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WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUUE 1*
I believe the first test of a truly
great man is his humility. — Ruskin.
WEST SHORE ANNEXATION
THE leaders of the West Shore
Firemen's Union are men of
vision. That has been demon
strated almost from the day the
union was organized. It is illustrated
anew by the movement to bring
Wormleysburg, Camp Hill and Le
moyne into Harrlsburg. Some years
ago there was talk of thls and a bill
was presented in the Legislature giv
ing permission for cities to annex
territory in adjoining counties, but It
failed of passage. The L T nion now
comes forward to press for this
merging of the suburbs with the city
proper.
The leaders who urge this under
stand that Harrisburg should em
brace all territory immediately ad
jacent. Pittsburgh and Allegheny
are points for comparison. The
Bethlehems are about to Join forces
under a recent act of Assembly.
The logical thing for adjoining:
communities to do is to come under]
one municipal government. Concen
tration of authority makes for effic
iency and economy. Big cities are
served better and more cheaply than
small towns. The larger the city the
more it is able to do for its people In
the way of parks, fire protection, po
lice, lights, schools and all those
other things that the modern munici
pality is called upon to provide in
some measure for its residents.
Some day Harrlsburg will extend
t south as far at least as the lower
end of Highspire, taking in Steelton;
east to Rutherford, and annexing as
well Penbrook and Progress, and
north as far as the mountains. Its
growth west should not be bounded
by the river. Hundreds of men and
women who work in Harrisburg re
side along the West Shore in one or
another of the thriving suburbs that
have grown up there. These places
should be a part of the city, and
eventually will be.
No harm and much good can come
from such movements as that start
ed by the West Shore Firemen's
Union.
LEGISLATORS AND LEGISLATION
FINAL adjournment of the Legis
lature June 28 seems assured.
Any one familiar with the usual
course of the sessions of the General
Assembly understands that the bulk
of the work Is done during the last
two or three weeks and the calendars
of the Senate and House are now In
such shape as make easily possible
finishing the real work of the session
within the present month.
From the Republican standpoint
it is hardly necessary to suggest that
the piffle of political dissension which
has engaged the attention of so
many of the members of both
branches during the last few months
should no longer be premitted to in
terfere with the orderly procedure
of the two bodies and the conclusion
of the serious business for which tho
Legislature was convened.
Governor Brumbaugh has vetoed a
considerable number of measures
and many others have fallen by the
wayside in their passage through the
legislative mill. These are not re
grettable incidents inasmuch as the
average Legislature is too prone to
increase the number of laws and to
disturb all classes of people with en
actments that are unnecessary and
burdensome in their operation.
As the present Governor and Lieu
tenant Governor have said on more
than one occasion, the best thing
that could happen the Common
wealth would be a general repeal of
hundreds of statutes which cumber
the records and embarrass a patient
people. Too many lawyers have run
riot in the Senate and House for
years with all sorts of panaceas and
worse. Their minds are obsessed
with a desire to increase statutory
regulations for one purpose or an
other. A body of legislators compris
ing experienced businessmen and
others who have given particular at
tention to the practical things of life
might be a good thing for the State.
Too long the hamstringing of busi
ness has engaged the attention of
the legislative body and the turn
of the tide is about at hand.
In these war times we have learn
ed that the constant baiting of cor
porations and manufacturer* and
business generally has resulted in a
serious condition which is a real
menace to the public welfare. In
stead of the railroads, for Instance,
being prepared for the enormous
traffic resulting from war prepara
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
tlons they are hampered In every di
rection through insufficient rolling
stock and other necessary equipment.
The same thing applies to other ac
tivities %nd the men who make our
laws ought to understand that there
Is a limit to all this regulation busi
ness, much of It Impractical and
most of It unnecessary.
Under all the circumstances an
early adjournment of the Legislature
will be generally approved by the
people. Let the necessary things be
done and done quickly.
FLAG DAY
—O-MORROW will be Flag Day.
I In a sense every day Is flag
day, but to-morrow has set
aside especially as an occasion upon
J which to do honor to Old Glory. Har
rlsburg's celebration will be simple,
dlgnlflcd and altogether in keeping
with the spirit of the times. Led by
Harrlsburg Lodge of Elks the vari
ous organizations of the city will
march to Reservoir Park, where ex
ercises will be held. It is worthy of
note that the program has been ar
ranged for the evening, so that the
men who participate may not be
taken from their work and the out
put of office, factory and mill de
creased to that extent.
Never within the history of the
anniversary has Flag Day meant so
much. More than ever the Stars and
Stripes stand for the hope of man
kind and the liberty of the world.
