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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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SATURDAY EVENING, 3XS. 27
Search thine own heart, what paincth
thee
In others, in thyself may be;
All dust is frail, all flesh is weak; J
Be thou the true man thou dost seek.
—Whittier.,
A HARRIS BERG EOEXDATIOX
MANY generous citizens of Har
risburg who have passed to their |
reward fully intended during J
ihcir life activities to provide in some I
way for the comfort and happiness of
those left behind. Public bequests in
some cases had been thoroughly con
sidered, but as in many cases the doing
of the thing which was important was
postponed from time to time until the
intervention of death. Thus it has
happened that piany well intended and
philanthropic projects were allowed to
go into the discard through the spirit
of procrastination which characterizes
a large part pf the human race in its '
preparation for the inevitable day.
In many of the deposit boxes in the '
banks of this city are the last wills I
and testaments of many of our citi
zens. Some of these doubtless provide
for the things which are close to the
hearts of the makers of these docu- i
ments. Private bequests as well as ;
public bequests are included in these
final testaments.
What troubles many who are filled
with generous impulse and who desire
to help their fellow men is the thought
about the character of their giving and
the nature of the useful thing which
they would like to provide for their
fellow townsmen when their activities
here cease. As a result many laudable
memorials which would take form and
substance were it not for the habit of ;
putting off from time to time the
action which would make a certainty
of an idea never come into existence.
At Cleveland there has been organ
ized what is known as the Cleveland
Foundation—a community trust. This
is a new idea for the conservation of
wealth and for the efficient utilization
of the proceeds of wealth. It offers
advantages to all who desire to make
bequests for educational and chari
table purposes and for the good of
mankind. Several gentlemen of Har
risburg have been discussing the mat- ■
tor of a similar foundation for this;
city, it is believed some such plan
would relieve the minds of those who
sincerely desire to help in community
projects for the welfare of all, either
during their lives or at their death. It j
is figured that within twenty-live years
the Cleveland Foundation will have at'
its disposal at least $50,000,000.
Elsewhere in the Telegraph this
evening is given some further detail
as to how the Cleveland Foundation is
conducted and this newspuper would
be glad to have the views of any of
our citizens upon the proposition.
In the report of the State Economy
and Efficiency Commission prepared by
its counsel, Harry S. McDevitt, there is
■much constructive matter which should
have the careful consideration of the
legislature. Several bodies now per
forming important functions under the
recommendations proposed would be
merged iu some cases and their duties
divided in others in the interest of ef
ficiency. Perhaps the most Important
proposal is a change of the date of the
Governor's election from the even to
the odd numbered years, so that the
Kxecutive would not be compelled to
assume his duties at the opening of a
session of the legislature. All who
have observed the embarrassment of
the Governor when catapulted into' the
midst of the lawmaking arena, realize
the necessity for the proposed change,
which would be clearly in the Interest
oC good government.
NO MOKE BARE LEGS AT SHORE
THE Atlantic City beach censor Is
at work again. He has just Issued
his "book of rules" for the com
ing Hummer. Anything that pertains
to Atlantic City has a very decided
local flavor in Harrisburg, so we shall
herewith print a few of the more
striking restrictions on feminine bath
ing raiment—or lack of it—decreed
for the seashore the coming vacation
season. Among the most interesting
paragraphs are these:
Girls may go without sleeves, but
not without stockings.
Knitted bathing suits will be per
mitted—if there are skirts.
All skirts must approach the
knees. Just how neat the ltneeg
depends on the "architecture" ot
the wearer.
IJfe guards will not be requested
to carry rulers to measure the
skirts. That is left to the indi
viduality of the bather.
Thin girls will be allowed more
liberty In this line than plump
maids.
And there you are—stockings re-
SATURDAY EVENING,
I quired, but they may be white, or
tlesli-colored, or pink, or purple; any
i old color just so they're there. Also,
bathing suits may be knit and skirts
"must approach the knee," although
not necessarily near enough for close
acquaintanceship.
