14 IARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME v Founded jJ it 'ub'ished evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PIUXTINU CO., Telegraph IlulldloK, Federal .Square. iJ.STACKPOLE, Prcs't end Editor-in-Chief ' OlSrtjß, Business Manager* US M. STEINMETZ. Managing Uditor. j. Member American S Newspaper l'ub ' People's Gas Build Jntered at the Post Office In Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a <H!|iaSl3Kl3M3> week; by mail. $.">.00 a year in aavance. FRIDAY EVENING. FEB. 2 IDo not worry; eat three square als a (lay; say your prayers; be trteous to your creditors; keep your yestion good; exercise; go slow i go easy.—Abraham Lincoln. THE GERMAN VIEWPOINT "MIE German viewpoint back of the proposed ruthless U-boat ■warfare becomes clearer with e progress of events. Germany uits peace; wants it -with all the tensity of a man overboard in a rbulent sea grasping at a life eserver, and willing to make any criflce to the main end. Germany facing defeat, and knows it. Defeat Bans radical changes in Germany d the shattering of Hohenzollern ibitions. The German people have en convinced, rightfully or mis kenly, that the allies mean to crush nd dismember their country. They ave been led to believe they are s'hting a pack of merciless wolves. ■ the submarine they see their only railable weapon, and they intend to Irtkc with that regardless of who ly be hit. |We in America view the matter dlf ■rently. We see Germany facing de sat—but that is no matter of great loment to us. Germany plunged into lis war realizing that one side or the ther would be beaten —so let her ike the medicine she prepared for le other fellow. In the U-boat cam algn we see the rights of neutrals B the sea invaded, and wo might and for that, as we have to a cer lin degree in the British blockade, ut when it comes to snuffing out the Ires of peacefully inclined American ■izens, on American boats under the flag by the warships of a! Hon nominally at peace with us, . is a far different matter, the outcome of this submarine Dntroversy depends the Issue of the' r ar. If Germany can starve out Eng- j tnd a peace favorable to the Central j owers may he reached. If, the suh larine fails as an instrument of block de, then Germany must tight it out > the bitter end on land or yield to lie allies* terms. Our own part in the drama of 'orld events now being enacted may e determined ut any moment within he next day or two. The President as the most difficult task of his career efore him and all true Americans pray earnestly that he will be ulded by that divine power which we elleve has intervened in our destinies t every crisis in the history of the ation. It's going to cost more to l>e sick in [erchantville. N. J. The doctors have aised prices, the druggists are going o and the only reason the trained urses have not is that there are none u the town. DAYLIGHT SAVING rHE New York Sun, characteris tically Munseylstlc In its deter mination not to see things as thers Bee them, banishes the day ight saving proposal to the outer arkness of oblivion with one tlourisli f its editorial wand. "On hot summer days t lie only Measurable hours are those after 7 or o'clock in the evening," suys the iun, and continues, "a gentle coolness irevades the air, and the worker in lis shirt sleeves ca'n sit restfully for , space enjoying the refreshment of iarknessj ill general he is too tired to cad or otherwise divert himself and' 10 wishes only to bide in comfort on he unlighted porch or in a shadowy oom by the open window." It's a pretty picture. Isn't It; Work ngman too dogged tired to do any blng but drag himself home, eat a rugal meal and flop exhausted into a hairi no ambition to improve his Bind by reading, or romp a bit with lis children or enjoy any one of the bousand or more outdoor amusc aents and recreations that are popular n summer. Just work, and eat, and lop and sleep, and work, and eat, ind flop and sleep, ad infinitum, that's the Sun's Idea of how the vorkingnuin lives, and it may be a (erfectly accurate description so far is New York is concerned, although ve doubt it, but it is certainly far rom true In Harrisburg, Wo are not ibove calling ourselves workingmen, re who make the newspaper you are eading, and we know that "flopping" ■ not the most popular form of out loor amusement with us on a Sum ner's day, or any other day, for that natteF, Going to work an hour earlier in he morning and quitting an hour larller in the afternoon will get a inanimous vote in Ilarrisburg. Peo FRIDAY EVENING, pie have spent thousands upon thou sands of dollars on their playgrounds, and parks and nthletlo fields and the river basin and they want time to en- Joy them—daylight time, if you please. The tennis courts, the baseball dia monds and the golf courses are run ning every summer day when rain is not falling until It Is too late to see a ball, and are deserted reluctantly by those who do not