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FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 11
CLE AX-UP WEEK
CLEAN-UP week is next on the
calendar. It has a new mean
ing this year. It is not mere
ly clean-up week, but save-up week.
We have been in the habit of cast
ing all the accumulations of winter
and house-cleaning into the ash bar
rel or burning what is burnable. The
war has brought us to our senses.
We have no right, in the present
shortage of paper, and wool and
cotton fabrics, to throw away or
burn anything that is saleable. The
"ragman" is paying higher prices to
day for junk than ever before. All
is 'grist that comes to his mill. Old
rugs, carpet past its usefulness as
floor, covering, papers, magazines,
cast-off garments, rubber, bones and
even empty bottles have their values
In the eyes of the little old man
with the wagon, who is paying un
heard of prices for the "rubbish"
that used to go to the dump or the
kllre. Save what you can and sell it.
K The ashpile—and there are many
■fti Harrisburg despite our ordinance
Jorbidding such accumulations is
another eldorado for the treasure
hunting housewife. It is filled with
half-burned coal, and coal of any
kind is worth almost as much, at
this time, as sugar per pound. Sift
the ashes and break up all discarded
boxes and old lumber for kindling
wood. Every household must save
u little, and a good place to begin
to save is the rubbish accumulation
at the beginning of "clean-up" week.
JofTre looks easy enough, but have
you noticed the several and various
pronunciations?
FINANCING THE WAR
IN the midst of the financing of the
war it is interesting to observe
the various slants in the public
mind regarding plans for raising the
necessary money. For instance, it
is pointed out that the excess tax be
comes in a way nonproductive in
that the heavy impositions upon the
ordinary returns of industrial and
commercial enterprises take from
the productive activities, to that ex
tent removing the incentive to busi
ness development. This results in
nonemployment and a general slow
ing down of business behind the
lines.
Of course, it will be the effort of
all who are patriotically doing the
things which are necessary for the
financing of the war to avoid any
thing that may produce serious in
flation, a too frequent incident of
war prosperity.
It is interesting to observe that
the industrial and commercial lead
ers of the nation are doing their best
to aid the government, not only in
the financing of the war, but in the
turning over of-their plants for the
production of munitions and other
supplies necessary for the organiza
tion of armies and the better equip
ment of the navy.
It is pointed out that there must
be a general understanding that
while the war it is to be the
principal business of the country.
As one writer observes, "there will be
Baving of life and wealth if we enter
upon it in this spirit; the strength of
the gos'ernment in the undertaking
will depend upon the support which
It receives from the people and this
support will be measured by tho de
gree in which they concentrate their
efforts to this purpose."
A "silent typewriter" has been in
vented; now let somebody come across
with a silent "flivver."
BEHIND THE LINES
WE are now engaged as a na
tion in the business of war
which involves every man,
woman and child in the country.
Our period of waiting is over. We
are now confronted with tho serious
things which affect practically every
Individual, high and low, rich and
poor. Burdensome taxation and all
that follows in the train of war must
be met with patriotic self-sacrifice
and without regard to individual
opinion previously expressed or en
tertained.
Whatever may have been the view
of any of us regarding the failure to
prepare for what is now upon us
matters little now. It is too late to
lament about what might have been
done; it is now the duty of everyone
to contribute his and her share to
the responsible work devolving upon
every community.
We have in Pennsylvania a com
mittee of public safety which is do
ing tremendous work along practical
lines. This committee has co-operat
ing with it local committees in every
•action of the Commonwealth.
FKIDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MAY 11, 1917.
These organizations open up oppor
tunities for service by men and wo
men who cannot be in the first line
of defense. They can perform their
duties behind the lines, and it should
not be forgotten that it is quite as
important to support those on the
tiring line as it is to organize armies
for acual conflict. Armies must be
supported, and It is commonly stat
ed that it requires six persons be
hind the line to properly provide for
one on the firing line. Discussing
the question of national service, the
Kansas City Star observes:
To a great extent the plans
being formulated will leave to
local committees the Initiative in
Rotting- this work going, and In this
we are going to have a line chance
to see what democracy .can do to
make the nation ready back of the
line. We have all heard it said
that in this sort of co-operation
with the Government denvocracy
is a poor stay in war and that the
reason autocracy is a better war
maker is that it leaves nothing
to individual or voluntary service,
but gives all the orders Itself and
sees to it that they are executed.