Atlantic City reforming with respect
to its views on what is proper dress
for women in the surf?
It is to laugh!
Every spring beach officials down
there pretend to be greatly shocked
at the costumes they permitted to be
worn the year previous. Last spring
the line was solemnly drawn on one
piece bathing suits. Now it is dis
covered that "barelcgs are risque," to
i use the censor's own words, and, not
| withstanding the high price of hosiery,
| stockings must be donned, wirtle in a
paragraph following the censor hints
at revelations of feminine form divine
in jersey tight knit suits and skirts of
a length to suit the wearer, far more
alluring than mere barelegs.
Wo suspect the censor of trying to
make the public believe that each
year's costumes are just a wee bit
more daring and naughtier than
the shockers of the season past. By
and by the ban on bathing suits will
have exhausted the styles. What then?
Something modeled after Annette Kel
lerman in a portion of the film marked
"eliminated by the censor," we sup
pose.
Mayor Smith is said to be using his
good offices to bring harmony to the
contending: Republican factions in
j Philadelphia. He could hardly perform
a more helpful public service. But
I should he fail in his harmonizing- ef
j forts, may we not all hope that he will
jbe successful in preventing the bel
ligerents from invading the territory
beyond the Philadelphia line?
SAX FRAN CISCO'S SURVEY
WHAT may be accomplished
through the proposed surveys
of the school and police sys
jtems of Harrisburg by experts of the
j Bureau of Municipal Research, -work
| ing through the Chamber of Com
| merce and in conjunction and co
rporation with the officials of the de
[ pertinents named, may be judged from
the recently published report of tho
work the bureau did along somewhat
broader lines for San Francisco.
Impelled by "rapidly rising taxes,"
says the foreword to tho report, the
San Francisco Heal Kstale Board ap
pointed a tax committee to combat
unnecessary budget allowances and
consequent tax imposition. But (lie
task proved to be so large tlint only
experts could handle it satisfactorily.
The financial jungle was almost im
penetrable. The city accounts fur
nished nothing from which it was pos
sible to construct a statement of tho
actual needs of the city in the past or
in the future. There were innu
merable indications of inefficiency and
waste, but it was impossible to identify
and convict them except from the
basis of some comprehensive and ac
curate financial survey. And the best
way to obtain such a survey seemed to
be the employment of the experts of
the Bureau of Municipal Research of
New York city.
Taking up the thread of the report
at this place, the editor of the San
Francisco Argonaut discusses it as
follows:
The necessary funds for so good
a work were speedily forthcoming.
The experts arrived last June and
began their work, and now we
have the inclusive summary of
discoveries and opinions, so
lucidly arranged and so admirably
expressed as to represent not only
an almost ideal municipal system,
but the practical steps by which it
can be reached- At the same time
the report contains nothing that is
sensational, nothing in the way of
startling revelations, indictments,
or denunciations. It is a cold, im
partial, and judicial picture of con
ditions, good and bad alike. It en
ables the citizen to discover, al
most in a moment, the exact merits
and demerits of nearly every fea
ture of the city government so far
as its finance and administration
are concerned. The general impres
sion left upon the mind by this re
port is an encouraging one. If there
has been gross inefficiency and mal
administration—as of course there
has been—they are not usually of
the willful or vicious kind, and we
are shown how easily and how
promptly they can be cured. The
chapter of financial mismanagement
is heavy enough and serious enough
in all conscience, but it is not of the
crudely corrupt kind. It is repre
sented in the main by & thousand
driblets of extravagance and waste
fulness.
This report has been made the basis
for vast savings in San Francisco, and
not nearly all of its suggestions as yet
have been put into practice. That
similar economics and improvements
of administration and service will be
the outcome of the friendly and co
operative inquiries to be made here
cannot be doubted. Xeither will the
School Board nor the Police Depart
ment be censured by the public If it
be found that their ways and methods
can be improved upon.