have any too much time for the sports they love. Wo are an outdoors loving people and we want all the daylight we can have. The days are all too short at best. Mere existence "biding in com fort on the unlighted porch" may bo all very well for New York, and once In a while for Harrisburg, but in this city we live and enjoy life. AVe are for the additional hour of daylight, and we hope we are going to get it. Merit appears to have won out over politics at the U. of P. Politics lias not worked out very well in the construc tion of winning football teams. THE DAY OF THE JINGO THE jingo is having his turn at bat. The strained relations with Germany has given him a place at the home plate and ho is flourish ing his club as though he meant to make a homo run with the bases full. He is for America against the world, or for the world against America, It doesn't matter much to him. Just so It Is sensational enough and blood-curd ling enough. In the next few days we shall hear all manner of things that may happen to us or that we can do to the other fellows. We shall hear that the army and the navy have marvelous schemes for offense and defense the secrets of which have been carefully guarded. We shall hear also that we are utterly unprepared to defend ourselves, that the land teems with spies and that all our innermost weaknesses are known and catalogued, and that we are de feated before we begin to fight, if fight we must. All of which will bo balder dash. We may be unprepared to a degree, but we have "the makings," and there never was a period in our history when we were as ready to turn out an army fully equipped for the field as at this very moment. Nor was there ever a crisis that found us so well able to turn our attention quickly to the making of submarines and larger ships, or any other of the. instruments of modem war. Under the circumstances, there is little chance in any event of an at tempt at invasion, and should that contingency eventually arise wo shall be ready to meet it as never before. Say what we will, and criticise as we may, vast things for the defense of the realm have been accomplished in the past year, and much of it because we have been called upon to provide vast quantities of fighting materials for the warring nations. Let the jingo rage or despair, as suits his mood; the thoughtful citizen will not he alarmed by his ravings. THE FARMKit ANI) THE PUBLIC THE New York Clty Club got a new angle on the food situation when 8. J. Lowell, president of the New York State Grange, told them that the 120,000 farmers of New York were going to have something to say about any system of food adjust ment, and that if New Yorkers wanted things to eat, good food and more food. It was time they admitted the tiller of the soli into their councils. He said that in view of the constantly decreasing number of farms and the increasing number of persons in New York city who wanted to eat, it was liigli time the farmer got some con sideration, and incidentally some more money. Said lie: The members of the Housewives* League came up to Albany to talk about the fOod problem, and how ■ their bills for food were too high, and each one of them wore more jewels and l'urs than a farmer could buy for his wife if he sold his farm and everything else he had. The President of the United States told the farmers, in talking of the crop situation. "You must never let this happen again." The President meant to say that the farmers were not on to their Jobs, Hut the President did not know that about a year ago we had some very warm weather and many of the fruit crops were ruined by pre mature buuding and that-caused the shortage. The President of the United States said that must never happen again. If the President of th United States will tf 11 me how to heat up cold air and to cool off hot air I will guarantee that the crops will be annual. Tl.e farmer works hard and gets little. You have been talking about putting embargoes on food, on what we raise. What will that mean? It will mean that we will ston growing food. We have learned that we can now get more money from half a crop than we can get from a whole crop. And for your sukes I say that is a bad lesson for us to learn. My farm ran me in debt this year. The lot of the Xew York farmer is getting to be a poor one. You rich people pay such high wages that you (jet our hands away from us, and we can't cultivate our acres. Here we have two radical views diametrically opposed and both biased and unfair, as radical views are apt to be. The Housewives' league of New York should know better than to lay the present high prices at the door of the farmer. To be sure, he takes the best price for his products the market affords. But nearlM everybody is doing that. Every man who tries to get a raise of pay Is endeavoring to advance the- price of his product— which is labor. That is the natural course of events, it Is to be expected. However, the