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TUESDAY EVENING. 1"K1L .
"The mean man with a little thing to
do
Sees it and does it.
The great man with a great thing to
pursue
Dies ere he knotcs it."
1
REPUBLICANS DISGUSTED
IT is becoming more evident every
day that the political controversy
in this State is distasteful to the
average Republican voter. When
Democratic newspapers urge tho He
publican factions forward in their
rending of each other it ought to be
perfectly obvious that the greatest
benefit is likely to accrue to the com
mon political enemy.
We rather agree with the Demo
cratic view that the factional contro
versy Is simply paving the way for
Democratic success. But while this is
admitted in the rival camps of the
Republican factionists they still per
sist in gouging each other with abso
lute indifference to the results and the
inevitable party disorganization.
Surely It must be apparent that only
party disaster can follow a continu
ance of the present unfortunate bick
ering and it is disgusting thousands
of Republicans throughout the Com
monwealth.
With war imminent the Legislature
should quickly transact the serious
business before it and adjourn.
While the Legislature is about it,
would it not be well to further amend
the Clark act governing cities of the
third class o that anything and every
thing which will enlarge the measure
of home rule may bo provided? Unless
and until these cities are given wider
latitude in their own development they
are bound to be hindered in many di
rections.
IIEI/P SAVE THE BIRDS
WESTERN newspapers have taken
up a campaign that is worth 1
copying in the East. Last De
cember the migratory bird treaty was
ratified. It provided for protection
from slaughter in both the United
States and Canada of birds which
migrate, including wild geese, ducks
and quail, hich are fast diminishing
In numbers, and of birds that feed on
Insects harmful to agriculture. How
ever, ratification of the treaty does not
make it effective. To give it force
Congress must pass an enabling act.
Such an act, known as the "migratory
bird treaty act," has been introduced
in the Senate and House; but this ses
sion of Congress will end March 4,
there is a great crush of business be
fore it, and bird lovers fear that the
bird act will not be considered at all.
Take three postcards, address them
to Senators Penrose and Oliver and
Congressman Aaron S. Krelder, at
Washington, and on the reverse side
ask them to support the "migratory
bird treaty act."
Those delegates who attended the Na
tional Convention of tho Chamber of
Cor' merce of the United States at
Washington will not soon forget the Im
portant and impressive speeches which
characterized the several sessions. More
than 1,200 delegates were present from
all parts of the United States and it
was clearly evident throughout the con
vention that the national Government
Is leaning upon this great body .of
businessmen for a large measure of
guidance in the affairs of the nation.
National preparedness and the national
defense, the relations of capital and
labor, foreign trade and many otbdr
vital questions were discussed.
DIVORCE LEGISLATION
SEVERAL bills relating to marital
differences and divorce difficulties
are In course of preparation for
presentation to the Pennsylvania
Legislature. Every session has Its
fresh crop of divorce measures. The
tendency a few years back was to
mako separation and remarriage easy.
The reverse Is now true.
Dr. Gates, formerly president of
Amherßt College, In the current Issue
of Caso and Comment, which, by the
way, has more of human Interest in
It than anybody has grounds to expect
of a purely legal Journal, tells of
divorce court proceedings among the
Indlanß and illustrates by a case in
point.
The husband and wife came before
the Indian tribunal to say they could
no longer live together. Three Judges
listened to the stories of both man and
wife/ They agreed exactly except ppon
one minor point. When both had fin
ished the Judges went into consul
tation. and the chief of them rendered
the decision. It was preceded by a
lecture, "as kindly a mingling of pa
ternal and neighborly advice with the
administration of rudimentary Justice
TUESDAY EVENING,
as one could ever hope to hear." The
two would not be punished in any
way; they must sit together there in
the courtroom and think over the
right thing to do. Personally, the
judge thought the right thing was for
them to forget their quarrel and go
home. Still, ho would leave the de
cision to them. They sat silent for
half an hour, then looked round at
one another and "quietly rose and
went out together. As I looked out
the window, I saw an almost unheard
of sight—an Indian man helping his
wife to mount her saddle horse!"