Petty wastes and Inefficiencies, ap
parently trifling in themselves, but
direful of results, in the aggregate,
spring up in private buslnesA unless
every activity is closely watched and
wise executives from time to time hire
outside experts to come In and criti
cise their establishments from top to
bottom—not. Tor the purpose of find
ing fault and placing employes in a
bad light, but that evils may be cor
rected and improvements intelligently
directed. Often the men in charge
have their eyes too close to their work
to get a proper perspective.
There is little real difference be
tween public and private business. The
same fundamentals are at the bottom
of both. So it happens that the
efficiency experts are called in to look
over the school and police depart
ments and In a friendly way to suggest
betterments. What was accomplished
for San Francisco as a whole is pro
posed for Harrlsburg with respect to
the two branches named.
Universal military service along rea
sonable lines appears to be gaining
great headway among the people, who
are at last convinced that the United
States is in no more danger of becom
ing militaristic as a result of such
preparedness for national defense than
Switzerland
fofct
I 'piH.KOtjltfaKUk
Bf tho Ex-CommlUeenuui
Penrose men contend that there is
not the slightest chance of the pro
posed investigation of tho conduct of
the State government being given up
and at Philadelphia to-day the final
plans will be made to put through the
Sproul resolution in the upper house.
The idea is to have it reach the lower
house of the General Assembly by
Wednesday. Tho House would act on
it finally a week later. A joint reso
lution takes the same course as a bill
and the Governor has authority to
veto it or to reduce the appropriation.
It has been intimated that Mayor
Smith, -of Philadelphia, has been en
deavoring to obtain harmony and that
some up-state leaders are opposed to
the Penrose course. Neither seems to
be correct. The Penrose people are
preparing to put through the reso
lution with the Salus amendment and
the administration is planning other
amendments and sounding out Demo
crats. Its present plans are to combat
the resolution, but they may be
changed to-day. The Democrats will
naturally support an investigation.
If any overtures to head oft,the
Investigation had been made, the dis
closures about the expenditures of the
Governor and the charges relative to
other departments by the Philadelphia
Public ledger, the Evening Bulletin,
the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times and
other newspapers have destroyed the
chance, declare Penrose men. The
Ledger, which is certainly not a Pen
rose newspaper, and more against than
for the Republican State organization,
has done more in the way of crititcism
of the Governor than anyone else.
—The Philadelphia North American
I to-day belittles the probe and that is
about as far as it goes. The Philadel
phia Record pays that Penrose men
declare they have two-thirds of the
two houses favorable to the probe and
that the resolution will get to the Gov
ernor on February 6. It also says that
the Snyder public service "ripper" will
pass the Senate. Tho Ledger says that
the Penrose-McXichol people have de
fied the Governor to veto the probe and
that they are ready for a battle for
folitical supremacy in Philadelphia,
which is at the bottom of the whole
row.
—According to Washington dis
patches, the national administration
has determined to get into the lime
light again and to put forward a few
prospective candidates for state offices
and Congress by launching its probe
of election methods in this and other
slates. Soon alter the election the
Wilson administration threatened to
investigate election frauds in Pennsyl
vania, notably Philadelphia, but the
soft pedal was put on by some Demo
crats who were rather fearful of start
ing something. There were also inti
mations that the Vares did not want
the probe started in their bailiwick.
Now the word comes fr.om Washing
ton in tho following dispatch: "The
inquiry in Philadelphia, it was learned
to-day, is not the only one now in
progress in Pennsylvania, although
nothing in detail was given out as to
the scope of the inquiries in other
parts of the state, nor is any in
formation obtainable at the present
time as to the outcome of the investi
gations In • Philadelphia other than
that the evidence accumulated points
to infractions of State laws and not
the Federal law. A conference be
tween National Chairman McCormlck
and Attorney General Gregory to-day
is of interest in this connection,
through the known fact that Mr.