farmer is not to blame for the prevailing high cost of vege tables and other farm wares. In most cases a middleman—possibly two of them—add their profits to the farmer's price, and the consumer pays the freight. On the other hand, the farmer who could not make his farm pay last year will never make money growing things. Either he is no good as a farmer, his farm is badly located, or it is incapable of profitable cultiva tion. instead of blaming the House wives' League for having money to spend he should look where the blame really lies.. What is needed are belter market ing and distributing facilities, To a largo degree that would solve the difficulty, but nothing will be gained by farmers calling city people hard numcs or by city folks calling the SEEIN' BIS ' wiT iw/e*tStei awaiNwe y. CONWION PERMANENT RESIDENT OF r' WICK WUEtt (iROUNOIWG Hw: Ht bKUUN [)H()(r THIS . but HE MW FOP GROUND m farmer thief and robßer. "While they are thus engaged the middleman runs off with the bone over which they are bickering. Ut By the Ex-Oommlttetnuui United States Senator Boies Pen rose went the rumors that the Legis lature would not adjourn sine die this spring but take recesses in order to act on the gubernatorial vetoes and to hear investigation reports a few better in a statement made at Philadelphia last night. He said that there was a possibility that the General Assembly might not formally adjourn during the rest of the Brumbaugh adminis tration. Arrangements would be made to have the Legislature ready to respond to any call, the employes to be paid only for service rendered. The senator made this statement in connection with a specific declar ation that the investigation of go\ em inent in Pennsylvania, could not be halted. The public demand for it, said the senator, is too strong. He added that while in Western Penn sylvania he had found much desire for probing. The senator said that even if the Governor demanded the resignation of Attorney General Brown, which no one thinks he would do under liny circumstances, it would not halt the investigation, adding that the Governor "had passed over his prerogatives" early In his term to the Vares and the Attorney General. —The Philadelphia Record in a re view of the situation from a Demo cratic standpoint, has this to say: "A veto by Governor Brumbaugh will not delay or hinder the plans of the pro posed investigation. Senator Penrose said that, the most famous investiga tion in the fountry was that of the Lexow Commision in New York, which was made entirely without a State appropriation. Plenty of funds, he said, would be provided by patriotic citizens to carry on the probe. The possibility of the Legislature remain ing in session until late in December and probably longer than that was predicted by the senior senator. Sev eral long recesses will intervene, but he intimated there was no doubt that it would be one of the longest, if not the longest, session in the history of the SJate. Talk that the Legislature be kept ready 1o convene at any time until the expiration of Governor Brumbaugh's term has met with the favor of Senator Penrose. 'lt is certain that some one is needed to safeguard the people's interest,' was his com ment on that score. There is a grow ing belief iu political circles that the Legislature -will not be adjourned un til Governor Brumbaugh goes out of oiflce." —The Philadelphia North American =ays that Senator Penrose's statement that he lias heard that $200,000 is in sight to pay the expenses of the in vestigation if the Governor vetoes the appropriation is a confession that he cannot pass the measure over the gov ernor's veto. The North American charges that Senator Penrose has been doing some intimidating. This is one of the greatest charges made by the Penrose men against the Governor. Other Philadelphia papers say that the test will come in the Senate Mon day night and the Pittsburgh newspa pers look for the Upper House to pass the resolution. —The Governor and his friends will complete their plans to fight the probe resolution In the Senate on Monday and that they are not hopeful is checking it in that branch is shown by the eagerness with which they are canvassing the stay-over members of the House. —The local option campaign Is to open up very soon. Some of llio local option people have been endeavoring to set the bill Into shape where it can have the center of tlio stage, but it does not seem likely. Tyocal option will probably be a side Issue this cam paign. Tlie attitude of many of tlie men behind the bill has hrought this about. It will be around again in 1919. —Congressman Rowland Is rather savage in his denial of fraud in the Clearfield district contest. He will go right into court and fight the case. ■ —Kx-Mayor .Tones, of Coatesville. Is promising a statement on conditions in his city. Ho Is a candidate for re election as is his old rival. —The bills to make changes in reg