8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded /Jjr Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph II uildlnß, Federal Square. ■K.J. STAC KPOLK, Fres't 6- Editor-in-Chief F. It. OYSTER. Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member American • Newspaper Pub lishers' Associa- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Assooi atCd DaiUea - Eastern office. Story, Brooks & Finley, Fifth Avenue Building, Western office] Gas 1 ' Bu'hfingr* ——Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a CSSK-i*sk> week; by mail, $5.00 a year In advance. MONDAY EVENING, MAY 14 t. . The noblest question in the world is, "What good may 1 do in it?"— Benjamin Frank lin. THE SCOUT CAMPAIGN WE have had no finer demonstra tion of the real spirit of Har rlsburg than the campaign just closed for the Boy Scouts. Mr. Lewis Buddy, representative of National Scout headquarters, who conducted the canvass here, observed In his speech at the closing meeting that he had never participated In a cam paign which comprehended so many of the people of all classes. He was especially impressed with the dem ocratic spirit of the whole move ment. Instead of a few people In teresting themselves in the raising of the fund scores and hundreds took part in the splendid movement. Most of the speakers during the three days of activity referred to the get-together spirit of Harrlsburg on all occasions and predicted Just what happened—a fine culmination of the earnest efforts of all concerned. One of the leaders of the movement very properly observed that It was not a few people, not even the teams who made the canvass, who were deserv ing of all the credit; It was the people of Harrlsburg after all who had made the movement successful by their ready response to the ap peals of those who did the immedi ate work. Once more the old town has cov ered Itself with glory In a most worthy cause. Our people always may be depended upon to do the right thing when they understand what is expected of them. The Boy Scouts are going to repay all that has been done for them a hundred fold In years to come. It is an investment In the boyhood of the city and those who had a part in the work of the last few days will never have oc casion to regret the giving up of their personal activivies for the good of the entire community. To one and all, congratulations To Howard C. Fry and his fellows of the Rotary Club, all hail. It was a piece of constructive effort and creditable to all and of special Im portance to the city as a whole. Kansas City is thinking of plowing up its golf courses. Why not turn a bunch of beginners loose on them with drivers, irons and an unlimited supply of balls? REGISTRATION DAY PROGRAMS THE National Chamber of Com merce has suggested as a pro gram for Military Registration Pay under the conscription act, pa rades, music by school children and speeches, all the communities ar ranging for some such exhibition. It is further suggested that all classes of citizens should have a part in the demonstration, that the church and Are bells should be rung and that the place of honor In the parade shall be given to the young men of registration age. Costumes, floats and choruses are also suggest ed as Inspiring features of such pa rades. Local Chambers of Commerce throughout the country probably will take up this suggestion and ■work out some plan for general co operation. After working on the lawn for sev eral hours, we begin to understand why the farmers charge so much for the dandelion they bring to market. GOOD ADVICE AS the country is being widely or ganized for the production of foodstuffs, the people are be ginning to understand that conserva tion of food products does not neces sarily Involve false economy In other directions. We print elsewhere to day an article which will be well worth reading. It is entitled "Sit Tight—Don't Be Tight." Remember, when you pull blossoms from a fruit tree for decorative pur poses, you are cutting down the fruit supply by the amount you thus de stroy. MORE VIGOR NEEDED DISCUSSING the making-over of the nation from a country of peaceful pursuits to one pre pared for war, a recent writer says It Is a difficult task to awing a great nation from a strict neutrality Into active and effective belligerency. For more than a month the United States has been In a state of war, but ap parently littl* has been aaoompllsii- MONDAY EVKNTnrx,, ed. Great Britain in the first thirty three flays of the war had mobilized her great fleet, Iftid transported an army larger than our whol* avail able force across the channel; that army had fought two pitched battles, retreated more than 100 miles and was at the point of beginning an at tack upon the Germans at an im portant point. i Partisanship Is believed to have had a good deal to do with our fail ure to make more rapid headway, but the pressure of the people is be ginning to be felt at Washing: jn. Those who would promote selfish polUlcal or personal ambitions at the expense of the country at large will be forced into the open and driven to the rear. ; The people of the United States ' are essentially patient, but they will not long endure anything which may interfere with their patriotic Impulses and purposes. This Is a time for caution, of course, but It Is no time to do anything which will