8 IABRISBURGTELEGRAPH A USWSPAPBR FOR TUB HO MS Pudt tlj, fciblWJed evenings except Sunday by I THE TELEGRAPH FIUfITIHQ CO, Itolegrapk BolMlag. Federal Sqnara. kr.STACKFOLB,JW a*d fR, OTSTER, Busintjj Manager, bs M, STEINMETZ, Managing Biitor, t Member American Newspaper Pub lishers' Associa tion. The Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn ffvanla Assoolat- Eastern office, Story. Brooks 2 Flnley, Fifth Ave nue Building, New York Cityi Vest em office. Story, Brooks A Flnley, People's Gas Build ing. Chicago, 111. fcitared st the Post Office to Harris burg. Pa, as second class matter. Bycarriers, ten cents a TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 24. The world ia given as the prize for the men in earnest; land that which is true of this world is truer still of the World to come. — F.W. Robert- Son. PROTECTING THE RIVER FRONT CITY COMMISSIONER GROSS Is quoted In an Interview as having determined to Jose no time In the riprapplng of the River Front from Hardscrabble to Maclay street Fortunately for the city the heavy Ice and high water of this spring did not damage the embank ment so much as had been feared, but It would be unwise to risk an other flood and the consequent In- Jury to the slope. Commissioner Gross Is right In ar ranging to go ahead with the work. This is quite as important as any other activity of his department and It ought not to require more than a few weeks to complete the protec tive system outlined by the en gineers of the State Water Supply Commission last year. Harrisburg appreciates the Susquehanna basin and public use of, the shore line should be increased wherever pos sible through the final treatment of the terrace, the placing of numer ous benches, the planting of shrub bery and tho making of easy walks along the slope from the top to the granolithic walk at the bottom. "While labor scarcity haa entered ' somewhat into the outside work of this year, there are many men too old for military service who are available for this work- There will be general approval of the decision of Commissioner Gross to proceed with this plan. IX THE STATE'S SERVI~E THROUGH the organization of the Committee of Publlo Safety for the Commonwealth, Gov ernor Brumbaugh and all associated with him In this patriotic work ex pect that much will be accomplished In the way of • conserving the re sources of Pennsylvania and provid ing for the unusual demands growing out of the mobilization of the na tion's armies. In addition to the main committee appointed some time ago, the Governor is now or ganizing the State Into eighty-seven districts, each having a local com mittee which will co-operate with the general body and assume respon sibility for preparedness In Its own particular district. When these committees shall have been fully organized there will he at least 10,000 citizens co-operating with one end ID view, thus avoiding ail lost motion and waste through separate agencies such as were pro posed in the beginning of the work of preparation. The first meeting of the local com mittee will be held at the Board of Trade rooms to-morrow, this meet ing having been called for the pur pose of organization. Every effort will be made to encourage Intensive farming and the giving of every pos sible assistance to the farmers In the t work of tilling the soil and planting the crops. Through this organization the needs of every part of the State will be ascertained, so that no time shall be lost In securing the max imum of effort In the production of food and the mobilization of all the resources of the State. Governor Brumbaugh has directed ' every State department to aid In this work, and through the schools and colleges and the various activi ties in all communities much will be achieved. Pennsylvania Is a great agricul tural State, but the importance of Its enormous mineral and Industrial re sources has in a measure dwarfed the farming community in the aver age mind. Since the declaration of war with Germany, however, our people hava begun to understand that Pennsylvania is one of the lead ing agricultural districts of the country, in faot, Lancaster county is the garden spot of the nation and the valleys of the Susquehanna and the Juniata, not to mention the Cum berland and Lebanon districts, are rich In agricultural production. Our food supply must be increased as a war measure and every citizen should do his utmost to encourage right now the activities in this di rection. The Committee of Publlo Safety will, of course, do everything within its power to organize these forces