McCormlck had laid before the de
partment the Charges of election
frauds in Philadelphia."
| —Congressman W. g. A'are wus
styled the "good angel of education"
in South Philadelphia yesterday by
Judge John Monaghan in a speech de
livered In Philadelphia. The congress
man's'work for schools was referred to.
—During the tirst of a series of con
ferences to be held between Mavor
Smith and the members of tho Phila
delphia ('barter Revision Commission
the attitude of the administration
toward the proposed charter wan.out
lined yesterday by the mayor to mem
bers of the subcommittee of the re
visionists. The mayor has pledged his
support to some of the reforms that
are destined to give the city more
home rule, while others will not in
vite his interest, although he may not
oppose them.
—Plans were completed last night
for a large representation of Central
Democratic Club members at the coro
nation pageant at Washington in
.March and some inquiries were being
made to-day by West End Repub
licans where they were going to come
in. The West Enders would like to
maintain their club identity.
—The Democrats of the city will
have a big time on Jefferson Day if
someone does not forget the date
again. Next Wednesday legislators of
the Democratic faith will be invited to
the club's annual pigroast.
—Auditor General Powell says any
one who wants to throw rocks can
do so.
—Xo one about Capitol Hill can be
found who will sponsor the report that
a bill to Increase the Governor's salary
to $25,000 is to be put through this
session. There is more interest in who
is likely to be the next Governor. Un
der the law. Governor Brumbaugh
could not participate in any salai-y in
crease and the fund for his traveling
and incidental expenses is likely to be
cut down.
—Philadelphia is now going through
another transit row. It involves the
future of the city and the usual pull
ing and hauling Is under way.
—Wllkes-Barre officials have de
clined to get behind the "mine cave"
proposition and it looks as though the
I.ackawanna delegation would have to
to bear the brunt. Unfortunately, the
situation in Scranton Is different from
any other part of the state and not
well understood.
Sartorial Uplift in Kansas
As far as can lie learned there is
not a lull dress suit in Wellsville. Rut
a number of the business men and
some of the younger crowd are ser
iously considering buying Tuxedos,
half brothers to the full dress suit.
There are many advantages to the
Tuxedo, which can be used at infor
mal as well as at most formal oc
casions, and which will answer Tor a
good Sunday suit. Several who would
like to have and wear these suits
ha ve agreed to buy one if as many as
fifteen on twenty others will buy at
the same time. To further the good
cause a local merchant has agreed to
let the buyers have them at cost if a
considerable number will join in or
dering.—From the Wellsville Globe.
The Loyalty of Readers
The readere of newspapers are just
human beings. They are fully capa
ble of understanding the necessity of a
higher price for a newspaper—lf that
necessity is explained to them can
didly. As a body they are not given
to intemperate judgment. As a class
they have in collective form the rea
sonableness of the Individual, the con
siderateness, the senso of fairness. If
it is necessary for a publisher to
charge them more for' his paper—
for their paper—he will not be visited
with their wrath and hostility. He
will find their loyalty undiminished.
The readers of any good newspaper
will stand by that newspaper when
the test comes.—Editor and Publish
er J
HARRISBURG fßg. TELEGRAPH
FLIRTING
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Needs of the City
lfarrisburg, Pa., Jan. 26, 1917
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
East Sunday's snowfall still lies un
touched in most of the streets, includ
ing Green street. Such a system of
street cleaning' is absurd and disgrace
ful. They should he readily and sys
tematically cleaned; residents would
then take pride in having their side
walks cleaned.
A deplorable condition of affairs.
Take the garbage and ash question.
When a breach has been committed in
a contract of such Importance there
should be no hesitation to cancel it
and pronounce it void. The municipal
authorities must undertake the work
and meet the necessary requirements.
Pie-crust promises are aggravating.
Take the police system. The police
men personally seem a nice, civil body
of gjen. They are not to blame if the
system under which they are instructed
tcr perform their duty is entirely old
fashioned and out of date for a city
like Harrisburg.
Where do you have to go when in
need of a constable, leaving the few
traffic men in the heart of the city out
of the question?
