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WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 1
There is no charity equal to
the cJiaritij that is charitable
to the uncharitable. — Anon.
A GOOD IiAW
WHEN Senator Beldleman's bill
to fill vacancies In city coun
cil, by authorizing the re
maining members to make the selec
tions, was presented, those politicians j
In Harrlsburg whose chief purpose in \
life is to tear down rather than build 1
up, and whose particular delight Is
to stir up community strife for their
own ulterior purposes, attacked It
upon the score that it was designed
for purely political ends and was Im
possible of achieving good results for i
the city. How false these assertions]
were is shown by the results.
Since the Beidleman law went Into
effect council has chosen three men |
to fill vacancies—John A. Affleck,
•wjio found it impossible to accept!
the trust, but who is a high type of I
businessman, qualified by training!
and experience to be head of the
water department; Samuel F. Dun
kle, well-known manufacturer and I
skilled in mechanics, well fitted fori
the place Mr. Affleck found It im-1
possible to assume, and Charles A.)
Miller, yesterday elected mayor, af- j
ter a long term in the city service |
and in every way ideally situated to
render the city excellent service at
his new post.
Will anybody have the temerity to
suggest that the popular elections
which the opponents of the Beidle
man law Insisted upon could have
had better results?
The Beidleman measure has not
only resulted in representative men
being chosen to fill responsible posi
tions, but it has saved to the people
of the city and the county $6,000 for
a special election to choose a succes
sor to the late Commissioner Bow
man and another $6,000 for the
choice of a mayor who would have
little more than six months to serve.
If this is a "purely political meas
ure" let us have more like it.
NOT TOO IiATE TO MEND
AS the people of Harrlsburg bet
ter understand the meaning of
the school board's action re
specting the architectural work un
der the imposing building program
authorized by the people, a strong
undercurrent of resentment is de
veloping. When the big loan was
under discussion there was a general
understanding that the million or
more expenditure would be made in
the most intelligent way, to the end
that the school facilities of the city*
should be adequate to a growing
school population.
The wholly unsatisfactory conclu
sion of the controversy over the
architectural work has still further
aggravated public sentiment, but it
Is not yet too late for the school
directors to rectify their error.
There is neither rhyme nor rea
son to tho board's selections. The
five directors who now dictate its
affairs, Messrs. Boyer, 8011, Keen,
Bretz and Werner, are in full con
trol. They have demonstrated their
power to overrule the special com
mittee upon which the taxpayers of
Harrlsburg had pinned their faith.
Now let them display ordinary com
mon sense by reconsidering their
reckless disregard for public Interests
and throw the whole architect ques
tion into open competition, so that
the public may have some assurance
that It is to get proper return for
the vast amount of money to be ex
pended. To do that would set the
directors now under fire before the
people of the city as sincere and in
tent only upon the best interests of
the public. To allow the present
hodge-podge program to stand will
label every one of the directors re
sponsible for it as men careless of
their own reputations In the com
munity and absolutely without re
gard for the rights of the "people
they were elected to serve.
When the plan to borrow 11,250,-
000 for the erection of new high
schools was proposed the school
board did not stand any too well in
the estimation of the public. In
order to allay any misgiving that
might exist In the minds of the
voters and to assure the people of
the sincerity of the directors as a
whole, a verbal agreement was
entered into between the board and
the public that the board should ac
cept the services and advice of a
citizens' committee made up entirely
of representative businessmen. That
was the understanding upon which
the loan waa approved. It would not
hfcve been approved otherwise. Yet
notwithstanding this pledge to th
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
public the five directors who are re
sponsible fef the present deplorable
condition of affairs wilfully and
knowingly repudiated this pre-elec
tion agreement and have insisted
upon following a course that unless
a miracle happens will seriously inar
the efficiency of the school system
of Harrlsburg for more than a gen
eration to come and make the tax
payers chary of giving the school
board power to borrow more money
as the needs of the city demand.
No business Arm or company would
for a moment think of spending a
million and a quarter dollars In the
reckless manner in which these men
propose to squander tills vast sum.