of the State, but no Individual should watt upon any committee to tell him TUESDAY EVENING, what to do. He knows that food Is needed and will bo neoded In In creasing quantities. It ought to be his Job to do what he can to aid In this Important work. "Bryan to enlist the farmers for work," says a headline. The farmers already know more about work than even such an eloquent speaker as Bryan can tell thxm. VOWWTEEB OH BE DRAFTED WILL you volunteer or wait to be drafted? That is the question which confronts the young men of the country, and It is their proud privi lege to step forward and answer it by offering their services freely. Captain Harrell, resulting officer In charge of the Harrisburg district, reports that the number of volun teers from this city and Central Pennsylvania has been larger In pro portion to the population than from New York, Philadelphia, or, in fact, any part of the United States except certain portions of Indiana. Never theless, the number is not nearly up to the quota desired by the War De partment. Ten years, at the present rate of enlistment, -would be required to bring the army up to the necessary figures. What a shameful showing! "Volunteer" is the proudest title any soldier can bear, from the humblest private to the highest offi cer in the service. It is no credit to anybody's patriotism that v he re sponds to the summons of the draft ing officer. That system may be the most efficient, but to the volunteer belongs the honor and the credit of having stepped forward to meet his country's needs before the demand became so pressing that conscription had to be enforced. In Civil War days, at almost every call, the men of Harrlsburg and of Central Pennsylvania volunteered In numbers far exceeding the quota demanded of the district. In the War of the Revolution whole companies of settlers left their little homes almost defenseless to fling themselves into the fray in defense of. liberty and their rights as freemen. Shall it be said that their sons are unworthy of their proud and patriotic p&rentage? Was Gettys burg the high water mark of patriotism In Pennsylvania? Wars are fought by young men. There Is the strength and the virility demanded by the strenuous life of the soldier. It is right that they first should step forth to defend the heritage older men have handed down to them. It is proper that men without family ties and the respon sibilities that go with them; with out dependents to leave to the mercy of a more or less charitable public, go first. To these the call now comes Insistently. Will they respond, or shall it be written Into history that the young men of Harrisburg and Central Pennsylvania In this emergency dodged the , recruiting office as they would a smallpox hos pital? German sympathizers will note that Hlndenburg still continues to "retreat -to victory." • "THE FIRST 500,000" /T\HE New York rush of enlist- J_ ments for the three months' course at the summer military training: camps for officers, follow ing the recent announcement that the camps would open on May 8, would indicate that in the metropolis are many young men between the ages of twenty years nine months and forty-four years who thus ex press their preference for voluntary enlistment with the assurance of an officer's rank at the end of the three months, to temporary postponement of service followed by conscription at a later date. New York is doubt less a guide to conditions elsewhere. Fourteen such camps, located at convenient spots throughout the United States, with an arbitrary maximum capacity of 2,500 men each, will develop in the period from May 8 to August 1 a sufficient num ber of men to officer the "first five hundred thousand" that will be ordered Into the field in the middlu of the summer. These men will be the best that each community is capable of offering, men of high Ideals and a willingness to sacrifice ambition, business and pleasure in response to a call which may lead only to a year's camp experience, but 'will more than probably end in an ocean voyage. Fortunately for this country, mobilization Is taking place under favorable conditions that did not prevail either in "France or England, yhere the young man or middle aged man who was subject to call received a special message to report for duty with his regiment; he drop ped the reins at once and took his departure. In our case, however, the enemy is busy at another task and we are enabled to prepare in calm security and with an absence of that hysteria which might other wise attend a hasty mobilization of an unknown