If a woman or man Is attacked,
robbed or maltreated throughout the
residential quarters in this city, what
is to be done? Ask the culprit to wait
while you find a telephone and then
ring up 107? In the case of the man,
if he is blessed with physical force,
with a knowledge of pugilism or wres
tling, it mny answer, but what about
the weaker sex or the aged? Why, It
is ridiculous and horrible, particularly
to those with modernized knowledge.
AVe need an up-to-date police sys
tem for the proper protection of its
residents. It can easily be done in
this city. 1 have traveled the large
and small cities of Europe and made
a study of these subjects.
Reformation in these ( matters is
essential for the welfare of the people
of Harrisburg. They need and de
mand it. Yours sincerelv.
BRUCE GREEN*.
1814 Green street.
In Market Square
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Yes, we should have an "isle of
safety" and a public comfort station
in the Square, and Ave have tlirf money
to build them, but there is another
thing to consider—and that is the
traction company.
If the station is built, the safety
standards will probably be removed,
and then where will they hang their
tin box for receiving canceled trans
fers? And another thing, what will
they do with the beautiful old hot
water boiler they have now in the
Square and which they use for stor
ing sand? Both these things are there
—go and sec.
CITIZEN.
Homes For Martins
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
I am very much interested in pro
viding the proper bird boxes for the
martins which visit us each year at
the entrance to (lie bridge on .Market
street. Hundreds of these beautiful
Thirds congregate around Mr. Bales'
provision store, where they attract a
great deal of attention. If the park
authorities woudl look favorably upon
the proposition I should be glad to
contribute $lO toward the erecting of
artistic homes, one to be placed on
each side of the entrance to the bridge.
I mention this place as appropriate
because the insect life seems to attract
them within a hundred yards of this
spot. Will you not place this matter
before your constituents?
Yours very truly,
THOMAS U MONTGOMERY,
State Librarian.
Oldest Paper in Michigan
I From the Kalamazoo Gazette. ]
"The reproduction of the accom
panying bills will be convincing evi
dence of the tremendous increase in
the price of news print paper which
the Gazette is now forced to pay. The
Gazette uses a carload of paper every
ten days, or about 1,000 tons per year.
This supply at the old price would cost
$40,000 n year. 'Figured at the best
price thus far made by any newspaper
for its 1917 supply, $3.25 per 100
pounds at mill, or $3,404 to. b. Kala
mazoo. The Gazette's paper bill for
this year will be $9,000, or an in
crease of $29,000 over the cost of this
single article for iai6."
Wo make this statement to appeal
to the sense of justice of our readers
and to prove to our subscribers how
imperative it is for us to make an in
crease. of subscription rates so'that we
may meet the serious print paper con
dition that has already caused more
than 800 papers to suspend publica
tion.
The raise has been delayed in the
vain hope that conditions would
change and improve, and thus not
force us to make the Increase. But
instead of Improving, conditions are
going from bad to worse and it is now
not a question of the price of print pa
per, but the problem of obtaining a
supply to meet our day-to-day needs.
r
BETHLEHEM STEEL PREPARED
FOR PEACE /IS AS
That the Bethlehem Steel company
is prepared for peace with a program
for rebuilding' Europe, and is* better
prepared for peace now than it was
for war two and one-half years ago,
is the feature of an articl# on the
Bethlehem company, written by David
11. ltiddle, of the editorial staff of the
Philadelphia North American.
Air. Biddle was formerly with the
Harrisburg Telegraph. Since joining
the staff of the North American, he
has made an industrial survey of com
munities of Central and Eastern Penn
sylvania and found unprecedented
prosperity. He is making another tour
of the same communities with a view
to ascertaining the permanence of
prosperity as he found it in 1915. His
account of future prospects of the
Bethlehem Steel company follows in
part:
Bethlehem. Pa., Jan. 23.—There
will be no "war liaby" bubble burst
ing ill Bethlehem when the war ends.
