12 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TBLBGRAPH PIUNTING CO., Telegraph Bulldlnar. federal Square. ih. J.STACICPOLE, and Editor-in-Chief X'\ R. OYSTER, Business Manager. QUS M. STEINMETZ. Managin e Editor. Member American gg WM nue Building, New lng, P Chlcago, ?U. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ton cents a week; by mall, $5.00 a year In advance. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAX. 31 In the day of prosperity be joyful, ■and in the day of adversity consider; God hath even made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything that shall be after him.—Eccl. 7 THE "KIDDIES' ERIEND" SAMUEL KUNKEL, whose death occurred early to-day, In a long and busy life engaged in many activities of note, but he will be re membered fondly by thousands of people in Harrisburg as the father of "Romper Day." When the playground movement was young in Harrisburg Y. Grant Forrer, then superintendent of parks, conceived the idea of ending each sea son with a "Romper Day," when all the playground classes should gather together at Reservoir Park for a great jollification, the climax of which would be a big picnic dinner. The city budget provided for no such item as groceries, so Mr. Forrer laid his plan before Mr. Kunkel, with a request for aid. The result was that Mr. Kunkel shouldered the whole financial re sponsibility and has borne it each year from that time to the present. As the "kiddies' friend" he was known to all the boys and girls of the city. He was the patron saint of the playground and as such will be held In dear remembrance by those who were his beneficiaries. Who will take his place? There is nothing uncommon in Sam uel Gompers saying that his marriage anniversary and that of his devotion to labor occur on the same date. Most men become devoted to labor about the time of their marriage. A GREAT OAK ONE of the ancient philosophers in a brilliant moment remarked that great oaks from little acorns grow; and we thought of that truism when we learned that Lehigh and Northampton counties had been added to the William Penn counties of Pennsylvania—those counties through whtch the William Penn Highway passes and in which are to he found organizations boosting earn estly for better roads for Pennsylva nia. The William Penn Highway Asso ciation was formed in this city late in March of last year. To-day in 18 counties of the State there are very active branches, the object of which Is the furthering of the good roads movement. There were six hundred delegates at the organization meeting last spring; the association expects "three timea that representation at the annual meeting in Harrisburg the fourth Monday in the coming March. Do good roads associations help the good roads movement? Let Huntingdon county answer that question. In that county two miles of concrete-filbertine road have been completed since the formation of the William Penn Highway Association ■and an additional two miles required to complete the link between Hunt ingdon and Mill Creek will be finished before the coming summer is half gone. The William Penn-Lincoln • Highways crossover between Hunt ingdon and Everett will bo completed before December 1. affording tourists on either road a permanent thorough fare on which to reach the other. The highway between Union Furnace and Birmingham is to be permanentized and shortened this summer, two grade crossings eliminated and a rickety iron bridge replaced with one of con crete, thanks to concerted action on the part of the Pennsylvania railroad and Huntingdon v and Blair counties. The borough of Hunt ingdon is to issue bonds for SIOO,OOO, every penny of which Is to go into street improvement—the Wil liam Penn Highway being permanen tized in its entirety in the borough. Those are a few of the things Hunt ingdon county has been doing since one of its foretnost citizens, E. M. C. Africa, aided in the organization of the William Penn Association. But other counties can also report prog ress. The coming summer will see •the elimination of the dangerous ,grade crossing at Speecevllle, this county; the construction of a perma nent roadway in the bed of the old canal near Speecevllle, and the im provement of the road above Dauphin through the application of an asphalt impregnated oil, thus doing away with the killing dust that has made that drive an annoying one. Cambria county this summer will see the link ing up of all permanent roads between Johnstown and Cresson, whereby Johnstown will have permanent road WEDNESDAY EVENING, through to Millerstown; all-weather shale from Millerstown to Clarks' Ferry; good