It is little wonder that the taxpayers
are Indignant. It Is not conceivable
that they will tamely submit to this
misuse of power entrusted to their
chosen servants. The directors who
hold the balance of power In the
board can restore themselves to
public favor In Just one way—by
rescinding their action of last week
and reopening the architectural com
petition upon a fair and business
basis. Otherwise they stand con
victed of being unworthy of the trust
reposed in them and as marked men
In this community when election
time shall roll around again.
Of course, the little men who live
In the reflected glory of a national ad
ministration are embarrassed when
attention Is called to the defections
of their national leaders In support
of the President, but Republicans can
scarcely be aeousod of disloyalty when
they applaud their own party for
stepping into the breach in a national
crisis to save the President's defense
measures.
TRAINING FOH PROMOTION
THE election of K. Boss Seaman
to succeed Charles A. Miller as
city clerk Is a lesson any young
I man might consider with profit.
The office of city clerk requires
extensive knowledge and careful
| training. You cunt make a city
clerk over night. Casting about for
a future, Mr. Seaman us a very young
pian saw that eventually Mr. Miller
would step out, creating a vacancy
that would be difficult to till, for
there was nobody in tlie employ of
the city at that time qualified for
the place. He entered the employ
of council In a minor capacity and
began pains-takingly to thoroughly
equip himself for the city clerkship.
That was years ago. Early and
lute since then he has profited by the
tutelage of the veteran city clerk un
der whom he served until yesterday,
when Mr. Miller was rewarded for
long service by election to the
mayoralty, there was but one choice
for city clerk to succeed him—and
Seaman was the man.
There is no secret about this se
lection. Political influence did not
ertter into it. Seaman had no power
ful friends to Intervene for him. He
won his election simply by putting
himself in the way of promotion and
then working steadfastly and intel
ligently to prepare himself for it
when the time should come. Any
young man can do likewise, but few
have the foresight and the courage
and the perseverance to persist un
til success at last crowns the efforts
of years.
"SLAPSTICK" PATRIOTISM
THE lower House of the legis
lature yesterday very properly
passed a resolution scoring se
verely the type of "slapstick" pa
triotism that insists upon using the
"Star Spangled Banner" and "Amer
ica" in unbecoming manner either
to serve unworthy purposes or from
a mistaken idea of the fitness of the
occasion.
Our national songs should be sung
and played with the reverance the
French display for theirs. They
should not be made common by too
frequent usage, nor should they be
cheapened by association. To be
brought unceremoniously to one's
feet two or three times during the
course of a moving picture show
because the organist chooses either
to Inject the strains of the "Star
Spangled Banner" into a stirring war
film or to mix up the tune with bars
from "Maryland, My Maryland,"
and "Dixie," serves no good purpose
and is extremely annoying.
The House Is fully Justified In Its
course and It is to be hoped that
those who have been offending will
take heed and act accordingly.
CELEBRATING "THE FOURTH"
JOHN ADAMS, writing to his wife
in July, 1776, delivered himself
of a prophecy that has been
amply fulfilled when he said:
I am apt to believe that the
Fourth of July will be celebrated
by succeeding generations as the
great anniversary festival. It
ought to be commemorated as the
day of deiiverenee by solemn acts
of devotion to God Almighty. It
ought to be solemnized with pomp
and parade, with shows, games,
bells, bonfires and illuminations
from one end of this continent to
the other, from this time forward
forevermore. .
And so it has been, even down to
this day: and so it should be for all
time to come. Particularly oppor
tune now is this reminder from the
sturdy old patriot who was among
those who wrote the Fourth of July
In bright red letters on the page of
history and made the day Immortal
In the annals of freedom. Harrls
burg, capital city of the State, should
set an example In Pennsylvania this
year. By the time the season rolls
around hundreds of our young men
will* have responded to the call to
defend that liberty which John
Adams and his compatriots so valor
ously won. They will have gone
forth to do battle with the arch
enemy of the democracy of the
world which was brought forth first
on a great scale upon this continent,
and it Is meet that we who remain
at home should do honor to thom
and to the day.