Few of us believe that. Most of
us believe that all Americans will
be ready and willing to give the
best service that is in them, and
that they only are waiting for an
opportunity to show it. With the
hints given by the Council of Na
tional Defense every community
ought to lind its opportunity to
bring this service out. It ought
to be a race to see which city,
town or village can give the most
effective support to its men at the
front by giving it to the nation.
That will be carrying out the
principle of conscription in the
way to make it most effective and
most democratic. We have seen
what co-operation has accomplish
ed when a roused civic spirit has
applied Its force to municipal af
fairs, and it can make itself felt
nationally with equal effect.
The duty of the individual could
not be more succinctly stated than in
the foregoing paragraph. Already
Harrisburg and the communities of
Central Pennsylvania have been co
operating in the preparatory work
through the Red Cross organizations,
tho local preparedness associations
and in every reasonable and prac
tical way. But In spite of all these
preparations there still exists too
much of a spirit of indifference—an
obsession in the minds of many peo
ple that the war will never amount
to much so far as we are concerned
on this side of the ocean. Will
persons never get awake to the fact
that we are now in war and that
every hour counts in the way of
suitablo and effective preparation.
Perhaps, there should be a Paul
Revere in every town and hamlet and
throughout the countryside to arouse
the people to the menace that is upon
us. The newspapers are doing their
utmost, notwithstanding the efforts
at Washington to throttle their use
fulness, but ever the newspapers can
not be expected to overcome entire
ly the pacifist reaction bf the last
two or three years.
It must be done by individual
awakening, and let us hope that this
will not come through the frightful
carnage of actual conflict on Ameri
can soil.
They don't want Roosevelt promi
nent at tho front for fear he will even
tually become too prominent at home.
Remember, folks, the election of a
Democratic President next time must
be considered, even at the expense of
the war.
"THE A I/TAR OF FREEDOM"
IN her latest book, "The Altar
of Freedom," Mary Roberts
Rinehart says this must not be
a bureaucratic war; that civil ad
ministration in the field has always
failed. She writes:
War is a highly specialized busi
ness, the most highly specialized
business in the world. And we
who gave our best have the right
to demand the best. We can have
no bungling. War is not a thing
for amateurs in high places.
This is precisely wnat conservative
statesmen and the loyal press of the
country have been urging upon the
Washington administration to avoid.
Mrs. Rinehart says further:
This country of ours has been
hag-ridden by politics. We have
the right now to demand that
party lines be forgotten, and that
the nation act as a. whole, politi
cially; that the best man serve,
regardless of his party. This must
not be a "party" war. If any man
puts his party before his country
lie is a traitor. We are 110 longer
Republicans, or Democratis, or
Progressives. We are Americans.
Mrs. Rinehart spent some time on
the war front in Europe and speaks
out of personal knowledge of the
leeds which confront the country.
She thinks straight and writes con
vincingly. In her judgment universal
service is absolutely necessary to the
well being and safety of the nation.
She has no use for the dreamy paci
fist, but believes that Germany hav
ing thrown aside Its mask of law
and order, should be fronted with
men prepared and equipped to meet
the cohorts of imperialism.
The submarine ought not to be so
hard for the man who gave us the
talking machine and the electric light.
INCOMPLETE REPORT
THE Federal Trade Commission's
report on the increased price
of gasoline justifies a pretty
general Impression of that commis
! sion's ability. No reference what
ever is made to the increased cost
of keeping up separate administra
tive organizations made necessary
by the Supreme Court order of dis
solution —duplications which in
volved a tremendous Increase In
overhead charges. There la also an
increased consumption of 38 per
cent, and a decreased production In
gasoline of 7 per cent, to be consid
ered. The commission admits that
there is no evidence of collusion on
the part of the various Standard Oil
companies, but thinks the Increase is
due in part to lack of competition
on the part of the separate com
panies in that they do not invade
each other's territory. Well, if they
did the price might be higher In
stead of lower, because of decreased
efficiency in service.