Old Glory is the flag of freedom and
the emblem of democracy. It is
more than a national banner: it is
the standard of freedom the world
around and the rallying center for
millions dedicated to the perpetua
tion of liberty and the overthrow
of autocracy.
Show your colors. Let everybody
know where you stand. Put out a
flag to-morrow, if it is no larger than
your hand.
MEN WORTH WHILE
THE first commencement of the
Harrisburg branch of the Whar
ton School of the University of
Pennsylvania was held last night.
Fifty-three young men were awarded
diplomas.
The graduates are men worth
while. For three years they have at
tended school four evenings a week,
studied nightly and worked during
the day, most of them winning pro
motions in the interval. It requires
stamina of the kind that wins big
things in the world to make such
sacrifices. Nobody but those who
have tried will understand the gruel
ling labor to which these students
submitted themselves. Their reward
is as certain as though they had
already laid hands on it. Advance
ment simply cannot be denied men
of their caliber. And that they are
as patriotic as they are industrious
and enterprising is shown by the fact
that eleven members of the graduat
ing class, four members of the Ju
niors, and one first-year man have
volunteered for various branches of
the military service for the period
of the war.
WHALE STEAKS
IF the storied visitor from the Wild
and Woolly West who used to de
mand "rattlesnake on toast" of
the startled waiter in a New York
restaurant were alive to-day the
waiter might come back with the
polite reply. "None to-day, sir, but
we can give you a nice piece of
broiler! whale steak."
Wha'e steaks, we are informed,
are to become a part of our war diet.
We are assured that the Japanese
have been living on whale meat re
cently to the exclusion of beef, but
then It must be remembered also
that the Japs prefer rice to pota
toes, and if whale Is to beef as rice
Is to potatoes, then we humbly beg
that we be permitted to take flank
roast and brisket and let the tender,
succulent whale steak go to others
whose teeth are not so strong. Not
that we would discourage the use of
rice and whale. Far from it. But
most of us are "set In our ways" and
prefer broiled sirloin and potatoes
even to turkey and cranberries.
However, that Is no reason why
whale steak should not become pop
ular. There was a time when even
potatoes were looked upon with sus
picion and when tomatoes were gar
den ornaments, masquerading under
the high-sounding name of Jerusa
lem apples and regarded as rank
poison. So, also, there was a period
when people thought they had to
"learn" to like bananas and when
grapefruit was regarded as utterly
impossible.
Indeed, reflecting further upon the
dietary peculiarities of the people
of the United States, one cannot doubt
for a moment that In a land where
sauerkraut, snlts and knep, dried
apple pie, pigs' feet souse, liver sau
sage and Llmburger cheese are re
garded as rare tidbits of epicurean
delight, whale steaks and pot roasts
eventually will find their place, es
pecially if the introductory price of
10 cent* a pound is maintained.
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| By the Ex-Oommlttceman
Action of senatorial leaders in se
lecting June 28 as the date for final
adjournment and the prompt and en
thusiastic manner in which the
House of Representatives accepted
the day is generally taken on Capitol
Hill to mean differences between
Governor Brumbaugh and the Pen
rose people In regard to appoint
ments and legislation are at least on
•a way to be Ironed out. As yet no
protocol has been signed, but the
fact that there has been an agree
ment to close up and evident- inten
tion not to hamper the Governor
with a mass of bills to be disposed
of while the Legislature Is In session
is very significant.
It has been well known on Capitol
Hill for some 'time that efforts were
being made to secure a truce so that
the Governor's appointees would be
confirmed, the Penrose people be
given some consideration and legis
lation and appropriations arranged.
The sudden change from plans to put
all of the appropriation bills before
the- Governor ten days before the
Legislature quits and then to recess
indicates that something has been
oone to soothe injured feelings or else
that it is not considered that the
game is worth the candle.
" was the intention to crowd
the appropriation bills on the Gov
er,n°r so that he would have to act
while the legislature was in session,
they would have been started out on
Monday, and this fact, together with
, e . Allure to make war on vetoes
which have been reposing on the
• able shows that some men have
been coming to their senses.
--There were some prophets to
day who said that the Governor
would not send In any appointments
until the very last day of the session
in spite of all expectations to the
contrary. The Governor insists on
0.l of his appointments being con
firmed. The Penrose people would
like to have the Public Service Com
missioner and Secretary of Internal
Affairs.
—When the resolution to adjourn
on June 28 reached the House it was
acted upon amid singing. The song
was "Ho7ic, Sweet Home."
