better than a three-cent piece.
Small coins tend to lower costs. A
penny is of such small value in these
days of high prices that even the
newspapers are compelled in a ma
jority of instances to foresake the
penny field which for so many years
they so nearly monopolized. Two
cent pieces would encourage the sale
of all manner of things in less than
nickel quantities and very often a
nickel's worth more than meets the
need but must be bought for the rea
son that under the present system of
coinage no smaller unit of price is
quoted.
The Jump from a nickel to a quarter
Is broken by the ten-cent piece. If
it were not for the dime the consumer
in many Instances would be required
to buy a quarter's worth instead of a
dime's worth, as now. Yet the dif
ference between the nickel and the
quarter is no greater proportionately
than the difference between the cent
and the nickel.
The general adoption of two cents
as tho price of newspapers—a condi
tion forced upon publishers by the
tremendous cost of white paper and
printing materials in general, is an
other very good reason why the coin
age of two-cent pieces should be re
sumed.
In the selection of a successor to tho \
late City Solicitor Seltz the City Coun- |
ell should proceed with caution. This I
Is a most important and responsible j
offlce, which cannot be regarded as a
sinecure or side-issue. The interests
of the city and the taxpayers are in
volved and great care should be exer
cised in choosing tho municipal legal
adviser.
PAYING THF. PIPER
GOIXG into office on a platform
pledged to reduce the high cost
of living and returned to office
after having made no effort to fulfill
those promises, the Wilson adminis
tration is apparently convinced that
the people view its extravagances with
pleasure and are ready cheerfully to
assume any new burden put upon
them. That is about tho only con
clusion to be drawn from the proposal
of tho Democrats at Washington to
levy a special tax on coffee and tea in
order that there may bo no need to
reduce the funds at the disposal of
the Democratic Congress.
Tax on tea, coffee or any other
article of such common table use is
a tax direct upon the poor man, who
is least able to bear It. Perhaps Eng
land, or France, or Germany in pres
ent circumstances, might be Justified
In levying such an assessment, but
In the United States at present there
can be no excuse for it. Better by far
a bond issue to cover current expenses,
but even that would not bo necessary
if those in Washington had as clear
a conception of the economic needs
of the nation as they have of using
the unlimited power of a majority in
Congress to exploit the public treasury
for tho promotion of their own pet
schemes.
A protective tariff would place the
burden of tax where it belongs—upon
the foreign manufacturer and shipper
—and would not only yield the desired
revenues, but would place the Amer
ican workman behind th'e bulwark of
government statute, instead of laying
additional burdens upon his should
ers.
The country preferred Wilson to
Hughes and having chosen to dance
to Democratic music it must not com
plain too much when it is called upon
to pny the piper.
Why not get up a peace note to the
Republican campaign managers?
THE PASSING HOSTS
THERE is food for reflection In
the annual report of the Pension
Bureau which shows there was a
decrease of 38,575 In the number of
persons on tho pension roll during the
year ended June 80, 1916. The total
on that date was 709,572, of whom
362,277 were civil war soldiers and
287,753 were civil war widows. The
number of widows on the pension roll
FRIDAY EVENING,
decreased 3/354 during the year. Let
us lose no opportunity to pay hom
age to these fast passing venerables.
One after another the cities of Penn
sylvania which were forced by the
Legislature to swallow the commission
scheme of government through the en
actment of the Clark act are revolting,
and It is expected that the lawmakers
will be asked to amend the law to the
extent at least of making optional com
pensation of the five commissioners, but
empowering them to employ a city
manager, this official to be charged
with the responsibility of getting re
sults.
PARTY FOOLISHNESS
T>OR several years there has been
■*- growing discontent among the
Republicans of the State over
the unsatisfactory conditions in Phila
delphia. As the metropolis of the
Commonwealth that city has devel
oped a situation which seriously men
aces the future success of the party
at large. Year after year the clash
ing ambitions and peurlle resentments
of the party leaders In tho big munici
pality excite disgust and contempt
among the thousands of stalwart party
men throughout the State.
Not satisfied to confine their activi
ties within the limits of their own
locality these malcontents project their
caterwauling into the remotest corners
of the Commonwealth. Unfortunately
for tlioso responsible for tho uproar,
their profeslons of party fealty and In
tegrity are not taken seriously by the
great majority ofj Republicans, who are
not in the least interested In these
petty squabbles.