On the other hand, the commis
sion ascertained with chagrin that
the independents carefully watch
Standard prices and flx their own
accordingly. The commission finds
present prices not justified by the
law of supply and demand, but fails
to state what is a reasonable prtce
ar what part la due to Jack of com-
petition. A 38 per cent, rising de
mand, together with a declining sup
ply and the large increase in the
cost of separate handling of com
panies, should suggest reasons.
Meanwhile, the public is gradually
learning in terms of dollars |md
cents what it means in lost effici
ency tfor several to
handle what one formerly did. TR'hen
the United States becomes ithor
oughly educated up to this it
will have little fear of business with
a big "B," and government/ will ex
ercise its power to regulate, when
necessary, and never to d^troy.
This is a "meatless" day at the
noon luncheon of the Bow Scout cam
paigners. It is just suctf little atten
tions to the consistencies of the situa
tion which give proper respect to
such movements. j
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
"Photography in Colours."—(E. P.
Dutton &. Co.), bs' George Lindsay
Johnson explains for the benefit of
amateurs and students why color
photography can be done and how it
is done. The book nas just been
published in a new and revised edi
tion to which the author has added
a chapter on Art in Color Photo
graphy, another in Pliotomrcography
in Color and also a full description of
the Raydex process, of Gaumont's
new method of Cinematography in
Colors and of Carrara's method of re
producing autochromes on paper. Not
only does tJ;e author go into detail in
both the theory and the technique
of all phases of the developments of
photography in color but he also ex
plains all the phenomena of vision
and color as seen through the human
eye and sfliows the similarity of the
eye and the camera. It is all written
so simply and lucidly that the begin
ner in either photography or physics
can understand it, while its presenta
tion of all the recent developments
in the art of color photography
makestit useful for the professional.
Mr. Johnson is a well-known British
authority upon color photography.
The book contains many full page
plates of which five are in color.
I A Now Novel By Maria Thompson
Jtuvicss.—"Out ot a Clear Sky," a
flow novel by Maria Thompson Da
• viess, is published this week by the
| Harpers. A young Belgian noblewoni
an and heiress comes to the United
States in order to escape the man her
uncle wishes her to marry. Learning
that they have followed her and are
close on her heels, she jumps off a
slow-going train as it passes through
the Tennessee mountains. The owner
of an old farm, a gentleman farmer,
is luckily there and his chivalry is
roused at her loneliness and inex
perience, and his heart is won bv her
charm and quaint English. He takes
her to a neighbor's, where for the
first time in her formal existence she
comes close to the actual things of
life. The uncle and prince have track
ed her, and in spite of the hero's ef
forts to lead them astray, appear on
the scene. Miss Daviess brings her in
ternational romance to a sympathetic
conclusion.
The Colonel's Thousands
(Philadelphia Ledger)
Some way should be found to take
advantage of the fine work which
Colonel Rosevelt and his associates
have done In securing offers of en
listment from nearly two hundred
thousand men in every part of the
country, These are all of an age
which exempts them from conscrip
tion, but there is no doubt of their
physical ability to serve. Many of
them may have had little or no mili
tary experience, but that is equally
true of those who will be recruited by
the Government. It is not the purpose
of Colonel Roosevelt to interfere In
any way with the Government's ar
rangements. He would not expect his
men to have preference over the regu
lars or the National Guard if it were
desired to send these first to France.
But if transportation difficulties can
be solved tt would be well worth
while to have such a body of men
training overseas for speedy work in
the trenches. They would learn much
more rapidly there than here. And
their very presence under such a
leader would create a measure of en
thusiasm among the Allied troops
worth almost as much as anything
they could do In the way of fighting,
though in the case of men of their
type this would not be negligible.
