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SATURDAY EVENING, FEB. S
Calami/y is man's true touch stone.
—Beaumont and Fletcher.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR WEEK
CHRISTIAN" Endeavorers through
out the world this week are
observing the crowning event
<?f the year of Endeavor activities.
Christian Endeavor week began with
last Sunday, which was a day of re
joicing, when Christian Endeavor
was thirty-six years old. The climax
of tho week will be "Decision Day,"
to-morrow.
The Rev. Francis E. Clark, D.D.,
founder of the great movement, can
now look back triumphantly to the
evening of February 2, ISBI, in the
parsonage of Williston church, he be
ing at that time pastor of the Willis
ton Congregational church, at Port
land, Maine, when he organized the
first Young People's Society of Chris
tian Endeavor. The organization has
had marvelous growth ever since. The
first convention was held June 2, ISS2,
when only six societies were repre
sented. The young people's work has
had a constant success in many lines
of activities until to-day the society
has an enrollment of 52.000 branches
and 4,000.000 members.
In Atlantic City, in 1911, President
W. H. Taft was one of the principal
speakers. At that convention Dr.
Clark introduced the slogan for the
Endeavorers "A Saloonlees Nation in
1920," which has been ringing
throughout the World ever since.
A "campaign for millions'' which no
doubt will be realized in two years,
is making great progress. The aim is
for a million new Endeavorers. a mil
lion new converts uniting with the
church, a million new members of
the peace union, a million new dol
lars for missions, ten thousand new
societies of the Christian Endeavor,
twenty thousand new comrades of the
quiet hour, ten thousand new legion
ers, ten thousand new Christian En
deavor experts and five thousand new
life-work recruits.
Pennsylvania Endeavorers, with 2,-
POO societies, are doing their share.
ROROUGH PAYING BlfcT.
THE Legislature should pass with
out delay the bill recently sub-
mitted having for its object as
surance of State aid for the paving of
State highways through boroughs.
There has been misunderstanding and
aggravating delay in the improvement
of roads through small towns. The
nutomobilist knows without being told
•when he leaves the township highway
for the borough street.
Nor is this all the fault of the bor
ough governments. They have felt
that, paying more taxes than the
people of the farm territory surround
ing, they are entitled to State aid in
the Improvement of their main high
ways, especially in view of the fact
that the State bears the whole cost of
road building through the agricultural
districts.
This is an eminently fair position
and the Legislature will do well to
clear up a situation regarding which
there has been all too much doubt and
concerning which the State Highway
Department at times lins shown none
too much interest.
THE RELIGION OF PATRIOTISM
GOD grant that Wilson either keep
us out of an ignominious.
eleventh hour participation in a
war which was none of our making,
or provide us with an issue worth
while to the end that it may be said
of America, in the event she is drawn
into the struggle, her deeds were
lut, her words truth and her thoughts
freedom.' " The words of Dr. J. Dun
can Spaeth, of Princeton University,
opportunely spoken at the University
Club banquet last evening, struck a
lesponsivc chord In his hearers that
brought them to their feet singing
"America" with the old-time fervor
that cynics like to clatm is no longer
a factor in American life.
Dr. Spaeth's speech started out to
he a discussion on college loyalty, but
the eminent lecturer slipped into
deeper channels and dipped Into the
subject of nationalism and the sub
serviency of every other doctrine to
the overpowering religion of patriot-
Ism. His prayer for divine guidance
to the President in this time of na
tional crisis closed a bril
liant analysis of the na
tional situation; a situation which
finds Americans ready by instinct to
fight, but prompted By intelligent un
derstanding of the issues involved to
SATURDAY EVENING,
avoid hostilities, if possible, with
honor.
The desirability of rehabilitating'
! ourselves as a nation in the eyes of i
ithe world was strongly emphasized by!
j the speaker. There is no question \
that our national reputation has suf- ;
fered abroad since the outbreak of the j
war and our course in the present
crisis must be such as to Improve our ]
standing among the nations of the
world. But it is not true that the
country as a whole has been smitten ,
by the blight of materialism to a de- j
gree that would prompt the 'people to '•
I accept peace with anything but honor, i
: At all costs, Americans will insist thafl
the ancient freedom of the seas be
i preserved, that the American flag
may fly where Americans carry it and i
that Americans go wherever their
; pleasure or their business may take |
j them. The religion of patriotism is '
; not dead here, however much foreign !
| peoples may believe it. and only such
' a national crisis as that through
which we are now passing is neces-'
, sary for a revival in all Its varied
forms of enthusiasm and service.