istration laws so as to avoid striking the orthodox Jewish new year will appear in a few days. —Mayor Thomas B. Smith, of Philadelphia, who Is more or less of a storm center In the present situation, is coming to Harrlsburg Monday to talk over legislation. The Mayor says he is not Interested in anything spe cially. According to some statements printed In Philadelphia to-i|uy the Mayor's bonding firm did tlie most business on cltv contracts last year, having over $4,500,000. The Mc- Nlchol firm was a customer, ■ —The Snyder Public Servico Com mission "ripper" will be reported out of committee when the Senate meets on Monday, it was predicted to-day. —The Governor's nomination of £>. TCdward L.ong, of Franklin county, to be superintendent of public printing, which must go to the Senate before February 12 if advertisement for bids for public printing is to be made, will open a chance to test the strength against the Governor in the Senate. There is much opposition to L.ong anions Penrose men. "Eat Mush" [Kansas City Star.] It would bo a good thing if the food value of food could be stamped on every package sold. The question of the purity of food isn't nearly so important as that of the amount of nourishment we are buying- in proportion to the amount of money expended. One of the foremost food authorities in the country. Prof. Graham Dusk, says a workman ought to know when he buys a can of beans that he is getting many times the food for the same money as when he buys a can of tomatoes. For the tomatoes are 4 per cent, wa ter and have hardly any nutrition. The Department of Agriculture has been calling attention lately to the ex cellence of corn products aq economical foods. We can hardly get more nourishment for the money than wo get in corn bread. Champ Clark was right when he replied to a question of how he would solve the lilgli cost of living problem, "Kat mush." Champ ate it when he was a boy, almost lived on it, as did the majority of the people out this way. They throve, too. Forty years ago corn mush and corn bread In one form or another were on the table every meal. Mush and milk made a full meal. They still eat it in some places, but rarely in Kansas City. But we get a good deal of corn served under the guise of breakfast foods, which is all right if we want to spend the money. Corn meal is cheaper, and it may be nrepared in many appetizing ways. Tlje old way to prepare mush was in an iron pot, with a wooden spoon to stir it. Mother used to heat tfie water in tli*' pot, then sift in the corn meal with one hand and stir (he boiling mix ture with the other until it reached the proper consistency. Then one of the boys or gills had to stand over the mixture and stir and stir it to keep it from lumping; and stir some more until it was done. It was eaten witli milk, or sorghum molasses, or with but ter. Knough was always poured in a crock to cool for morning, when it could be cut In slices and fried in bacon grease for breakfast. Cold mush for frying may be had here in any grocery, a big square for rive cents. It's good; but hardly equal to what mother vised to make. OUR DAILY LAUGH fi, ALL IN TTIH Throwing out * hints won't make a great pitcher of No more than IS rapping out oaths will increase his ***• batting average. REPARTEE. Maude (sneer lngiy): Beauty is * X. only skin deep. \\\ Clara: Yes, my - ~ 1 dear, but wouldn't I \ you like to change jl[ I 1 skins with me? WHEN S H B Jj SEES IT QUICK- S*i iZiwm Can your wife see a joke? PyL' Wj |Afi I' it's in the J* '+ H i shape of a bonnet Y_t —'r' or a dress that some other ' L ji * •woman is wearing she can. CRITICISM. HgS Don't you find modern magazine t /OV fiction disap-jFTjr V 13(7; pointing? H |\lS/2 jfjA/ Yes, Indeed! It almost never comes up to what l^~\W^iij the pictures lead JjVm vVI you to expect. ' HER STATUS ft At marriage r' j A| I license bureau 'f?' gfl ffl the clerk asked: flrtmnf I blushing bride au ilifilU swered, "a dress " 1 mitker -" SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT VOCATIONAL By Professor G. Herman Goetz, Principal of the Cam eron School Building, Being a Paper Read Before the Principals' Club of Harrisburg A few years ago, it was one of my duties as supervising principal of a system of schools, to grant to pupils of proper age and required educational attainments labor certificates. Pupils as they came to nie for such certificates were closely questioned as to the rea sons they had for quitting school. A few gave the answer that the home conditions were such that they had to become earners. Doubtless this was true in a few instances. Children Wnnt to Work However, the greater number of re sponses to my questions were that they saw no value in the subjects taught; we can read and write and do arithme tic and now we want to work; w do not want to go to high school; we can earn as much now as can high school graduates; we do not like to study the subjects on the