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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 15
Look around the habitable
world; how few
Know their own good, or
knowing it, pursue.
—Dryden.
MAYOR MILLER
CHARLES . MILLER was
unanimous!',' chosen by the
City Count! this morning to
fill the chair left vacant by the re
cent death of Mayor Meals. For
some time Mr. Miller's name has
been quietly canvassed in connection
with this vacancy and the unanimity
of the selection to-day indicates the
fve'lng of the commissioners and of
r. any other people as to his fitness
for th. important position to which
he has been called.
Mr. Miller is perhaps more famil
iar with municipal practice and pro
cedure than any other official in the
State. He has given years of study
to municipal administration and as
city clerk has been intimately asso
ciated with the development and
progress of the city. First as a
member of the Legislature he dem
onstrated his ability in handling mat
ters affecting the growth of Penn
sylvania cities. Through this ser
vice he became interested in muni
cipal matters and as city clerk he
has demonstrated unusual ability
in this direction.
As head of the city government
Mr. Miller will bring to the discharge
of his duties a clear conception of
the spirit of Harrisburg and a devo
tion to its best interests. Should he
desire to serve his city beyond the
period for which lie has been chosen
there would seem to be little doubt
of his selection by the people, who
have long regarded him as a faith
ful and efficient public servant.
His pleasing personality, his wide
acquaintance throughout the city
and State, his enthusiasm for every
thing which will aid in the develop
ment of the city and his knowledge j
of our present needs peculiarly quali- j
fv Mr. Miller for the mayoralty.
It is particularly pleasing to this
newspaper to note the elevation of
one who learned the printer's trade |
011 the HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH ]
and who before his election to the |
Legislature was foreman of the com- |
posing room of this newspaper. We j
bespeak for him a successful admin
istration.
Till: ENI> OF THE WAR
THE end of the war may be much
nearer than now appears from
a glance at £he battle-map.
There is all over Europe a growing
uesire for peace. The people of all
nations arc war-weary, but not will
ing to throw down their arms until
something like a permanent peace is
assured. The working classes threat
en to take things into their own
hands, but us Arthur Henderson,
speaking for British labor, said to a
deputation of Russians, "Kaiserism
hopelessly separates" the workmen
of England from those of Germany.
There may lio more hope than is now
apparent in the international gather
ing of Socialists. If Germany can
he brought to a realization of the
utter hopelessness of her position,
that those who are lighting her wish
no more than a guarantee of being
able to live their own lives in their
own way and that salvation lies only
through the elimination of the Ho
l.cnzoliorns, the end will be in sl?ht
and the Socialist gathering will have
accomplished a great purpose.
If labor will but lake the bit in j
its teeth war among European 11a-'
lions may be ended for all time. La
bor can never come into its own ex
cept through the instrumentality of
democratic government. True dem
ocracies do not make war on dem
ocracies and the overthrow of auto
cracy in Germany, followed by a
fraternity of workingmen through
out Europe, would be a long step in
the direction of peace for generations
among the nations that have been
brought to present awful conditions
solely through the ambitions of the
self-seeking ruling classes.
But the end now Is not appurent.
The final outcome is more
beclouded at prosent than any time
since the outbreak of the war. This,
indeed, may be the "darkest hour
just before the dawn." Russia is
shaken with internul strife. The
workmen's council Is undermining
the revolutionary government and at
the same time warning the soldiers
in til's field to stand firm in opposi
tion to the Germans or endure a fute
TUESDAY EVENING,
worse than that from which the na
tion has Just escaped. Turkey is re
ported as willing to make a separate
peace at least with Russia, and Aus
tria would quit in a moment if the
way were found for her to shake off
the bonds in which Germany has en
slaved her. German Socialists are
gaining in strength every day and
even the Kaiser is lending ear to de
mands for liberalization of the gov
ernment. Workmen of all national
ities are looking toward the proposed
gathering at Stockholm. Chaos pre
vails. Conditions apparently can be
come little worse. Perhaps they are
approaching the turning point for
the better. Stranger things have
happened than that this war should
cease as suddenly as it began.
SUSPEND PERMANENTLY
SUSPENSION of wheat specuia
lation on exchange In Chicago
as an emergency measure
ought to be made permanent. Only
one service is performed by the
grain brokers—the feathering of
t!:eir own nests at the expense of
the people In general.