AMERICA AND WAR
IF the United States enters the Euro
pean war it will be regretfully
and sorrowfully. There will be
none of the cheering or the exulta
tion of Spanish-American war days.
The people of this country do not
want to fight. They have showed that
at every stage of the often-renewed
controversy with Germany over the
transgression of. their rights. They
have turned the other cheek until pa
tience has ceased to be a virtue. They
have been goaded to the point of
madness more than once. But al
ways they have preserved their
equanimity and have restrained their
impulses. Even now they are willing
that every step be taken to keep the
peace, if that can be done with hon
or.
But let nobody, here or abroad,
imagine that the United States cannot
fight. If the nation is drawn into the
conflict it will go reluctantly, but once
the step has been taken there will be j
no turning back. We have the men j
and the resources and the will. All j
that is required is time, and that is i
at our disposal, thanks to the posi-!
tion in which Geflhany finds herself i
at home. If it be war, then the Unit
ed States will be in it to a victorious
conclusion and nothing can stand in
the way of that, eventually.
The fulfillment of the destiny of the
United States is not yet. The nation is i
a "melting pot" in which the process
of melting has been scarcely more
than well begun. Some great crisis
may be necessary to forge the country!
into the unit it aspires to be, but
which as yet it is not. This conti
nent was not allowed to lie fallow un- j
til the needs of an oppressed and re
bellious Europe demanded a refuge
for a freedom-loving and liberty-seek
ing people, to be overrun by the min
ions of a despot. If ever there was a
divine purpose in the development of
nations it has been expressed in Am
erica, which stands for everything
that is uplifting and progressive,
where a new race of men is being tre
ated from the most virile and up
standing of the oppressed peoples of
the old world.
There is something of more than
ordinary stamina and courage and will
to do in even the humblest and most
ignorant of the immigrants who seek
our shores. They have the spirit of
the pioneer, which is the determina
tion to risk all and dare all in the
hope of self-improvement. The hum
ble "foreigner" of a generation back
is the father of the substantial men
and women of the community to-day.
The later comers have been absorb
ed, but not fully assimilated. A vio
lent assault upon the nation from the
outside probably would accomplish
more in that direction than years of
ordinary events.
The sympathies of the country nat
urally have been divided with Respect
to the war in Europe and there may
be those even now inclined to waver
in their allegiance, but it would be
well for them to do their wavering in
profound silence. Ambassador Gerard
is quoted as having informed a cer
tain eminent German statesman that
there is a vacant telegraph pole in the |
United States for every traitor, and
that is the way Americans feci about
it. But there will be use for few
poles. The nation will stand united
against the assaults of any foreign
enemy and the outcome will never be
for a moment in doubt. Thousands of
soldiers went into the Civil War as
aliens and came out Americans, it
would be so to-day.
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Old George Ade
[From the Oklahoma.]
Many persons were shocked a bit. ;
we imagine, to read on the cover of j
one of the current magazines, "Look- j
ing Back From 50"—by George Ade. |
To be sure, the riotous Ade days have \
long since passed, but when he was in j
fullest bloom he was as the breath of i
youth eternal. The notion that he j
could grow old was preposterous. But
time continues a relentless old adver- '
sary. If one is reckless enough to be
born in Indiana in ISU7 why he's
bound to be .">o years old in 1 y IT. That!
was Ade's folly and this is his fate.
Yet tile elan of Ade in his prime
persists even into his gray anecdot
age. Wealth fiasn't made him pom
pous. And how refreshing it is to see
a man, who can probably eat eggs
several times a week, retaining much
of the spontaneity and unaffectedness
of the grim garret era. Still the satiric
slant is his. and still the imps of wit
dance round his pen. Of course, he
dodders now and then, for vide
Brother Longfellow—
Whatever poet, orator or sage
May say of it —old age. is still old age,
It is the waning, not the crescent
moon.