Bethlehem Steel is prepared for
peace with a program for rebuilding
Europe and a plant big enough to car
ry it out.
Even the doubting Bethlehems are
at latft convinced that a plant into
which $23,000,000 lias already been
poured for expansion and which still
goes on growing cannot slip away in
the night. A monthly payroll of $2,-
500,000 and 10,000 new inhabitants
building 1,000 new homes are rather
comforting things to an awakened
pair of "show-me" communities.
The most convincing tiling about
the future of Bethlehem Steel is not
that every department is choked with
orders to 1918, nor that almost every
week a new building goes up, nor any
of the well-known bullish tips to the
market and the street.
But Bethlehem is better prepared
for the coming of peace today than
it was for the coming of war two and
one-half years ago.
In all of Bethlehem's foreign con
tracts for shells and ordnance there is
written a clause which means that
European governments when they no
longer need shells will turn to Bethle
hem for the steel of reconstruction.
It is estimated that war orders total
ing than $100,000,000 are held
here. 11" the war should end tomor
row the foreign governments have
agreed to substitute at once for the
shells they don't want an equivalent
order for commercial steel.
Work Aplenty in I'catf, as in War
With less than half of the produc
tion oC the giant plant going into
munitions making and this to be re
placed with foreign commercial busi
ness when munitions are no longer
needed, ollicials have no hesitancy in
saying tlat the full force of 26,000
men now at work will be needed when
peace is declared.
Sudden peace might, for the mo
ment, halt work in some departments,
it is admitted, but peace will not come
that way, the feeling is here. When
it does come, this steel giant will be
ready to take up the job of putting
Europe on its feet again with a plant
that can make almost anything peace
able that Europe may want.
A constructive program is being
worked out, a program that will keep
lathes turning when no more 14-inch
shells are wanted abroad, a program
that will add new products to the va
ried production of "Schwab's folly."
Crucible steel products are already
being made here, and that line will
be expanded. Ingot and molding
foundries are considered as another
line. There is a possibility that llcth
lehcm will go into the making of
standard parts of steel ships which
will be put together at the throe ship
yards now held by the Schwab inter
ests. All of these possibilities are con
sidered in the program which is to
keep the Lehigh valley filled with
smoke after the battlefields of Eu
rope are cleared.
New Buildings All the Time
There is 110 mushroom growth about
the score of buildings and additions
under construction now. These new
machine shops, new rolling mills, new
blast'furnaces, new power houses, are
permanent expansions ot commercial
departments to handle the demand
for steel which peace cannot stop.
Since the war started $25,000,000
has been spent in building additions
to the plant. Millions more are be
ing spent now or will be spent this
year. One expansion alone is costing
5,000,000.
The capacity of mills in which
structural steel is rolled is being doub
led by a building operation which
started this week. This department
has been Increased 60 per cent, since
the war started. The milling capacity
has already jumped from 73,000 tons
a month to 120,000 tops a month,
and this cnpacity Is to be doubled.
Six new open-hearth furnaces have
been built since August, 1914. A 35-
inch blooming tailll,. five bar and billet
mills have been added. The blast fur
nace capacity of the plant has jump
ed a third. Seven generators, each of
TATJUARY 27, 1917.
■ : .000 kilowatt capacity, have been
added to the electric power plant.
These are the additions to the main
Lehigh plant in the heart of South
Bethlehem. In the Saucon section of
the great works a 42-inch mill for
rolling shapes and two smaller mills
are under construction. A 1,300-ton
mixer, two 220-ton tilling furnaces
and a 25-ton bessemer vessel with all
the auxiliaries of a steel plant are
being installed. This section of the
works will be in operation in June or
July.
. ol which goes .Jo prove that
Bethlehem Steel is prepared to han
dle a good bit more of peace than it
has of war. Even now, it is by no
means all war in this big plant. Less
than half of the daily tonnage of steel
goes into ordnance.