German to a German
(Kansas City Times)
The President already has referred
publicly to the German plots tha*
were carried on in the United States.
A German is on trial to-day, charged
by tho government with the posses
sion of a large fund which he used
for unlawful purposes. In the current
issue of the Saturday Eventng Post
E. R. Wood, writing on the British
censorship, reproduces one of the let
ters held up in England, written by a
German in New York to a friend in
Germany, in which this passage oc
curs:
"I will send you by the next mall a
small sample bomb—it is not loaded
the soil we are now making; much
smaller, but also much more effective
than the larger ones, and easier to'
manipulate and place. It Is the sort
with which we sank the fifteen hun
dred horses and the six hundred war
automobiles here on the so-called
North River, near New York, a short
time ago. We might already have de
stroyed thq Canadian Canal, but the
affair was betrayed. Mr. Bernstorff.
the ambassador in Washington, has
sent us word to lie low for a time
until the excitement dies down, and
then to go to work again. We have
plenty of money, but it is a difficult
matter to know how and where to
buy materials."
The country has heard plenty of ru
mors that Bernstorff himself was fa
miliar with the plotting that was go
ing on. It would like to know bow
much foundation there is for them.
Such Information would help to bring
home to the country what sort of a
government it is dealing witr.
Charles M. Schwab says:—
Once I wrote to Mr. Carnegie about
a rallmill which we had designed at
Braddock, and announced enthusi
astically that when the mill was com
pleted it would roll over a thousand
tons of rails a day.
"I see no objection to the amount
of money you want to spend," Mr.
Carnegie wrote back, "but I want to
exact one promise from you, that you
will never tell anyone we were fool
ish qnough to suppose that this coun
try would ever require a mill to make
one thousand tons of rails a day."
Now, think of us, after this short
time, making twelve thousand to fif
teen thousand tons of steel rails a
day!
In 1886 It fell to my lot to roll the
first steel girder thdt ever went into
a skyscraper. At that time the busi
ness promised little. But to-day more
than five million tons of steel arc used
annually for buildings. In 1901 I
built the first steel railway car; now
more tiian fivo million tons of steel
[ a year are used for that purpose.
"foUtcci
By the Ex-Committeeman
Now that Republican legislative
leaders are about to fix either June
X 4 or 21 as the date for adjournment |
of the General Assembly of 1917,
probably the former, the Democratic
minority, which has made such a
sorry showing In the House all ses
sion, Is about to break forth for the
sake of advertising. The Democratic
leadership this session has been such
a surprise to everyone about the Cap
itol that the failure has even been
Impressed upon the bosses and the
ringmasters and they have planned a
demonstration. Due and proper no
tice will be given by the Market
Square windmill and the results will
bo taken down in shorthand and filed
away for future use.
Democratic Leader Sarig, who has
never been sure of a majority of his
colleagues on the Democratic side,
will be chosen to start the sideshow.
He will arrange for hearings on the
bills which the Democratic leaders
bring here session after session to be
buried so that the Democrats may
have something to wail about. All
of the big Democratic chiefs will
come here to join in the lamentations
over tho failure to recognize in these
bills the means to save the common
wealth.
In order that E. Lowry Humes, once
in a while trotted out as a stalking
horse In the Democratic gubernatorial
warming-up heats, may be put into
the limelight, it is announced in the
mourning organ of the machine that
the Democrats will put the state to
the expense of printing a resolution
to be offered by some deserving Dem
ocrat. This will call attention to
the services of Mr. Humes as United
States District Attorney for Western
Pennsylvania in the crusade against
the brewers.
After the bosses and ringmasters
•appear here and Humes is properly
brought into the limelight again the
Democratic members will give atten
tion to getting all the appropriations
possible for their districts, as usual.
—Republican legislative leaders will
have week-end conferences in Phila
delphia on the closing up of the ses
sion. It Is expected that tho June
1+ resolution will be presented Mon
day night and be held up so that if
it is found to be impossible to close
on that date June 21 may be substi
tuted.