But the very fact that the bickering
and senseless controversy goes on year
after year demonstrates that there is
something radically wrong with the
party spirit in Philadelphia. Just
when tho schism In the Republican i
ranks wan healing we are confronted
with another outbreak which further
threatens the party as a whole, if
the Plii!.\<lolphians must fight, let them
confine their performances to the city
in which the row orginates. It Is not
fair that the rest of the State should
bo drawn Into the embroilment.
Unless we are greatly mistaken, the
time will come and is not far distant
when there will bo a combination of
Republicans that will definitely and
finally put a quietus on the Philadel
phia troublemakers. It must be evi
dent to any party man that the
charges and counter charges which
are now being made by those engaged
in this row will be the best sort of
campaign material for the Democratic
organization. Ammunition Is now be
ing supplied without any cost what
ever to the enemy and the spectacle
must rejoice the hearts of those who
are anxious to put Pennsylvania In
alignment with the Democratic party
to see the bitterness wliich is growing
out of the silly controversy over who
shall be speaker of the next House of
Representatives.
One resolution that every nian ought
to make and keep Is to be as cheerful
and as considerate in his family circle
as he is at business.
THE SUSQUEHANNA PASIN
IF the gentlemen of City Council have
any doubt whatever as to the funds
of the city being sufficient next
year to cover initial cost of bathing
and boating facilities in tho Susque
hanna Basin, they should recall that
the revenues of the Water Department
will be ample to more than meet the
ordinary demands upon the general
funds.
City Commissioner Gorgas, who is
Superintendent of Finance, has clearly
shown that tho investment of excess
Water Department funds in the var
ious public improvement bonds will be
more than sufficient to take care of
all the debt of the Water Department
when It reaches maturity. Notwith
standing tho recent investment of $60,-
000 in tho bonds authorized for the
motorizing of tho fire department
there will remain at the end of tho
year a balance of many thousands of
dollars.
Through the investment of the sur
nlus moneys of the Water Department
In the street improvement and other
bonds which show a return of 4 per
cent., the excess is being well handled
and there would seem to he no ex
cuso for refusal to provide such facili
ties as the people demand In the way
>f boat and bathhouses.
Most llarrlsburgers have long since
•eased to consider proper provisions
t'or the health and pleasure of the peo
ple as unnecessary expenditures.
Thousands of our people are not so
situated that they can go to the sea-'
shore or mountains during the heated
'crm and It is only fair to these that
reasonable measures be adopted for
their health and comfort.
While it is the part of wisdom and
foresight to conserve the public, funds
:jnd to practice rigid economy in every
directly to the end that there shall
':>o no Waste of the public moneys, it
Is nevertheless true that in matters af
fecting the welfare of the people there
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should be a generous consideration of
those projects which inure to the pub
lic good.
The Allies evidently believe with
Roosevelt that there are conditions
worse than war.
A good resolution Is a promise made
to yourself which you know you are
not going to keep.
Former Governor Edwin S. Stuart has
Just celebrated his 63d birthday, and
thousands of Pennsylvanlans will join
with the Telegraph in wishing him
many more of 'em.
The prospects of defeating the "pork"
bill naturally is displeasing to the
hams in Congress.
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I By tho Ex-Committee man
The contest over the Republican
nomination for the speakership of the
next House of Representatives gave
signs to-day of a fresh outbreak of
typewriter warfare and stenographers
were rattling away at an early hour
preparing fresh ammunition to be
hurled into the opposing trenches.
Notwithstanding the fact that the Cox
headquarters last night issued more
statements in two hours than are ordi
narily put out in a gubernatorial cam
paign, new messages to the people
were being made ready and the Bald
win people were stacking up pro
jectiles of their own.
At the Cox headquarters it was
claimed this morning that the fight
was over and that Cox was as good as
nominated, but the same unwillingness
to give figures was noticed. Congress
man John R. K. Scott advised In
quirers to stop worrying about what
the figures would be and to rest as
sured that the South Phlladelphian
would wield the gavel next week. The
Cox boomers were basing their pre
dictions upon reports from Luzerne
and Allegheny counties.
Tho Cox reports from Allegheny
county were that through the influence
of organized labor all but three or
four of the members from that county
had agreed not to vote for Baldwin.
