10 IIA DDICDIIDP TCI ETDADIJ wardrobe for the summer season n/ll\l\ldDUlU) lCLLlllVArtl We are hiippy then to have made A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME ' tS ® cc l ua ' ntance ln our youth anc . we look back upon the memory 01 It with fond recollections; yea, w< thank heaven for it, devoutly mind (Published evenings except Sunday by ' u ' °' a ' l ' Providence that has THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., P !ac ed it in our hands as an effective Telegraph Building;, Federal Square, weapon against household pride ant an ever ready reminder of th< _ , __. „ „ . . _ abundance of our present blessing! '&Bdor-in-Chi*f a3 coupled with those of the humble F. It. OYSTKR, Business Manager. , „ OUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. OUr fathers • But in our boytyooa, how we hatec k it. Many's the time wfc would have I A * ft. t0 ° d J eady to Bwap for an hour ,r P ' 3 :5L Ushers' Assocla- 1 kltchen bathtub an eternity ir tion, the Audit brimstone fire. Nor were its tor f Bureau of Circu- tures entirely imaginary. After the P *S a* It.V. 0 " and . Pcnn - days when mother shamelessly a ted" 1 Dallies 800 '" str iPPed "s down to the buff anc |shffiSS? H| . scrubbed our ears almost off right ir [H ■IB j a Easl ® r " office, front of anybody who happened tc fi 9 ISB fStf Finney, r °°F?fth 1)6 P resent > U P to the time when we BbsSbb HE Avenue Building, ourselves did the scrubbing—a little Western o?fi ty " ' 6SS v,sorous, y> to bo sure—behind Htoryf r ßrooks C & closely drawn blinds and doors Finley, People's locked against all intruders, that old Chicago, ill. lnK ' kitchen was invariably either toe hot or too cold; it was always a case Entered nt the Post Office in Harris- ot Perspiration or the shivers. burg, Pa., as second class matter. However, the pain was well worth • while, as we see it now. Stories ol rrfgjrijf§§£h> B wee r k: lo by trlps from bedroom to kitchen, a year in advance. with towel in one hand and "fresh j underwear in the other, while the mercury hovered around zero, are THVBSPAY EVENING, 3L\Y 24 well calculated to make modern fam — ilies compare their pleasant sur , roundings with those of other years Hard work IS not a clog and Then it was that the "mansion or a draq; it is the privilege given ). he hll ' ° r the "J ud s e ' s home" was ' J J the only house in town that had a IJOU to test the powers of your bathtub, and it was of tin and had to hand and heart.—O. S. Davis. be " lled by nd - Vll We suggest to our Middle West =* ern friends that they do a little cal- WANTED—HOME RULE culating as to just how far back it WITH the actual work of the has been since they had their first Legislature almost completed ' n arl honest-to-goodness, hot it is only reasonable to hope ii nd-cold, turn-the-spigot and pull that Senator Beidleman's joint reso- 'he-plug bathtub, and then "quietly lution for constitutional changes lo content themselves with a return which will give the municipalities to first Principles while the tub man of Pennsylvania a larger measure of l, f act urers catch up with orders. home rule may come out of commit- tee and be given a fair chance on the There's something radically wrong floor. with the figures of the statistician If certain selfish corporate inter- w ' h ° ostin,ates the life of an army en ests, as has been alleged, are opposed ? lne fV. b ° " tl> ! rty minutes at the front. Considering the vast amount fo tlus very proper measure, then 9f minlnfr sapplnff and trenchbuild they should be forced to make their ini? a]ong . the Krenc h front, either the fight in the open and not in the Engineer is much more difficult to kill secrecy of a committee. There is no than our informant would have us be justification for refusal to permit Heve, or the allies have had about a the people of the several communi- Million engineers in the service, ties now suffering from all sorts of hodge-podge legislation to adopt BUY A BOND such measures of relief as are pos- ALL over the United States the sibie save for the restriction of the £\. earner and the capitalist fundamental law. For instance, liar- are uniting in substantial sup risburg is tied hand and foot by a port of the government by subscrip code which binds together all the tions to the liberty loan—the first cities of the State save three or four, line of defense. This loan represents and while this city has endeavored $2,000,000,000. Harrisburg must do | to relieve itself of the burden which her part and the "flying squadron," rests alike upon all it is helpless