We have been begging the farmer
to show his patriotism by raising
immense crops of all kinds the com
ing summer. There never was a more
willing worker than the farmer. He
is at it early and late and he will
not fail the country at this time.
But while we are importuning him
that we may not go hungry next
winter, why not lend liiin a little
help as well, in the way of price
encouragement? Despite the high
cost of foodstuffs many farmers are
making a bare living; and in. most
instances this is no fault of theirs.
They are the victims of the food
speculators. If we were able to de
vise a way to split the unfair protlts
taken on wheat and other provisions
between the farmer and the con
sumer we should have cheaper food
and more of It.
Give the farmer the returns that
should be his by eliminating the
Board of Trade speculators and the
whole food situation will clear per
ceptibly.
THE SCUM OF HUMANITY
THE arrest of a Philadelphia
man, known to the police of
that city, for an alleged at
tempt to lead a Harrisburg orphan
girl into a life of shame, presents
to the Dauphin county court an
opportunity to teach young men of
similiar tendencies a wholesome les
son. The Associated Aids asserts that
it has ample proof that this is not
the first offense of the kind it can
prove against the prisoner, and if
this be true then the saltiest sen
tence the court can impose will be
too light.
The man who lives as the accused
is charged with having lived—upon
the earnings of ruined womanhood
—is of the very scum of humanity.
He is scarcely fit to be associated
with ordinary criminals. He is
without morals and a menace
to the community in which he re
sides. This is not the first case of
the kind that has come to the surface
in Harrisburg recently, but If the
jury convicts the verdict should be
followed by such punishment as wfll
make creatures of that stamp pause
a moment before attempting to ply
their nefarious trade in Harrisburg.
PRACTICAL PHILANTHROPY
JOHN YATES, head of the Asso
ciated Aids, is nothing if not
practical. His camp and gar
den plan, announced by the TELE
GRAPH yesterday, is an illustration.
Under his leadership a large number
of boys will encamp for the summer
on the Henry Clastcr farm near
Linglcstown, the forty-five acres of
which Mr. Clastcr has kindly given
free for the purpose, and in return
they will spend several hours a day
in vegetable gardening. The produce
will lie given to the families of the
boys in the city and the surplus to
the several charitable institutions of
Harrisburg.
Thus the boys will have a good
time in the open during' the sum
mer months and will help keep their
families, as well as provide fresh
vegetables for less fortunate boys
and girls in the city. That the plan
will work out is proved by the suc
cessful experiment along the siime
line carried out on a smaller scale
by Mr. Yates near Fayettville, last
summer.
The expense of the enterprise is
being met by a number of well
known Harrisburg men who believe
in the biblical injunction not to let
their left hands know what their
right hands do, and who. therefore,
are nameless.
CENSORSHIP
IT is to be hoped the Senate by
its vote on Saturday has killed
finally the outrageous effort of
the Wilson administration to throt
tle the press af the nation. No
American newspaper worthy of the
name lias printed or would print
anything of "aid or comfort" to the
I enemy, but to make it illegal merely
to express an opinion or to criticise
anybody connected with the conduct
of the war would be a step t'lftt
would give the editors of well-mean
ing and patriotic newspapers the
choice of going to jail or refraining
from pointing out to the public gross
errors of administration.
Such a measure would be nothing
more than a cloak for Inefficiency.
No matter how greatly the authori
ties at Washington erred, no news
paper would dare give its readers
the truth. Under the terms of such
a luw everything that the adminis
tration did would become right so
far as the newspapers were con
cerned and the grossest irregulari
ties would have to be glossed over as
entirely beyond criticism or in com
plete silence.
Congress seems determined not to
permit the President to .lave his
way in this, and it is likely that the
fangs of the bill will be extracted
before it is permitted to become
luw.
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
Why We Arc at War Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson (Harper &
Eros., 50c net). This little volume
contains within Its covers the Ave
great speeches President Wilson
made to the Senate and to the joint
sessions of Congress relative to the
world war, and his address to the
American people at large. The mes
sages respectively are: "A World
league For Peace," to the Senate
January 22; "The Severance of
Diplomatic Relations With Ger
many," to Congress, February 3;
"Request for Grant of Power" to
Congress, February 26: "We Must
Accept War," to Congress April 2:
"A State of War to Congress, April
C; "Speak, Act and Serve Together,"
to the American people, April 15.
Every American recogni7.es the im
portance of these messages, but
when one reads them all in their
chronological sequence, one sees that
each of them while written and de
livered at a separate time, is depend
ent upon, and related to, the other.