They claimed 20 of-the 24. Richard
J. Baldwin said this morning that his
reports were that he would have at
least 17 In Allegheny and that as far
as Western Pennsylvania is concerned
lie has gaineil three in the last forty
eight hours.
Probably twenty members of the
House are In tVie city and the hun
dreds of school teachers, directors,
grangers and others here for conven
tions are getting lots of amusement
out of the numerous statements.
—ln chronological order the state
ments Issued In the speakership row
were about as follows: One by Wil
liam Flinn. who was not in Harris
burg at all and who assailed Penrose
and said that he should do like Knox
and stay out of the brawl; George B.
Rowand, representative of organized
railroadmen, who assailed Baldwin
with bitterness; James H. Maurer,
president of tho State Federation of
who used gall and wormwood
• n attacking Baldwin; Representative
John McKay, of Luzerne, and Con
gressman Seott, who devoted* 300
words to whanging Senator Penrose.
The Cox headquarters also put out a
statement, in which Conrad Miller,
member from Hazloton, declared he
had not pledged himself to anyone,
and by T. J. Morgan. Nantleoko, de
claring he was for Cox and not for
Baldwin.
—The Baldwin side was represented
by the remark from Baldwin that the
enemy could roar and be troubled and
by a statement by Representative W.
T. Ramsey. Delaware, declaring Bald
win had 109 men pledged to him and
would have more and protesting
against the campaign of abuse against
Baldwin.
—ln Philadelphia Senator Penrose
made a fresh statement, flaying vari
ous state officials and promising In
vestigations of charges of bribery and
coercion. He also paid his respects to
Attorney General Brown, who replied
that the charges were not true.
—Many newspapers of the stato ore
protetslng ngnlnst the lengths to which
the campaign of abuse and vllllfloatlon
Is going and objecting to the perennial
Philadelphia row being dragged into
State politics. For years there were
snorts of indignation when Allegheny
countians wanted to get the state
mixed up in their recurring rumpuses
and now the up-state newspapers and
men active in politics are objecting
to a new outbreak of Philadelphia
factionitls.
—According to the Philadelphia
North American, the Allegheny county
members were lined up by leaders of
organized labor and twenty agreed not
to vote for Baldwin. However, they
did not agree to vote for Cox. Other
newspapers say that the result was not
conclusive and that members refused
to stute their position. The Cox
people made much of it.
—The Philadelphia Ledger, which,
like tho Pittsburgh Dispatch, is dis
gusted with the war, prints a collec
tion of the choice names hurled back
and forth in the muss.
—Senator T. L. Eyre last night filed
his statement in Ills libel suit against
ex-State Treasurer Berry and says he
means to push it.
—Tho Philadelphia Record says of
the Penrose charges: "The most sen
sational development In the bitter con
test between the Vare-Brumbaugh
forces and tho Penrose cohorts over
the election of a Speaker and control
of tho Pennsylvania legislature yes
terday was a statement from United
States Senator Boles Penrose, attack
ing the Stato Public Service Commis
sion and foreshadowing a legislative
investigation and a move to reorganize
the commission. The statement in
cluded a personal arraignment of
Francis Shunk Brown, Attorney Gen
eral of the Brumbaugh adminis
tration."
It is probable that the forces behind
the Baldwin candidacy will ask the
next Legislature to Investigate charges
that Governor Brumbaugh permitted
members of the legislature to fill po
sitions of profit in the last year. It has
been generally reported that Joseph
Evans, member of the last Legislature
from tho Nanticoke. region, was on
the payroll of the Department of Labor
and Industry after the session closed
and that W. L. Adams, of Beaver
Meadow, was employed for a while by
tho State Insurance Fund Board.
Charges that W. J. Howarth, an Alle
gheny member, had been employed by
the State Insurance Department have
been made, but denied by Commis
sioner O'Neil. Evans has been a fre
quent figure about the Capitol.
—Representative James F. Wood
ward, the McKeesport member, is due
here to-night from Allegheny county,
having telephoned to the Baldwin
headquarters. The Cox people have
been threatening to back Fred Ehr
hardt, of Scranton, for chairman of
the appropriations committee if Wood
ward does not vote for Cox.
Trade Briefs
f'oohin China's imports of hardware,
machinery and iron and steel are
valued at $2,000,000 in a normal year.
The hardware trade offers the bent
mnrkct for American products.
High freight rates caused by tho war
resulted In a decrease of maize ship
ments from Cochin China durinK the
past year. France is the only cus
tomer for this product.