seriously Impede the national de velopment of the country or Its In dustrial or commercial activities. "Germany has the freest election system In the world," says the chan cellor. Then for mercy's sake let's stick to the restricted American plan. ROOSEVELT TO FRANCE CONGRESS is certain to approve the proposal to permit Theo dore Roosevelt to lead a vol unteer expedition to France. In re versing Itself on that section of the army bill on Saturday the House re sponded to overwhelming public sen timent. Under these circumstances, although President Wilson Is kriown to look unfavorably upon Colonel Roosevelt's offer, It is difficult to see how he can withhold his approval. There has been more than a suspi cion that the Roosevelt contingent was being frowned upon at Washing ton for political reasons; that It was feared in Democratic circles he might come back from France an unoonquerable presidential possibil ity. President Wilson will have op portunity to set all such reports at rest by gracefully setting aside his personal feelings in crder to let the public have Its way In this Important matter. The people, at all events, are right more frequently than Presidents are, when they speak so emphatically as they have in this Instance. Nothing will move the men of the United States so much as knowledge that an ex-President of the country is to be the first American to set foot on France in the great struggle for liberty and democracy upon which we are about to enter. The raising of a Roosevelt expedition would sweep the nation with just such a wave of enthusiasm as the administration has been trying in vain to create. On the other hand, if the Colonel is denied this service the people are apt to become dis trustful of sincerity in high places at Washington, which would be the greatest misfortune that could befall the country at this time. MR. SHREINER'S APPOINTMENT CONFIRMATION by the Senate of the appointment of George A. Shreiner to be State Super intendent of Public Grounds and Buildings would be highly pleasing to the people of Harrlsburg, who know his sterling worth and real ability. More man that, It would in sure for the State the services of a man not only well qualified for thei office, but acquainted with the de velopment of the park extension scheme in all of its details. As a member of the City Planning Commission since its creation, Mr. Shreiner has given much attention to the problems of city development hinging upon the Capitol purchases and improvements and there is no man in Pennsylvania better fitted than he to deal with them as super intendent. In addition, he is an ex pert on building and real estate and a man of unquestioned integrity and high ideals. THAT CHARLESTON PLANT CHARLESTON newspapers are rejoicing over the selection of that city as site for the pro posed government-owned armor plate mills. Charleston newspapers ought to be ashamed of themselves. It is all very well to rejoice in the good fortune of one's city, but when i local prosperity Is created at the ex pense of the country's best interests in time of war we have a bird of quite another feather. Aside from the folly of govern ment ownership of such a plant on the plain score of everyday economy, Is the faot that the erection of the armor-plate mill, as contemplated by the Honorable Josephus, will be one of the greatest construction en terprises going forward during the next two years. Thousands of tons of steel that ought to be put into new war and merchant shipping will be used in Its building. Thousands of men who should be at work on steel for the navy or the army will be drafted In order that this purely ex perimental Idea or the eminent Jo sephus may be given a trial.. By the time the plant Is completed the war may be over. We need the money, we need the materials and we need the men that will go Into tho making of the Charleston plant. We need them badly, but what matters that? AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE F 1898, one year after William McKlnley had taken the Presi dential chair to which William J. Bryan aspired, came the war with Spain, Tha friends of Mr. Bryan were Insistent that he should be given a "place in the sun." McKin ley raised no objection and Bryan became a colonel of volunteers. President Wilson takes a different view of Theodore Roosevelt's am bition to lead American troops upon Franch soil | BOOKS AND MAGAZINES A Pocket Garden Library.—Pocket color guides to popular garden favorites—perennials, shrubs, ever greens, and some greenhouse plants are found in the four volumes of the Pocket Garden Library to be pub lished by Doubleday, Page & Co., on May 15. This diminutive library contains more than 200 color illus trations, made up in the pocket size both in flexible linen and flexible leather. The general makeup is the same as the Pocket Guides to Birds and Wild Flowers of which 267,282 have been sold during the past year alone. "The Hundredth Oianco,'' by Ethel | M. Well—"The Hundredth Chance," t>y Kthel M. Dell, which the Putnanis publish, deals with the marriage of a girl to a man who is socially her inferior. She accepts him for family reasons, but all her affections are centered upon a man of tier own station, who, however, has always been quite unworthy of her. Under these circumstances, she very speedily repents of her bar