And aside from the active impor
tance of each message there is in
each of them a beauty of language
which has already placed them
among the best works of English.
And in that they have collected all
of these messages into one volume.
Harper & Brother* have rendered
a true service to the American pub
lic, for this volume of history-mak
ing epoch recording speeches, should
find Its true place in every American
home.
Thousand Things a Mother Should
Know Mae Savell Croy (Putnam,
$1.50 net). With the Better Baby
movement occupying a prominent
place in the heart of every woman,
Putnam has put onto the market a
volume which in every respect is
one of inestimable value. For unlike
most books written upon this sub
ject, this volume, does not limit it
self to the physical needs of the in
fant from birth to say, three years
of age. The book In its hints starts
before baby arrives and then for
| ward in its life through the nursery
and amusement stages, even into the
period of getting ready for manhood
and womanhood. The volume is a
storehouse of information with
hundreds of practical hints, to which
the author has added a chapter of
Miscellaneous Hints for busy moth
ers, a chapter needless to say. is one
that is going to be one of real value
for the mother upon whom devolves
the doing of her own housework.
"A Thousand Things a Mother
Should Know" is a work that is go
ing to make the work of many a
mother lighter.
Labor Notes
The San Francisco employment
tureau, since its organisation, has
been drawn upon for 1,451 employes
and sent 29,505 candidates to em
ployers and succeeded in placing 22,-
6SO.
The Brazilian Government has de
creed that products offered for sale
as butter must contain at least. 80
per cent, of butter fat and not more
than 15 per cent, of acid content.
In Mexico strikes are declared le
g.l when they have for their object
the equalizing of differences between
the different factors of production,
harmonizing the rights of the worker
with those of capital.
Tt has been decided to at once
start 11 vigorous agitation to have the
Dominion Government immediately
do something to increase the pay of
Canadian letter carriers.
Circulars in foreign languages and
embodying lessons in first aid to the
injured are to be distributed by the
Bureau of Mines in furtherance of
its safety-first campaign among the
1,000,000 miners in the United States.
At the conference at Leeds. En
gland, of the Independent Labor
party a resolution was unanimously
adopted calling on the government
to prohibit absolutely the use of
foodstuffs in the manufacture of al
coholic liquors during the war.
Several thousand women are now
being carefully trained* for farm
work in England. Among other
things they are taught to milk upon
dummy cows. These cows are square
wooden bodies with wooden legs and
wide udders filled with water.
The wastage from the average
American family table of persons en
joying a salary of SIOO monthly up
ward would provide sustenance for a
French or Belgian family of the same
number of persons, according to sta
tistics.
The International Machinists' idea
seems to have taken hold in Canada.
I A few years ago there were only one
I or two locals. To-day there are 70—
| Ontario, SO: Quebec, 9; Nova Scotia,
2: New Brunswick, Manitoba, 8:
Saskatchewan. 5: Alberta, 6, and
| British Columbia, 7.
As to Theodore
[From the Clinton (Mo.) Democrat]
This paper has never been enam
ored of Roosevelt. We have observed
his oddities with alternate amuse
ment and impatience. We have often
seriously doubted his good faith. But
of his persistent energy and personal
courage there can be no doubt. His
Americanism may not always agree
with our ideas of patriotic propriety,
but it is unjust to doubt its sincerity.
His overmastering egotism is not a
weakness, but a source of strength.
Without it be would be dull, flat, j
stale, unprofitable.
And yet we cannot approve the
congressional reluctance to let him
enter the European war actively.
Mr. Dooley made a nation laugh at
ins dissertion 011 Theodore. "Alone in
Cuba." but his dynamic energy
counted for much at Santiago. We
do not share the evident fear of some
that he would seize the opportunity
to return garlanded from the
trenches and play to the American
weakness for hero worship to his own
political profit: nor can we yield to
that other view of the War Depart
ment that his expeditionary force
would disorganize the regular army
to follow. There is too much of this
regular army jealousy abroad. It is
jealous of Roosevelt and the volun
teer idea generally, jealous of the
•National Guard, and saturated with
what might be termed a professional
view of our military enterprise.
These two views are opposed to
Roosevelt, but the average man does
not hold them. The average Ameri
can believes that if the personality
of one certain man could attract a
quarter of a million of select fighting
men, to be trained and armed pend
ing stronger establishments, he
should be given the chance; that the
end would justify the means; in short
that if Theodore Roosevelt, the dy
namic and erratic, would fight, by all
means let him "go to it."