' The Smith resolution proposing
the prohibition amendment to the
state Constitution, which was re- '
ported out of committee last night,
will be the biggest thing in the re
mainder of the session. When the
Legislature met it was said that a
prohibition amendment resolution .
would be passed, the idea being to
have the people vote on it in 1919,
but the plans were changed. Now,
since local option is out of the way
and "dry" sentiment is mounting, the
amendment is assuming such propor
tions that it is understood some of
the liquor people are in favor of
sending the question to the voters,
fearing drastic popular movements ■
if they oppose such a proposition.
—Colleagues of Senator C. W.
Sones, of Willlamsport. were boost
ing him to-day as a possible candi
date for Governor at the Democratic
primary. The senator smiled and
did not say very much. Over on the
House side the Central Pennsylvania
Democrats were sitting up and tak
ing notice of the Lycoming man as
a possibility.
—Philadelphia's transit hills, which
have several times threatened to be
come a state issue, advanced yester
day following a hearing at which
Mayor Smith and other men ap
peared. The judiciary general com
mittee of the Senate reported out the
bills to the Senate and the mayor
was much pleased. Senator McNlchol
says he will support the bills, but
does not think they will solve the
problem.
—Representative John M. Flynn,
ranking Democratic member of the
House, presided yesterday afternoon
ir the Houso and received quite a
hand from the members.
—The Democratic "trust buster,"
which bears the name of Representa
tive Wilson G. Sarig. the Demo
cratic floorwalker in the House, is
still not regarded seriously by the
members, many of whom sav that
they think the Fowler bill Is prefer
able. However, the Democrats will
roar and bo troubled over the Sarig
bill and blame all the future ills of
Pennsylvania on the failure to treat
the handiwork of E. Lowry Humes
under the name of Mr. Sarig with
any degree of seriousness.
—Attorney A. J. Mehring, of this
city, has succeeded Edward G. Moore,
of' Fayette county, as the Legislative
Reference Bureau clerk in the House.
Mr. Moore, who has been connected
with the bureau for several years,
will enter the blast furnace depart
ment of the Central Iron and Steel
Company of this city. He has been
one of the most accommodating of
officials on Capitol Hill and his many
friends will wish him success.
—Ex-Representative A. B. Duns
more, of Tioga county, was at the
Capitol yesterday to see the lesis.
lators at work. Mr. Dunsmore was
the sponsor fot- the State Railroad
Commission bill in 1907.
—One of the most significant
things about the sessions of the
House yesterday was the manner in
which Speaker Baldwin had to call
the members to attention. Once the
Speaker said that he did not wish to
be a pedagogue, but that owing to
inattention bills were being lost and
then t'me taken up In reconsidering
them. The Speaker declared that
listlessness was out of place when
men were insisting that they wanted
to finish up and go home.
—The Philadelphia Ledger is of
the opinion that the small council
bill for Philadelphia will have a hard
time as a result of the Heffernan
bill's defeat yesterday. The Phila
delphia Inquirer says that "no seri
ous attempt" was made to get a clear
line-up on the bill to take Philadel
phia police and firemen out of poli
tics.
The Ship of State
Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State!
Sail on, O Union, strong and great!
Humanity with all its fears,
With all the hopes of future years.
Is hanging breathless on thy fate!
We know what Master laid thy keel.
What Workmen wrought thy ribs of
steel.
Who made each mast, and sail, and
rope.
What anvils rang, what hammers
beat.
In what a forge and what a heat
Were shaped the anchors of thy
hope!
Fear not each sudden sound and
shock,
'Tls of the wave and not the rock;
'Tis but the flapping of the sail,
And not a rent made by the gale!
In spite of rock and tempest's roar,
In spite of false lights on the shore.
Pail on. nor fear to breast the sea!
Our hearts, our hopes, are all with
thee;
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers,
our tears.
Our faith triumphant o'er our fears.
Are all with three —are all with thee!
—Longfellow, In "The Building of
the Ship." ,
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Spain appears to be about fed upj
on innocent bystandjng.—Macon Tel- j |
egraph.
Germany, according to reports, at- j
taches no importance to our entry!
into the war; many of our Congress-1
men seem to feel the same way about
it.—Philadelphia Press.
Lloyd George advises all the Irish
factions to get together behind closed
doors and decide Home Rule. Tho
man who comes out will write tho
constitution and be king.—Chicago
Tribune.
The New Russia
From my window above the har
bor of Vladivostock I can see, as I
write, a half-billion dollars' worth
of materials lying on the ground.