■ —The legislative appropriations
committees are closing up their in
spections and things are being rap
idly put Into shape to wind up the
heavy wo"k of the session. The time
is at hand.
—Speaker Baldwin's comments upon
legislative absentees has attracted
much attention about the state. Tne
speaker said that men who had been
making the most noise about want
ing to work and get through were
away when the House was to go into
session for that very purpose.
—The new borough of Dupont has
just indulged, in its first election and
Albert Struck, the candidate of a fac
tion headed by ministers, won the of
fice of burgess.
—Men connected with the adminis
tration were inclined to-day to re
mark that the action of Banking
Commissioner Lafran in appointing to
office one of the ex-powell men was
not to be taken as a (precedent when'
others left the Auditor General's of
fice.
—Though the "mentioned candi
dates" for Governor comprise a long
list of well-known Republicans and a
few Democrats, the anthracite region
has come forward with a boom for
a favorite son. He is none other than
William R. Butler, of Carbon county,
a director of the Lehigh Valley Rail
road, the big man in East Mauch
Chunk, and one of the leading figures
in that region of Pennsylvania known
as the Switzerland of America. But
ler has been a quiet but energetic Re
publican, one who never sought of
fice and probably will not now, though
he is In danger of the gubernatorial
honor being forced upon him—if Car
bon county G. O. P. lias a dominant
voice in the next slating conclave.
The Lansford Record is out with a
strong editorial for Butler. It says
that he has carved his way from the
bottom up and that if you comb the
Commonwealth over you will not find
a cleaner character, nor will you dis
cover a man who deserves more or
has achieved more than Carbon's fa
vorite son. Mr. Butler is a frequent vis
itor to Harrisburg, where he has'
friends who will feel elated at the
coupling of his name with the po
sition of chief executive of Pennsyl
vania.
Industry Must Go On
[Chicago News.]
In war times extreme measures
must be taken, if necessary, to meet
abnormal conditions and maintain
the safety of the nation. This applies
to industry no less than to the rais
ing, equipping and training of arm
ed forces. It would be of little avail,
for example, to place an army in the
field if its effectiveness were to be
paralyzed by strikes in the country's
manufacturing plants. Unless the
production of food, clothing and
other supplies continues unchecked,
the nation's fighting forces must fail t
to achieve victory.
The first essential to effective pro
duction by a free people is substan
tial justice—justice to workers and
justice to capital. While war calls
for many and great sacrifices by all
the people, it does not require the
imposition of injustice upon any
person. Thus unhealthful working
conditions for labor and crippling
taxation laid upon reasonable and
necessary profits alike are bound to
result disastrously to a nation bear
ing the terrible burdens of war. The
exercise of wisdom by lawmakers
and those who execute the laws Is as
necessary as are skill and courage
to the soldiers at the fighting front.
Along with the exercise of sub
stantial justice, appeals to patriot
ism—which in its best form is en
lightened self-interest expressed in
terms of humanity and progress—
should suffice to keep all industries
at their highest rate ot production.
in France
I hear people inquire, "Why should
Theodore Roosevelt go to France? He
isn't a soldier and couldn't lead an
army."
But I reply that the Colonel was a
real soldier, and he has studied the
game of soldiering all his life. More
over, the best judge in America, Gen
eral Leonard Wood, says: "He would
make a bully commander."
Anyhow, this ex-President of the
United States has had ten times more
experience in army matters than that
tyenty-year-old boy, Lafayette, had
when our Congress made him a major
general in the Continental army.—
Glrard in Philadelphia Ledger.
Appetite or Thirst
American barley, rye and corn,
which go lntr beer and whiskey, are
equal in human food value to fully
half that quantity of wheat.
Since each American eats only
about five bushels of wheat in a year,
the breweries and distilleries are
equivalent to 14,000,000 human stom
achs.