. „ war contracts, said to amount
to $100,000,000, will not be tilled for
another year, if the war lasts that
long. \\ hen the war ends the foreign
governments will merely change the
word "shell" In their cables to the
words "rail beams and shapes," and
Bethlehem will go on reaping the re
mainder of that $100,006,000.
In other departments, the commer
cial steel that the public forgets in
the glamour of war contract headlines
cannot be turned out fast enough to
till the orders. It was stated authori
tatively here today that in nearlv ev
ery department of the plant orders for
the rest of 1917 have been booked.
And some ol' these departments are
booked into 1918.
Although there are 26,000 men em
ployed in the Bethlehem plant now,
there is work for at least 3,000 more
If men could be obtained.
The big problem is not to And
work for men here, but to find houses
for them. N
for them. Although there are 1,000
houses - under construction at this
minute within a radius of five miles
of the Lehigh Valley station, these will
be occupied as fast as the walls are
plastered.
m .9 ct , M< " "v Building Houses
T bis home-building is an interesting
sidelight on the way Bethlehem has
become convinced about the steel busi
ness. A year ago the steel company
was in despair. Men coming from ail
over the Lehigh Valley, from as far
away as Maucli Chunk, Quakertown,
from Easton, Allentown and every lit
tle community within a radius of
twenty miles, wanted to move closer
to their work and save carfare.
But there were no houses. Bethle
hem was not yet persuaded. Land on
the outskirts of Bethlehem and South
Bethlehem had been bought in some
Instances by speculators, but the local
real estate men did not want to take
a running jump into anything but a
sure chance.
They are doing more than running
jumps now. One llrm has already
built seventy-live houses on a tract
where 400 will go up. Half a dozen
local operators are building from
twenty to fifty. On the outskirts of
Bethlehem and on the west side to
ward "Bonus hill," the section where
President Eugene M. Grace and other
officials live, houses under construc
tion are everywhere.
Many of these bouses are beinff
built and paid for by workmen under
a plan supported by the steel com
pany. The men are urged to build
their own homes. The steel company
has backed the Bethlehem Secuiities
Company, which takes second mort
gages on homes and receives monthly
Instalments on the debts. By virtually
advancing these men money to build
their homes, the compujiy has drawn
into the population of the towns men
that would otherwise lrave been lost
to other steel centers.
OUR DAILY LAUGH I !
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The question whether a man can OPH
erate a Jitney while his application)
for a certificate of public convenience)
is pending before the Public Service
commission and the proposition
whether a jitney operating- under |
municipal license requires a State cer
tlflcate* in addition have been raised
before the Public Service Commission
and will be determined during thd
next month. Half a dozen problem*
attending jitney operation have been 4
settled lately by decisions in cases
from Allegheny, Luzerne, and L&cka
wanna counties and it is ahso held by
the commission that a State certifi
cate is needed as well as a municipal
license. However, there have been
some jltneymen who want a new de
cision. The question whether a jit
ney can operate while the certificate!
application is pending has been rais
ed by respondents in some of the
complaints made by Baldwin town
ship, Allegheny county. There are sev
eral dozou jitney cases yet to be
cleared up by the commission and as
fast as the studies of each one are
concluded and application of a pre
vious decision is faund an order is
issued. Probably fifty cases have been
determined in the last month.
• •
Notwithstanding the wintry weath
er numerous applications for younf
trout for "planting" during the spring
are being filed at the State Depart
ment of Fisheries and many thou
sands will be distributed as soon as
the waters are in shape. Most of the
applications are from clubs and as
sociations which have agreed to loolv
after the details of distribution along
trout streams and to make reports to
the department. •
Steelton Firemen's reception to bor
ough residents of the Governor's trooi>
is only one of the lines which will in
time mean closer ties between the
companies of the department. The
affair held In honor of the troopers
was one of the largest celebrations
that Steelton Firemen have held and
they have been congratulated by
prominent residents of the town.