roads from the ferry to Dauphin; permanent highway into Harrisburg from Dauphin; and, when the Berks-Dauphin turnpike is im proved this spring, all-weather and excellent macadam, oil or asphalt treated, into Reading. Over In Mont gomery county it will be possible be fore long to travel from border to border on a permanent William Penn road. We mention these instances merely to show that the William Penn High way Association has grown from a little acorn to a great oak. Only this week it was asked to bring its methods to beat- in Washington county, where enthusiasts propose a million-dollar bond issue for better roads. Its activ ities are State-wide, thanks to the In defatigable men who are back of it — among whom is William Jennings of Harrisburg. When busy men give their services free to a movement, that movement is bound to succeed. As a "great oak" in the movement for bet ter roads the William Penn Highway Association is an unqualified success. Pour potato warehouses were burned at Houlton. Me. Somebody must have been reading Charles Lamb's "Essay on Roast Pig." THE CHARITY ISA 1.1. THE annual Charity Ball was an unqualified success, not only In attendance and brilliancy, but because every penny outside the box rentals goes directly to charity. Those who paid for the boxes bore all the expenses of the whole entertainment, so that the full price of each ticket Roes to the treasury of the Assoolated Aid Societies, which is a very worthy organlzatioli very greatly in need of tinancial assistance. The principles and objects of the Associated Aid Societies in brief are these: To investigate thoroughly and without charge, the oases of all ap plicants for relief which are re ferred to the association for in inquiry, and to send the persons having a legitimate interest in such cases, full reports of the results ot investigations. To provide visitors who shall personally attend cases, needing counsel and advice. To ohtain from the proper chari ties and charitable individuals ade quate relief for suitable cases. To procure work for poor per sons who are capable of being wholly or partially self-support ing. To prevent pauperism and de pendence, to discourage begging and giving alms without adequate investigation, to expose deliberate imposture or fraud, to not merely palliate distress but to relieve it per manently and, in every case, to de velop all the possibilities of self help. To promote the general welfare of the poor by social and sanitary reforms and by the inculcation of habits of providence and self-de pendence. To help children in trouble, with out restriction as to race, creed, or color, but providing for them with due regard to their religious faith. To place children in need in good private families, preferably in the country, with or without the pay ment of board. To select these foster homes by careful Investigation as to their fit ness. To supervise the. children after placement bv frequent and regular visits, by paid agents or by ap pointed represenatives. Last year 758 families were aided; 230 children were placed in good homes, and 5,254 visits were made. In carrying on this work the Society handled for the Dauphin County Poor Board, the Harrisburg Benevolent As sociation and the Anti-tuberculosis Society, including its own work, more than $15,000, all of which enured to the benefit of the poor and needy of our community. (he direction of Jolin Yates the Associated Aid Societies has en larged its activities and its sphere of usefulness, and as its work increases so do also its needs. The Charity Ball receipts will be no more than a drop in the bucket. They will help ma terially, but for all that Mr. Yates finds himsqff in sore need of stronger sup port than he has ever received. PAY FOII PERSONAL LUXURY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE REDFIELD believes that an occasional taste of life on the ocean wave is beneficial to his health and that of his friends. About a year ago the Coast and Geo detic Survey, after a personal inspec tion by Mr. Redfield, spent about $60,- 000 for the beautiful new yacht, the Isis, then lying in Boston Harbor. The boat was ostensibly to be used in tak ing soundings in connection with the work of the survey, but after the pur chase, instead of applying the white paint usually found on coast survey steamers, about $20,000 was expended in erecting deck houses of teakwood and otherwise furnishing the yacht in a style comparing favorably with that of a multi-millionaire. The Isis is now lying at one of the wharves on the river front at Wash ington, and almost every day, when the weather permits, takes aboard