un- composed of bond salesmen and in der the present classification. Cer- surance agents, already is making tainly there can be no logical oppo- fine headway in disposing of this sition to a measure which would city's proportion of the loan. Those give each city the right to adopt its who imagined this would' be "a rich own charter under reasonable con- man's war" and that the humble stitutionai restrictions. working man would not stand on the So long as there appears to be same footing as the opulent capital no possibility of agreement upon a ist are now understanding that the form of government satisfactory to war comes to every family in some all these cities, their freedom of ac- way or another. It is our duty to tion should not be further restrained provide the sinews through which by a hard-and-fast classification the German menace shall be crushed which compels all the cities to oper- forever. Unless we are ready to ate under the same statutory regula- fight Germany alone we must join, tions. with all our resources, the allies who Senator Eeidleman is conversant have been for almost three years en with the difficulties which confront deavoring to conquer Prussian des our own municipality and will be potism. supported to a man in his effort to If you have not yet subscribed for increase the measure of home rule what you are able to buy of this so that Harrisburg, if it so desires, loan it is your duty and patriotic can adopt a charter for its own guid- privilege to take immediate action, ance. -Corporation opposition can We must win the war, but it will not be based only on selfish considera- be won by waving the flag and shout tions and in the light of their ex- ing the national anthem. The periences of recent years it might be viw tn.<inv snvs? expected that public utilities and all others would avoid arousing popular distrust through arbitrary opposition to what is manifestly a measure in the interest of all the people. With the calling of the National Guard to the colors, all the State will have left to guard the public fnom possible disorders will be the State Police. The wisdom of the legisla ture in providing for more of these officers in the crisis is now apparent. The State Police will be needed more than ever with many communities de nuded of their natural protectors. They may bo relied upon to do their full duty, no more and no less. BACK TO THE WASHTUB DISPATCHES from the Middle West are to the effect that building operations arc being held up in some towns out there be cause bathtub manufactories are some months behind in their orders. The newspapers are taking on "something awful" about it, and one might imagine from their lamenta tions that no house possibly could serve as human habitation without a finished bathroom, hot and cold faucets, a sitz tub and a shower. llow rapidly those Middle West erners have progressed since the packing houses and the growth of tho automobile industry began to make everybody with less then $lO a day income look like a candidate for the poorhouse is illustrated by the fact that everybody out there, according to what one can gather from the newspapers, appears to have forgotten the time when he was accustomed to take his weekly bath in the family washtub. We used to do that right here in little old Harrisburg, but,' lawsec, we're not ashamed of It. No indeed. Fact is, we boast about it. It's one of our ways of impressing upon our wives and young hopefuls what good providers we are and how happy they ought to be to have a husband and father who can afford a house with a bathroom and those other modern conveniences" described in the for rent" "for sale" col umns. It's a fine, comforting subject, that old kitchen bathtub, when wife gets around to the point of an automo bile or an addition to the house, or when daughter begins to discuss her THURSDAY EVENING, If one-third of the number of depositors in the United States each subscribed for the loan, there would be about 12,000,000 subscribers—the largest number ever subscribing to any loan in the history of the world. The number of subscribers to the last loan of Germany (with 65,000,000 inhabitants) was 6,000,- 000. In England (with 47,000,000 in habitants), the great British loan of $n,000,000,000 had 8,000,000 sub scribers. The t'nited States, with over 100,000,000 Inhabitants, should have at least 12,000,000 subscrib ers to the first Liberty Loan. Every true American should take the greatest pride in being one of the subscribers, as an act of patriotism. It is the same spirit in which every