quantity. Harrlsburg will send its men who Intend to study the art of war under the Instruction of army officers to Fort Niagara, New York, a camp site located on the border line of Canada near the famous Kails. Time Is the essential factor in enlistments for this camp; those who go will be under canvas before two weeks are up, and there is little time for de liberation and debate. There are hundreds who are qualified to be officers from this city. How mafly will answer the call? The man with the new automobile (s usually an advocate of broader highways. Question of the day: "What is the Csar doing since the snow-ahovellng season is over?" That was some parade; and now for the Fourth of July! Tine growing weather, and we need the crops. Fine growing weather, and we need the crops T>ol£Uc* *PeKHouC4nuuo. By the Ex-Commlttecman Legislators and men who follow politics In Pennsylvania who were here last night and to-day were ex pressing the hope that the agreement reached in the matter of the disburse ment of the $2,000,000 fund for na tional defense would be extended and that the senatorial leaders and Gov ernor Brumbaugh would get togeth er on some plan whereby the appoint ments could be considered as the con stitution requires and disturbance for the remainder of the Brumbaugh term bo avoided. The fact that the nomination of Daniel F. Lafean, of York, to be State Banking Commissioner, was not sent to the Senate last night, was taken to mean that it would Jje held up until the end of the session, as the Governor did with his recess ap pointments in 1915. As the Governor can either send them in at that time or allow them to lapse he is in a po sition to keep things interesting. Men aligned with the Penrose forces were pretty quick last night to reply to the suggestion that adjourn ment be taken on May 31, which Is understood to have come from Vare sources. They contended that if the appointments were presented adjourn ment would be a matter of a few weeks and the plan to have the Leg islature recess from time to time might be abandoned. Otherwise, they pointed out, the lawmakers might be here until J(jly 4, and recess then. —The outbreak among Philadelphia legislators who wear the Vare colors last night against the "do-nothing" policy of the session, as they phrased it. and the support given to the charge by the Democrats was not losr on many observers to-day. Every time a Philadelphia bill turns up there is a row and an increasing vol ume of protest from the up-State j members. —One of the interesting things brought out yesterday at the hearing given Auditor General Powell by the Appropriation Committee, was the statement by Mr. Powell that the State Treasurer had as much power as the Auditor General. Suggestion of that Idea a year ago wpuld have brought forth a'protest. —The resignation of O. D. Bleak ley as Congressman from the Twen ty-eighth district may not be acted upon by Governor Brumbaugh at all. The resignation was sent here some ten days ago, but the Governor was not sure whether he had authority to act and referred the matter to the Attorney General. It is reported about the Hill that the son of the Venango man came here late last week and withdrew the resignation, but this can not be confirmed. The Governor's office has declined to make any state ments about the proposition or whether the Governor intends to call a special election to fill the vacancy. It is said that Bleakley plans to run again, for vindication. —Governor Brumbaugh, who last week sent word to Washington that he hoped to see the nation made "dry" for the duration of the war. In order to save grains and fruits, wrote to H. T. Moon, a member of the State Commission of Agriculture, that he was heartily in favor of national pro hibition measures that will prevent the use of grains for liquors at this critical time. He added that he would like to see it made a national policy. —Liquor interests, which are men aced by a bigger fight over the pro posed "dry for the war" legislation than over local option, are said to have decided that a policy of silence would be best for their side. They will fight any effort to have the Leg islature petition Congress. —Senators were taking great In terest to-day in the shooting match between Senators Martin and Was hers. The veteran Martin used to be a noted man at the traps. —Senator Charles A. Snyder, Audi tor General-elect, will be the guest of honor at a dinner to be given in Philadelphia by ex-Senator Clarence Wolf, of that city, next Monday night. Most of the Senators will attend and there