The unification and simplification of
the divorce laws are proper matters
for legislative consideration, but such
measures will hfeve small effect on the
quantity of grist that comes annually
from the legislative mill. There Is
good sense and good law in the Indian
decree to "think things over." Many
a divorce decree Is regretted on one or
both sides before it is an hour old.
But the best time to "think it over"
is before the bonds are tied that re
quire divorce courts for dissolution.
MR. KUNKEL'S BEQUESTS
SAMUEL KUNKEL'S bequest of
$7,500 for the perpetuation of
"Romper Day" at Reservoir
Park, when all the children of the
public playgrounds gather together for
a great jollification as the culmiAation
of the summer vacation season, guar
antees the boys and girls of the city a
continuation of one of the most en
joyable celebrations in the life of Har
risburg. But it does more than that.
It sets a very good example for others
to follow. are many, many
needs of this kind in Harrlsburg.
Dozens of worthy enterprises designed
only for the public welfare arc droop
ing for lack of financial support.
Wealthy men who are making wills
should take a lesson from Mr. Kun
kel.
His legacy of SIO,OOO for the Asso
ciated Aids Societies is another instance
of the kind. The Associated Aids is
In sore need of Just such funds. The
organization ought not to be required
to lead a hand to mouth existence al
ways. It ought to have a foundation
of a dozen times the amount of the
Kunkel gift.
"BUSTED" PIPES
TTTHEN it comes to boosting the
"old home town" the Tele
graph yields no laurels to any
body, ' but chronically optimistic
though it be this newspaper
searches its vocabulary in vain
for adjectives properly de
scriptive of the present kind of Har
rlsburg weather and still allow the
paper the use of tlie United States
mails. Next May or June, perhaps,
we may have something nice to say,
but don't ask us now if you would
preserve vis from a breach of the
postal laws.
Reporters after a careful canvass
of the situation found only two men
in the city who thought well of the
climatic conditions masquerading un
der tbe name of weather that for the
past three days have been giving us a
fine Imitation of life In an PJskimo vil
lage. One was a coal man and the
other was a plumber and both were so
peevish from overwork that they
hoped "it wouldn't last much longer."
Maybe it is just as well to have
our minds relieved from considera
tion of the awful possibilities of the
German crisis, but It's a toss up which
is worst —contemplation of death in
the trenches or being frozen in the
midst of empty coal bins and "busted"
plumbing. Some one, signing him-!
self Solomon Grundy, evidently took
this view of it. lie sent In the fol
lowing—
The crisis, sir, is a burglar bold, j
When tho cop is not around,
Or wurser yet, a busted pipe
When the plumber can't be found.
—and we sympathize with him in his
ravings. There is nothing so con
ducive to the ruination of the peace,
love and happiness popularly sup
posed to be the chief characteristics of
home-life as "busted" pipes. Perfect
ly devoted wives display unsuspected
and unlovely qualities. Perfectly dis
ciplined husbands, broken to harness
by years of family cares suddenly re
vert to forms 6f lowest savagery. The
family temper goes up as the temper
ature goes down. The plumber alone
stands between erstwhile devoted
couples and wreck and ruin of fond
est ties, lighting the way back to do
mestic felicity and warming the chilly
domestic atmosphere at the same time
he thaws out the plumbing with his
trusty torch.
We know these things happen.
There's a reason. And after thinking
the matter over we're going home to
night and admit to our wife that we
guess after all maybe she had nothing
to do with deciding the kind of weath
er we have been "cussing" since the
cold snap started.
PATRIOTISM AND EFFICIENCY
THE country Is entering upon a
period of preparation. Red Cross
societies and Leagues of Pre
paredness are becoming active, as they
should. In such cases we are apt to
become a bit hysterical. • We have
done that in the past. We ought to
avoid anything like It now. ' Patriotism
and efficiency should go hand In hand.
Activities should be governed entirely
by needs.