a junketing party of the Secretary and his friends to pleasantly whilo away some hours on the Potomac river or Chesapeake Bay. Thus do we see in real life the vaunted "economies" of the Democratic party. CIVIL SERVICE TESTS EVADED THE annual report of the Civil Ser vice Commission, recently sent to Congress, contains the usual list of appointments made by order of the President without regdrd to the Civil Service Rules. During the past year there were 14 such appointments. As a result of a careful investigation of the merits of each case the commission reports that it was able to concur in only 22 instances, less than 20 per cent. Of course, the only explanation of the bal ance of the appointments is that they were dictated by "political necessity." Another significant in the same report is that while there was a decrease of 8 per cent, in the number of persons examined for ap pointment there was an increase of 18.5 per cent, in the number ap pointed. The Prussian income tax is $33,000,- 000, and President WllscAi, not to be outdone by the Kaiser, Is now think ing of taxing incomes down to $1,200, and that accomplished, no doubt the unskilled laboring man, whose burden is quite enough already, will be next. INDIAN DICE—FOUR DEUCES IN ONE Byßrigg. j — ———— ————————Z=^ z—=—^ \ IN ONC ! " Tl CCRT'KLY ( | IP/WG IT- |OU *®OR FISM, IT'S GOOD I (J* Ha 1 L r V J Ya Go.mg To CERT'NLy! I Viwu \JJR ( / S/A LEAVE FOUR I'D LEAVE FoUK Nuw wfc v coupla / ) 'ZiZZyY U'U ©EWCES \AJeaxcu ' | 'PtKKOljCotUua ■ By the Ex-Commltte(naa I While Senator William C. Sproul's action in postponing consideration of the resolution for investgation of gov ernment in Pennsylvania in the Sen ate yesterday within twenty hours of the time when a motion to postpone was voted down is declared by State administration people and newspapers to be a sign of weakness, the Penrose people are emphatic in asserting that they will have the votes to pass the resolution on Monday night. Mean while rumors persist that the explan ation given by the Delaware senator that there was an agreement for post ponement was correct. It is under stood that the resolution was deferred by a "gentlemen's agreement" and It is also pretty well understood that there are moves on to relieve what some one has aptly termed "a tense situation." Notwithstanding Governor Brum baugh's letter it is not believed that the State administration is shouting for an investigation and many of the men high in the Penrose councils are fearful of what the effect may be. It is doubtful whether the Republicans ufter it is all over would be in as good shape to go before the people of Pennsylvania as they were after the Capitol furnishing probe ten years ago. It is now recognized that investiga tion is playing the Democratic game and talk about the Democrats block ing any probe into the way Pennsyl vania lias been governed and politics played is sheer nonsense. —Whether any peace notes have been llittering through Capitol corri dors no one will say. It is intimated that about midnight Monday there was a lot of discussion going on which may have far reaching consequences. The Penrose people are committed to an investigation and will go through with it. Whether in view of the whol ly outside newspaper attacks on the Governor and the disclosures regard ing his expenditures the Penrose men will make any onslaught of their own on the Executive is a matter for the fu ture. It is said that the Governor has been given some intimations that there is a way to peace, but that it would call for removals from high places. —Attorney General Brown says that like the Governor he is ready for any investigating any one wants to make. The Attorney General says the records of his department are open and so are the court dockets. It is said that Mr. Brown lias appeared in court for his firm only a few times since he became Attorney General and that he has had to give up his Satur day, which he devoted to private busi ness, because, of people who want to talk about State affairs. —The Philadelphia North Ameri can, Pittsburgh Dispatch and Phila delphia Press say that Penrose lacked the votes to put through the Sproul resolution and the Press says that it is all up to the Democrats who can get an investigation in any form they want. The North American says the Democrats have the balance of power, but the Democratic Philadelphia Rec ord says that there has only been a cessation of hostilities and that the fight will be resumed Monday. It rather intimates that the Democrats want the row to be -as brisk as possi ble. The Philadelphia Ledger says that the Democrats now have