man with a musket crowded on to Lexington in the birth-hours of the Republic. It is an essential and substan tial way of helping the revival of tho Soul of America. If vegetables were as easy to grow as weeds, there would be so much food we would have no place to store it. OI K NEW SHIPPING WHATEVER the outcome of the world war, It is certain that the shipping- of .the United States will be vastly increased through tremendous preparations now in progress for doing our part in the conflict. This paragraph from a Philadelphia newspaper ad vertisement indicates the activity in the shipping industry: Two hundred ships are being built on the Delaware river be tween Philadelphia and Wilming toTheir total value is over 1200,- 000.000. Their tonnage is over a million. More than 20,000 men are em ployed on them. located in the Philadelphia dis trict are Cramp's Shipyard, the New York Shipbuilding Company, the Pennsylvania Shipbuilding Company. Harlan & Hollings worth. the Chester Shipbuilding Company and smaller concerns. It is a remarkable thing that war is necessary to arouse a great people to their responsibilities and the fact that for years the Stars and Stripes has been disappearing from the seas seems to have had no real effect upon the people until our own par ticipation in the -war developed our weakness in this respect. Not only will the ships be necessary during the war. but will be even more neces sary after the war, when the com mercial and industrial expansion of the nation to all parts of the globe will require American boats In which to transport our manufactured pro ducts and the food which will be produced In this country. Hlndenburg is discovering that time and General Petain wait for no man. By the Ex-Commlttrcfnan One of the amusing things about the Legislature this week has been the manifestation of feeling over the proposed recess over Memorial Day, which was abandoned chiefly be cause no one wanted to sponsor It. Most of the members would have been very glad to adjourn to-day until June 4 and some were even in favor of adjourning until June G so that they could be home on registra tion day, but none appeared to be desirous of saying so out loud. When the proposition was broached many members appeared to favor the 'plan if some one would offer the resolu tion. When the House voted on ad journing until next Monday there were a lot of subdued "noes" and if it had been possible to do it many would have voteil to extend the time one week. Numerous members de clared to-day that they would have important business at home next week and several stated they had engagements to speak on Memorial Day. Chances are that there will be rather slim houses next Tuesday and the idea of holding sessions on Me morial Day is not popular. There are also members who say they in tend to stay home on Registration Day. I —House committees are com | mencing to "clean up." This is al ways done when the end of a session is in sight and as there has been a growth of belief that the Legislature will close up late next month the chairmen are starting to get rid of bills. Rumors of better feeling be tween senatorial leaders have been going the rounds and the dinner to be given next Tuesday by Senator Vare may be productive of results. —lt is even reported that the Gov ernor's action in sending in the Schaeffer and other appointments may be the precursor of more and that in the windup most of his ap pointments might be sent in and confirmed. Influences have been at work to bring about a protocol. —Members of the joint legislative appropriation committee will quiz Insurance Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil next Tuesday afternoon about the appropriations asked for his de partment. There are several - bills pending for changes in the depart ment and for increases in salaries. It is expected that the hearing will be interesting as Insurance has been a good bit discussed about the Legis lature and the commissioner has some opinions on the subject of legislation. —Chairman Milliron, of the House educational committee, has detailed Messrs. Stadtlander, Sterling and Powell to hold hearings on the Beyer bill to make the school boards of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh elec tive instead of appointive. There is considerable opposition to the bills. Tho Philadelphia hearing will be held Saturday and tho Pittsburgh hearing May 31. —The Democrats got two bills out yesterday. They have several more to get out. When they are all de feated the windmill will emit some doleful sounds about