More than half of the petroleum and
most of the lubricating oils used In
Tonkin. French Indo-China, In 1915,
came from the United States. Im
ports have declined, however, because
of the prevalent high prices.
A bill has been presented to the
rortes providing for the opening of a
new bank In Spain, to be known as
the Banco Espanol de Comercio Ex
terior. The purpose of the proposed
bank will be primarily the extension
of foreign trade.
Consul Jose de Ollvares, at Hamil
ton, Ontario, suggests that an ener
getic advertising campaign in this dis
trict would do much to increase the
demand for American electric lighting
supplies.
Steel stamps and dies, metal plates
for machinery and rubber stamp
specialties are in demand in Argentina.
The scarcity of rubber in Germany |
has resulted in the use of wooden tires j
for bicycles. Steel coil tires have also |
been tried, but they ai*fc objectionable |
because of the damage they do to '
pavements.
South Africa offers an attractive
market for safes
Looting the Treasury
[New York Sun.]
Expressions from public men and
editorials from leading newspapers of
the country within tho last few days
show a rising resentment against the
South's triple assault upon the United
States Treasury through the omnibus'
public building bill, the flood reclama
tion bill and the river and lj_arbor bill,
which together will appropriate more
than $120,000,000, a large part of It
for who'ly unnecessary and extrava
gant projects. The attempted looting
of the Treasury, In which the Southern
Democrats are having a gleeful part,
Is described in many utterances us a
national scandal and a reproach.
BISHOP PRAISES
I London Correspondence of the Associutcd Press.]
TIE Rt. Rev. Herbert Bury, bishop
of the Anglican Church for North-
ern Europe, the first and only
Englishman that has been admitted to
Germany during the war, has just re
turned to England and given out a re
markable story which lias been given
prominence in the British newspapers.
Bishop Bury emphasized the courtesy
of the German military authorities, who
were anxious that he should see the
improvements at the Ruhleben camp for
British prisoners, at which the clergy
man spent a whole week. Bishop Bury's
visit to Germany also formed the sub
ject of his sermon before his crowded
congregation.
"My visit was a great surprise to the
men," said the bishop, "as I am the
only Englishman that has been ad
mitted to Germany during the war. I
at once explained to them that I came
after an Invitation from tho German
authorities and with the full sanction
of my own government as bishop of
Northern Europe.
"I remained at the camp except for a
visit to the War Office at Berlin, where
the administration connected with pris
oners gave me an official reception, and
for one day when I visited the officers'
camp at Blankenberghe. I was shown
the whole life of the camp, and had my
meals with the men in their lofts and
horse boxes, and in spare moments re
ceived special messages for friends in
England.
"I Inspected the camp at Ruhleben
from end to end, and addressed tho
men nightly. I held four services on
Sunday. I witnessed an exhibition foot
ball match, a play at the theater, at
tended special concerts and, In fact,
participated in all phases of camp life.
"In all my varied experience I have
never seen a better organized bit of
1 EDITORIAL COMMENT]
There can he no reasonable doubt
that permanent peace is coming with
ail the rapidity and certainty of the
millennium.—Anaconda Standard.
King George approved the Cabinet re
organization, thus raising the ques
tion, What would have been the result
if he hadn't? Pittsburgh Gazette-
Times.
Our punitive expedition in Mexico was
expected to stimulate enlistment. So it
did. judging from reports that Villa
now has 10,000 men.—Philadelphia
North American.
Is there any more doubt over the
advisability of repealing the Clark act?
—Wllliamsport Sun.
Schwab, Optimist
[Johnstown Tribune.]
Things are never so bad but tjiat they
might be worse with Charles M.
Schwab. Wo can Imagine the genial
Schwab smiling If he happens to read
some the railings of the professional
pacifists who seem to allege that he
started all thiß hated preparedness stuff,
taken over and appropriated by one
Woodrow Wilson and made a cardinal
tenet of the Democracy. The boy from
Loretto would thank his lucky stars
that he had not been accused of at
tempting to corrupt a professional pa- ;
cifist, or of trying to make a genuine !
democratic Democrat change his mind. I
Charles M. Schwab assures us there j
will be a considerable demand for steel j
In the United States when tho war Is j
over. He believes the ending of the
war will not mark a period of con- |
slderable depression in the steel busl- '
ness. Schwab knows a little about the!
steel business, even his nntlprepared- j
ness critics will admit. The head of the !