gain. The roughness of her hus band, Jake Bolton, who is a trainer of racehorses, blinds her to all his good qualities, and she endures much adversity and nearly sustains complete moral shipwreck before she comes at last into the safe haven of her desire. Our Pet Prejudices [Kansas City Star] It is going to be hard for many Americans to lay aside deep seated national prejudices in the war. Each of the numerous groups that make up our population has its own pet likes and dislikes. Many of British descent haven't yet forgotten Bunker Hill and the Redcoats of their school history. The descendants of Irish immigrants naturally share this feel ing on different grounds. Americans of German antecedents find It hard to get away from generations of an tipathy for the French. And yet under the stress of war we cannot afford to indulge these group i feelings. Events beyond our control ' have forced us into a tremendous j struggle' in which Britain, France and the United States are fighting for common ends. We must be ready to help them and co-operate with them in every way. It makes no difference what these nations were a hundred years ago or fifty years ago. What matters is what they are to-day. The essential thing is that they are fighting to maintain free national life from the domina tion of a ruthless militarism. In that light we are their ally to the finish. In the inspiration of a common cause we must be ready to sink our private prejudices, and set the Tri color of France and the Union Jack of Britain with the Stars and Stripes. If we have.not the loyalty and devo tion to do this, then we show to the world that we are not a Nation, but a jangling collection of hostile and selfish groups. Belgium's Heroic Women The only American woman mem ber of the Commission for Relief in Belgium has written a book that should be read everywhere in this country. It is entitled "Women of Belgium Turning Tragedy to Triu? umph." and was written owt of Mrs. Charlotte Kellogg's own personal observation® and experiences In that smitten country. The Introduction Is by* Herbert Hoover, that great American through whoso tireless ef forts as chairman of the.Relief Com mission, the deplorable condition of the Belgium people is being alleviat ed. Mrs. Kellogg's husband had charge of Belgian relief at Brussels headquarters of the commission, and her opportunities for eight months were such as no other woman has known. She has given to the world, therefore, a most intimate view of women's work, and courage, and sac rifice, made necessary by the desola tions of war. This unique volume is not a "war book" in the sense that It details horrors of battle, but rather it covers a period, a tragic history a marvel ous philanthropy never before known. It recites the splendid cour age and the noble service of true human brotherhood and sisterhood. To read it is an inspiration and a delight, even if many of its pages are brimming with pathos. You can help the hungry and homeless Bel gians by ordering a copy, for not a cent of the profits from its publica tion goes to author or publishers or any one else except the Commission for Relief in Belgium. It has 230 I pages, is well printed and illustrated, is bound in cloth, and win be sent to any address, postpaid, on receipt of sl.lO, by Funk & Wagnalls Com pany, 354-360 Fourth Avenue, New York City. Buy one, five, a dozen, copies, and distribute them and you will befriend the destitute and starv ing while you benefit and Inform yourself. Labor Notes Union longshoremen have raised wages 10 per cent, for the unload ing of lumber In the ports of Chi cago, Cleveland, Detroit and Buffalo. Wages have been Increased to 3 5 cents an hour by organized painters and paperliangers in the twin cities —Marinette, Mis., and Menominee, Mich. Laundry workers In Cheyenne, Wyo., have organized with the aid of local trade unionists, who are de termined to secure better condi tions for these poorly-paid workers. Membership of the Amalgamated Lithographers of America are voting on a plan to amalgamate with the International Lithographic Protect ive Association. In Petrograd the factory workers are working to the full extent of their opportunities, and the news of the spirit in the army is ex tremely encouraging. The German military authorities are proceeding to place many muni tion factories under military law, owing to their anxiety as to the in trigues of the extreme Socialists. Flowers and Children God made the fields and waving trees, All fresh and fair and greeni And then looked down with pleasure On the Heaven tinted scene. I God spake: '"Tis good to look upon But something's lacking there." Then dotted He the hills and plains With flowers, wondrous fair. God made the world! then peopled it With Man and Woman, too. Then looked to see if any more Were left for Him to do. God spake! "I've made them, it Is true, In Image, just like me; "Still somethink lacks." Then fash ioned He The Children at their knee. —Edna Groff Deihl itf the Church Advocate. Charles M. Schwab says:— The man who has done his best lias done everything. The- man who has done less than hia best has dune nothine HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH filitu* u "^CKKOI fIcfoKUL By the Ex-Committceman People active in legislative affairs lyid in politics are awaiting with in terest the