course; wo want to do something—meaning they desired to work with their hands. Problems of Education These and similar replies set me to study the problems of universal educa tion from various viewpoints. I took for my text Comenius' defini tion of education—Let those things that have to be done be learned by doing them. By keeping this definition constantly in mind and continuing to interview the boys and girls who wished to quit school, as well as the troublosome pupils, I have come to certain conclu sions. - Practices as Well a* Theory The development of a well rounded character requires that both the imagi nation and the reasoning as well as the testing powers, namely the power to !do by making a practical application by actually doing the thing imagined i reasoned in a mechanical way. j It is not enough to the practically minded child that he be taught the theory, the underlying principle of the subject, but he m\ist bo given the op portunity to do the thing for himself and thus test the real merit of the theory presented. This two-fold in struction brings into activd use the muscular sense. It makes tlie connec tion between the classroom instruction and the practical necessity of such in struction. > A I nil Wlio'ii \' TCxeeptlon I have in mind a boy wiio cares not for any subject he is being taught un less it bears some relation to mechani jcal pursuits. He takes great delight In this class of work, for he is greatly ln j terested in building' an airship. He I has ability in this direction and if | right conditions for mechanical In -1 structlon were offered him, and the need of these other subjects that ho now dislikes, were shown him through the mechanical operation, he no doubt would develop into a well rounded character. This boy is no exception. As our schools now are, he finds no pleasure and very little profit in them. Another lOxnmple T have in mind just now another boy, who attends school regularly, lie. is deficient in most of IIIH subjects, trou blesome if permitted to be, lacks cer tain necessary mental powers, is tor tured every day by attending school, but during his summer vacation, he is capable and enthusiastic in a gar age. Proper mechanical or hand in struction would certainly develop the latent powers of ills mind, (if they be latent), and make of him a useful citi zen. I might multiply these cases, but we have all met them, we all know they exist and what troubles they are. The purpose of all our education is to produce a trained body and a cultured mind. Wo have been doing the latter, but neglecting the former. Hence the practical child is being offered a food repulsive to him, a something he does not see the use for which it is intend ed. Being so constituted by nature, he sees no value in studying these sub jects that we know are not only use ful, but necessary for him, therefore every mental impression he receives from the enforced contact with them produces a' moral effect that does not always make a better character of him. It does not present Itself to him as an accepted standard of truth and jus tice. Bring forced upon him. lie often becomes rebellious and unreceptive to the good that the mere acquisition of the information would do him, if it were merely passively received. Such Instruction being only mental and mind training, not being what he by nature desires, has the wrong moral response. How the I'ullbackn Are Made These Impressions received from this enforced Instruction, impels the re ceiver to certain attitudes toward so ciety. If he accepts them willingly and sees their relatiou to society at large, i he becomes a useful and valuable mem ber of that society. If ho sees no need X I m, or use of this kind of instruction, he assumes a wrong attitude toward so ciety and is likely to become a selfish, self-centered or obstreperous member of our social organization. These peo ple become llie pullbacks, the ones who place barriers in the way of progress, the disturbers of the comforts of the community, the transgressors of liberty land property, the parasites who de- I niand a place in the world without giv ing a recompense, all who are out of I tune. Making; l'or Stability History reveals to us that high liter lary.attainments and noble moral sentl | ments have not kept ancient peoples from decay or national degradation, not even when associated with either the pagan or Christian teaching. It lacked the something that makes for stability, namely the training for usefulness, the serviceableness to his fellowman. The mechanical and vocational train ing Is objective, not theoretical in Its teaching; it radiates from the in dividual to wider surroundings. It is not self-centered, but is intended to benefit the race. The accomplishments of the trained hand when directed by lan Intelligent mind, benefits some other person or persons and starts a reflex moral influence of an accomplished al truism that acts upon the mind of the