the loss to the State. —The Philadelphia transit situa tion will be ventilated again in the Senate judiciary general committee next Tuesday. The delegations on transit are not as impressive as a few years ago. —The Senate railroad committee will meet Monday night to act on the "full crew suspender." The bill would provide that the full crew law could be suspended during the war and six months thereafter. —lt is said that still another effort will be made in the Legislature to get an expression on a resolution to urge the President to recommend that Congress either make the coun try "dry" for the war or else to pro hibit use of grains and fruits for anything but food. The liquor ele ment has been on the alert for such a move in the House the last few days. —The State Suffrage Committee last night issued a sharp attack upon the members of the House for not. put ting their presidential election bill on the calendar. Tho criticism Is olso directed to the committee which negatived the bill. —Members of the State Grange are making an active fight against the big bond issue for roads. The resolution is also opposed by some Democrats and independents in spite of their declarations from time to time in favor of the referendum. Mothers of a Nation War is a great adventure, the greatest adventure in the world. The adventurers go forth to battle, eyes ahead. Mostly they are boys who go, because war is tho young man's game, the young man's call. All over Europe boys have left their homes, with a shame-faced tear or two, per haps, but with the great adventure ahead. And they have left at home a great emptiness, a quiet that is not peace. Then, and very suddenly, they have ceased to bo boys on a great adventure, and are men, fighting men, patriots and soldiers. Some thing that had always been theirs had become a thing that had to be fought for. Not until it was menaced had they known how dear was their country. The flag had been but a flag. It became a symbol of home. I have lived to see my country's flag beside the altar of my church. Men fight wars, but it is the motlr ers of a nation who raise the army. They are the silent patriots. Given her will, every mother in this great land would go to wai, If by so doing She could keep her sons in safety. It is easier to go than to send a boy. Yet war is not necessarily death. I try to cdmfort myself with this. Perhaps it will help other mothers. It is a hazard, but It is a thing of vast rewards and much cheerfulness. I of democracy, of big moment's and little feasts, of smiles and grumbling, of labor and rest, and of that joy In his own kind that only the boy knows. And underneath It all, buried deep and never articulate, is that feeling of doing his bit for his coun trS\ which is the foundation on which a nation rests secure. I wish I could always remember these things. I have panicky times, when the sun dies for me, and my world goes blaok. < But I am like the other mothers. I shall go through with It, and I would not have things otherwise. I would not have my son do other than he Is do ing. He is still in his 'teens, but he is a man, and this in his country. I , have not raised him to be a shirker.—Mary Roberts Rinehart In "The Altar of Freedom." HARHISBURG TELEGRAPH | THE GOLF DEMON IS CLAIMING FRESH VICTIMS EACH DAY By BRIGGSI J [~Coms - i"T~ks\ r —v [Yw 'xmow v/ERY VAJELL 1 ) k f -i/^ooo\ Foft You / fi hwew'tl rHA_r va/om't go.) US the S Good By V By "To Beat it / Tiv\e / nobody has \wit-E-/-<r^ffaX ( JeA'OfTTe.I Hufio J 9L W^- C 0!^ E I / ( I CAM'T HIT/ I DON'T SAY 1/ .-FTRBAM) I ~~~ Jf ItI! • <•—x\ ,T J*' That- Make / ~j T 0l ' J6 at EDITORIAL COMMENT ] 1 Every dollar subscribed hits the Mark!— Wall Street Journal. The hand that swings the cradle is the hand that rules the world. — New York Sun. Who doubts to-day that blood Is thicker than 3,000 miles of salt water.—Philadelphia Public Ledger. The Germans are bombarding the English watering-places ahead of time this year. The women and chil dren haven't arrived yet.