result of the conference to be held in Philadelphia this after noon between Senator Boles Penrose and legislative leaders on the subject of closing: up the session. The Gov ernor and his allies are also await ing the decision of the Penrose peo ple. The last twenty-four hours have brought about a revival of the gos sip that the legislature may take a recess after all in the middle ot June instead of adjourning on June 14- There is much opposition to any thing except final adjournment. One story to-day was that in the event that the decision is to adjourn that the appropriation bills will be rush ed so that the Governor will have to act on them while the legislature is still in session. Another story was that the Governor would send in most of his appointments the final week. A very general hope that some protocol would be signed was ex pressed abotrt legislative halls to day. —Democratic ringmasters will come to the walling place to-mor row. The men who have been run ning the Democratic machines in this State lately will appear to morrow before House committees and point out what a dreadful nils take the general assembly is making In not taking more seriously the Democratic legislation. Floorwalk er Sarig will stage the hearings to morrow on the corrupt practices act, which is said to have been borrowod from the old Progressive committee, and on Wednesday the charities bill, will be talked about. After it is dis posed of the Democratic members will hustle for their hospital bills as they did in the days when K. Low ry Humes was pfeaching reform in charity appropriations and taking good care of Crawford county insti tutions at the same time. —The mourners who will attend will be National Chairman McCor mick, National Committeeman Pal mer. Ringmaster Humes, Roland S. Morris, untitled and unsung and others, who have been very vocal over the refusal of the people of the State to put deserving Democrats into positions of power and pelf. —Much sympathy was expressed at the Capitol to-day for Senator William E. Crow, the Republican State chairman, whose wife and two pons are seriously ill at his home in Uniontowu. Their illness will pre vent the senator from taking much part in legislation this week. —Woman suffragists are making a drive to get their presidential vot ing bill 04t of committee. They have been sending in many letters and plan to appear before committees it action is not taken soon. —The Philadelphia Inquirer says: "There is a spirited canvass in Blain for Republican nominations for county offices to be voted next fall. In the line-up it is evident the most aggressive fight will be made for sheriff. Of the candidates in the race for this office are William H. Orr, James Gorusch and Lee A. Wilkinson, ail of this city; Ira Baird, of Hollidiysburg, and Grant McClel lan, of Frankstown township. They are all recognized as hustlers and none is letting the grass grow under his feet in the circle made among the voters for support. Orr, who held the position of sheriff a few years ago, made an efficient offlcml. He enters the race with probably the largest personal acquaintance of any resident in the county. There is a most unusual condi tion existing In Pittsburgh. They can't find enough men to fill the ex tra places on the police force. —Registration officers in Philadel phia without regard to party are of fering their services for the draft. —Opposition to the third-class city legislation will collide in Senate committees this wek. • There are sev eral bills on which men differ. —Granger members are making lists of salary raisers and there are reports that they threaten to fight. The Rural Members' League will meet to-morrow night to talk over the prospects for highway and school legislation. —State College Is to get a new post office building and it will cost $48,000. —The anniversary of Dr. Edwin j E. Sparks as president of State Col- | lege was made the occasion of a patriotic rally at which the services i of Dr. Sparks to advance agriculture in Pennsylvania were lauded. —lt is said that the Smith cabaret | bill will be amended in the Senate so that private dances in hotels will not be Interfered with. The Philadelphia Central Labor Union voted 199 to 1 against prohi tion for the war. The Philadelphia Ledger says that harmony or no harmony, there will be no lack of candidates for city treasurer of Philadelphia, salary SIO,OOO. ' _ , Uazleton will have a Fourth of July celebration without fireworks, says Mayor Harvey. About Our Looks [Kansas City Star.] Kansas City had an opportunity to realize Sunday—and did realize— what a tremendous asset good looks may be to a city. Wo may be sure that nothing our French visitors took away with them after the crowded morning they spent here will dwell more pleasantly in their memories than the impressions they received during their drive over the boule vards and residence streets. We were conscious that we were looking our best, nrilllant sunshine and bnlmy spring air brought us out well. We were in our best spring dress set out in the colors that best become us. trees and shrub bery were putting forth their vernal beauties, and our homes showed the freshness and neatness that testified to housewifely pride and the emula tion of the season. We heard enough in praise from our visitors to confirm us in a sus picion