The time Is short for preparation.
Some steps have been taken In that
direction. Definite arrangements
should be made aa soon as possible.
Whatever the nature of the cele
bration, announcement should not
be postponed until more forehanded
communities have completed plans,
drawing llarrisburg people away
who should be at home on that occa
; sion.
Of Course, We'll Stick
[Detroit Free Press.]
The declaration by Secretary
I Lansing that the United States will
| stick with the Entente and consider
! no separate pence with Germany no
I more than voices the practically
j unanimous assumption and sentl
i rnent of the American people. When
I wo went l.nto this tight we went In
I with the idea that it was to be a
! tight to a finish and that our pro
gram would be the common pro
gtam of the Allies. As a matter of
fact, any other course would be pre
posterous and Impossible. As a mere
precautionary war measure, we are
obliged to assume the position In
dicated by Mr. Lansing. We are
not strong enough to undertake an
Independent campaign against the
Berlin autocracy. Our entrance Into
j the war 011 the basts that we were
j to combat the enemy single-handed
would have been a travesty and
would have endangered the nation
without providing the promise of
compensation.
Aside from this, the Inclination
and sympathies of the people of the
United States will lead them to stick
ta the end. Americans are some
what slow to get into a tight, but
they are not quitters. And when
they are In a conflict which has the
salvation of the race for Its objec
ti\e. all their instincts lead them to
closest friendship with other coun
tries engaged In the same undertak
ing.
For War and Peace
[lndianapolis Star.]
The proposal to expend $1,000,-
I 000,000 in the construction of 5,000,-
000 tons of steel ships to combat the
U-boat will appeal to Americans
more forcibly than the plan for 1,-
000 wooden ships of 3,000 to 5,000
tons capacity. The enlarged pro
gram probably was prompted by the
investigation of the situation made
by Generat Goetlials. who has been
placed In charge of the shipbuilding
program.
He was reported as saying at the j
outset that the wooden boats would j
be only makeshifts. The engines |
in such ships, he explained, would
shake them to pieces In a compara- |
tively short time, therefore they ,
scarcely could be viewed in the j
light of anything like valuable ad- i
ditions to our after-war merchant !
marine. We are proceeding with the i
plan to launch such craft in order to i
have carriers in service at the earl- j
iest possible moment.
The original plan was to spend 1
about $200,000,000 on the wooden j
ships, and that sum, no doubt, will
be expended under the revised pro
posal. In addition, our shipyards and
steel mills will turn out 5,000,000
tons of steel ships that will do their
bit toward thwarting the U-boats,
and will be a very formidable fac
tor in the foreign commerce of the
United States after the war.
All Guesses Are Off
[Kansas City Star.]
The Kitchener estimate on the
length of the war is about up with
the war still going, and entering, in
deed, upon another phaso in which
the new found strength of Germany
has yet to be tested. This should In
duce some reflections upon our part
as the latest participant. We say
the German military leaders com
pletely deceived in the estimate they
had nfade both as to the length of
the war, the parin-ipants in it and
its demands upon German resources.
They thought a six weeks' cam
paign would bring the end in sight
with Paris in their hands and Rus
sia not yet started. They thought
the money cost was all provided for
in the war chest and that no loans
would be necessary. They thought
that England would stay out, that
Italy would stay out and that Amer
ica would stay out. They thought
many other thing.) that were illu
sory. and so also did British and
French statesmen. The war, in fact,
got away from all those who imagin
ed they had a hand on the reins and
has been running wild ever since.
This country can have no excuse
for making guesses as poor. We can
hotfe. and believe if we can, that the
war is on its last legs, but we must
prepare fpr our part in it as if we
thought it could grow new legs as
fast as it loses its old ones. We must
prepare for it just as though it was
a brand new war, as it is for us. A
good way is not to guess at all, but
to get ready to go through with it
to the end and count the time after
ward.