benefactor. It becomes not a passive, but a vital force for morality, for jus tice. This training insists upon hon esty, integrity, faithfulness, since these | must necessarily be tho guiding princi ples possessed by those who have re ceived this vocational and cultured l cdu ; cation to any degree of efficiency or ! proficiency. Double Training \eccHy I This double training or the eduea j tlon of the practical minded girl or boy I is no longer a mere demonstration of a j theory, but a vital force and power, a ! dynamo of energy that is prepared and [ primed to pro'duce that which it is : capable of producing for the use of I any who may desire such an output. The complex population of a city compels the pnergizing of all the capa ble activities of the mind and tho body. Tho tendency of people to move to the centers of population has been occur ring for several decades and is at pres ent increasing in momentum, hence the i responsibilities of these enlarged com munities have become correspondingly greater. The complexities of government, the well organized social relations, the in creasing demand for honesty and pro bity in public places, the necessity the whole social fabric be made service able, admonishes that we extend this two-fold education to all before they, who require it. are thrown as a charge upon society that they could be made ! to serve. Idea Hooted and <<rotiudrd Society has been trained to see the necessity of schools of tills kind and since the time of their first introduction into the United States in 1877 by Dr. John I>. Hunltle, the vocational schools have been increasing in numbers and have been enlarging their courses of study until nearly all kinds of hand j work, whether it be such work as is I done In the home or in the shop, is now offered to the girls and boys. These are some of the trades receiving attention in sucli schools—carpentry, Joinery, wood turning, pattern making, mold ing, forging, welding, tempering, sol dering, brazing, filling, operating ma chinery, various phases of sewing, a number of branches of household arts, stenography, typewriting, gardening, j electricity, bookkeeping, drawing and Its applications of useful occupations, I and many other forms -of activities. I AVhile the aim in such schools can j not be to make finished workmen, these I years of technical training will give ja definite knowledge of the crafts and [ enable him really und truly to find himself. Mimt Come Here Plans are making to establish such schools in our city. They must of nec essity be a part of the growth and de velopment of progressive Ilarrisburg. They are needed to bridge the gulf be tween the purely mental education and the desire for training for practical work on the part of the girls and boys. | We should all support them and hall ' them with Joy as the training they of fer, will make of the boys and girls who are in our buildings now, the op portunity to become better men and more lovable women and our city a better place in which to live. President Is Justified I When the possibility of leakage is j so great President Wilson is justified ; in going to the trouble of hammering ! out documents on his own typewriter, i—Washington Stat- Brotttuj OXJyat The two bier furnaces being erected at the Pennsylvania plant of the Beth lehem Steel Company are attracting much attention among iron and steel men jand engineers generally because of many new ideas in construction of such branches of Iron making. Tho furnaces are the largest to be found in this part of the State as well as the most modern. Their output will be greater than the combined output of the old furnaces which made iron for the Steelton works for so many years and unlike those stacks there will bo no waste. The gas and everything else will be saved and converted into use. In old days blast furnaces could be located miles away because of tho (laming gas from the open tops and there are many In Harrisburg who re call how the sky would be lighted up by the fires. Then came the time when the gas was utilized and some of the early experiments in that line wero made here. Now the older lurnaccs are seen to flame only when charged and the. bright lights that used to flare when a cast was made have become a thing of the past because of the cast ing machines. The difference between the monsters being erected at Steelton and the Lochiel and Paxton furnaces here is marked and there are many points in which the huge new furnaces and the older stacks at Steelton are essentially different. The building of these new furnaces has an important bearing on this section as an iron making district. The stacks cost over a million dollars each and the invest ment here is evidence of the per manence of the industry on tho Lower Susquehanna Valley. Until the recent construction started at Steelton no new furnaces had been built in Dauphin county for more than a quarter of a century and tho Lebanon