that we have something of a reputation as a reigning beauty. So be it and far be it from us to deny it. We think ourselves we have a point or two. But we ought to guard against becoming a spoiled beauty, or one neglectful of the precautions necessary to keep us up to the level of our reputation. Pride goeth 'be fore a falling complexion, and eter nal vigilance Is the price of a good Hgure. Let us not fall Into the careless way of letting our looks take care of themselves. The freshness of youth will pass, and If we would have it succeeded by a maturer charm, we must preserve the vigor of our civic body and keep its spirit young. We ought not'to sit before the mirror admiring the looks wo have not, but should be bestirring ourselves to make sure we shall have some looks to admire twenty years from now. Let's keep on touching our looks up so we can keep on having these par ties and continue to be tha ornament of Uiem, \ When a Feller Needs . B y BRIGGS SIT TIGHT-DON'T BE TIGHT A Preachment to the Wise (The following is the view point of one of the large advertising and merchandising agencies regarding the present business situation. It is written by the Taylor-Crit.chfleld-Clague Co., of Chicago, New York, Bos ton, Detroit and Minneapolis, to emphasize the danger of over playing the question of economy In buying.) SIT tight—don't be tight. This line expresses the policy that should be followed by the people of the United States during the crisis which has come upon the country. There is danger In too much econ omy. And there Is little reason for the "don't-buy-now" wave which has been sweeping over the United States for the last few weeks. Why not buy now? Wo have the money with which to buy. And if everybody continues to buy—not ex travagantly, but reasonably—doesn't It follow that the factories will keop humming at their tafcks of making things for Americans to wear—to put into their homes? Of course, the food situation has drawn a sharp line of distinction in this matter. We must be conservative In the use bf food products, not because we have no money with which to buy food, but because the supplies of these essentials, being In unprece dented demand, are limited. put the economy whioh applies to the consumption of wheat, potatoes, and the like is vastly different from the economy which applies to thfe purchase of talking machines, rugs automobiles and clothes. We arc not running the risk of causing others to suffer when we buy the latter, One is a case of enforced conser \ation. Beyond those things which we must conserve in order that the world and its armies may be fed and clothed, we see no reason for uny postponement of the average pur chases. "Business as Usual" was a Brit ish slogan just after the beginning of the great war. '.'Business as Usual —and More of It" must be the American slogan during the war, and should be ever after. The American people face sev eral duties. One is to light, and fight hard for the principles involved in this tremendous international strug gle. Another is to produce all that can be produced, to buy all that is needed to keep the channels of busi ness open and the progress of it ac tive and unhindered. "Business as Usual —and More of It" represents no false sentiment. There is nothing emotiopal about it. Facts and conditions substan tiate it. As business advisers, and because of our relations with many of the representatives of all lines of in dustry, we are urging clients and all with whom we come in contact to take this view of the proposition and assist in holding our domestic com merce steady and unshaken. • The avowed determination of the authorities at Washington to main tain our commercial affairs on an even keel should not only reassure every manufacturer, wholesaler and retail merchant, but should establish public confidence in a manner not to be moved. When that is accomplish ed. this false economy which is be ing urged from certain sources will disappear, legitimate buying will go forward unhindered and domestic trade will enjoy its customary sta bility. The buying power of farmer, miner, artisan and tradesman is un affected by the war. On the contrary, there is every reason to believe that such buying power will be increased. Take the farmer, for example. All these appeals for increased crops, for the planting of every possible acre, will mean a vastly Increased, production. It will mean more money for the farmers of America; more money—not to be hoarded, but to be judiciously invested In land and wise ly spent for better working and liv ing conditions. Regulation of food prices by the government will have only a benefi cial effect upon this mighty buying class on America's farms. For the agriculturist will receive a liberal profit and the volume of his output will bo materially increased. In Canada business has gone ahead during al the months of the war. In lines having to do with the production of foodstuffs there is un precedented prosperity. In other lines there Is no display of false economy to clog the wheels of trade and thereby cripple the government in its efforts to meet and master the most critical situation that Canada and Its mother country have ever faced. And so will It be In the United States as soon as those people who are now practicing it learn that false economy is unwise, unjust, unpatri