Remained Seated
At a church adjacent to a big mil
itary camp a service was recently
held for soldiers only.
'•Let all you brave fellows who
have troubles stand up," shouted the
preacher.
Instantly every man rose except
one.
"Ah!" exclaimed the preacher,
peering at this lone Individual. "You
are one In a thousand."
"It ain't that," piped bacjf the
only man who had remained seated,
ns the rest of his comrades gazed
suspiciously at him, "Somebody's
put some cobbler's wax on the seat
and I'm stuck."—St. Ix>uis Republic.
"From Now On"
"A marshal was taking a couple
of negro prisoners to the Federal
prison in Atlanta." said Captain L
I*. Woodford, of Georgia. "The un-
I fortunates were from different towns
[and were Strangers to each other
I until they had been rounded up by
the minion of the law.
"As they were traveling south
ward to begin their prison sentences
they engaged in the following col
loquy:
" 'How long did the Judge send
you clown for?"
" 'Three years.'
"'How long you goin' down fo'?'
" 'From now on." Washington
Post.
Crops Out Elsewhere
The bravest, though, are never the
tenderest-footed. —Columbia State.
Fashion Note
About the only fashion
note for the coming summer is to
the effect that khaki is going to be
much worn.—Washington Star.
Another Chance
Having failed in Its plots to ex
cite the riots of India, Germany now
has a chance to see what it can do
with the riots of Berlin.—Chicago
Herald.
What They Deserve
The performances of some of the
returned Radicals to Russia show
that In a few Instances the auto
cratic government gave that sort
übout what they deserved. —Chicago
Herald.
Can Ask For Peace
If the War Department accepts
Governor Philipp's offer of a Wis
consin brigade, the Germans will
have reason to ask for peace.—Mil
waukee News
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' It is possible that the Senate may ,
! not act on the House resolution to
! adjourn on June 14 for a week or
even more. Several of the Senators
I have expressed doubts as to whether
j the Legislature could complete its
work in the time allowed and there
are suggestions of Juno 21 or even
the following' Thursday. The action
of the House on the resolution seems
to have been hailed throughout the
1 State with a mm of relief, editorials
voicing the opinion that the Legisla
ture could have quit long ago.
The action of the appropriations
committee in starting out tha hos
pital bills and in working on the gen
eral appropriation bill In conjunction
with the proposed salary adjuster Is
regarded as significant and It was
| predicted to-day that the charitable
I bills might be In the Governor's
hands two weeks before the date for
I adjournment which would have the
effect of forcing the executive to act
on them before tho Legislature ad
! Journed, .
—lt is said that Governor Brum
; baugh will allow the appointments
l of several men named to office lately
to go to the end of the session be
| fore deciding whether to send them
| to the Senate or to allow them to
| lapse and then shift around places.
1 The statement was made at the
j Capitol to-day that some of the ap
pointees would have no trouble in
| getting confirmed if the Governor
would send In their names.
—Reports of shakeups In some
i departments after the Legislature
are current. They were heard two
' years ago, but this year there may be
i more doing.
| —The suggestion of a State mlll-
I tary representative at Washington
I s£ems not to have taken very well
! among the legislators, some of whom
j contend that the State has men in
| the Adjutant General's office not only
In touch with tho military situation
and familiar with Washington ways
of doing things and that to add any
one else would be a useless expense.
The advocates of the plan Hay that
a man on the job would save much
time. The rumors are that a Wash- i
ington newspaperman Is being urged
for the pluce and that powerful '
political influences would like to '
have him made a colonel so that he !
would have standing.
■ —According to morning newspa- j
pers there are some lively times in J
prospect over the scope of the worlc
of the Public Safety Committee. The
Philadelphia Record says that three
members of the commission have i
said that placing the $2,000,000 at ,
disposal-of the Public Safety Com
mittee "never was contemplated."
—-Ex-Democratic State Chairman
Roland S. Morris, who was here yes
terday to urge the Legislature to
enact some of the Democratic, meas
ures which have been on the shelf
since 1913, said that he did not know
much about the report that lie had
been selected to be ambassador it>
Japan to succeed the late George \V.