In this regard one is reminded of
the indignation of a well-meaning
woman who knit socks for English
soldiers In France enclosing her name
and rddress and who one day not long
after dispatching the product of her
patriotic efforts received a postcard
from one of the favored Tommies
bearing this Inscription:
Socks received, lady;
They almost fit.
I wear crtie for a helmet
And one for a mitt.
I hope to meet you
When I've done my bit—
But where the devil
Did you learn to knit?
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF
THE death rate among men and
women of middle age and older
during January and February is
always high. This year it has been
more so than usual. The newspapers
have been tilled with the obituaries of
well-known people the past three
weeks. * There ia a lesson In this for
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all of us, old or young. During this j
season of sudden changes and severe j
weather, take care of yourself. Avoid
becoming overheated and then
chilled. Do not overeat. Take plenty
of rest, lots of pure water and all the
fresh air you can get. A little precau
tion may save you serious illness, or
worse. Pneumonia is no respecter of
persons.
When a father "gives the bride r.way" !
lie doesn't always tell all he knows j
about her.
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EDITORIAL, COMMENT I
Some may he too proud to fight and
others may be too proud to stop.— I
Brooklyn Kaglc.
It looks as though nothing would
save the American navy from destruc
tion but a war.—Boston Transcript.
"Shall we give up meat?" inquires a j
dietarian. The question pre-gupposes
too much,—Newark News.
China demanding peace sounds a good
deal like a man tip In a balloon yelling j
for more air.—Boston Transcript.
The allies want to put an Italian on :
King Constantine's throne. Why such |
inconsiderate treatment for Italy? —|
Philadelphia North American.
There are moments when one won- '
ders what influence has kept Lawson I
silent all these years.—Newark News. !
Our Danish West Indies never will j
become really popular here at home |
unless they produce some new sort of I
ragtime to rival Hawaiian music.
Philadelphia North American.
Ueavitig to the New York Tribune j
the problem of naming the ex-Danish
West Indies, we suggest that the flavor I
of former ownership be retained by '
calling all the towns hamlets.—Bostou
Transcript.
The Prussian diet may have more to I
do with stopping the war than in start- i
ins it.—Brooklyn Eagle.
Union's Thanks
llarrisburg. Pa., Jan. 31, 1917.
Mr. J. P. McCullougli.
Superintendent The Telegraph Print
ing Company,
llarrisburg, Pa.
Dear Sir:
Acknowledging the fact'that the fol
lowing named firms and individuals
have shown a spirit of equity and fair
dealing in our recent negotiations for
the signing of a Scale of Prices, and
that they have also granted a liberal in
crease in wages to our members, be
sides better working conditions, llar
risburg Typographical Union, No. 14,
desires to tender to
The Telegraph Printing Co.,
The Star-independent,
The Patriot Co.,
The Courier Co.,
W. S. Ray,
Aughinbaugh Press,
the most sincere thanks for courtesies
shown at this time, and express the
hope that our relations may continue
i in the future as in the past both pleas
ant and profitable.
In appreciation of these facts, llarris
burg Typographical Union, No. 14. will
continue to urge that all printed mat
ter be done in shops that are fair to it.
JAMES REID,
President:
MEL.ANCTHON USAW.
Haste and Waste
All-haste man is in some respects—
all-waste in others. Big business and
little business have surrounded them
selves with efficiency tools which are
applied to the smallest detail of their
business. Adding machines, calculat
ing machines, cash registers, inside
goods carriers—dozens of efficiency
devices, scores of efficiency systems in
every phase of business except the
raw and manufactured product.—ln
dustrial Management.
For World Peace
If Europe is willing to recognize that
1.0 great nation has a right to annex
a smaller nation against Its will, and
that no combination of nations has
a right to dismember and divide any
nation against Its will—that the doc
trine that "governments derive all
their just powers from the consent of
the governed" must bo the cornerstone
of the foundation of permanent world
peace—well and good. In that event
we are willing to join hands with it.
—Duluth Herald.