—St. Louis Post Dispatch. As another move looking toward the conservation of foodstuffs and o*her national resources, the govern ment slioifld take over control of Congresslbnal pork. Brooklyn Eagle. Marshall Field, 111, has just en listed in the Illinois cavalry as a pri vate; but if the army should suffer any reverse, he would automatically become a field marshal. —Nashville Southern Lumberman. A Confession I wish I were a bog again. This grown-up life's a cheat; I want to paddle through the rain— I want to go "bare feet!" I want to feel the funny grass Come tickling through my toes; I hate this front of bluff and brass — I hate these "Sunday" clothes! I wish I had my old big hat And fishing rod —I wish That Johnnie Jones was here —hod drat! How we two boys could fish! I'd love to sit there by the creek With no one 'round but him, And play and prank it for a week — And fish and fish and swim! I wish I were a boy again, This grown-up life's a cheat; I want to paddle through the rain— I want to go "bare feet!" —James Edwin Kerr, in the Colum bia State. | BOOKS AND MAGAZINES" I Accuse —(J'Accuse by a German Doran) —"Germany Awako!" the opening chapter of this wonderful story of Germany's part In the great world war gives historywhtch should have been known more completely many months ago and before the present war started. The author of the book is un known. Every effort has been made to discover the Identity of the per son who, though a German, revealed the truth about the present war and which country was responsible, for It. That the writer Is fully acquainted with International situations dating back for years and with the eco nomic positions of every world pow er cannot be disputed. The thoroughness and detail given to fully convince against any possible argument shows, too, that the book was not written without much care and investigation. None of the state ments, the accusations and the se rious charges which are made against Germany and Austria are made without the most complete proof. After settling the question of guilt and placing the blame on his own country, the writer proceeds to give the antecedents to the world war, and the successful efforts made in Germany to have the people of that oountrv believe they were being at tacked instead of being on the of fensive. Germany's plan to pain world dominion and territorial annexations by the war is shown, together with the great expense and loss which all foreign countries have suffered fee cause of colonies-already owned by them. No book on the world war can equal this work in fixing the blame beyond question on the guilty parties. Contemplated for years, brought on with a rush, resulting In the great est of needless slaughters ever known, the crime has been commlt cd and all civilized nations are pay ing heavily to overcome the evil and prevent a recurrence, is the evident meaning of the author. England's repeated efforts to limit the armaments of the two countries, Germany's repeated refusals, Ger many's diplomatic successes in many international disputes, the advantage to Germany because of the people of that country who came here and were naturalized, and a prediction that the outcome of the war, cannot be a victory for the Central empires nre things which the writer makes elenr in the many subtitled parts In the Ave chapters of the book. ———^ THE PEOPLE'S For Safety of Public To lite Editor of the Telegraffi: So many National Guardsmen hav ing been killed or injured by trains throughout the country since the cit izen soldiers were ordered into Fed eral service to protect railroad bridges and tunnels, the Baltimore and Ohio management has issued a card of precaution, which is being issued to the soldiers through the regimental headquarters in the states in which the railroad is being pa troled. J. M. Davis, vice-president of op eration, who is responsible for the safety measure for the soldiers, re alized that they would be exposed to the same degree of danger in the performance of their duties as track men or trespassers unless steps were taken In impress upon them the principles of precaution necessary for self-protection. The suggestions contained on the card are as follows: "Keep off all tracks except in the discharge of duty, and when step ping out of the way of approaching trains, engines or cars, go far enough to clear all running tracks. "Where there are two or more tracks, when practicable travel against the current of traffic; or, in other words, in the opposite direc tion from that in which trains are usually operated, keeping a sharp lookout, however, in both directions for approaching trains, as they may Labor Notes A total of 34,371 gasoline and kerosene tractors are employed in farming operations in the United States. There are 21,000 moving picture theaters in the United States ana about $2,000,000,000 invested in the business. It has been decided by the Balie borough, Ireland, Council to put a lirect labor scheme in operation in Us district. Springfield, Ohio, carpenters have established the union shop and will ask for an eight-hour day and a wage-rate of 