Guthrie. Mr. Morris said that he
had heard the reports, but knew of
no ground for the positive statements
made yesterday at Washington.
—The fact that Democratic State
Chairman McLean and Acting State
Chairman Guffey did not appear at
the hearings on the Democratic bills
yesterday was much commented
upon. The elections committee heard
the arguments on the voters' assist
ance measure in which Roland S.
Morris and T. Henry Walnut, the
latter an independent Republican,
took part, while the judiciary spe
cial committee heard E. Lowry
Humes, United States District At
torney from Western Pennsylvania,
and H. K. Siebenack, a Progressive,
discuss the corrupt practices act
which was framed by the Progres
sives four years ago and adopted by
the Democrats as their own.
—Ex-Representative Claude Reno,
who took a prominent part in the
passage of the Lehigh additional
judge bill, is being mentioned fox
that office.
Subscribe to the Loan
[Kansas City Times.]
A good way for an American to in
dulge his patriotic feelings just now,
while waiting to demonstrate them
in some form of personal service to
the country, is to buy one or more
of the liberty loan bonds. They are
to be issued in denominations as low
as SSO, which makes 1% possible for
nearly everybody to have one in the
house.
Aside form the fact that a United
States government bond is the best
security on earth, it is a form of in
vestment that should be a source o£
pride to American families as well
as of income. Every man and wo
man who owns one can feci a closer
and more personal relation to the
government, and to the great na
tional task to which the liberty loan
will be devoted. That loan would
have been readily taken up if it had
been offered to a syndicate of bank
ers, but the goverament property de
termined that its nature called for
the widest popular participation, and
-the tremendous response hat dem
onstrated that the people of the
United States shai-cd that view.*
• This is the time to go down into
the family stocking and bring home
this tangible evidence of your co- ]
operation with your country !h the ;
job it has undertaken. .It was the
French people with the saving's in
their stockings who delivered their
country from the occupation of a
foreign army after the treaty
Frankfort by paying off the huge in
demnity in a space of time that
astounded the financiers and econo
mists of Europe. ,
The American people now have an
opportunity to show the world that
they have a stocking as deep and
that they are ready to shake it empty
if need be to furnish their country
with the sineA's ot war. Such dem
onstrations are object lessons to the
enemy whose force they are not like
ly to miss. Get jvur share of the
liberty loan and you have shot a
silver bullet that will help to win
the war.
At the College Exercises
"Who is that quiet looking fellow
over there nobody seems to be no
ticing?"
"I forget his name; he's won sev
eral scholarships, I believe."
"And who is the one they seem to
bo going crazy about?"
"That's Jabbs; why, everybody
knows him—he's the football cham
pion."—Exchange.
A Slacker Congress
Congress is the one branch of the
government that has broken down
In tho war and failed of its duty.
Our neighbor tho Sun does not over
state the gravity of the situation
when it says, "There is no respon
sible leadership in either House or
Senate."—The Xew York World.
Awaiting an Explanation
We are waiting for some opponent
of the universal service to explain
why, if so many men are willing to
volunteer, it wouldn't be better for
the government to exercise selective
conscription to reject those who
ought to stay at home.—Philadel
phia Xortli American,
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i BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
A Xew Britannica Volume to Deal
With the War —Every one who owns
The Encyclopaedia Britannlca or is
thinking of ordering the work will
bo Interested in the announcement
by the publishers that plans are un
der way for the issue of a Xew Voi
vme which will be principally de
voted to the war.'
The feature of this Xew Volume
which will strongly appeal to all
Americans, is the fact that the pub
lishers will apply to the preparation
of the Xew Volume the same high
standards of impartiality and accu
racy and thoroughness of treatment
tr.at mark the parent work itself.
The Xew Volume will be, so to
speak, a complete reference work
on the greatest war of all history.