furnaces were not much younger in their his tory. The new furnaces projected by Chairman Schwab are of interest from | industrial, business and engineering I standpoints and should be a source of I pride to people hereabouts. The cold wave caught a good many people napping in Hpite of the checker board flag flying from the remnants of tho Federal building and the an nouncements in the newspapers that the mercury would drop. There wero a number of people who were caught in town with light overcoats and when they went home last evening they were shivering. Some of the visitors to the city had gotten the idea that there would be mild weather and some incongruous costumes were worn for a while. The men who wero handling outdoor work were mighty glad when the whistles blew. Of all the jobs which were not en vied last night nor to-day that on the construction of the building that is to make the Victoria theater building is the worst. The men have to work up where the winds whistle and sing and are under the glare of electric lights which make them the target for all sorts of jibes from the people in the street. The remodeling or rather additional work which they arc doing is removing one of the landmarks of Ilarrisburg. It was for years the home of the , liinstein store on the first floor and on the second floor were the offices of the Mc.Cormick estate with the McCreath laboratory on the top floor. The second and third flloors were set back and the white front was a familiar sight for many years. It was sold by the McCormick estate sonic years ago for a price which was nearly a record for Market street realty. Inhaling gas fumes from automo biles again proved to be dangerous. A Steelton resident several days ago started his automobile and closed tho garage door. After doing a bit of work about in the huilding ho began to feel dizzy, lie went to the door for some fresh air and managed to get to tho door of Ills home, where ho collapsed. He recovered in a few days from the effects of the gas. lie said yesterday ho wouldn't wish a similar experience to his worst enemy. Fresh air fienrls are takinpr advant age of the breezy balmy days of tho winter months and making good use of the deserted country roads by their hikes over the week-ends. Many who are shut in an office during six days of a week retreat, to this instinctively Sunday. For miles about the city oil a Sunday you can see numbers stroll ing along the tho roads.Some of these are couples who perhaps take this course to'tell tales which are not at all interesting to the old folks who keep them company by the firesido when they are at home. An interesting story is being told in one of the nearby towns much to tho discomfiture of one of its prominent merchants. The high school does not have any recess so the morning ses sion ends at 11:45 o'clock. Recently the principal of tho school becama imbued with the idea of giving the pu pils an occasional fire drill. A nearby merchant who doesn't care to carry a watch always goes home for lunch when the school bell rings. Yesterday morning tho bell was tapped at 10 o'clock for the first trial fire drill. The drill worked all right, but the nearby merchant hung up his usual sign. "Uono to lunch, back in fifteen min utes." and then went home, expecting to find the lunch ready for his com ing. Dr. Joseph Kalbl'us, secretary of the State Game Commission, to-day re ceived word that his son, Lieutenant I'ommander Xed C. Kalbfus, has pass ed the examination for promotion to the rank of commander and would be commissioned as of August 28. Thus he becomes a commander before ho is 38 years of age. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —D. H. McAdam, the new postmas ter of Honolulu,is u Washington news paperman and well known to many in this State. —Dr. Samuel Hamilton, superinten dent of Allegheny schools, is making speeches in support of physical train ing pl'opositions in schools. —City Controller J. M. Walton, of Philadelphia, figures out from his long experience in his office, that tho city will need a $2 tax rate to get by next year. —Ex-Ambassador Morgentliau is | being entertained in Pittsburgh to-day I and is making a series of addresses. —K. E. Ludlow, the coal operator, gave most of the money to buy Nes uuehoning's new lire apparatus. [ DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg steel platen are much specified for boiler mak ing? HISTORIC HARRISBURG The first stagecoach service to Har risburg was established with Lan caster. Menace of Bad Teeth [Alexander in Industrial Management] The g&rms from decayed te'eth get into the blood, develop abscesses which send the germs in increased quantities to the lungs und heart and cause serious sickness; they also at tack the joints and cause rheumatism. Persons with decayed teeth also have most trouble 'in recovering from the ,effecta of ordinary wounds.
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