will be no Senatorial session Monday, from present indications. —The Crow bills to change the pe riods for filing nomination petitions at the State department are sched uled to go through this week. The Governor approves of them and they will be signed. Kaiser's Defeat [Kansas City Times] As the governing military class in Germany has Itself put forward Count Von Reventlow as its spokes man and interpreter to the world in matters relating to the war, we may accept as having due weight of au thority his prediction in the Berlin Tages Zeitung that without victory the Kaiser's throne cannot stand. That is a view that will bo widely shared, in Germany and out, by great numbers of persons who have formed their opinions without the advantage oil Count fon Reventlow's intimate knowledge of the situation. The imperial German throne was set up with the sword, its buttresses have been the military and prlv. ileged classes that have benefited by Its power and Its tradition of victory and conquest, and it would not be at variance with the history of mil itary autocracy if it should fall with the shattering of that tradition. Napoleon was as well aware of the necessity of victory to uphold his military system as Count Von Re ventlojw Is of its necessity to that of the Kaiser, and was as frank In admitting it. To pause in his career of conquest or to try to draw back was to fall, he said. He must carry unsheathed the sword of Marengo and Austerlitz. The Prussian mili tary system must uphold the tradi tion of its victories over Austria, Denmark and France or meet an other Waterloo. The Von Reventlow declaration only goes to make plainer what most all the world already had recogized, and that is that this, war is one of democracy—of world democracy— not against the German people, but against an outworn absolutism in trenched in Prussian militarism. Censorship Must Be Sensible [Philadelphia Record] Temporarily the Senate ha* laid aside the espionage bill In order to take up the bill to place the army of the United States on a war foot ing. The latter Is of far greater Im mediate Importance. The laws defin ing and punishing treason would meanwhile be adequate to reach all, whether aliens or citizens or profes sional or amateur newsmen, who collect, report or publish informa tion of military value in order to give aid or comfort to the public enemy. Some Senators have ex pressed the belief that the laws against treason as they stand are sufficient. Anyhow, a law that might result In the suppression of legiti mate and honestly patriotic criticism of the government ought not to be passed until it has had the most ~i ~~immh i■ w <uuvaUu>ratlon, HARRIBBURG TFTLFLTL TELEGRAPH IT HAPPENS IN THE BEST REGULATED FAMILIES By BRIGGS IKI/VI W \ (OH DCAW) R -■ —1 I ; * NO. \ V Y BOY IVE | VJ6LL I M 1 /•AMKIOT 1 F / PRBTT-Y PROUD OF I g> WOIO'T T ~ 1 / s[> ( WHAT- "ISO~~VOU THIMK OF ' T\A>EU- "DAD RUE Y RUE ; "ALL I,UUFLLED/ THAT TFTS OV/ER?GT*OWU(VJ KID V —I ENIU-STC-D-/ UP .SIMCE HIS "BCV/ OP MLIVJE- HE WANJT3 To I s —- ' J _ I EWLI-STED R ' EOJLIST- MAKCS ME MIGHTY/ / <) H Y 6 S- I | V__—— —' 'PROUD OF H/MJOIJES- HOU> / I WAS •BOUT YOUR "BOY ? / —' TO TELL. YOU / <-€3 | EDITORIAL COMMENT 1 NOT AS BAD AS NEUTRALITY YET [Columbia State] With the exception of the first day or two after the event, America's declaration of war has been followed by fewer wild rumors than had been ' expected. NEW BAR TO SEX EQUALITY [Grand Rapids Press] The offer of many of our capable suffragists to serve at' the front is developing some new problems in warfare because almost none of the trenches are made barrel skirt width. DIFFERENT SET OF MUSCLES, TOO [Marion Star] We assume that if the lawns of our back yards are transformed into vegetable gardens, almost as much healthful exercise may bo had in properly caring for the growing foodstuffs as Is attained by pushing the lawnmower. | LETTERS TO THE EDITOIT "Marching Through Georgia" To the Editor of the Telegraph: While everyone is bent on showing his or her patriotism in some way, might it not be well for some of our newspapers to remind civilian band leaders that thy day of "Marching Through Georgia" has long since passed away. Army bands no longer play this air, for in the ranks of the various branches of the army will be found an equal percentage of men who claim the south as their homo, and who are fully as patriotic as the men of the north. Without entering into a discussion of the advantages gained or the wrongs committed on that march to the sea, it seems hardly fair that on every parade