As is well known, the editor and
contributors to the Britannlca have
unusual facilities for gathering offi
cial information from all the bellig
erent nations—the kind of informa
tion that will make the Xew Vol
ume. notwithstanding its wide scope
a.s planned, just as good a book as
the Britannica itself.
The publishers announce that the |
Xew Volume will record any 1
changes, geographical, political or I
otherwise, that may follow upon the
making of peace. It will also give
new maps wherever necessary; and
another feature will be the inclusion
of biographies of the leading person
ages of each nation, military, naval
and diplomatic, whi nave played a |
prominent part in the war. Many
of them were practically unknown
when the war started. The history
of our own Civil war affords many
examples of comparatively obscure
men who won immortal fame on one
side or the other of that conflict.
In this connection it is interesting
to note that when the present war
began in August, 1914, Sir Douglas
Haig, now Field Marshal, was in
charge of the military camp at Al
dershot; General Petain, the new
[Chief of Staff of the French armies
in the field, was a retired colonel; i
the mighty von Hindenburg was en- ,
joying life as a private individual
in a small town tn Germany; Lvoff,
the new Russian Premier, was prac
tically unknown outside of official
circles in Petrograd.
While the greater part of the con
tents of the Xew Britannica Volume
will be a connected narrative of the
war, the less spectacular results will
be covered also. It will tell of any
new discoveries or progress in the
industries and sciences, especially in
fields that have been directly af
fected by the war, such as surgery,
aviation, the development of the sub
marine. the utilization of man-pow
er in the nationalization of indus
tries, new developments In public
hygiene, and in any other directions
i found necessary. This in effect ij-ill
jmßke the Xew Volume a supplement
jto the Encyclopedia Britannlca it
| self—a virtual revision of the work,
which will bring It abreast of the
world's knowledge as it stands at
the end of the war.
The Xew Volume will be issued in
bindings to match the Britannlca,
and the price at which it will be sold
to present owners of the Kritannica
will not exceed the ppr-vojume price
of the Britannlca as now sold.
Charles M. Schwab -.ays:—
There has never been so much sen
timent In business, so close a spirit
of co-operation between employers
nnd men. as there Is to-day. It Is
time for Americans to realize the
falseness of the cry that we are a
nation of money-grabbers. The dif
ference between us and' other na
tions Is that we know how to earn
money, while they, in the main, know
ho"w to save it. The sordid, hoard
ing miser, who makes every sacrifice
! to accumulate, is so scarce with us
j as to cut no figure, while abroad he
lis everyw'hera
Labor Notes
Government control and operation
of all railroads, telegraph and tele
phone lines during the period of the
war and the drafting into the mili
tary service of the country of the
employes of such common carriers
i authorized in a bill approved by
President Wilson.
In the public service in Mexico it
is obligatory for the workers to give
ten days' notice before a strike to |
the Commission of Conciliation and
Arbitration. Strikes are considered!
illegal only when a majority of the
strikers exercise acts of violence
against property or persons or in
case of war if the workers belong
to government establishments.
Tn one typical British munition
factory it is estimated that 2,500
hours per week are saved by prompt
attention to slight accidents and ill
nesses, while another factory, which
has increased its output by ten per
cent., reports that a substantial pro
portion of this increase is directly
traceable to the lessening of fatigue
by the introduction of chairs in the
women's shops.
The year after the signing of the
Declaration of Independence the Se
lectmen of Xewburyport, in Massa
chusetts—the colonies being at war
and workmen being few—thought It
advisable to establish a scale of
wages. A carpenter by their action
in no instance was to be paid more
than $1.33 a day, the length of
which was from sunup to sundown.
The gift of 1 SIOO,OOO by R. J.
Thomas, Holyhead, towards estab
lishing a School of Agriculture in
Wales, has been supplemented by an
anonymous subscription of $50,000.
What Is th& Kaiser?