the whip hand and that the Vare strength was a shock to the Penrose people, while the Philadelphia Inquirer says that there will be thirty votes on Monday night Tor the Sproul resolution, and that It will go through whether the adminis tration likes it or not. The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times also predict that the resolution will have votes to spare when the test comes and that It will go through the House. —Luzerne county saloonkeepers are up in the air over the activities of the people who are opposing licenses this year. Some evidence is being gathered and with the experience or Northumberland county In mind the keepers of some places are nervous. —Mayor Smith, of Philadelphia, may postpone his trip to the south if things become too hot in the Legisla ture. None of the Philadelphia bills put in an appearance this week, and it is ijaid that the Penrose faction is showing Its dissatisfaction with the Mayor. —Montgomery county is having a grand old scramble for the vacant post of county commissioner which pays $4,000. Ex-Insurance Commissioner Charles Johnson will name the man. —Henry A. Bombcrger, who is now signing himself as the State Chairman of the Progressive party, is hinting around for a conference of Pennsyl vania Progressives here soon to gal vanize the Progressive party, whose otticial representatives In the form of HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH the Washington party State committee were put out of pain by William Elinn and A. Nevin Detrich last summer. The State administration has been an nouncing itself as the heir of the Pro gressives and the manner in which the ex-Washingtonians will act towa.ni the conference will be worth watching. Most of the big men rti the Progres sive party in this State were active for Hughes and William Flinn was a Hughes elector. —Schuylkill Democrats are afraid that the appointment of the Shenan doah postmaster will start a ruction that will disturb the whole anthracite region, where the Democratic State bosses are making efforts to smooth things out in advance of the next gub ernatorial election. The Democratic bosses are inclined to be very much miffed over the activities of some of the Democrats who want to rufflfe the waters and may try to discipline them. —H. F, Rice, Dr. W. H. Hoffa, J. B. Mcllenry, W. C. Vought, D. W. Ilicks, C. L. Sands and C. P. Girton are among the men mentioned for the va cancy in the office of sheriff of Colum bia county, which is to be filled by the Governor. —Hazieton is facing a pretty lively election for councilmen and there are almost as many candidates for the places as there are in Harrisburg. —Major General C. M. Clement is being boosted for the vacancy on the Public Service Board but it is declared by friends of the Governor that he has no intention of makihg any selection now. —Under all of the bills relative to salaries of county commissioners Dauphin county's commissioners woifid be paid $3,000. —Twenty-one members of the Leg islature have gone on record as op posed to the removal of Coacli Fol well at the University of Pennsylva nia. .They are all University of Penn 7 sylva'iia men. —The liill to change the power of pppointmi-nt of mercantile appraisers lor Philadelphia so that the local au thorities shall not have a finger in ihe pie came out of committee in the Senate yesterday afternoon. It is due to go up to Governor. —Democratic legislators will attend the annual pigroast of the Central Democratic Club to-night. There Nwill be some speeches and some comments upon the outlook, which is always line for Democrats in midwinter. —Secretary of Agriculture Charles E. Patton, whose appointment will likely be attacked in the State, was before members of the House appro priations committee yesterday to ex plain the deficiency items. It is prob-' able that he will have some reductions made. —Members of the House committee on military affairs will likely have a conference with the Adjutant General about the Dithrich bill to provide for the difference between the pay of Guardsmen in federal service and in National Guard service. The bill in stead of taking $1,500,000 would re quire over $3,000,00*0. —"Talk of a new anthracite mine code is being heard. Chief Roderick has been urging one for years, but the operators and workers could never agree. —The Senate committee in charge of the Public Service "ripper" plans consideration of the measure next week. It is said that the bill will be reported out in the Senate within the coming month. —Judge J. N. Langham, of the In diana courts, has disciplined a num ber of the saloonkeepers of his coun ty by refusing to give them licenses for a while. Several were refused outright. ... —The Anti-Saloon League and the Local Option committee held meetings yesterday in Philadelphia and planned their campaign. . Regards It as a Condition Richard Cleveland, a son of the late former President Cleveland, is report ed as one of the leaders of a revolt against the club system at Princeton. If he has the stick-to-lt-iveness of his father that club system has some live ly times ahead of it.