Charles M. Schwab says:—
Many men fall because they do not
see the Importance of being kind and
courteous to the men under them.
Kindness to everybody always pays
for Itself. I have seen men lose im
portant positions, or their reputations
—which are more Important than any
position—by little careless discour
tesies to men whom they did not think
it worth while to be kind to.
HAHRISBURG efij&Sl TELEGRAPH
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| By the Ex-Commltteomnn
Notwithstanding the fact that
there seems to be a very strong sen
timent in favor of adjourning the
Legislature on June 14 and that it
may prevail in the designation either
of that date or June 21, state admin
istration leaders are inclined to dig
trenches for shelter during the clos
ing weeks of the session. Expres
sions of delight that the Legislature
was to quit next month which were
heard about the Capitol yesterday
were somewhat modified to-day and
there was talk that the governor and
his friends wanted to be shown Just
what was planned.
The surprise visit of Congressman
Varo to this city last night is be
lieved to have been for the purpose
of planning out a campaign to meet
anything which may be sprung by
the dominant faction in the Senate
or action by Auditor General Snyder
to test the right of men not con
tinued to draw money from the
State treasury.
At the conclusion of the confer
ence of Senator Penrose and his
friends in Philadelphia yesterday
the senator made this statement
relative to adjournment matters:
"There are reasons for and against
the Legislature adjourning sine die.
it would seem that with conditions
03 they are. and the probability that
the Legislature may be called on at
any time to make further appropria
tions to meet contingencies growing
out of the war. senators and repre
sentatives ought to be patriotic
enough to hold themselves in readi
ness to meet any demands. Should
the Legislature adjourn finally and
further action be required of it, the
cost to the state of holding an extra
or special session would be about
Si.OO.OOO."
—This was the big Democratic
day at the Capitol and the members
|of the minority were fluttering
around telling folks how important
it was to have th. measures sug
gested by the ringmasters acted upon
promptly. However, no one seemed
to be much impressed with the
emergency character of the Demo
cratic legislation and the ringmas
ters will be allowed to make what
capital they can out of their shop
worn goods.
—The big Philadelphia demonstra
tion on transit will be held here next
Tuesday instead of to-day. Mayor
Smith and delegations will be here.
—Governor Brumbaugh has sent
a letter to Robert S. Frey, of the
York County Republican club, re
plying to congratulations on the ap
pointment of Hanking Commissioner
Daniel F. Lafean. in which he ex
presses the highest opinion of the
new commissioner and declares that
he is the man for the place.
—Montoursville will have a spe
cial election on June 5 on a $30,000
bond issue for road improvements.
—William H. Berry is seeking a
change of venue in the trial of the
case of Senator T. L. Eyre against
him. application having been made
yesterday at West Chester by Attor
ney James Scarlet. Ex-Judge Gor
don opposed the motion.
—Philadelphia independents held
a long conference with Senator Pen
rose yesterdav regarding the bill for
the small council in Philadelphia
and other reform legislation which
has appeared in the House.
—Lehigh county bids fair to fur
nish the next excitement In the way
of politics in the House, as a bill
to icrrtft'?Bnother judgeship is pend
ing. Some Democrats are against it.
—Montgomery county took the
places of Philadelphia unci York as
a political storm center last night 111
the House when the friends of
Charles Johnson, ex-Insurance Com
missioner, routed the forces of ex-
Speaker Charles A. Ambler who
sought to put on the calender 1 lie
negatived bill for another judge. The
bill has already passed the Senate,
but was reported out. by the House
Committee with a negative recom
mendation after a public hearing.
Mr. Ambler and his friends want the
additional judge in Montgomery
county. Mr. Johnson and his friends
do not. When the vote was taken on
the Phillips resolution 104 members
voted against and 75 for. Both fac
tional forces from Philadelphia split
on the vote, although a majority of
the Vare-Brumbaugh members lined
up for the resolution. In the debate
Representative James Boyd, of
Montgomery, attacked the bill and
became a bit personal in his remarks
about Representative Stites, also of
Montgomery, who had spoken for the
bill. Mr. Boyd said Mr. Stites. who
is a lawyer, "seldom practiced in
Montgomery," and threatened to
bring in "black and white" the proof
of what was back of the Croft bill.