We Are Ready
It will be the hope of every one, of
course, that the United States may not
be dragged into the hideous slaughter
of Europe. It' Germany's brutal tac
tics force action upon us, however,
there Is at least some comfort in
knowing that not only is our cause
most righteous, but that In munitions,
army and navy we are in better posi
tion to defend ourselves from tyran
nous aggression than we have been
in since the close of the Civil War
Philadelphia Record.
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By th Ex-CommJttetmjui |
Democratic ringmasters have been
so busy getting ready their part in
the resolution for investigation of the
State government that they did not
have time to take up some of the
much heralded legislation for the bet
terment of the Commonwealth last
night. The Democratic program is
ambitious, but subject to exigencies.
It will be used to make capital and
when there is a chance to get into the
limelight bills and the uplift are
shunted to a siding.
The Democrats were a bit miffed
last night that they did not get central
positions with their resolutions en
dorsing the President and In order
that the record should be right for
future reading they presented two in
the House. They will be valuable for
forms in times to come.
The most sensible tiling that lias
come from the Democrats is the ab
sentee voter system legislation put in
by Representative Black of this city
and it can scarcely be called a party
measure as It will affect more Itepub
caus than Democrats.
—Mayor Smith, • of Philadelphia,
sort of got lost in the shuttle last night
during the excitement over the inves-.
tigation resolution. The Mayor spent
the greater part of the afternoon and
evening roaming around meeting
friends and talking Philadelphia legis
lation. lie will probably come to
town again.
— K. liOtrry Humes, chief Demo
cratic ringmaster, was alert to get Na
tional Guard news last night. When
he is not running the government for
the national administration in West
ern Pennsylvania he is adjutant of the
Second Hrigade.
—The first clash over a ruling oc
curred in the House of Representa
tives last night between Speaker Bald
win and Mr. Cox, Philadelphia, his
rival for the speakership nomination.
Mr. Wallace, Lawrence, introduced a
resolution calling for statements of
names, residence and occupation of all
House attaches with their sponsors
and a statement of expenditures they
had made for telephones and travel
ing. The speaker ruled that it should
lie over under the rules, whereupon i
Mr. Cox objected, declaring it was a.
resolution of Inquiry and for Informa
tion. The speaker said that as he un
derstood it only certain resolutions 1
could he considered at once and that
he did not believe that the Wallace
resolution was In that class. Mr. Cox
objected but did not take the objec- 1
Hon before the House, although some
of his friends were eager to do tt and
the.speaker asked if he wanted to ap
peal.
The Wallace resolution was aimed
at the "slate committee" and was as
follows: "The chairman of tl\e slate
committee of the House be Instructed
to report not later than February 13,
191", the nam£, home address, salary
and occupation of every employe on
the payroll of the House for the 1917
session together with the name or
names of the person or persons who
recommended the employe for ap
pointment, and set forth whether or
not the person appointed Is actually
rendering the service for which he
was appointed. Also that a statement
of the. current expenditures of all per
sons employed by the House for tele
phones, traveling and other Items of
expense which have been charged to
i the State since the beginning of the
j session."
—lra Dale Meals, assistant clerk of
of the House, Is laid up with the grip.
—The bill to permit children to go
without vaccination when they are In
a state of health deemed dangerous by
doctors, has been presented to the
House by Representative Smith, Bed
ford. It Is due for the usual discus
sion.
—Representative Rlnn, of I,ehigh,
who was reported 111, turned up In tho
! House after being granted a leave of
j absence.
I —Calendared bills In the Senate
were passed up last night. One was
amended and In the House the single
bill passed on to second reading.
—The- House appropriations com
mittee took the speaker at his word
to-day and met at 9 o'clock this
morning.
—A subcommittee t6 sit In Phila
delphia on the subject of capital pun
ishment is being talked of by Chair
man Beyer, of the House Judiciary
general committee.