The dusk of evening, not the glare of
noon,
but mostly he retains those faculties
that sparkled in all the newspapers
and screamed across the footlights
when this twentieth century of ours
was in safety pins. May his way
stretch long and pleasantly down
through the lengthening shadows.
U. S. Has Low Freight Rate
At this critical point in the develop
ment of the American people's rela
tion to their transportian systems. It
is worth Avliile to point out some
items bf comparison ot our railroads
with other transportation systems of
the world given in a recent report of
the bureau of railway economics. It
appears from this investigation that
the freight rates paid the American
railroads are now hut little more
than 6 per cent, of the average rate
on European lines. No country of the
world shows such a low freight rate
as the Vnited States except India,
where tho labor cost is so strikinkly
small as compared with any other
country as to change the whole prob
lem of comparison. The average ton
mile rate in our country is .729 cent:
in India, .7 cents; France, 1.18 cents,
and Germany, 1.24 cents. In the new
er countries of magnificent distances
and small density the average rate per
ton mile runs up as high as 7.04 cents
In Brazil. Our railroads have over
come the handicap of extremely long
hauls by operating and engineering
boldness and ingenuity, chiefly exem
plified by the larger capacity of
freight cars and the greater power
of locomotives. Our freight car carries
much over twice the voluqie of the
European car. Our average freight
train hauled in 1913 435.4 tons, the
average German train hauled 239
tons and the Frencli train 147 tons.
—American Review of Reviews.
Save Your Waste Paper
Paper is so expensive these days, it
will pay yoit to save and sell it. The
February Woman's Home Companion
says: .
"Nowadays tho economical house
wife should save all her waste paper,
for which she may obtain a fair price.
Many hesitate because buyers de
mand that it be baled, hut here are
directions for making a simple baling
press: Procure a largo box, and
lengthwise of the bottom cut a slot
a few inches wida Next lay three or
four stout strings lengthwise across
the bottom inside. Have them a few
inches apart, parallel to each other
and long enough to tie over the bale
after the box has been packed full of
paper. Having done this, provide a
lining of old cloth, cafpet or heavy
paper, allowing the ends to extend
over the box. as was done with the
strings. Each day deposit yor waste
paper in the box, pounding it down
occasionally to make it compact.
When the box is stuffed full, draw the
ends of the lining over the top and
fasten the strings securely. The slot in
the bottom of the box will enable you
to force the bale out of the box."
British "Tanks"
f Frederick Palmer In Collier's]
Germans surrender to a tank in I
bodies after they see the hopeless-1
ness of turning their own machine
pun and rifle fire upon that steel hide.
Why not? Nothing takes the light
out of anyone like finding that his
blows go into the air and the other
fellow's go home. There seemed a
strange loss of dignity when a Prus
sian colonel delivered himself to a
tank, which took him on board and
eventually handed hiin over to an in
fantry guard; but the skipper of the
tank enjoyed it if the colonel did not.
■Food Product
The Dove of Peace, as we have
hoard.
i Becomes a plump and docile bird.
\ Which unto those who fight and steal
I T,ooks like a rather tempting inenl.
fit at*
HARRISBURG Oftftflg TELEGRAPH
1
' HE'S MAKING MAINE DRY
Young Governor Milliken Rigidly Enforcing Prohibi
tory Law; Old Alliance Is Broken
YOUNG CARL. E. MILLIKEN, the
new Governor of Maine, has put
that State on the water wagon.
Though .Maine has had a prohibitory
law for some years it was never en
forced to any extent until the youth
ful temperance advocate became Gov
ernor a few weeks ago. Now Port
land, Bangor and Lewiston, as well as
the smaller cities are as dry as Kan
sas towns.