Mr. Stites made no reply, except that
he was not a Judicial candidate.
Dancing at the Hotels
[Philadelphia Inquirer.]
A bill lias gone through the House
at Harrisburg which abolishes free
lunches at the bars and cabarets and
all sorts of entertainments in any
place where liquor is sold. Dancing
gees with the cabarets. Under this
law not a high-class hotel in the
State could permit its guests In a
public dining room to dance. That
iu the height of absurdity.
A certain amount of regulation is
necessary. There has long been a
law that prohibits performances un
der the same roof where drinks are
dispensed. It was aimed at "variety"
theaters in this city which sold
liquor. This was during Mayor Stok
ley's term, and the Mayor enforced
it with the remark that "beer and
music will not mix." No doubt the
cabaret show, which has arisen of
late years, is not always what it
should be, and it is unlawful any
way. But what objection can there
be to dancing when properly con
ducted".' If the complaint is made
that it is immoral, the answer is that
r.o doubt this may be true in some
cases. But in those cases it would
still be immoral if drink was not
sold. To make the big hotels suffer
because certain saloons may offend
decency; to deprive respectable per
sons of the dance because persons
not respectable dance in places that
are not respectable, is unjust. If the
legislators at Harrisburg cannot draw
the line, they had better stick to
something concerning which they
have intelligent information.
There are strict laws regarding the
liquor business and the judges are
becoming more and more drastic.
After all, if the legislature is wiße,
it will leave matters in the hands of
the judges, who fan be trusted to
refuse licenses where laws are evad
ed or where indecency Is catered to.
Men and women vho dine at ho
tels ought to have some say as re
gards their rights. To say to them,
"you shall not dance if you wish to,"
is to insult their Intelligence and to
discredit lawmakers who would en
act such obnoxious paternalism.
The Only Hope
The War Department's latest an
nouncement concerning war grooms
contains the only hope left of our
making men out of them.—Kamias
, City Star.
1
When CL Feller Needs a Friend . e y briggs
He say.S
GoifJG To , — I j I
THE PEOPLE'S
Praises Forrer
Tc the Editor of the Telegraph:
In reading a recent issue of the
TELEGRAPH I noticed the state
ment that if a successor could be
found for E. Z. Gross, head of the
Park Department, there was a like
lihood of Commissioner Gross being
elected Mayor by his colleagues in
Council. May I point out to you
that there is one person who has
served the public of Harrisburg
faithfully for years who is perhaps
better fitted than any other man in
the city to succeed Commissioner
Gross as Commissioner of Parks,
etc. That man is his assistant, V.
Grant Forrer.
As everyone in Harrisburg knows
Mr. Forrer is an expert in all mat
ters pertaining to parks, playgrounds
and other recreation matters. As su
perintendent in charge of the parks
and playgrounds under the old Park
Commission, Mr. Forrer worked
von d ers in bringing Harrisburg
prrks and play grounds system up
to its present exeelence.
You know there are few cities in
the United States the size of Har
risburg that have better parks and
playgrounds and you know that per
haps no single person in Harrisburg
deserves more credit than Mr. For
rer for this excellent reputation.
As an executive Mr. Forrer's qual
ifications are well known. In addi
tion to this he is popular among
the canoeists and other river en
thusiasts who are clamoring for rec
ognition on this branch of recrea
tion by the city. Every child in the
city knows him and hundreds of
them love him as a big brother be
cause of the many kindnesses shown
them.
Why not urged upon City Council
the election of <'ommissloner Gross
as Mayor and the appointment of
Mr. Forrer as Park Commissioner to
succeed Mr. Gross. Surely this move
on the part of the council would be
a recognition of faithful service on
the part of a public servant that
would be popular with every man
who helps to pay the tax bills.
Very truly yours,
"RECREATION."
City Betterments
[Kansas City Star]
Mr. MacFarland. president of the
American Civic Association, takes the
practical business view when he says
that city betterments arc nothing less
tnan paying investments. The streets
belong to the people. Their widen
ing. or the building of new ones to
accommodate increasing traffic, is
simply a business expansion that will
pay a return as does any private
business upon new capital put into
The same thing is true of housing.