—Representative Joe Phillips" reso
lution ugainst Senator Penrose went
even a little farther than the ordinary
antl-Penrose papers. Phillips might
have Included in his resolution some
reference to the absentee record made
by Congressman John R. K. Scott prior
to January 1.
—Governor Brumbaugh has given
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1 LATEST
"How to Succeed With What You Have" Vies With a
Bit of Humor by Irvin Cobb
I
The young man who thinks he has i
a kick coming because some other
fellow was "born with a silver spoon j
in his mouth" would do well to read j
the steel king's latest advice to the 1
public in condensed form. Mr. Schwab j
has written his philosophy of life into i
a few brief pages which are brimming \
over with common sense that by his;
magic touch seem to vibrate with |
energy and life. Opportunity takes on j
a new meaning when visualised in j
Schwab's words. There is no such;
thing as 'natural genius' in the estima-1
tion of Mr. Schwab, and the man who |
succeeds is the one who makes a point i
of using his hands and head a little j
longer and more effectively than the j
next man; possibly working after the
whistle has blown or forgetting that [
the hour to close the books and leave I
the office has arrived.
"In the modern business world 'pull' j
is losing its powers. Achievement is 1
the only test. The fellow who does i
the most is going to get the most pay, I
provided he shows equal intelligence, j
Captains of industry are not hunting |
money—America is heavy with it.
They are seeking brains—specialized :
brains—and faithful, loyal service."
The Century Company has not is- j
sued a better investment than this lit- j
tie book from the experiences of a
big man.
Social Color, by Irvin Cobb. (Geo. I
H. Doran Co., $1.35). Irvin Cobb's,
book, "Social Color," is a splendid col- !
lection of short stories which are not I
only intensely true to life, but quite i
fascinatingly interesting. The genial 1
humorist is at his best in these stories, I
his interpretation of life in our own!
United States being particularly keen. |
It is a book one should not miss read
ing for it contains the very essence of
tiie present times and peoples not only
in one phase of life but in many.
up all invitations to dinners and other
j events for the present. The Governor
had probably a dozen invitations for
affairs this week, but will remain here.
' —Lieutenant-Governor McClain was
i the officer who brought the men of the
.National, Pennsylvania and Ohio Lin
coln Highway Associations together
yesterday.
New York and Paris
[Jules Bols in February Century.]
While I am well-rooted in my French
and X>atin soul, I have traveled far
through the world, and one may be
lieve me when I say that 1 have found
no city that more resembles Paris in
its ways and the characteristics of its
Inhabitants than New York. Even Lon
don, admirable as It Is. is more apart.
This Is not to say that New York Is
not profoundly original, but that be
tween It and Paris there are parallel
originalities. The gaiety of the streets;
already certain aspects of picturesque
antiquity; the atmosphere of welcom
ing; the vivacious spirit, cordial hos
pitality, and disinterested enthusiasm
for talent, merit, or novelty; a certain
quickness to adopt and to discard ideas,
art movements, and people; a restless
ness at times too feverish; a love of
pleasure, elegance, and luxury; a ten
dency to respond instantly and as one
man to any great and international
event—all this is what makes of Paris
and New York, each in its own particu
lar way, with Its little faults and grand
qualities, the two most sympathetic,
the most "electric" capitals of the civi
lized world.
Why Rain Follows Lightning
[Popular Science Monthly.]
Why does a heavy downtfour of rain
often follow a clap of thunder? Not, as
is popularly believed, because the thun
der Jostles the cloud particles together
Into raindrops. In the violent tur
moil between the positive and negative
electricity in a thundercloud there will
bo places where the production of
drops, by condensation, and their sub
sequent breaking up proceeds more
rapidly than elsewhere. Hence In these
places there will be more drops to fall
as rain, and also more electrification,
the rainfall occurring about the same
time as the Hash. We have, then, start
ing toward the earth at the same time,
light, sound, and raindrops. The light,
traveling at a speed of about 186,000
miles a second, reaches us almost In
stantly. The sound travels far more
slowly—about 1,020 feet a second—but
the rain falls much slower still. Thus
we observe, first, the lightning', then
the thunder, and then rain.