of mixed organizations thlß air should be played. This is the only way to make a southerner angry, and now that the south is working Just as earnestly as the north for the common good of the nation, it seems a small thing to bo continually forcing men from the. south to listen to the strains of "Marching Through Georgia." If we aro to be a patriotic nation, let us confine our music to those airs that inspire both north and south alike to greater efforts, for It may not be long until the soldier of the north and the soldier of the south may be tighting side by side and then each will have but a single aim. CHARLES W. THOMAS. Harrlsburg, Pa., April 23, 1917. The Dogs' Appeal To the Editor of the Telegraph: Through you, to the men who make your laws —we extend most appeallngly, our paWs. Haven't they some little chap at home that will help us plead—lt's oftenest the little child that best understands our need. There's more than one of us that's gone to some awful torture place, hoping, longing through un told fear and pain, to see some much loved boy's face. Just dogs! Yel low ones, nameless ones, flesh and blood and bones. Yes, mostly bones, that no one feeds or owns. But if you want to search inside of us, for some hidden mystery to make material for writing scientific his tory. Don't, I pray of you, do it with a knife —Grant us yet our little span of life. Study, search, and scrutinize —But do it meeting our honest eyes. Read In them love and faith 'and keeping true. See in them a creature coming very near to you. Stand by Mr. Gans —Hold up his hands. Don't vote "No"—but bravely an swer "aye." Ask the little chap at home to tell you why. Vote for House pill nine hundred fifty-two. Save us, Men, it's up to you. —BILLIE BOWSER. We are praying for this bill clear across the country In Kansas, Blllle Bowser and I. We have not words to tell all that means to us and to so many, many others. H. H. JACOBS, Kansas City. Two "Grand Old Men" To the Editor of the Telegraph: One of the Inspiring sights of the parade was the presence of Harris burg's two grand old men. Theodore B. Klein, 84, and David Dunlap, 87, who marched with the men from the Department of Internal Affairs. They received the glad hand all along the route. They demonstrated their patriotism, which was In strong con trast to thousands who should havo been in line. There are a lot of peo ple who ought to take something lo improve the color of their blood. We should have had 25,000 In line. J. I SPRINGTIME IN SUMMER waits around the cor ner, and the Spring is on the land! But the city is—the city, and folk do not understand! Some too busy, do not heed it; some, un knowing, turn away; some, with tired eyes bent earthward, think a day is just—a day. But this morn ing, as X hurried down the crowded city street, I could feel the thrill of summer! Something seemed to guide my feet to a little park that nestles, an oasis, in the way—an oasis in the city. There the little children play near a crumbled mar ble fountain; there the city sparrows call; and the sun, as in the country, smiles a greeting over all! To the little park I wandered in the morning of the day. Every spray of grass seemed singing, "Summer's not so far away.'" Tiny liowers, (stunted, maybe) peered at me; a sunbeam strayed toward me from the merry corner where the little children played—played at fairies, as we used to; played at giants tall and grim. Overhead the trees were showing baby leaves on every limb. Marble fountain, childish voices, dancing sunshine seemed to say, "Spring is here —here in the city; summer's not so far away!" In a corner sat an artist sketching, with his gaze intent. I stood near and watched, unbidden, watched the "col ors that he blent; watched the grow ing of his fancy, watched the magic of his brush; watched him. silent, and the city, with its clamor and its The Roosevelt Division [Kansas City Star] If the sight of the American flag and the presence of American sol diers, however few In number, on the battle front in Europe would have a heartening effect upon our allies as a visible sign of our participation In the war, then the government ought without delay to accept Colonel Roosevelt's offer .to raise and lead a division of volunteers. , It must be plain to everybody, of course, that a volunteer di vision could be rained and placed in the Held much quicker than the arm ies that will be recruited under the plan of the general staff could be made ready. But while that plan is the right one and has the hearty support of Colonel Roosevelt as em bodying the