otic. The surest way to throw thousands of wage earners out of employment, and to make "hard times" real rath er than imaginary, is to permit false economy to put a stop to ordinary buying on the part of the masses and thereby put a stop to the wheels of business. Speaking to and for the great agri cultural class, the Farm Journal well says that "wise spending is the tru est economy." It urges its readers not to become panic-stricken or needlessly tight with their purse strings, And the same doctrine may safely bo accepted by the other mil lions who live in our cities, villages and towns. This frantic desire to fill the base ment with canned goods and staples is gradually disappearing, as It should, and the buying habits of thfe public will soon be back In their cus tomary channels, Probably the mfst important warning voiced by Howard E. Coffin, of the Council of National Defense, is that the United States must meet its international obligations "with the least possible disarrangement of our own vast commercial and in dustrial machine," An effective way for you to "do your bit" Is to assist in preventing such disarrangement, and the way to da that is to buy what you need when you need It, buy what you want but do not need Just as you would if no war cloud were over us, and thus help business to continue its smooth, even way. Eliminate waste, That is a plain duty. Hut guard against indiscrimi nate, false economy-—the kipd that stops factory wheels and throws earners in the plants, jobbing houses and retail stores out of employment. That is another plain duty. We must not lot ourselves be frightened by the threatened short use of foodstuffs. We must and we will rise to the occasion and produce niore foodstuffs, and then see to It that business in other lines goes on as Asuul. The circulation of money is one sure factor in the realization of good times—and the money is going to circulate. Have no fear of that. Farmers must buy more implements, more machinery, more silos, more equipment of all kinds than they ever bought before. That means a How of money through the arteries of business. . And let us not forget that the seven thousand million dollars pro vided by the American government for war purposes will, for the most part, be expended In this country; recirculated !n our own trade cir cles for clothing, food, munitions, transportation and supplies and service of many kinds. The stopping of public, work on the part of States. counties, cities and township organisations Is wrong. The withdrawal cf savings from banks is wrong—and supremely fool ish. The hoarding of fond r.upplies Is wrong. False economy, resulting in stagnation in the retail business, is wrong. Any act or policy not in keejj- MAY 14, 1917. Ing with "Business as Usual —and More of It" is wrong, and the best way you as an individual cari serve your country is to hold your acts in the same path of sanity and pood Judgment, that they were in before this war storm broke upon us. The need of the hour is not for economy, but for efficiency. As one writer sensibly expresses It, 'the American standard of living should bo maintained.' 1 This can be done, with proper allowance for the food situation but with no concession whatsoever to the idea that our par eipation in the war justifies timid ity, fear or the discouraging of busi ness. We need all of the available sin ews of war In order that our nation al cause may succeed. One of these is public confidence, and that can only be retained by means of normal conduct on the part of the people In their dally living and their daily ex penditures. Business as usual—and more of It. Sit tight; don't be tight. It Often Happens When it's all over the pacifist Con gressmen will be loudest In telling how we licked 'eni.—Washington Post. fOUR DAILY LAUGH | PATRIOTIC. % ?'■ They're very even going to I flji plant potatoes In J W their window , A ■ boxes this spring Instead of ge- Hp ANOTHER SLAP AT ijrTl CHOLLY. * S WPfl made a perfect T-'V fool of myself Miss Keen Wf There, I always K { Bald you could m jP /r> v make something SP I PZ. < of yourself If I A. ( you kept on try- I £$ REVENGE. mf jfa) Fishing? Naw. I'm Just / I trying to find out If the water Mt ~ Is deep enough Kj&y 1, IB to drown the man that told IP" I T?- me there was ggp -J__ . r-r i fishing In here. 188 T =™ • Stoning (Mpit All over the State registrars of votcr.s, assessors and election officers are volunteering their help for the conduct of the registration of the young men ot Pennsylvania within the limit of the selective draft In the event of Governor Brumbaugh choosing to adopt the plan of utiliz ing the registration machinery out lined by Secretary of the Common wealth Woods. Newspapers in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh tell of offers by registrars to give their ser vices on the day picked for register ing and not to ask one cent of com-/, pensatlon, while in various counties commissioners are sending word that they will use their efforts to ob tain similar services free to the Com monwealth from the registrars and assessors and election officers under their charge. In Pittsburgh Regis tration Commissioner David Daw rence, who is well known here, gave the names of eighteen volunteers and said that he expected every regis trar In the big western city to offer