—Pittsburgh Post. The Chief Trouble The trouble about the egg situation is that the speculators and not the hens are now laying for the cus tomer.—Arkansas Gazette. A Sensitive Institution The seismograph at Georgetown, D. C., is so sensitive that It will clearly record a slight earthquake in far-off Borneo, but the New York stock mar ket will go all to pieces In an hour over something that never happened, anywhere!— Boston Advertiser. Meat For meat destroy not the work of GQd. All things indeed are pure; but it Is evil for that man who eateth with offense.—Romans 14: 20. Robbing God Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offer ing!.—Malachl 111, 8, IMMENSE By S. W. STRAUS, President American Society For Thrift STATISTICS show that only about 35 per cent, ot the timber cut iii the forest now reaches the consunn r, most of the remainder be ing wafted', 40 ppr cent, of the coal is lost in the seam, so far as beneficial utilizat on is concerned. It is pointed out that millions of barrels of oil Is lost, and that a condition equally as bad exists in connection with natural gas and many other natural resources. Chicago is beginning to reap the results of a thrift campaign through a system of municipal junk collec tion, sorting and then selling it after competitive bids have been received by the city. This old scrap iron, cop per, lead and wire that formerly was consigned to the junk heap has in creased the municipal revenue over SIOO,OOO in the past year. School No. 10, Indianapolis, Ind., has been very successful in its experi ments in teaching thrift. The class began by making observations of a pupil's waste during school-time with, regard to his own materials, time and energy. They extended this, then, to the equipment furnished by the school for academic work, manual training, and domestic science. Pupils com peted with one another to see who could make tablets, pens, pencils and other essentials last the longest. In the Trenches ' fKditor's Note: The writer of these verses went to the French front with the first Canadian contingent and lias seen his full share of. war. He here expresses, the general sentiment of his comrades.] "I 'ate these bleedin' trenches. And I 'ate the bloomin' guns. I'm sick of smellin' stenches From wat's left of last year's Huns, I'm tired of jam and 'Bully,' And I'm 'eartily sick of stew. I'm tired of lillin' sand bags; I'm fed-up with 'standin'-to.' But— , I'd rather be 'ere than be slaekln' at 'ome. \ "I've 'ad me fill of fightin'— Twenty months and sotne-odd more— And I've given up 'opes of waitin' For the finish of the war. Nearly all my pals 'ave 'copped it,' Since we stopped the Huns at Yeeps. Some are back for good in 'Blighty'; Most are here in France —for keeps. Still— I'd rather he 'ere than be slackin' at 'ome. "Yet I mustn't be complalnln", For wot Is 'as got to £>e. Though I 'ates like 'ell, remalnin", In the mud of Picardy While a mob of sleek-faced slackers Gets exemption. It ain't right, That the cowards get the preference, An' the REAL men got to fight! But— I'm glad that I'm 'ere and not slackin' at 'ome." —Lieut. Gordon Hill Grahame, In Leslie's. LAST WORD OF THE RED MAX Look ye, my brothers, the canyon fills with sun. The mist of early morning la rising to the sky— Far off I hear the calling of silver water, falling. Far ofT I hear it echo, and hear the echo die. Look ye, my tribesmen, the canyon fills with sun; The white man's day is dawning, the red man's day is done. Listen, my brothers, and hear me as I speak: The white man came with laughter, the laugh of guns, aflame, I His fire-water maimed us, his culture crushed us, tamed us; He took our country from us, and left ire only shame! Listen, my tribesmen, and hear me as I speak: We fled, they followed after —now we are few and weak. Far off, my brothers, across the rocky steeps. The star-light softly beaming, will show another land. Where hunting moons shine ever, and war cries circle never. Where there will be no white .man who does not understand! Far off, my tribesmen, across the rocky steeps. There lies a land where, dreaming, the red man's spirit sleeps. Heed