55 cents on May 1. Wichita, Kan., Trades and Labor Assembly has placed candidates in the field for city commissioner and six members on the school board. Building trades mechanics of San Francisco and vicinity are enjoying better working conditions than ever before. Of 1,789 strikes in this country last year the employers won but 471. The workers won 706 strikes, 70 were arbitrated and 542 were com promised. Membership of the United Mine Workers of America has inc-eased nearly 150,000 members during live years—more than one-third of the total increase of the American Fed eration of Labor. Representatives of the United Brotherhood of Leather Workers on Horse Goods and the Travelers' Goods and Leather Novelty Workers' International Union are discussin? an amalgamation of these organizations. James Wilson, president of Pat tern Makers' League of North Amer ica; Frank Rist, editor of the Cin cinnati Chronicle, and Thomas Jones of the Carpenters' Union have been elected members of-a commission that will prepare a municipal char ter for Cincinnati. The official tabulation of the ref erendum vote of the Iron Molders' Union to raise dues from 40 to 50 cents a week shows that 1 4,040 fa vored the increase and 6,392 op posed. The vote was the largest In the history of this organization and the substantial majority of 7,648 In dclates that the iron molders realize high dues Is a good Investment. San Antonio, Texas, Street Car Men's Union has secured what is be lieved to be the best wage contract in the South for this class of work ers. It provides for improved work ing conditions and additional wagei that will total over SBO,OOO a year. About two hundred employes are in creased S2O a month; 100 emoloves $17.50 and 100 employes $14.50. This union was organized a little year ago be operated in either direction as the conditions require. "Look in both directions before stepping upon any track. Be par ticularly careful when crossing tracks near cars or locomotives, and when about to step from one track to another, as trains are run in either direction on any track when neces sary or expedient. "Do not attempt to crawl under a car or pass between cars separated but a short distance without know ing that proper protection against movement has been afforded. Do not step on the coupler when cross ing between standing cars. "When possible avoid walking through escaping steam. "When coming out of buildings ad jacent to tracks look in both direc tions before stepping upon the track. "Do not take short cuts over dan gerous places whefe other ways are available and known to be safe. "Do not ride upon freight trains or locomotives, unless so instructed by the proper authority. "Do not board or alight from trains at night unless you are sure there are no obstructions or open ings that may cause injury. When practicable, board or alight from the rear of the train, car or engine. "When riding on passenger trains alight from the side intended for passengers, but do not alight while the train is in motion. "Cultivate careful habits. By so doing one disciplines himself, and when caution becomes a habit there will be few accidents." —S. D. O. Avenged a Maid of France A son of Britain from one of the ends of the far flung- empire lies wounded in a Brighton Hospital. He is a soldier of a Sikh regiment. To a "Doctor Sahib" at his bedside he dic tates a letter to his brother, who is a land owner of Amritsar City in distant India. The manner of his dictation and a certain tale which he tells are thus set down by Rudyard Kipling in "The Eyes of Asia," published in the Saturday Evening Post. I have a friend among the French —an old man in the village where the regiment was established, who daily (Ills in the holes made in his fields by the enemy's shells with dirt from a long handled spade. I begged him once to desist when we were to gether on his work, but he said that idleness would cause him double work for the day following. His grandchild, a very small maiden, grazed a cow behind a wood where the shells fell, and was killed in that manner. Our regiment was told the news, and they took an account of it, for she was often among them, begging buttons from their uniforms. She was small and full of laughter, and she had learned a little of our tongue. (Yes, that was a very great shame, Sahib. She was the child of. us all. We exacted payment, but she was slain —slain like a calf for no fault. A black shame! * * *) Certain men of our regiment di vided among themselves as many as they could pick up of the string of beads that used to