Booth Tarkington in the June
American Magazine makes the fol
lowing comment on the . Kaiser's re
ligion:
"We read him in vain for any
symptom of Christianity.- With some
show of friendly deference, as to an
ally and intimate, he referred con
tinually to something he called
| 'Gott:' but in all his writings, his
l letters, his speeches, and in reports
of his cpnversations—all so speckled
with this Gott of his—we never
found that In any single instance, or
in any way or form, had he men
tioned, or used, or once referred to,
the name of Jesus Christ. Who,
then, was this Gott of his? The
Kaiser, though cousinly and affec
tionate to Islam, was not a Moham
medan: he did not seem to be a
Jew. What was he? Mr. Will Irwin
appears to have aided. us by the
mention of Odin."
Take and Hold the Sea!
[Kansas City Times.]
Tlio program of the shipping board
calling for the expenditure of a bil
lion dollars In the constructiqp of a
tderchant fleet indicates an apprecia
tion of the size of the Job before
the country in maintaining the free
dom of the seas that will have the
best effect upon public opinion. The
American people have had a gradual
awakening to the Immensity of the
task they have undertaken, but they
arc awake to it now and they want
to feel confident that Congress is
equally awake.
What Counts
There may not be much in the
things that you say—lt's the way
that you say them;
The kind of the games, that you play
doesn't count; it's the way that
you play them.
IJI palace, or cottage, in office or
ditch or whatever you're work
ing.
The test of your manhood Is answer
ing this. Are you striving or
shirking?
And Life at the best only gives back
again to you that which you
give it.
So high life or low life means noth
ing at all—lt's the way that you
♦ live It.
—Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
•
"MAY 16. 1917.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
i
OUT OF A JOB.
"What's Dropkick doing; since h
left college ?"
"Wishing lie was back."
MATCHLESS.
His Wife—Couldn't you match
j that sample of silk I gave you?
Titus Wadde—lt can't be don*.
The only thing like It costs six dol
lars a yard.
OUTCASTS.
| Btockson-Bonds—Still holding on
| to your war babies?
Tlckertaipe—Yes. Poor little fond-
I lings! Nobody wants 'em.
I
CURIOSITY. ft
bogged mo to
What did you
might bo sorry Sy
And wer© ||J
ooi iim victobt
/VW I VIP How happy
the bride looks.
ha PPy- Her
/ II ' rlends have
/ 1 | Vga®! been laying odds
/? \ jf 'jfc. Of two to one
•/ that the
i wou 'dn't land
\
Bmtittg (01?at|
Few people In this city realize that
Harrlsbiirg Is one of the hubs of the
recruiting activities of the United
States armed forces. For a com
munity of the size of what we know
as the Harrlsburg district this place
has been attracting much attention,
not only for the number of men It Is
furnishing for the defense of the na
tion, but because of the excellent
organization maintained here. For
more than thirty years Harrisburg
has been u recruiting center for tlx'
Ur\jted (Hates army. .It was a re
cruiting place long before fhat. In
deed. back in the days of the French
and Indian war this place was known a
as Fort Harris and organizations
were raised here to tight Indians,
whose raids came within a dozen
miles of the ferry. It was a place
of military Importance in every war
and the recruitment of the sturdy
yeomanry In years gone by has been,
followed up In later years by the en
listment of many brawny lads from
the industries and the railroads as
well as from the farms, as has been
the case the last six weeks. It so
happened that Harrlsburg WBB one
of the few places where the system
was working to examine men for the
officers reserve camps and men came
here from half a dozen States and
lined up a dozen deep outside of
physicians' offices. It has also been
a place for examination of men for
the officers reserve and the medical
reserve and a day or so ago Captain
H. F. Koyer examined no less than
two score doctors. This city has
been maintaining not only places for
these recruitment of an extraordi
nary character but. it has also con
ducted about the liveliest kind of an
army recruiting office, a navy re
cruiting station, a marine recruit
ing rendezvous and -rt general in
gathering place for men who are
wanted for or who want to go to tho
engineers and special'service regi
ments. Harrlsburg's district is
manifesting its patriotism in style
with its men and its people are go
ing to do tlic same with their money
when the loan gets started.
. . .