The question is. Can our country
afford to appease such a voracious
appetite at this time?— Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
When a Feller Needs a Friend By BRIGGS | j
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HOW ADVERTISING HELPS THE
PUBLIC
Factory Advertising
By P. S. FLOREA,
Secretary-Manager Associated Advertising Clubs or tlie World
IF the buying public had a proper
conception of what advertising,
used with skill, can do to bring
prices down. Increase quality and
insure standard values, advertised
goods would be preferred to such an
extent that advertising would soon
do even more for the people than
it has done.
One of the purposes of the Asso
ciated Advertising Clubs of the
World, in adopting the slogan "Ad
vertising Lowers Cost of Distribu
tion" for the great convention of
advertising men at St. Louis. June
3 to 7, was to get the public to
thinking about the power of adver
tising to serve the buyer.
The manufacturer who advertises
can take a smaller profit on each
sale he makes, yet make a satisfac
tory profit in the end, simply be
cause he makes so many more sales
through the fact he advertises.
As one Example, one of the great
packing houses, which has establish
ed every imaginable facility for
turning out a clean, standardized
product, well and safely packed, can
show that its prolit on each item
is a mere fraction or a cent, but in
the aggregate, of course, the profit is
satisfactory because of the large
number of such items sold.
The fact a concern does a large
business naturally makes it possible
to make larger investments in ex
perimental work. Some of the big
advertisers maintain engineering
and experimental departments—
looking, always, toward the possible
Improvement of the product—the
expense of which is often equal to
the whole expense of the operation
of some smaller plants, and yet the
expense is divided mong such a
tremendously large number of items,
because of the large volume of busi
ness, that each item carries but a
very small part of it—a part so
small that the difference is not no
ticed in the price.
Flashes of Genius
When fate has frowned on our
higher ambitions it requires a brave
heart to leave the brilliant highway
and take our way through the mean
er walks of life. —Georges Moimeme.
Excellent performances in the de
partment of thinking and action are
frequently consigned to contempt on
the authority of those who do not
so much as understand them. —John
Foster.
It is conceivable that in some tri
umphant age to come the genius of
this earth will open up communica
tion with the inhabitants of some of
tho myriads of majestic worlds in
the outer space, to the end that we
will have Introduction while yet. In
the flesh to our Intelligent kindred
of the heavens.—Sir Richard Cooke.
Lucky ho who can bear his fail
ure generously, and give up his
broken sword to Fate, the Con
queror, with a manly and humble
heart. —Thackeray.
Waste of Energy
Clarence announced his coming by
a series of howls. "Oh, my finger,
my finger!" he said.
"Poor little finger!" mother cooed.
"How did you hurt it?"
With the hammer."
"When?"
"A long time ago," Clarence
sobbed.
"But T didn't hear you cry."
"I didn't cry (hen; I thought you
were out," said Clarence. —Philadel-
phia Ledger-
Soon after the war in Europe
started, a great many manufacturers
were hard hit for reliable dyes. The
smaller ones had to do the best they
could. But one of the big adver
tising hosiery companies, and one of
/he large advertising paint compa
nies found that it would not do to
trust to luck. They started dye
plants, employing chemists and in
stalling equipment, investing thou
sands and thousands of dollars.
By the time the dyes on hand
were used up, these companies were
producing pigments of their own of
equal quality to those which they
had formerly imported, so that the
quality of their product was main
tained.
Gets Raw Material Cheaper
The merchant has other reasons
to know that the advertised line is
better—for he knows the advertising
factory, with a very large output,
can buy materials cheaper (in large
quantities) and can afford to install
the very best maehinei-y.
A few years ago, a camera that
was worth while cost around S6O.
Now, as a result of quantity produc
tion, brought about'through adver
tising, the camera is no longer, a
high-priced luxury. A camera ciqtial
in all respects to the 60 instrument
of a few years ago, call now be had
for a fourth of the former price,
or less.