Milliken's first act was to inform
sheriffs and public prosecutors that he
would institute ouster proceedings
against them unless they enforced the
law to the letter. It is true the Maine
law regarding such ouster proceedings
is vague and the Governor would have
had to go to a long and technical pro
ceeding to make good his threat. But
he blurted the sheriffs and prosecutors
who had been winking at violations of
the prohibitory law for so long. Boot
leggers were either arrested or warned
by the officers to get out. The mode of
action depended on how close tho al
liance had been between the law vio
lators and the officers. But at any rate
arrests for drunkenness have display
ed a remarkable decrease in the last
few weeks.
Would Tighten the l.aw
The Governor has asked for four
amendments to straighten the pro
hibitory law. These would make easier
the process of removing delinquent
ofllcers; would make owners of build
ings in which liquor is sold account
able as well as the actual sellers;
would make violators of the liquor
law suffer both fine and jail sentence
and would provide for the outright
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
That Monsun Lecture
To the Editor of the Tele£raph:
In your last evening's issue, a "sim
ple-minded" (self-termed), using the
cognomen, a HEARER, assailed the
very instructive and pleasingly unre
served lecture on "Turbulent Mexico"
by the eminent explorer and lecturer,
Dr. Frederick Monscn erstwhile Doc
tor of Archaeology of the University of
California.
Just a word, currente calanio, in
defense of Dr. Monsun's remarks. A
brief and pleasing history of the early
struggles of Mexico against the ag
gression of foreign powers and the
subsequent throwing off of the yoke
of the "Little Emperor" with the ban
ishment of the Austrian Archduke,
Maximilian, was succeeded by the re
lation of the present line of provincial
presidents and their attendant revo
lutions with the foreign powers, the
latter's foreign policies and kustiy our
own foreign Dolicy.
Here the digression to which our
HEARER took exception. Or. Mon
sun disclaimed our ration's foreign
policy in terms couched in English, au
jus, not hidden behind a barricade of
grammatical phrases. "Cowardly, it
is," he stated. Can a true, red-blooded
American deem it otherwise when he
recalls Belgium, bleeding and torn?
Servia? Rumania? the devastation of
Poland? while we, in America, leis
urely permit, these outrages to be per
petrated, unmindful (apparently) of
the existence of treaties for the pres
ervation of small defenseless nations
or of the existence of • international
law.
Again. Is anything so wearisome as
a lecture by some prominent doctor
with a one track mind? "He is a trav
eler and tells the tales of a traveler"
(continues tho HEARER). What a
pleasant innovation. A lecturo with
some kick; vivid, interesting tales; ;
episodes, tersely related; in all a most !
entertaining combination.
I sincerely trust the Harrisburgi
Natural History Society will be sue-1
ressful in their excellent endeaor to ■
have Dr. Monsun again address us on |
some prominent topic and I would |
suggest that the eminent Doctor be l
placed under no restrictions, limiting l
digression, l-'or God help a one track I
mind!
A HEARER, ALSO. !
I'I.ACI SO R.KSPOXSIBILITV
llarrlsburg, Pa., Feb. 1, 1917. 1
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Permit me, through the columns of'
; your valuable paper to say, or rather
I imswer a few questions in regards to
traflic suggestions of the Harrisburg
j Railway company. 1 see Mr. Musser
i blames it all on the subway or Mar
| lcet Square. Now I do as much, or
; more, riding than any man In Ilar
rlsburg. 1 can tell a few facts myself;
: Not over two weeks ago I had oc
; casion to go to Middletown on im
j portant business. I left the Hill on a
j Twenty-third street car at Eighteenth
and Derry streets ot fifteen minute:)
lof six p. m., got to Cameron and
I Market at seven minutes of six, wait-
confiscation of all vehicles used in
conveying liquor.
Although tl.e Governor did not re
quest it he has approved a bill already
submitted to the Legislature that
would make possession of liquor in
any form prima facie evidence of a
violation. It is said the provisions of
(his bill are so wide that they would
make it a penal offense for a man lo
take a drink of liquor in Maine.
Prices of Booze Soar
Of course the liquor traffic has not
been completely stamped out, the
present law is not extensive enough
to permit that, but compared to the
Maine of former years the State now
resembles a section of the Sahara.
The few bootleggers hardy enough to
ply their trade are charging fifty cents
a half pint for the worst kind of
whisky and fifty cents for a bottle of
beer, and there are only a few of these
bootleggers where before the new
Governor's Inaugural Lewiston alone
had at least one hundred more or
less open liquor resorts.