ye, my fbrothers, this word may -be my last, Hero facing toward the morning, I make my sunrise prayer. For there is One to love us—to raise His hand above us. Ah, though our race Is dying, there still is One. to care! Heed ye, my tribesmen,' this word may be my last: Our God smiles from the dawning, although pur day is past! —Margaret E. gangster, Jr., in the Christian Herald. JANUARY 31, 1917. Waste in the house was the next Phase discussed. It included waste in the choice of amusements, read ing, and in methods of home study and of performing what tliev termed their "chores." The reports of the fortunes realized by associations and municipalities in the conservation of the dump heap and the reports ot' the local fire marshal were introduced to show the waste through carelessness of preventable fires. The Civics class made some investigation as to local waste of natural resources and visited some mills and factories to observe thrift methods. Magazine and newspaper articles on the subject were read in the Eng lish class where stories of success through thrift were related, likewise themes were written on various phases of the subject. The most concrete example of the subject's possibilities has been the amount of money made by selling old newspapers and magazines they had collected. Through all these simple mediums the pupils of this school have added a new word to their vocabularies— Thrift, and it will prove, as it has proven to all its devotees, the founda tion stone to successful careers. The Gracious Josephus Mr. Daniels said to-day that he would not consider permitting Hadflelds, Ltd., to carry out the contract if the British government insisted on postponing de livery until after the war.—Washing ton Despatch. That is gracious of Josephus. At the same time, we do not see how he could coerce the British government. New York Sun. Holy Spirit Flower The "dove" orchid, which is found only in Panama, is so called owing to the resemblance of the heart of the blossoms to a dove with outstretched wings. Tiie Ilower is a waxy creamy white, and the plant, unlike most or chids, grows from a bulb planted in the earth. The natives of Panama call it the "Spiritual Sanctus," or Holv Spirit flower, and regard it with great rever ence.—Wide World Magazine. Unconventional Wedding The marriage of Coyle De Lislie of Salamanca and Miss Eva Brookmlre was solemnized at the liortve of the bride's parents, Jamestown, Saturday. Th couple were unattired.—Salamanca Republican Press. OUR DAILY LAUGH THEY, LI KB Are goats flB JR fond of music? YYMjj 1 should say ykUJ Jj I ■ so. I had one r M I I that ate up fifty i dollars worth of Ij| J ph6nograph nc- BTONE WALL? CgjSSpT Why do they call It Wall street? ( Bump up against It and / yonll And out" )*. uTjJ| IN A DEBUL -370 TORY WAY. ( * hear Reggy Ja s Is looking for II Rml work 7#mi es ' witil * I! monocle. JJ9 fitting Cljat During the last several years, a num. ber of Harrlsburg's churches have awakened to the progressive Idea ol opening their doors for other than religious services. Last Sunday an other uptown church, the Covenant Presbyterian, Fifth and Pefter streets, was added to the list of churches operating social or community cen ters. Members of the Derry Street United Brethren Church and the B. F. Stevens Memorial Methodist Church are working hard to have these com munity centers established in thoii churches. The following churches now boast of the community centers: St. Andrew's Episcopal, Camp Curtln Me morial Methodist, St. Paul's Episcopal, Boyd Memorial Hall of the Pine Street Presbyterian Church, Cathedral Hal) of the St. Patrick's Catholic Cathedral, St. Francis' Roman Catholic, and Covenant Presbyterian. There is a whole lot of talk about the ice gorge between Harrlsburg and Safe Harbor. Some folks think it will not amount to much. Those who know something about gorges will not take any chances. No one knows what is going to happen as a result of an ioa gorge. During the winter of 1904 there was a gorge that had the Penn sylvania Railroad blocked on its Columbia branch until late in the spring. No one expected there would be trouble. The ice moved off at intervals and then "freeze-ups" oc curred. The ice gorged to the bottom of the river. When high water cams it was not strong enough to move the ice. As late as July there were large cakes of ice along the river near Marietta. Blasting was necessary to get the tracks cleared and the Penn sylvania Railroad had a force of sev eral hundred men working day and night for three months clearing up its property. If a bill presented in the Senate by Senator Charles H. Kline, of