All these things have long been
known to business men. apd now the
Associated Advertising Clubs,
through the convention in-St. Louis,
through the special Investigation
committee I have mentioned, and
otherwise, is undertaking to'jet the
public know the facts of how ad
vertising has reduced the c6st of
distribution —how it has paid for it
self and more by the simple process
of reducing other expenses which
would be higher except for adver
tising.
When the Flag Goes By
Does your heart beat faster or your
eyes grow dim,
When the flag goes by?
Is there something—just the sight of
it —that rouses all your vim-
the flag goes by?
All Its colors are so clear.
All it stands for is so dear.
Don't you want to shout and cheer.
When the flag goes by?
There's a sad and sombre side, and
another view to take.
When the flag goes by;
Of the many, many hearts that in
anguish throb and ache.
When the flag goes by;
Mother, sister, sweetheart, friend,
Who their loved ones bravely send,
R?ght and country to defend,
W r hen the flag goes by.
Rouse, then, patriots, everywhere!
Let each one do his part,
When the flag goes by;
With a wisdom born of courage and
a truly loyal heart,
When the flag goes by;
Not for dollars, pelf nor gain, ■
Nor for mean ends to attain,
But ideals to retain,
When the flag goes by.
—Marian Dearborn Merry.
Useful in Case of Invasion
Even the man who has no back
yard can do his bit by growing a few
mushrooms In the cellar. In the hope
that they will somehow fall Into the
hands of the enemy.—Grand Rapids
I Press.
Labor Notes
Local unions of the Musicians' In
ternational in Ontario, Canada, will
organize a provincial council.
Thousands of women arc taking
examinations for the position of taxi
drivers in London, England.
The first watches made by ma
chinery were turned out by a Boston
factory in 1850.
St. Joseph (Mo.) Typographical
Union has signed a wage-increase
agreement with local newspapers.
Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado and
Washington have women superin
tendents of public Instruction.
United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America has a mem
bership of about 270,000.
A hand-operated machine to
knead the stiffness out of leather lias
been invented by an Oklahoma man.
Owing to the war. women are
taking an ever broadening part In
operating the railways of France.
On May 29-30 at New York city
Steel Plate Transferers' Association
of America will convene.
Over a million women in England
have entered all kinds of positions
held by men before the war.
| OUR DAILY LAUGH
SURE.
Ist Fish —Mr. Lobster, will argue
(tout anything.
2nd Fish—Well you know he
River agrees with anybody.
TERM ONLY. ,
■ho* I'm large,
m quite attractive
So the gallant men affirm;
lut I wonder
ire they truthful
Or is gallant Just a term?
SHARING THE HONORS.
Visitor—So you are going to speak
a piece In school?
Bobby—No; only a piece of a
uiees. I'm In a dialogue.
fEtening (Efptf
If Dauphin county farmers' wires
ke<;p on adding to the number of bee
hives honey will be a pretty Import
ant product of this county and as It
contains a high percentage of sugar
and that in a most delightful form
there is going to be plenty in It In
the way of substantial returns. Bee
Keeping has been peculiarly a do
mestic operation. The rule on the
farms afcout here is that the bees
are part, of the "women's work" just
as in some purts of the Stato and
among njany families here the wom
en get tlie proceeds -of the poultry
end of a farm. Bees are especially
so. The i State authorities have an-,
nounced that even the bees have
been called up for war time service
and that Pennsylvania has Joined
with the national .government In
calling for a big honey crop for
next year. To this end demonstra
tions have been planned and some
arc scheduled for this county. It has
served to call attention to the fact
i that this is one of the honey pro
ducing districts and there are liter
ally hundreds of hives along the
jhuiain highways and dear knows how
rmany more in the really rural dis
tricts of Dauphin county, which it
I might lie added, are as pretty as any
j in I his section. On some farms any
old box is used for a lilve and the
I insects are very skillfully taken care
of. With the development of fruit
farming and the planting of exten
j sive orchards in this section of the
| State the honey bee has become a
I pretty important adjunct and the
| State's demonstration of how to care
i for the insects will be a recognition
| of something in the line of produc-
I tiveness which does not attract at
tention which will be worth a
good many dollars.