The open violation of Maine's dry
law in other years was due largely to
the lax State administration and to
tl.e control of sheriffs by liquor houses
in Boston and New York. In many
instances sheriffs were able to retire
with comfortable fortunes after a few
years in office. They were able to
take graft both ways—once from the
shipper and once from the illegal
seller within the State. But the firm
minded young Governor who was
elected on an "absolutely dry" plat
form has made these emoluments of
the sheriff's office a thing of the past.
Ed on the Middletown car till 6:05 p.
m. I left Cameron and Market
streets tor Middletown. The car was
packed, it was almost impossible to
get standing room. The motorman
stopped twenty-eight times between
Harrisburg and Steelton, not to let off
any passengers, hut for people who
wanted to go clown the line. The con
ductor opened the back door every
time; not to take on any more pas
sengers, because that would have
been an impossibility, but to tell them
there was another car following. We
arrived at Middletown at 7:06 p. in.
We did not have those congestions
when we had the old experienced
motormen and conductors. The most
of the tie-ups do not occur in the
Subway and Market Square, but out
of the city limits. inexperienced
motormen do not' understand sig
nals and simply wait 'till they see an
other car in sight and the next thing
they know there are three or more
cars in the same block. I will bet Mr.
Musser the price of a box of good
cigars against a nickel's worth of
peanuts he cannot tell me when tlie
cars were tied up in the Subway for
fifty minutes, outside of the Subway
being Hooded. In the last year there
have Tieen more accidents, especially
since the strike of Railway company
employes, than there has been in the
past two or three years; none, or very
few happened in the Subway. No, the
trouble lies with the inexperienced
employes. I am no striker, never
worked for the company and never
will; only I believe in putting the re
sponsibility where it justly belongs.
Thanking you for this courtesy, I
am a daily reader of the Telegraph
and a citizen of Harrisburg.
CITIZEN*.
Pioneer Days
"Tell me of your early educational
hardships."
"Well, I lived seven blocks from a
Carnegie library and we had no au
tomobile."—Louisville Courier Jour
nal.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
I y 1 „ '
fJL) A FISHINOI
"Eytfv Friend: I think
there's a fish on
• . [ Phone Oirl:
*" t Dear me. I won
' der -what number
he wants.
The Actor: iMkrj JJjjjpA
There are no jQljk
great plays any-
The Crank:
No great plays! IM 1m
Just you wait till jr
our ball team gets LU ■
Into Its summer
FEBRUARY 3, 1917.
United States Uniform
Several cases have come to the
notice of the War and Navy Depart
ment of alleged violation of the pro
visions of section 126 of the act of
June 3, intended for the protection
of the uniform and prohibiting the
wearing of it except on the part of
members of the military-naval per
sonnel and certain organizations. In
this connection is It interesting to
learn that the civilians who attended
the training camps may wear the uni
form provided for them by the gov
ernment only during their period of
service under instruction and not aft
erward on their return to a civil
status. On the otber hand, the stu
dents of the military schools who be
long to the .senior and junior classes
of the officers' training corps may
wear tl.e uniform continuously. Mem
bers of the Army Officers' Reserve
Corps who have been duly commis
sioned by the President may also wear
the uniform after the manner of offi
cers of the regular establishment
whenever there is occasion to do so.
It is more or less difficult to regulate
the misuse of the uniform or parts
of the uniform in other directions, and
it remains to be seen to what extent
this may be accomplished by the pro
visions of the new law. It is in
tended by the military-naval author
ities to prosecute the offenders and
take official action to the end, now
that there are means of doing so, that
the uniform may be fully protected
from unlawful use.—Army and Navy
Register.
The Child and the Bee
I watched a busy bumble-bee.
Kissing the roses "cap-a-pie,"
The roses did not seem to mind—
Just tossed their wee heads in the
wind.
Coaxed I "Oh busy bumble-bee,
"Won't you just once kiss little me?
"Why should you choose a common rose
"When you've a chance to kiss my
nose?"