FEBRUARY 6, 1917.
In the story of "Merrylips," Beulah
Marie Dix has gjven us u charming
book for children. It is a tale of the
"Cavaliers" and "Koundheads" of
English religious and political history
and Merrylips, the heroine, is a
staunch supporter of the king. She
has always longed to be a boy, so when
she finds that by masquerading as one
she can best sej-ve her king, she is
overjoyed. Many and thrilling are
her adventures but in the end sho de
cides that it is really pleusanter to be
a girl.. (Macmillan, 50c net).
Colonel Henry W. Shoemaker, pub
lisher of the Altoona Tribune, and a
member of Governor Brumbaugh's
staff, js author of an interesting vol-
Jme under the general title of "Juniata
Memories." It is a compilation of leg
ends collected in Central Pennsyl
vania and published bv John Joseph
McVey, 1229 Arch street, Philadel
phia; price SI.OO net.
No contributor to the literature of
the picturesque Juniata Valley has
given so much of study and research
to an interesting section of Pennsyl
vania as Colonel Shoemaker. He has
delved among the legendary lore of the
valley, rich in historic interest, and
the volume which he has issued is
handsomely illustrated, showing some
of the marvelous scenery of the sec
tion he so admirably describes. The
book is an intimate narrative of the
earlier days of the Juniata Valley and
Colonel Shoemaker has given his labor
or love additional value by setting
down 'much that would have ibeen lost
to the future students of Central
Pennsylvania history through the pass
ing of the men and women of the
older generations who have made pos
sible this record of frontier days
Many readers of the Telegraph are
natives of the Juniata Valley and
these will be delighted with the pages
of the Volume which is a credit to the
author and its publisher.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
NO LONGER
ROMANTIC.
Visitor: Where
Is that romantic Jq
old mill I used to !
Owner: So \ y
many artists came Tfjll'l \ n
to paint that mill J
that I got asham- iVu ~jJ m
ed of its tumbled- •
down appearance
j and repaired it.
CERTAINLY
r*" V band and Kate'i
JK alB ' aSt ' ri6n<^9 '
Kate think the)
l lj/jm - are. They both
Wi get home aboui
A. LIKELT REA
SON.
Green was mnMm
I knocking Brown MM U
I terribly yester- 1
[ day. I thought I
I they wore the
; best of friends.
, What has hap
t I guess Brown * jjfm* em.
] must have asked vy <®k
! Green to pay back M*
some of the " "
money he loaned
him.
fPOLLOWTNu
MEDICAL
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Within a few weeks demolition of
the last of the dwellings on Tanner's
alley will begin and by the time the
buds begin to show on the trees In
Capitol park about all that will be
loft of a once noted thoroughfare in
Harrisburg will be the paved road
way. Only six or eight buildings are
loft facing on the narrow street and
they show signs of their approaching
end. Tanner's alley, it has been spelled
both singular and plural, la one of the
old streets of the city. It came Into be
ing when the town pushed out toward
the creek and long before the war had
a flavor all its own. Tradition says
that it got its name because the tan
neries which used to line the run
which emptied into the river above
Walnut street moved to that section
when the run was built over. It is no
ted on maps which show High street,
which was Fourth street, extended
from where it has the elbow near
South street to a line which would run
through tho Majestic theater and
which used to boast a brewery before
it was taken over in the second ex
tension of Capitol park. Before the
war Tanner's alley got a colony ot
colored folks and during tho war It
was a place of more or less excite
ment at times. In the heyday of "Da
Ate" ward it was more or less watch
ed by policemen, but the erection of a
church by the colored people at South
street made for better things.
• • •
Speaking of the park extensions
there have been three according to
old timers. Originally, the Capitol
was between North and South streets,
but the State acquired from Harris
and Maclay other tracts and then got
title from the founder of the city
for the property extending down to
Walnut street. This contained the ar
senal, whose site may be roughly
marked by the Mexican war monu
ment. According to the old people this
was the first extension, but it was
over a hundred years ago.