Bethlehem steel plant thinks he sees a '
demand and use for steel In this coun- [
try which is feoing to keep every Amer- j
ican plant busy for some years.
Mr. Schwab ought to know what he
is talking about when he talks steel.
He might be selfish enough to keep
these things to himself and let other
steelmakers worry—perhaps let their
plants deteriorate. But, he carelessly
and quite optimistically announces his
convictions and says he is going to
spend a few odd millions, something
like 100 of them, In providing additional
capacity at Bethlehem and elsewhere.
When you come to think of It, Is It
not better to have one Schwab making
millions for himself and his associates
than to have a whole lot of disgruntled
and knockers continually decrying the
times and bewailing the energy of men
who go ahead?
DECEMBER 29, 1916.
community life. The prisoners admin
istered their own affairs entirely, and
the German guard and the official cen
sor seemed to be there Just to fulfill
requirements.
"Among the 3,000 prisoners there is
no crime and the moral standard Is
much 'higher than is usual lir a com
munity of such dimensions. All kinds
of civilizing, humanizing and spiritual
Influences are nt work. As for food, the
men practically live upon their par
cels from home. Everything that goes
to the life of the camp in the way of
materials has been sent out from Eng
land or provided at the expense of the
British government.
"I may add that ail letters from the
men may be relied upon as accurate, as
practically everyone with whom I came
in contact said they found It so difficult
to persuade relations at home that they
were not keeping something back. The
camp censor—a German officer—is an
absolutely fair and straight man. In
full sympathy with the prisoners. Al
though he could have done so had he
wished, he never once attended a meet
ing at which I spoke, and I was allowed
to bring away every note I made and
every paper given to me.
"In fact, I was never once inter
fered with In the slightest degree from
full and uninterrupted connection with
the men from start to finish. On the
last night of my stay I obtained per
mission for the prisoners to sing "God
Save the King," and this was repeated
when I addressed the whole camp in
the open air. I shall never forget the
scene of Indescribable enthusiasm."
Bishop Bury's conclusion was that
under these conditions and the non
interference of the German authorities,
life at Ruhleben was not only tolerable,
but character-building an an experi
ence.
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Williamsport's Troubles
[Wllliamsport Sun.]
Events are moving rapidly at the
City Hall. But none the less tliey are
moving certainly toward the end that
was Inevitably forecasted when the so
called commission form of municipal
government, inaugurated by the Clark
law, with its highly paid mayor and
councllmen. brought into being the rule
that the least competent should be se
lected for public office, on the theory
that they most needed the emoluments
of public office. Wllliamsport to-day
Is reaping the rewards that were to
be expected, for they are the logical
outcome of tho violation of every rule
of business Judgment and common
sense axiom that may have been de
vised to help solve the problem of
running a city of fifty thousand inhabi
tants.
Primarily that is a business propo
sition. But by some strange fatality,
almost unbelievable except in the pres
ence of actual experience, there is a
confidence that the body politic is ex
empt from any such prudent rules, and
voting: for public officials has become
an expression of sympathy, or preju
dice agralnst others or may be subject
to any other influence than the straight
out issue of who Is best fitted for
honest, industrious effort toward the
dsired end.
Ebentttg (Cljat
While no date has been fixed for th®
return of the Eighth Infantry from,
duty along the Mexican border, it Is
generally believed that Colonel Fin
ney's organization will be heading this
way about the first ten days of Feb
ruary and will again resume Its place
In the organized militia of Pennsylva
nia. The chances are that the Eighth's
units, like those of the First Cavalry,
will be mustered out at home stations
and the various companies will be sent
to home stations, while thejieadquar
ters, machine gun, supply and head
quarters companies and the two lino
companies will detrain here and go to
the armory. The companies to the
west of the city will be dropped along
the line and those in the Cumberland
Valley and in Schuylkill county will
be forwarded. The same will be done
with the Fourth Infantry, which is to
con>e home next month. The cavalry
will be split up at Pittsburgh and the
First Squadron will go on through to
Philadelphia, the others being sent to
home stations.
One of the matters connected with
the return of Troop C, or the Gov
ernor's Troop, as it will be known
when It comes home, will be the care
of the thirty-two horses which will be
maintained here for the organization.