And then the busy bumble-bee,
At last sat up and noticed me—
I stood quite still, just like the rose,
And let him kiss iny wee pug nose!
Oh dear! That nasty bumble-bee!
llow tlowers stand him X can't see!
He just may kiss that red, red rose—
I'll let my mother kiss my nose!
By Edna Grolf Diehl.
Paxtang, Pa.
Outside Suggestions
[Kansas City Star]
When the city administration de
sired systematic suggestion tor im
proving the efficiency of several of
the city departments, it very sensibly
went to New York and got trained
men from the Bureau of Municipal
Research to make the surveys. These
men were familiar with, methods of
other cities and they brought to their
task special information, combined
with the outside point of view tind
freedom from prejudice.
The results have justified the plan.
Under tho city manager plan of gov
ernment the municlpality.could go out
side the city to get an experienced and
efficient man to conduct the munici
pal business. The advantages are
obvious.
Horses Out of Yellowstone
Arrangements are being mado to
selT 2,000 horses which heretofore
have drawn touring stagecoaches
through Yellowstone National Park
for use in European armies. Their
places will be taken by automobiles.
The change will remove one of the
picturesque features of the Yellow
stone tour, but at the same time will
facilitate the trip through Geyser
land. The change is made at an op
portune time for a pecuniary view
point, as the horses that will go to the
European tlghtlng governments will
bring highest prices.
Right Hand and Left •
[New York Sun]
With his right hand President Wil
son puts down on paper his thoughts
on the subject of world peace. With
his left hand he switches his personal
medical attendant from tho stairway
to the escalator.
With his right hand the President
salutes the Congress deferentially.
With his left hand ho beckons the
Congressmen Into tri-weekly confer
ences at the Capitol, at which they
learn from his Hps what he expects
them to do.
Mr. Wilson keeps his right hand
conspicuously off legislation; with his
left hand he forces the legislators
into line.
Mr. Wilson keeps both hands off
I Mexico, where things go from bad to
worse: but when he comes to war on
the other side of the world he puts
both feet in it.
Cold-Blooded Preference
"Would you rather have money
than brains?"
"Yes." replied Mr. Growclier. "You
can hire an alienist with money, but
with only brains you can't hire any
assistance whatever." Washington
Star.
Etotttttg <EJjal
Frederick Monsun, the noted o>c.
plorer, who lectured at the Technical
high school Wednesday night befort
the Natural Hfstory society, in Cham
bars burg Tuesday luid the misfortune
| when speaking before the girls <>|
Wilson college, to display the littli
device with which he is accußtomvi
to signal his lantern operator for I
change of view on the screen.
"I told him," said Mr. 'Monsun, ro
lating the incident to friends at thi
•engineers' club, "that X would anai
my Angers when 1 desired the slidei
changed and everything worked aB
right until about the third snap
Then that bevy of young beautiei
who constituted my audience begun
snapping their own fingers whenevei
they thought they had enough of oni
snene and embarrassed me consider,
ably,by causing the scenes to In
changed so fast I couldn t keep us
with them in my lecture.
".Seeing that the system had fallc<!
I stopped short in my remarks and
called to the operator: 'Pay no mor<
attention to the snapping of lingers
When 1 want a change I'llrwhistle."
"I thought 1 was safe," said Mon
sun with a smile, "because I figured
the girls couldn't whistle. But 1 wni
mistaken and such n whistling as thcr
was in that hall for the next Ave min
utes might have disconcerted even a
veteran of the platform like myself.
"But they are good girls and aftei
they had their fun they did give m
the most courteous attention I could
ask, and I guess they liked it, for they
have engaged mo to come back in
March. I'll take an extra signal along
thts time."
* * •
Mr. Monsun was with Jack Lon
don, the author, only three days be
fore his death. He motored out from
San Francisco to London's big ranch
and spent Sunday and Monday with
hint. He had not arrived home again
before he picked up a newspaper and
saw the notice of London's death.
"London looked in the finest of health
when I saw him last and we had
made arrangements to spend next
summer in the South Sea Islands,"
said Monsun. "You can imagine how
surprised I was to get. the news. Even
now I can scarcely bring myself to be
lieve the splendid, up-standing, virile
fellow is dead."