The second extension was
when the triangle between
Walnut, Fourth and High streets was
bought and the brewery removed
from the gateway to the State domain.
The third extension is that now in
process and which will give the great
Capitol a setting not enjoyed by many
other State houses in the land.
• • •
It takes weather such as Harris
burg has been having the last few
days to bring out the old sealskin caps.
Yesterday there were more of the old
time headgear seen than for manv
months, probably for years. When
it comes down to real warmth and
comfort the sealskin cap has every
thing else beaten a mile. It is so snug
and warm that it is likely to make a
man take cold. You could tell when a
j sealskin was approaching by the odor
of camphor. But the men who wore
them did not seem to mind.
• • •
Some of the street sweepers got
down to an old style way oC keeping
their feet warm yesterday when they
used burlap to wrap up their shoes.
One man. when asked whether it
was worth the trouble, replied "All.
should say. You don't know what
wahrm Is til you try dat." Another
man on Market street said that he
could work all day with such wrap
pings and not mind the cold weather
a bit, which is more than some who
had to wait for cars could say.
• • *
Tho Pennsylvania State society,
which will hold its annual meeting
this week, was formed just a year ago
and it held a number of interesting
monthly luncheons, at which noted
men made addresses and the big din
ner in Philadelphia last fall. Tho so
ciety includes the heads of depart
ments and members of commissions
and the legislators. It will havo
luncheons during the legislative ses
sion.
* * •
The visit of the Pittsburgh Chamber
of Commerce committee here to-day
recalled the days when the Pitts
burghers descended in force 011 tho
Capitol to demand a change in the
form of government. Then they came
with bands and banners and argu
ments which attracted state-wide at
tention. Pittsburgh led the light in
this State for the small council and
was tlie first municipality to get it.
Now all but Philadelphia have that
system.
When the mercury was two above
zero and the wind blowing a 35-mile
gale Monday morning, a big lineman
named Douglas at Dauphin startled
everybody In the hamlet by climbing
the biggest telephone pole in town.
"What were you doing up there,
Doug?" asked one of the natives.
"Jes telephonin', jest telephoning"
explained the lineman. He went on to
say that he wanted to talk to the A.
T. & T. offices in Harrisburg and want
ed "em quick.
"Cold up there?" he repeated in an
swer to an another query. "Oh, yes,
It was a little chilly."
• * •
t "We have put the funeral car Into
regular traffic service," said Felix M.
Davis, superintendent of the transpor
tation end of (ho Harrisburg Railways
Company, last night. "We have every
thing except the summer cars in serv
ice. We ordered cars long ago, but
where wo used to get them In four
weeks, now It takes six months."
f~~WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Congressman T. S. ' Crego, of
Greene county, says that the President
can havo an army of 2,000,000 If he
wants it.
—E. T. Stotesbury, the banker, has
gone to Florida for a vacation.
—John Douglas, Jr., prominent
Pittsburgher, has organized a society
to be known as the Native Sons of
Pennsylvania and will have a banquet
soon.
—Harry Endsley, long connected
with the Cambria Steel legal depart
ment, will go with the Wharton Steel
Company, which Is taking some top
notch men.
—Colonel John Grlbbel was the
honor guest at the Wesleyan alumni
dinner in Philadelphia.
| DO YOU KNOW ]
Tlint Dauphin county flour is feed
ing armies in Europe?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The State maintained a big arsenal
here during the War of 1812.
Without Fear or Reproach
The United States is now on tlie
verge of war with Germany, but the
American people can face the crisis
without fear and without reproach.
The national conscience is clear. In
all the records of history there will be
found no other example of a great and
powerful nation exerting such effort,
and making such sacrifices to keep
the peace as the United State has done
in the course of its relations with Ger
many since August 1, 1914.—New
York World.
Not to Say Run
[Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.]
The Russian Bear doesn't seem to
walk very much like a man—at least
lin the Dobrud.ia district. Mighty few
men walk backward.