principle of universal service and training for which he has contended so long, he does not ( overlook the moral effect which would be produced by the early ex hibition at the front of some con crete evidence of the immense weight which the American Republic is preparing to throw into the scales. Most of us know very little about the strictly military aspect of the proposal to send such a vanguard of our coming army abroad. But weigh ed on other grounds most of us would be ready to say that 25,000 Americans of the kind Theodore Roosevelt would pick, with himself ut the head of them, would answer in the most satisfactory way the pur pose of letting the enemy know we were in his vicinity. Most of us would say that the Roosevelt di vision would not be a division of mollycoddles. We would go as far as to say that they would be men with more or less of a natural apti tude for fighting, to whom fighting would be not only a patriotic duty but a personal pleasure. We should expect to. see them exhibit an atti tude rather quarrelsome than other wise toward the enemy and to evince a disposition to harass and annoy him, to pick on, nag, stir up, chase and otherwise fret him until he would wish they hadn't come. All of which, we understand, would tend in a general way to further the object of war, If, as we have been Informed and believe, that object is to make the enemy want to eo home. To recruit such a force as Colonel Roosevelt proposes would interfere In no way with the general recruit ing under the staff plan, for the col onel would take only men above the age limit fixed in the pending serv ice bit's. They would be men for the most part who had seen service in the Spanish War or whose train ing or outdoor occupations had fitted them for the job. Such Americans, hardened by the intensive training they would receive in the three months' workout it is proposed to give them, fit for anything, but prin cipally to fight, and led by a former President of the United States whose name nnd personality are not wholly unfamiliar in Europe, would consti tute a sample of the army we pro pose ultimately to send that would give us no cause to worry for the ibooor of the Has abroad. rush, seemed to fade into the still ness of the Land of Long Ago—to the land pf little children—to the land that artists know! For he painted, yes, from memory, Just an old forgotten nook, fringed by slen der ribbon grasses, where some pre historic brook might have left its faint impression, where the ofik trees cast their shade, where the flowers, smiling gayly, grew and flourished unafraid! Other people stopped to watch him; men, with shoulders worn from toil, watched the artist as he pic tured just a bit of country soil. Women, ragged-shawled and tired, looked upon his work and sighed, then went on to meet the future that was waiting wistful-eyea. Through the park a breeze came creeping, and it touched the artist's hair; and he paused, and glancing saw us as we stood and watched him there. And he blushed to see us watching, and I knew that he had strayed through the country woods in summer where real country breezes played. And I knew the small oasis in the busy city street seemed a bit of meadow to him, where the air was cool and sweet; and I knew that he'd forgotten city houses in $ row, and I knew that he was living in the Land of Long Ago. Standing there I smiled, but swiftly, as I heard him softly say, "Yes, it's just the farm I came from. * • Summer seems so near to-day!"— Margaret K. Sangster, Jr., in The Christian Herald. The American Flag I When freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night. And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its Rure celestial white With streaking of the morning light; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle bearer down And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land. Majestic monarch of the cloud, Who rear'st aloft thy regal form, To hear the tempest trumpings loud And see the lightning lances driven, When strive the warriors of the storm, Androlls the thunderdrumof heaven, Child of the sun! to thee 'tis given To guard the banner of the free. To hover In the sulphur smoke, To ward away the battle stroke, And bid Its blendings shine afar, Like rainbows on the cloud of war. The harbingers of victory! Flag of the brave! thy folds shall fly, The sign of hope and triumph high, Whenspeirks the signal trumpet tone And the long line comes gleaming on. Ere yet the llfeblood, warm and wet, Has dimmed the glistening bayonet, Each soldier eye shall Brightly turn To where the sky-born glories burn, And. as his springing steps advance, Catch war and vengeance from the glance. And when the cannon-mouthlngs loud Heave in wild, wreaths the battle shroud. And gory sabers rise and fall Like shoots of flame on midnight's pall. Then shall thy meteor glances glow. And cowering foes shall shrink be neath Each gallant arm th.at strikes below That lovely messenger of death. I Flag of the seas! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave; When death, careering on the gale. Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail And frighted waves rush wildly back, Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee And smile to see thy splendors fly In triumph o'er his closing eye. Flag of the free heart's hope and home! By angel hands to valor given; Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, Jfnd all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet! Where breaths the foe, but falls before us. With Freedom's soil beneath our feet. And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us? —By Joseph Rodman Drake. r APRin 24, 1917. Our Little Boy Scout Is a Volunteer Now His slender form, his brightened eye. His quick salute with shoulders high We watched with pride as parents will. Their girl with dolls, the step of Bill. In khaki clad for daily hike. We bade adieu all smiley like And welcomed home when twilight fell Our own Boy Scout still marching , well. At roll call, mess or drill, The valley camp, the charge uphill. In face of tire—a sham of war— He seemed at home; Let cannon roar. • • [From boy to man, Do we transform? How close tiie calm is to the storm! Is it a day. is it an hour Or just the deepening of power? The people's need is to be freed From hell black creed of kingly greed. Ife heard the call, the aim is clear. Our ex-Boy Scout—a volunteer. J. A. BKL.U 40 South Harrisburg Street. Steelton, Pa. HEAVY FIRING OFF CAFE COD [Toledo Blade] Newspapers, often accused of un reliability, are up against the daily task of searching for gems of truth in the scrap-heap of falsehoods men tell. ! OUR DAILY LAUGH "ZJW DISCOURAGED 7 g'i LU] I Said a man who Wa3 s ' c ' t ' \| J If I don't vers The calls of this r '" make m 9 forever his UKNEROUS INCLINATION. That man makes himself very disagree- Yes, but so fel' J jEfe many people are permanently un- / JM pleasant that I" / K' rather admire a / flj person who is only so when he means to be. 'H f.l HKLPFUL 'I* Do you laugh when your hus- W>> band tells funny JT stories? Oh, yes. He \ \// \ A depends a great \ deal on me to idlUri start a giggle and show the kS Nr rest just where the laugh is due. ir"ii A SUBSTITUTE |L J Your husband j seems to be very A m, A /a? ' ond °' Barden —H Oh, no he doesn't like it at , • ' "lpiS a "- Ho has j ' taken it up j J merely to have ,' J an excuse for j I not Joining the y.M- -v I j club. THE REASON. lam surprised eg. jjjpy Jjpßjfcl to hear that the TsJ yfL Oobbs have sep- Wt) I \yw7)N irated. What JMm I& y \ was the cause? 7/Tak--' y/ j\ Incompatibil- \-\tf / ity. Ho abso*- U/~' ,■£ lutely detested * U v ail the moving \ picture stars she fr idmlred. J* lEtettittg (tttjat It's rather striking the sentiment in favor of aid for the French re public which Is manifested here bj People in many walks "of life. Gov. ern ° r Brumbaugh's suggestion thai next Thursday, the anniversary ol the departure of Lafayette from r ance to help the American col onies, be observed as "France Day'i in the schools has brought out s I , of Bratitude to the natloi which is bearing so much of th< !*v.„ n v° . the war - In a number o the schools of the city preparation tZ ° eln * made to hold exercise T meet the Governor's Idei fppiinl % 3a A" e t,me demonstrate th< f People toward thi rench natlon. There are compara i™t i, 7hi Persons of Fr en c h de h 8 community so that th( sentiment is all the more notable ears ago there used to be mori recognition of the part France play nAriva tlonary War an< rnav ™viv e i^*? cu s ive Pfoclamatloi wv thl t- J „ ust to illustrate th way the youngsters feel about it ii most of the play "battles" which ar indulged in by boys, and warfare 1 the great play of the day. most o the youngsters want to be French ISaturally, no lads want to be Ger mans so they form allied armies am start •out after mythical Teutons ,iu,L ,V ie Americans and Cana f ans are lined up there is a scram We to be French for the time being Prench flags and translations o 1' rench poems, French music an< P rench history will be great feature next Thursday in JJarrls burg and its suburbs. Interested in national defens -"Star, and with whom motoring i a hobby say that tliere are a goo many more motor vehicles in thl i'Ji °, * e coun try which would b offered to the nation than the avei age man realizes. 