Members ol' the Stale police fore®
wlio are on d.uty here are having
a jrretty hard time of it keeping lit.
The physical standard of the men
in the Slate police force is as high
as any organization in the world and
the men take pride in Keeping them
selves up to top notch. With the
daily riding that they do and the
systematic exercise when on patrol
duty or at barracks they are in con
dition to meet any emergency and
the simple duty of walking up and
down and keeping their eyes open
is rather wearing on men accus
tomed to plenty of exercise. Some
of them have been trying to keep
from growing "soft" by taking daily
exercise in the gymnasiums about
the city, while others have been go
| ing on long walks every day.
Representative James G. Dell is
the original early bird of the legis
lature. Mr. Dell is the chairman of
the Rural Members' League, or the
Farmers' Alliance, as some of the
legislators term- it, and comes from
Huntingdon county. He has been
county school superintendent and
is a great, traveler. He Is accustomed
to getting up betimes and to starting
work bright and early every morn
ing. But he gave the Capitol an
awful shock when ho appeared
about 7 o'clock in the morning.
They thought hp had not been to
bed or had come in on an early train
and when he went to his seat they
wondered what he was going to do.
When Mr. Dell appeared morning
after morning between 7 and 7.30
o'clock, the people about the Cap
itol grew accustomed to such con
duct and he is now able to clear
up a whole day's mail and study a
lot of bills before other members
are out of bed, and if they are, be
fore they finish breakfast.
• • •
The suggestion that men serving
in prison for minor offenses be par- ±
doned so that they can enlist for
overseas service does not seem to
have met with much approval from
people throughout the State. It has
been pointed out in some word re
ceived here that it would not be fair
to men who leave good places to go
to the army to put them up against
men who have gone into service to
escape confinement and who may
j not be the man whom it is hoped
to reform or the first offender but
some hardened character who may
have been temporarily in prison on
a short sentence. The Board of Par
dons will doubtless hear considera
bly from the country about themeas
ure proposed.
• • •
Dr. G. M. Phillips, principal of the
State's big normal school at West
Chester and a former member of
the State Board of Education, was
here yesterday on educational busi
ness. Dr. Phillips was a member of
the school code commission with
Governor Brumbaugh and was one
of the first State Board created un
der the cofle.
• • *
Governor Brumbaugh has taken
to golf as a means of keeping fit
for the big strain of the legislative
season, which is just ahead. The
Governor will shortly have hun
dreds of hills on his hands and he
Is playing golf hard, and well, to
get ready.
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—S. D. Warrlner, the X. thigh coal
operator, has been named to have
charge of the anthracite studies by
the National Council of Defense.
—Thomas A. Wright, Wllkes-
Barre traction man, says that the
trolley lines of the State may be
forced to six-cent fares.
-—George Gibbs, who has gone to
Russia with the railroad commis
sion, was formerly mechanical en
gineer for the Pennsylvania rail
road.
—Bishop E. A. Garvey, of Al
toona, has resumed his visits, to his
diocese after a severe illness.
—Bishop Rogers Israel, of Erie,
has offered his services to the United
States army.
—J. V. Rltts, a Butler banker, has
announced that he will lend money
to farmers without asking Interest In
order to help food raising.
—Chancellor S. 8. McCormick has
raise la regiment among University
of Pittsburgh students.
—Mayor C. E. Snyder, of Greens
burg, has ordered fireworks under
a ban.
—H. A. Whitalcer, who becomes
general superintendent of the Worth
steel works at Coatesville, has been
with the Cambria steel works for
years.
1 DO YOU KNOW "'
That Harrisburg can store an
immense amount of food that
is ordinarily sent to other places
to he kept In storage?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG.
Harrlsburg's first round house wu
built for five locomotives.
God Sent Forth His Son
But when the fulness of the tlm
was come, God sent forth his Son.
made or a woman, made under ttfe
law. to redeem them that were under
the law, that we might receive the
adoption of sons.— Galatians lv, 4
and 6.