Lemuel Ely Quigg, th<s noted New
York lawyer, who was here yester
day in the insurance requisition case,
used to be in Congress. In his time
Mr. Quigg has been engaged In news
paper work and has ueen an active
figure In New York. From ail ac
counts he put up an Interesting argu
ment at the hearing at tlie attorney
general's office.
• • •
Col. Lewis K. Beitler, who Is
prominently mentioned for field sec
retary of the Defense Commission,
used to be private secretary to Gov
ernor Hastings and has been active
in various lines. He became na
tionally known because of the splen
did manner in which he handled the
Gettysburg semicentennial reunion
of 1913. He was secretary of tho
commission and its working spirit
from the start fo finish.
• •
Governor Brumbaugh plans to at
tend the Memorial Day exercises at
Antietam. The Governor is keenly
interested in the exercises hecause
of the large number of men which
Pennsylvania contributed to the
, nio " , nr ™ y in that tremendous bat-
Governor will likely make
the trip down the Cumberland Val
ley by automobile.
• • •
J nt ? restln i sight as may be
witnessed anywhere may be observ
ed any evening just at nightfall from
any point from which the top of the
laiße airshaft on the Masonic Con
sistory building, North and Caplial
■streets, can be seen, wlten
the chimney swifts, com-
I . c , alle( J. chimney swallows,
retire. Jt is estimated anvwhere from
to ao.COO of these birds roost
in the airshaft every nlglit. Thev
come circling in from their feeding
grounds in immense flocks and for
fifteen minutes as tl;e light fails in
the west the sky is dark with. them,
they fly in great circles under the
leadership of captains until sudden
y and without warning one of the
leaders hovers for a moment over the
airshaft and then plunges straight
down into it. The birds follow in an
almost solid black stream, pouring
into the opening like potatoes into a
measure. Perhaps a quarter of an
hour is required to get all the birds
into the shaft, and one cannot help
wondering how one chimney can
hold them all. ,
♦ • •
Two men active in game legisla
tion met yesterday at the Capitol.
One was James B. Sansom, the Wild
Life League secretary, and tho other
asked him this: "Say, are you peo
ple going to push that bill to make
the quail a songbird?"
"That is the talk just now," an
swered "Jim."
"Well, then, look out for an
amendment to Include the turtle"
was the return shot.
• ♦
The manner In which the State
House of Representatives adopted a
resolution yesterday protesting
against the use of "The Star Spangled
Banner" in what was termed "slap
stick patriotism" was rather signifi
cant. Members of the Legislature
have upon more than one occasion
commented upon the manner in
which the national air has been used
at shows. The effect of the resolu
tion will be to tone down some of
the alleged patriotic exhibitions and
If taken up properly will result in
the hymn being rendered in a
dignified manner.
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—John M. Phillips, State game
commissioner, is a wealthy Pitts
burglier and traveler who gives of
his time as a commissioner out of
love for nature.
—Provost Edgar F. Smith, whtt
was here yesterday on the University
of Pennsylvania appropriation bill,
says the Joffre reception was one of
the greatest ever held in Phlladel-'
phla.
—Col. T. L. Lanard, who as head
of the State Fenclbles, has offered
that regiment for foreign service,
used to be in the National Guard.
—lt. B. Scandrett, Pittsburgh
lawyer, suggests that only sons b
exempted from the draft.
—Since Dr. E. E. Sparks becam*
president of State College, the en
rollment has risen from 1,151 to
3,728.
—Chairman W. D. B. Ainey, of
the Public, Service Commission,
spoke at the big. Hazleton meeting
In the interest of the Y. M. C.
waf fund.
—Magistrate *Robert Carson, of
Philadelphia, has forsaken court
and gone to Fort Niagara.
| DO YOU KNOW ji
—That Harrisburg's proposed
sewage disposal plant will be as
much of a model in its way as is
the filter plant?
HISTORIC harrisburo
Tho first hanking house In Harrlt
lturg was located In South Second
Ktreet, then the leading buslnem
, thoroughfare.