No city is rich enough to afford hous
ing conditions that mitigate against
the welfare of any part of its popu
lation. The man of small mcavis, as
Mr. MacFarland says—the man who
must have a low rental—is the basis
of industrial prosperity. Low rental
dwellings are necessary, but it does
not follow that low rental dwellings
should be lacking in the sanitary
conveniences that are essential to
public health. The owner of rental
dwellings who neglects to maintain
them in proper condition is interfer
ing with the city's business and pros
perity. The city's business demands
law regulating housing in conformity
with the best interests of that busi
ness, and those laws should be rigid
ly enforced.
A Hard Fate
Von Hissing is dead. His fate is
hard. To be known in history as
the war Kovemor of Belgium and
the executioner of E*:th Cavell will
be worse than anything experienced
In life or death. Sprlnglleld Re
publican.
Increasing Flour Output
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
If the big mills throughout the
State would turn their second grade
flour into family use instead of into
the "middlings" and "shorts," the out
put of flour could be increased mil
lions of sacks. Some few mills sack
and sell the second grade a little
cheaper than the first grade, thus
li.iving a first and second grade.
The second grade contains all the
germs of the wheat. Very few of
the germs reach the first grade. The
second grade is not as white as the
first but is far sweeter and more
strengthening. We have used the
second grade flour for some years
and have about as nice bread as can
bo procured by any tlrst grade, ex
cept the whiteness. But what does
the whiteness amount to when it en
ters the system? So we believe, if
all the mills that are running the
second grade into the "middlings"
and "shorts" would nrcserve the sec
ond grade and sell it for family use
instead of running it in use for the
stock, it would increase the output
of flour millions of sacks.
O. W. HAMMERS.
Gettysburg, Pa.
The Boy Scout
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Will you publish the following?
While the big, brave men of our
country
March off to war's great call, —
There are big "little" men staying at
home
And lovingly doing their all.
They will work for our food and
make It to grow.
These splendid Hoy Scouts, with the
rake and the hoc.
And while they are working, so
much they will learn
Of doing for others and taking their
turn.
Just think of the hundreds of thou
sands of smiles
That will scatter over just so many
miles.
And, too, how the deeds of kindness
will grow,
As they plant the potatoes, row aft
er row.
Why, there's nothing so big that it
can't be brought out—
Of a good, healthy, honest and lov
ing 330y Scout.
ANON.
To Beautify the Capitol Park
[ Philadelphia Inquirer]
The Villi carrying an appropriation
for extending and beautifying the
Capitol Park at Harrisburg should
be passed. The necessary property
has already been acquired by the
State, and the only thing remaining
if. the authority and the funds for
doing the work.
There are many reasons why the
Capitol Park should bo completed as
soon as possible. One Is that it is part
of the scheme for giving the splendid
building the setting which it deserves
and which must come eventually.
The other Is that the authorities oT
Harrisburg and the business men of
that community have already set the
pace by the public, semi-public and
private Improvements which they
have made In that progressive and
thriving community.
The measure Is one that concerns
all of the people of the State. In
spite of the unfortunate scandal in
the furnishing of the. Capitol, the
building itself was completed wlnthln
the appropriation, and is an eiilllco in
which all inny take pride. Complete
It by giving the reeded funds for the
construction of the park.
Will Be a Sorry Day
The day thnt The Star-Spangled
Ranner joins In a medley w'.th The
Mars-I'lalse will prove n sorry one
for Wllhelm liindenburg & Co. —
Washington Herald.
I .
MAY 15, 1917.
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lEbentttg Qlfjal
It is pretty nearly about time that
something bo done to impress upon
public and amusement purveyors
alike tlie relative position of the
"Star Spangled Banner." The idea
of playing the national .air at the
start or the close or in an intermis
sion of a show is splendid and every
one wants to take part in it, but it
is the height of absurdity, not to say
reflection on patriotism, to use a bit
of the air chucked into a medley and
expect people to take it seriously.
Jhe person who does not show re
spect for the air is apt to fare rather
roughly these times, but everyone
should be taught just what to do.
People should be told "America" or
"Columbia" are not tlio airs for
which to rise. The pianos, talking
machines, phonographs and other
musical instruments should give
every home its touch of patriotic
music and youngsters he inculcated
with the ideas of respect for the
"Star Spangled Banner," that the
Briton and the Frenchman show
when their national airs are played.
But just as an instance of the way
patriotic music is being handled it
may be cited that the other evening
during some performance the or
chestra which had been strolling
along with "Maryland, My Mary
land," suddenly pranced into
"Yankee Doodle," and the next
minute crashed out in the opening
bars of the "Star Spangled Banner."