Those horses will be stabled under the
direction of Captain George C. Jack
and the government will pay tho
hostlers, so that there will be horses
available for the men to ride at all
times and in event of mobilization the
men will have mounts for a start. The
machine gun company of the Eighth
and the wagon company will have
much material here and will also have
some horses for training purposes. In
fact, the local companies will be closer
to a war footing than ever known
before.
As it Is probable that the next Legis
lature will bo asked to make some sub
stantial appropriations for armories
and other arrangements in behalf of
the National Guard, it is interesting
to note that one state which has two
regiments spent $70,000 in preparing
its camp, while another spent over
$200,000. The State of Pennsylvania
owns something close to 2,000 acres
at Mount Gretna, where its permanent
camp Is located, and its investment,
less than $50,000, is in marked con
trast when one considers the efficiency
of the Keystone State troops.
The State Highway Department's au
tomobile division is the big money
maker on Capitol Hill just now, as it Is
doing a business of SIOO,OOO a day. In
all probability the total revenue for
191G licenses will run over $2,225,000.
At the present rate the 1917 revenue
will exceed it and then some thou
sands.
Out of I_,ewif?town comes a story to
the effect that a. Beaver Springs farmer
owned the heaviest pig in proportion
to its size in the world. When slain
this week the porker weighed 595
pounds and all present at the slaughter
asserted that there was something
wrong. First the scales were criticised,
but when they proved accurate fur
ther investigation developed that the
pig had been a walking hardware
store. In the stomach were sixty-nine
10-penny nails, a quantity of loose
bolts, nuts and screws and four to six
pieces of iron hoop from four to six
Inches long. This sounds like a
Munchausen story, but when it is
called that & certain Postal Telegraph
messenger a few years ago feasted dar
after day for the benefit of his asso
ciates on nails and glass and all sorts
of impossible breakfast foods of the
same kind the experience of the Beaver
Springs farmer is not to be questioned.
This messenger boy was subsequently
opened up by a surgeon and consid
erable hardware removed from hla
stomach.
It is probable that there will be
pretty big audiences at the watch
night services which are a feature of
Harrisburg life on the last night of the
old year. For years these services
have been held in some of the churches
and they have attracted audiences
which have filled the pews, notably in
the case of churches in the upper
section and Hill portion of the city.
They are by no means denominational,
but people from all churches attend
them, and the service varies. In some
inslances the hour of the passing of
the old year is spent in prayer and in
others the advent of the new year la
greeted by songs.
The methods of collecting ashes and
garbage appear to be arousing the ire
of some householders in Harrisburg
and they are comparing notes on the
condition of their yards. This morn
ing one man gave the following inven
tory of his premises: Seven lard tubs,
one large metal box, three peach
baskets and one nail keg, all filled with
ashes and all waiting for the man with
the wagon.
Representative Miles A. Milliron, of
Klttanning. is here combining busi
ness, politics and pleasure, as he is a
legislator and also connected with
school supply concerns. Hj has been
attending the educational association
meetings nnd visiting the headquarters
and the Capitol.
~ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Mayor James O. Harvey, of Haale- k
ton, has decided that he can designate
where children are to coast and has
nsmod the streets for sports.
—Professor Paul Haupt in an ad
dress at Philadelphia said that the
wine of the ancients was twenty-five
times as strong as that of to-day.
—Ralph Bingham acted as Santa
Claus for the Pen and Pencil Club at
Philadelphia again.
—E. F. Romlg, son of a prominent
Allentown man, la home from the
Orient, where he was a teacher dur
ing the early nart of the year.
| DO YOU KNOW
That Harrisburg manufactures tin
plntc which Is used In army cups?
HISTORIC HARRISBIRG
The first legislature to sit In Hari
risburg occupied the Courthouse on a
very snowy day.
His Diet
With flapjacks, bacon, coffee, eggs,
I smooth the nighttime wrinkles out
(The cook says I have hollow legs,
To carry so much about).
And then I light a fat cigar,
And gagly hop upon a car.
For luncheon I have something light!
Corned beef and cabbage and brown
bread:
A steak, a chop, I take at night.
Another ere I hit the bed.
A clear Havana, not too mild,
Helps me sleep like any* child.
•
My diet's just the thing for me.
My state of health is almost rude.
But doubtless It would l fatal be
To any one afraid of food.
The moral: Let each child live his pIMV
But don't advise your fellow man.
v-Chicago New*