There are few ranches like London's
in all the West, Monsun said. London
spent a large part of his S4OO a day in
come on it, putting $75,000 into a
model piggery constructed entirely of
concrete and glass. "Humans who got
in to see those pigs," said Monsun,
"had to wipe their feet on a mat be
fore entering and refrain from spit
ting. London certainly took a lot of
pains with those porkers. At Intervals
of every two hours the pens were all
automatically flushed and even the
feeding was done by means of ma
chinery and the rations were care
fully apportioned and weighed."
* *
Sirs. Estelle Thomas Steel, widow
of the late Colonel Steel, who Is the
newly elected secretary and treasurer
of the Mechanlcsburg Daily Journal,
called up the Telegraph the other
evening to express her pleasure in an
editorial having to do with the life and
career of Captain Jack Crawford, the
poet scout, who is lying at the point
of death. Captain Jack Crawford
and Colonel Stee! knew each other in
the old army days and in their youth.
Mrs. Steel entertained the old scout at
their home many times. She drop
ped the information known to but few
that in his early youth Captain Jack
Crawford lived in the vicinity of
Ashland, Pa., having been born in tho
coal regions and was for a time a
breaker boy. That life was too tame
for him, however, and he "went west"
and became famous as a warrior,
writer and lecturer.
** * K
Announcement is made that the Me
clianicsburg Dally Journal will be run
by Estelle Thomas Steel as secretary
and treasurer, with Edward Thomas
as manager and E. C. Gardner as edi
tor. Mrs. Steel Is a daughter of R. 11.
Thomas, the founder of the Journal.
She is a member of the League of
American Women and a member oC
the committee on Reliable Journal
ism of that city, also a member of
several organizations of women writ
ers. The Journal was published by
Robert H. Thomas, Jr., up to the timn
of his death and plans have been
made to continue the paper In tho
family.
Even some people are mighty par
ticular when they are in jail. As a '
matter of courtesy, prisoners In th
Steelton lockup are asked at each
meal what they prefer to eat. If it is
not too much out of the ordinary tho
wishes are granted, but they mostly
ask too much and get the worst of
the bargain. The other day a negro
was asked what* he wished to eat. He
replied that he was not of the com
mon class and that he wanted "a big
fried fish with French fried potatoes,,
a side dish and plenty of bread and
butter." After asking for the big meal
another In a cell adjoining who was a
frequent visitor at the jail, exclaimed
that "you will surely git that boss, 'ah
tels youse." The Vhigh toned" colored
chap's meal was not Just exactly what
he ordered, it might be proper to say.
* * *
The observance of Candlemas day
in Harrisburg is getting to be more
and more general. For many years
it was a religious anniveAary, but
lately it has been noted by some fam
ily gatherings. In a number of Har
risburg homes the evening meal was
eaten by candle light last nlg^t.
I WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
*
—Geilteral A. J. T-ogan, commander
of the Second brigade, is In Florida
for a brief vacation.
—W. J. Brennen, the Democratic
leader in Pittsburgh, Is among advo
cates of more boulevards for that
city.
—John Cadwalader, the veteran
Philadelphia Democrat, is urging the
President to sieze the interned ships
before trouble comes.
—U. J. McLaughlin, Cambria's
blast furnace engineer, will go to the
Wharton Company's new plant.
—T. D. Harman, who spoke here
last week, addressed Ohio legislators
yesterday.
•
| DO YOU KNOW [
That Harrisburg is a central
point for gathering of crops of
half a dozen counties?
I
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
In John Harris' day there were 4
fewer islands in the Susquehanna than
now and woods grew right down to
the river shore.
:
Discarded Rubaiyat
"A loaf of bread—a Jug of wine
quotes poetry.
"Are you aware," interrupted Miss
Cayenne, "that bread tis becoming
more expensive every day, and that
this is a prohibition community, any
how?"— Washington Star. ......
Appreciation
(in motor car) —This controls
the brake. It is put on very quickly In
case of an emergency.
Co-Ed—Oh, I see: something like a
kimono.—Orange Post ,