be carried by the small maiden whom the shell slew. It was found forty yards distant from the hands. The made an account of it, reckoning one life of the enemy for each bead. They deposited the beads as a pledge with the regimental clerk. When a man of the guarantors was killed, the number of his beads which remained unredeemed was added to the obligation of the guar antors, or they elected an inheritor of the debt in his place. (He will understand that. It was all very correct and businessiike?Sahib. Our Pathnn company arranged it). It was seven weeks before all the heads were redeemed, because the weather was bad and our guns were strong and 'the enemy did not stir abroad after dark. When all the ac count was cleared, the beads were taken out of pawn flrfd returned to her grandfather, with a certificate; and he wept. Attitudes Difficult Now "Do your constituents indorse your attitude?" "I don't know yet," replied Sena tor Sorghum. "Attitudes are not as ; easy as they used to be. I can re member the time when all I needed in the way of an attitude was an A.lax defylng-th-lightnlng pose while I j mentioned George Washington and the American eagle."-—From the [Washington Star. MAT 24,1917. Justifiable A pawnbroker was rudely awak ened in the middle of the night by a furious knocking at hit. front door. Much frightened, he opened the win dows and looked out. "Wh-wh-what's the matter?" he asked breathlessly. "Come down," demanded the stranger. "Who are " "Come down!" interrupted the other. The pawnbroker hastened down stairs and peeped around the door. "Now, sir," he demanded. "I wan'sh to know the time?" said the bibulous one. "You infernal rascal! Do you mean to say you woke me up for that? How dare you?" The midnight visited looked in jured. "Well, you've got my watch," he explained.—From Everybody's Mag azine. OUR DAILY LAUGH I IM Mill I /p\ TOPOGRAPHY. I Jlrs ' C^atter son—Don't you \ think Mrs. 1 Heavysides i s I dreadfully |gn||jP| plain? E& Mrs. Catter son—Plain! No. She's mountain > I m B HIS RECIPE. 11 Cane How (2 '/xl do you account for living to be <0- -■> Wffl one hundred p i/Ili years old? Q I'/ fill Gr a ndfather Pi (y fr Clock I keep 111 regular hours, : % jli and always find f[ i something for u - |/i][ my hands to do! TREATMENT /i BfrroL FOR BORES l) f ,lv - Peggy— Ah! 'j\ c BM.. J Now confess? I --4 Wouldn't you \ ,iko to b a V /f Tljt man? AAI Ppggy Of course! Wou'.d- T"/l \/J7i n't you? ■ ' SIBILITY. come of the jjffi $ movement for spelling reform? . Had to give it ■jj 1/f jKjjjjf, up in our town. \> i People couldn't \ /t settle on anjr "TO'' rtyle of spelling \ ImW, jf that suited ev- \\ l PUBLICITY. A. ow Kln * (&*>■ ¥ 'C* ®° lomon s et tho j \ reputation of \ being so vise? \ [ Well, you see great number of ery woman does rWSt her best to hrag about what A smart man her husband Ir. Abating (EJjal Heservoir Park's "ever-blooming nower garden," one or the sights of the people's park at any time when Jack l rost is not cutting up his tapers or when King Winter has npt the s opes in his grip, is: well worth itii i -PiT fv me these aa >' s - 11 13 tilled with the flowers that come in gladdening hearts with c ? °f and ad,lin x to the joy with which we greet the return of niilder days. Just now the garden is bright with flags and other blos soms of the early variety and th array of colors is bewildering. The cultivation of the flag has been al most as extensive as of the gladiolus and some interesting results have been attained by crossing, some of v.-hich are to be seen at the Reser voir. Not only have the flowers bloomed in a way that makes ona forget that the season is backward, but the trees are unsualiy beautiful! Ihe horse chestnuts have been very pretty, the catalpas have attracted much attention and the empress tree is a sight. The garden and the flow ering trees of the park are not as well known as they should be and the people who visit the park have ft treat in store. • • • • Representative Samuel A. Whit aker of Chester county, is one of the few commanders of National Guard units in the National Guard who has his command at war strength. Mr. Whitaker is captain of Hattery C, First %Vrtillery, Phoenlxville, the oldest battery in the National Guard and one of tho best in the organized militia of the country. For months this battery has been conducting a school for artillerymen and has been instruct ing men who were not members of the company so that when it was ordered above peace strength it could draw upon its reserve. Hence, like tho Philadelphia First City Troop