4 1 personally knoi or a number of owners of line car who have let it be known that i event of war emergency arising the will not only give their cars to th government for use, but will pa the expense of having 1 the cars cor wagons or trucks 1 they would be more valuable than touring car," said one man. "Th worth while f " Patr,otio aCtio " that 1 • ♦ • rw,?,?® are s t' rr ing days about M Cretna, according to the people wh m r l? es over ln that diret tion. Hundreds of men have bee n,°J^i ns on th e s'te of the big mob lization camp of last summer an the changes made have been so e? tensive that the average man wli .oiled over its rocks and through i dust last June and July, woul scarcely know it. The rocks ha 1 * f n „ out of the camp sit< and the trails which were callc roads have been not only relieved c Kinks, but have been piked. Whc the men go into camp they will ah iind improved water facilities ar the drainage system will be on a fa way to being modernized. The ol idea of having a camp reflect WJ conditions seems to have been doi away with and it is figured out th the men can be hardened better surrounded with some comforts th; if they were dumped into a "fie with a minimum of preparatii made for their coming. Men who conduct seed stores this city say that they have had i astonishing number of inquiries f navy beans. This is a bean which noted from one end of the country the other for its nutritious quallti and which has been more 0r le overlooked by farmers. It is said th owing to the demand for the bei the prices of seed have Jumped e ormously and that searches are h ing made in many places for su plies. Many acres will be set out the bean in Dauphin and near counties, Judging from inquirl which have been made. rrhis is the way the Plttsburi Chronicle Telegraph talks of t city's big patriotic demonstration a story wired to Pittsburgh on Si urday: "This city on the Susqu hanna is setting an example of mon-pure patriotism to-day that t nation cannot afford to overlook fail to profit by. Situated as it is the borderland of Continental tra< tion and within a short journey Valley Forge, the Brandywine a Gettysburg, and not far distant fr< the Forbes Trail and the hlsto Cumberland and Shenandoah v leys, it is serving notice on the wo; •that its love and devotion to the fl conceived by Betsy Ross contains financial alloy and takes no not of the elusive and beckoning doll The saloons, business houses, bar! shops" a&id the general activities the city will be discontinued for hours—during the time that a m< ster parade is forming and movin Representative David Thomas, Wilkes-Barre, is a good loser. J Thomas has been the sponsor foi bill to restrict the use of drear and got beaten yesterday morni in the House. When the killed a wounded had been carried away arose to a question of perso privilege in the House and said: "I hold no grievance against i man for voting against my bill, 1 who gave me 13 as Its number." "And" came from the sidelii "Why did you call It up on i 23rd." WELL KNOWN PEOPLE' —Bennett Oliver, son of the Pll burgh publisher, George T. Olh has been accepted for service in ' reserve aviation corps. —Booth Turkington, the autl is being entertained in Fhlladelp this week. —Frank M. Rlter, former c service gladiator in the Leglslati came here to see the legislators work. The House beat one of bills as part of the entertainment —Judge F. A. Bregy, of Phllac phla, was dined yesterday in ho: of thirty years on the bench. —Commissioner of Fisheries 1= ler says he has been so busy ho , not been able to cast a trout fly t season. DO YOU KNOW That HarrKburg billing ma chinos arc used In the Rrltlal army? HISTORIC HARRIKBtRG^ John Harris Stockade was first real fortification on the fi quehanna and there is nothing mark the place thereof. The Gulf Between (Goethe) To act is easy, to think is hi to act according to our thought troublesome. Every beginning cheerful; the threshold is the pi of expectation. The boy stands tonlshed, his Impressions guide h he learn sportfully, seriousi comes on htm by surprise. Im tlon is born with us; what she be imitated Is not easy to disco The excellent is rarely found nr rarely valued. The height cha us, the steps to It do nbt; with Hummit in our eye we love to T along the pl
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