The audience started to rise but the
arrangement of the airs was so rapid'
and the quotation so short that by
the time the hearers were on their
feet the orchestra was clear down in
"Dixie." It made some people feel
rather foolish and others pretty mad.
This is no time for plays on patriot
ism in llarrisburg and the suggestion
made in several places on Saturday
night that hereafter the "Star
Spangled Banner" should be played
to at least the .extent of a verse and
the chorus seems rather pertinent,
although given some box office re
buffs. A hint to change a musical
program in a playhouse even when
made on grounds of commonsense
and propriety is about as well re
ceived nowadays as were speeches in
llarrisburg to vote against improve
ment loans on account of increased
tax possibilities some fifteen years
ago.
• • *
A. Nevin Pomeroy, former super
intendent of public printing and
binding, came down from Chambers
burg yesterday and visited the Cap
itol, where he was greeted by a num
ber of friends.
* * *
David A. Beed, son Of Judge James
H. Heed, famous Pittsburgh lawyer,
is among the men who have gone
from Pittsburgh to the officers"
training camp at Fort Niagara. Mr.
Heed is well known to many Karris
burgers as he is the man who was
chairman of the commission which
drafted the workmen's compensa
tion act and has been a frequent vis
itor here.
* • *
Just how a couple of brilliantly
colored butterflies could land In the
middle of Market Square on a sunny
afternoon and where they went is
what interested some people yester
day afternoon. The insects were dis
covered fcircling about a trolley pole
and spent half an hour making sure
that colors on women's hats were
not flowers. Then they disappeared
as suddenly as they had appeared.
William H. Howard, for some
years division publicity manager for
tlie Bell Telephone Company in this
district, left yesterday for Bethle
hem, where he will manage the busi
ness of one of the large coal com
panies. Eventually he will become a
partner In the firm. Mr. Howard
leaves hundreds of friends in Harris
burg. The company thought so well
of his services that they extended
liis pay until the end of the month.
Howard has been a resident of Camp
Hill since his connection with the
Bell Company here and his home
will be occupied there by his suc
cessor, J. B. Taft. Howard will be
come a member of the Rotary Club
of Bethlehem, where he was located
previous to coming here and where
he has many friends.
• • •
The warm turn to the weather
yesterday afternoon caused a good
many people to wear their over
coats on their arms and to go homo
with wilted cbllars. The sudden
change began to be felt about noon
and the people who had been wear
ing overcoats or who were traveling
around in automobiles wearing furs
began to wish that they had consult
ed the weatherman. There were
runs on soda fountains and for the
first time this season lemonades were
popular.
• • •
A very much excited stranger
rushed up to a traffic officer early
tjiis morning and demanded to
know whether all the clocks in the
town including his watch were
wrong, or whether the city clock was
ten minutes fast. He explained that
he had passed two clocks and both
registered 3 o'clock but the city
clock lind just struck three and he
demanded an explanation. The of
ficer explained to him that the three
strokes ho had just heard was the
courtliouKo bell striking to denote
that another fire had been subdued
•and that it was really 3.10 a. m.
and not 3 o'clock.
• • *
"1 don't know whether he is drunk
or whether he fey dead but I saw
him drop just across the street," ex
citedly explained a citizen as he de
manded an investigation from a po
liceman late yesterday. The copper
hurried to the place indicated first
stopping to call the ambulance.
Upon arrival he found a workman
stretched prone upon the pavement
with the manhole open complacent
ly measuring the depth of the ex
cavation beneath.
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—W. A. Garrett, who is going
abroad with one of the missions, is
prominent in manufacturing work at
Eddystone.
—Col. If. S. Williams, who will be
disbursing officer under the draft
plun, served for over twenty years
in the National Guard.
—Albert Cook Myers, prominent
Philadelphian. Is giving a series of
lectures on his researches into the
life of William Pelin.
—Mayor E. B. Jermyn, of Scran,
ton. is said to have some congres
sional aspirations.
—Edgar T. Scott, Philadelphian,
who is accompanying his son to en
cage in ambulance work in France
is a son of the late Thomas A. Scott.
—George A. Harris, prominent
Fulton county banker, was among
visitors to this city.
DO YOU KNOW ~
That Harrisburg can furnish
imnicu.c quantities of steel for
munitions If Uncle Sam calls?
11TSTORIC lIAKRISBUItG
Tlie market houses were used for
feeding t oops which came to this
[city during tho Civil w&