of Cavalry, it has always had njen on a waiting list. When tho order to recruit to war strength came Captain Whitaker was told by Adjutant General Stewart, he should secure his men. He drew an envelope from his pocket and said: "Here they are." He had the whole 190 re quired on the rolls and scores more qualitied by physical condition and training to enter the service. As an example of preparedness Battery C ranks pretty high. • • Dr. Nathan C. Scliaeffcr, the vet eran educator who is a national figure, has served under six gover nors as head of the educational de partment. He will receive his seventh commission this week. Dr. Schaeffer, who comes from Berks county and has a string of letters after his name, was first commis sioned in 1893 and commissioned again in 1897, 1901, 1905, 1909 and 1913. Now 1917 comes along. His collection of State parchments is im pressive and bis closest rival is Ad jutant General Stewart who entered State service in 1895 and is still blooming strong. • • * Members of the State Grange, who were opposed in many instances to the war, have turned in behind the national government with en thusiasm. .A number of the most in fluential Grangers who were here this week attending meetings of their legislative committees, said that their people were doing all they could to increase their food produc tion and that some farmers had re sponded to the call for more food by putting under cultivation moro acreage than ever before and some faced hard work through the lack of farm labor which would require them to handle all of the chores themselves. It is predicted that the State will have . some great crops barring only unfavorable 4 weather conditions and pests. • • • Mice are again commencing to make trouble about the Capitol. For a while they had the mice banished and roaches were the cause of much tribulation, necessitating taking of desks apart and liberal dosing of rooms with powders and prepara tions to make the bugs depart or die. Now the mice have come back and they have invaded no less a place than the Governor's department. They have been dancing square dances on the floor of Executive Clerk Deininger's office and playing tag beneath the desk of Private Sec retary Ball. • * • The Big-Q Society of which Col onel Charles E. Covert is the lead ing spirit, will camp this year on the island of that name opposite Selins grove beginning Wednesday, July 18. is the man who is Invited to the Big-Q camp, if he enjoys life in the open, jolly companionship and good things to eat. Those who go once never want to miss another sea son. Formality is thrown aside, costumes are cut down to the re quirements of decency and the men become as nearly boys again as it is possible for grown men to do. In deed there are those who have been entertained by Colonel Covert who believe that the campers could give a troop of Boy Scouts many point ers in the line of having a good time outdoors. [ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —County Controller Heebner, of Montgomery, is head of the Lans dale home guard which he drills every few days. —John Ihlder, Philadelphia hous ing expert, summoned to Washington to advise with War Department offi cials. Is well 'known to a number of Dauphin county people as he has frequently visited here. —Dr. D. B.' Gardner, of Scranton, has been chosen head of the Susque hanna Valley Dental Association. —Mayor Pmith is planning some models of the Parkway to show Philadelphia people what they are going to get. —Charles Fagen, prominent Pitts burgh lawyer, was among visitors to the Capitol. | DO YOU KNOW ~ 1 That Hnrrisbtirg furnishes large quantities of wooden goods to the general trade? \ HISTORIC HARHISBI RO Paxton street was for a time a rival to Derry as the main highway to Reading. "Five Ring" Convention Unlike any convention ever held in Pittsburgh, there will be "five rings" going full blast simultaneously, to use a seasonal term, when the 44t\i annual National Conference of Char ities and Correction opens here, June 6, with 3,500 social specialists from all parts of the country in attend ance for a week of papers on social progress in America. Headquarters will be in the William Penn Hotel. This is the flfst time in the his tory of conventions In that city that it has been found necessary to di vide the days" work into five distinct i at-the-same-tlme sections to cover ■the Held of discussion, with night meetings seven days in the week and a spec'al program "Conference Sun* day," June 10. t , i■*
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