his services. In Philadelphia sev eral of the officials connected with the registration work declared It af forded a splendid chance tor them to do something. It is probable that the smaller cities and the great army of assessors and election officers in the boroughs and townships will do the same. In many instances, the men who served on these boards are beyond the age of conscription and they are eager to do the work as "their bit" aifU where men are un able to servo some of the best known men of the communities, judging from their remarks, will substitute. What will bo most needed when the registration day is tixed will be the co-operation of employers to give such of their men who are called up for registration and those who sit on registration or election boards "a day off for their State and nation." Registration day will be a pretty solemn occasion when one considers It aside from the flags and the speeches and the patriotic appeals but It can be made an occasion on which men not called can do their bit by sitting on boards and cheering on those who are summoned by the president. Doubtless, the Governor will make it a public holiday as has been done in other States, and the citizens will make It a great oc casion. What some visitor to Harrisburg once called "the most neglected spot in Harrisburg" is now one of . the prettiest. It is the grave ,of John Harris, the man who settled on the banks of the Susquehanna just 200 years ago and in whose honor the State Capital of Pennsylvania wan named. For years the people of Harrisburg allowed the trunk of the historic mulberry tree to which he was tied when the Indians tried to burn him to be his monument- Then the headstone was erected. Succes sive generations of Harrisburg chil dren have played about that tiny graveyard and thousands have peer ed through the bars of the ironjtenco and wondered why greater note was not taken of the place where was the genesis of Harrisburg. But through the kindness of someone who sowed the seeds, or did sonio planting, the enclosure is now car peted with beautiful wild flowers, a sight well pleasing, and forming tho tribute of nature where a. princely city forgets. • • • The suggestion of Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, secretary of the State Gam 6 Commission, that the sportsmen at tho State plant such grains as kafnr corn or sorghum or other seed bear ing plants which survlvb the snows and rear—aloft their tassels as food for game birds is based upon ob servations in the Southern States. Dr. Kalbfus has found that in some Southern lands fields or lo calities where the dried shanks of tho kaffir corn are to be found In winter that wild turkeys, grouse, quail and other game are abundant and fat. He suggests that this year there will be little of foodstuffs wast ed and that sportsmen who have been interested in providing grain for quail and other game should plant kaffir corn or strew It about and let nature do the rest, "The price of a cigar and a little work'V are suggested as all the outlay that is necessary. • * • One of the greatest drawbacks to gardening is the plain ordinary everyday American weed and a good many persons who are now tackling gardening In the preliminary stages will be face to face with an untirinit enemy in a month. Much of the weed growth in the vacant plots about Harrisburg is the result of sheer neglect on the part of owners of gar dens themselves or of land which Is now built up. The menace of the dandelion and the chicory, the numerous small weeds is one of the greatest that household gardeners have to fear. They will have to hustle this year because of neglect In former years and it is not amiss, ac cording to a 11. an who is trained in agricultural matters to kill the dandelions now. The killing of the others will then come along as a matter of course. The fields and lots are dotted now with the yellow blooms of the dandelion and In an other fortnight the flowers will have turned to the seed balls. Dandelions cleared out now mean so much less work next spring. j WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~ . —Howard Eaton, former Pitts burgher and noted ranchman, ha come back to his native city and 1| ready to go to France with Roose velt. —Commissioner of Health Dixftn Is having everyone of his farms put under cultivation to the limit. —Major Daniel E. Sable, just pointed surgeon of the First Artillery is police surgeon of Pittsburgh. —Mayor Smith has ordered tha city hall tower in Philadelphia Illuminated again as he thinks it U not In danger from night fliers. —Herbert Hoover, who may be at the head of the food control, is to speajt in several Pennsylvania cities, —Dr. James Tyson, former presi dent of the State Medical Society, and dean of Philadelphia physician* ' was given a dinner by Philadelphia medical men. 1 DO YOU KNOW 1 Tluvt Harrisburjf billets are used for making of many tilings 11 sod in motor vehicles? HISTORIC HARRIS BURG In old days recruiting used to b held in tents In Market Square. The Going North of the Lord Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the I<ord: his going fort! is prepared as the morning; and h( shall come unto us as the rain, as th AD ED PAGE POLITICS latter and farmer lain unto tha —Rosea yi, , 1 j i , t , l
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