Alle gheny county becomes a law the way will be open for Dauphin county to unite with the State in securing some improvement of roads in this county which have been declared State high ways, but which, owing to- the heavy demands for State funds can not be reconstructed at this time. In Mc- Kean county the people voted three quarters of a million dollars to match State appropriations and by this new legislation it will be possible to have counties undertake big improvements such as along the Susquehanna or out Jonestown road or something like that. That the war in Europe has stimu lated Interest in chemistry and created a demand for chemists has been gen erally understood, but that it has taken many boys into college with the purpose of becoming experts in chemi cal research and especially the dye In dustry was the assertion of President Sparks of State College who when in this city recently said that the chemistry class at State this year is much larger than ever. AVhen the war is over this country does not mean to yield easily the progress it has made toward making its own dyes and chemicals and it is the increased de mand for men trained in these lines that has taken the boys into school. David Tate Cramer, whose death oc curred in Mifflin this week, was one of the most charming story-tellers among the veterans of the railroad who gathered at the annual reunions of the "vets" here and elsewhere. James McCrea, who was his close per sonal friend once said to him: "Dave, what you ought to do is quit railroad ing and go to magazine writing. The experiences you have had, the men you have known and the wealth of historical lore at your disposal with out a moment's research would, to gether with your ability to tell a story, earn for you far more than the Pennsy will ever pay you." This stimulated Mr. Cramer to write at odd moments for newspapers. , With him died many wonderful stories of the days of the old canal and of the building and his tory of the Pennsylvania Railroad, with which he was connected since his early boyhood. He was aged 81 at his death. It is a long: way off until summer time, but Palm Beach suits are being ordered. Purchasers are not prospec tive visitors to the South. According to the information received, one local dealer has already booked orders for twenty-two Palm Beach suits. They will be delivered not later than April 1. No explanation is given for this rush for summer wear. Orders have been coming in with pleasing regular ity and the dealer is not kicking one bit, nor is he asking any questions. 'A call for an undertaker before a person has died is a rare thing. The other day one of the Steelton foreign element called at one of the borough's undertaking establishments and in formed the proprietor that he ex pected a friend of his to die in a few hours and that he should be prepared to take him away at once as other members of the household were "afraid of him." •• * • Among visitors 1o the city yesterday was 11. S. Meyer, the acting mayor of Williamsport. Mr. Meyer succeeded lo the office when Jonas Fischer retired after proceedings had been started against his citizenship. Mr. Meyer was here on third-class city legislative matters. * • • The Welfare League of Lemoyne. plans many big things for the oomlnff year in the way of municipal improve ment. The League Is anxious to es tablish a closer tie in social activities and cultivate a "enjoy yourself In your home town" spirit. The League plans social functions at intervals during the summer. * • • Ex-Mayor Ira L. Stratton. of Read ing, prominently mentioned for public service commissioner, was at the Cap itol yesterday. lie was in Harrisburg on the Third Class City League mat ters. TOL KNOWN PEOPLE —W. T. Ramsey, chairman of the House rules committee, who will head the mines committee, is In the coal business at Chester. —E. W. McSparren, Schuylkill Haven banker, will become active in afTairs of the Allentown Trust Com pany. —W. H. Bollman is again head of the Lebanon Fair Association with which he has been identified for years. —Prof. Arthur W. Goodspeed, mem ber of the faculty committee on ath letics at the University of Pennsylva nia, got Into hot water some years ago by comtemptuous reference to news papermen as a class. Now he Is a storpi center In the Folwell matter. —Dr. W. D. Martin, named as a. delegate to the Road Builders' confer ence, is the father of Good Roads day in Pennsylvania. | DO YOU KNOW | That Harrisburg manufactures tons of pretzels every twenty-four hours. HISTORIC HARRISBURG The first United States court was held for this district in Harrisburtt about 1796,