♦ * •
The Bethlehem Steel company plant
at Steelton appears these days to be
the aim of many workers who have
been thrown out of work elsewhere.
Early in the morning there are men
on the street cars who request the
conductor to let them off at the Steel
company's oliices.
Have you ever tried to simulate
civing a perfectly healthy, active pa
tient a batlv in bed with all her street
clothes on'.' If y<ju haven't, and are '
anxious to learn the intricacies ol
the problem in order to be a Red
Cross nurse, you are advised to take
up the course and be initiated. Down
at the Harrisburg hospital there goea
weekly a corps of young ladies whose
most important activities at this time
are along the lines of training in "ele
mentary hygiene" for possible active
service in the e.vent of all-engaging
hostilities with some foreign power.
Nursing as one of tile line arts ap
peals and, judging from the progress
made, it would not be so much of a
hardship to be temporarily laid up
under the care of any one of them.
Bathing babies, using a life sized doll
as the subject, and turning the mat
tress while the patient is in the bed
were two of the stunts learned at tha
most recent class. One willing dam
sel offered herself on 1 the altar ol
instruction and was immediately
smothered into inarticulateness by a
dozen or more blankets dropped on
her from upper regions. Then tlia
others proceeded to "turn the mat
tress." tlnfamiliarity apparently bred
contempt, for the "patient" soon lost
interest in the proceedings.
The State Board of Education has
issued a bulletin In which attention ia
called to what Scranton is doing to
educate its foreigners toward Amen,
can citizenship. lir. J. George Beehf,
the secretary of the board, has been
making a study of the means being
taken in various cities to Americanize
and the method of Scran ton ho de
scribes as follows: "Scranton hua
been holding a series of future citi
zens' meetings for the foreign-born
residents of that city. At these meet
ings addresses are made with the pur
pose of extending a welcome to the
foreigner, to point out the privilege*
a citizen may enjoy, to inform him of
the duties each citizen owes to his
country and to assure him that the
public school authorities have pro
vided means by which he can prepare
himself to obtain the highest gift this
country can offer its friends of foreign
birth--Ainerican citizenship."
• •
"Uncle Ileinrich" Houck appears to
retain his sense of humor even when
threatened with an increase of salary,
in speaking about the bill to advance
his salary if he became chairman of
the Public Utilities commission, ha
said "Now, wouldn't that be nice?"
"What will you do with it when you
get it?" was asked.
i "Oh, divide it with your newspa
permen. Only be sure to come early.''
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE "
—Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia!
says he wants to have the people dis
cuss the new transit proposition a
couple of weeks before he .starts to
talk about It.
—Ernest T. Trigg, the new head of
the Philadelphia Chamber of Com
merce, says that he has no place for
sulkers about that organization and
that he wants all to help.
—John Foley, the Pennsylvania
railroad forester, is the new head of
the American wood preservers' asso
ciation.
—Henry S. Grove, the ship builder,
who wanted to retire as head of
Cramps, has been persuaded to re
main until June.
—William Krickbaum. the Colum
bia county auditor, who haa been
probing accounts of otticials. comes of
a family long prominent In politics
in that county.
| DO YOU KNOW
That Ilarrisburg Is turning out
scows of coal wagons every
month.
- HISTOKIO H.VRHISBVKG
In old times mass meetings used to
be held along the river front instead
of Market Square.
Nation of Ice Cream Eaters
We are rapidly becoming a nation
of ice cream eaters. Last year, take
the word of L. O. Thayer, secretary oL'
the National Association of Ice Cream
Manufacturers, we consumed
more ice cream than ever before In
history, and again Mr. Thayer is the
authority, we paid almost $300,000,-
000 for it.
Japan Our Friend
Japan Is a friend of America. The
Island empire has no ambitions and In
terests that necessarily conflict with
those of the United States. And It Is
now and has been the cardinal prin
ciple of Japanese diplomacy to main
tain a friendship with its greatest cus
tomer. Its first real friend In the family;
,of nations. —Philadelphia Ledger.