Scores of huge godowns were filled j
many months ago, end the torrent of |
supplies pouring Into Vladivostok
had to be emptied out along the
harbor streets, in waste places, and
over all the surrounding hills. The
vastness of the congestion is, I sup
pose, unique in the history of com
merce, for from my window only a
small part of the stores lying here is
visible. Only eleven days have passed
since the Tsar abdicated more than
six thousand miles away in distance
and ten days by fastest express in
point of time. Perhaps a dozen
Chinese watchmen are sitting sleep
ily about within sight. A block away,
at the corner of Vladivostok's prin
cipal street, stands a slender Rus
sian youth of about nineteen. I know
by his uniform he is a student. He
is unarmed, but about his left arm
is a broad white linen band with
three crimson Cyrillic characters
upon It, showing him to be a mem
ber of the citizens' committee. He is
all that is left of Russia's notorious
gendarmes find secret service sys
tem. Less than a fortnight ago this
student and his colleagues, evolving
secretly political ideas they dared
not openly express, lived in daily ap
prehension of those spies and gen
darmes. At any hour, without any
real trial, he was in danger of being
exiled for life to a place a thousand
miles from a railway in the depths
of the forest primeval, where the
average winter temperature is the
lowest in the world, not excepting
the poles. To-day he is conqueror.
Thefe Is a grim humor in it. He is
the only officer there. —Fortier Jones
in the Ju'y Metropolitan.
Heinz on Food Supply
The necess'.ty of personal and im
mediate attention of each individual
being given to the promotion of food
conservation was emphasized in a
warning Issued by Director He'.nz of
the rood Supply Department of the
Committee of Public Safety. Chair
men of the local committees were
urged 'o make pla'n the Individual
resoonsibl'.ity wh'ch the food situa
tion has o-eated. Mr. Heinz in his
warning said:
"Wise food ecenomy does not mean
parr'mony. It dees not mean, the
cutting off of food luxuries by those
' who csn afford them. On the con
trary. the liberal consumption of
; food luxuries by those who can pay
their price and the corresponding
saving of plainer food staples, for
the use of the less affluent at home
and for our allies abroad, is a most
intelligent kind of economy. For it
is the great staple foods like wheat,
for example, for which the world
1 is starving to-day. Thus,
1 "We should each personally re
duce our consumption of those food
commodities that are vital to the sit
uation—wheat, potatoes, beef, but
ter. sugar, meat.
"We should moderate the use of
or abstain entirely from Immature
meat foods —veal. suckling pigs,
squab chickens, youn lamb. etc. •
"We should substitute for a part
of our cereal diet in place of wheat
bread; corn bread, rye bread, oat
meal and rice.
"We may be rationally free in the
use of sea foods of all kinds,
j "We should make the most lib
eral use possible of the perishable
[ foods—summer vegetables, fruits,
etc.
, "We must learn to avoid the waste
that to-day makes the American
garbage can a reproach to the Amer
. lean family."
i fce Careful Not to Hate
Hate not the sinner, but the sin,
The<crtmes by which he seeks to win,
The Belgian slavery and rape,
France, torn by beasts in human
shape,
, The Serb destroyed with fell Intent,
The drowning of the innocent,
The slaughtered sick, tho murdered
nurse.
The handless babes, aye even worse.
Then taking from the German soul
The sum of this appalling whole,
It should not prove a heavy strain
' To love whatever may remain,
i M. LANDBURGH WILSON.
FALSE ECONOMY WILL BREED
DEPRESSION AND DISASTER
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By SENATOR PAUL. O. HURTING, of Wisconsin
WE are at war with a powerful
enemy. The President has
advised economy and the
elimination of waste. We are notor
iously a wasteful people and we are
charged with being an extravagant
people. The President and the heads |
of departments have recommended |
the elimination of waste and the |
practice of economy. This recom
mendation was made to initiate a
concerted nation-wide effort for the
husbanding of our country's re
sources for the purposes of the war.
(These I will term necessaries for
the purpose of this letter.)
It is obvious that in order to win
this war we must conserve the neces
saries for the use of our armed
forces and those of our allies and
for our home consumption. Of
course, no one will have the temerity
to advise extravagance and waste at
any time and particularly at a time
like this. The poor we have always
with us and waste is a sin against
humanity because it deprives human
kind of tho usp of that which is
wasted or destroyed.
Extravagance, however, is a rela
tive term. What would be extrava
gance in the case of a man with
very limited means might not be
extravagance at all on the part of
one having unlimited means. So
that when the people of the country
are asked to economise, it, of course,
must be interpreted as meaning to
economize according to their means
and, in this war, with particular re
spect to necessaries.
Primarily, then, the object of eco
nomy in this war is to have our peo
ple generally conserve as far as pos
sible the necessaries which our peo
ple, our armed forces and those of
our allies imperatively require and
without which we can neither be
| successful in the war abroad or
maintain contentment and tranquil
lity at home.
On the other hand, the people of
the country cannot concertedly and
completely change their habits of
living without bringing disaster upon
tfto Business and Industries of the
country and upon the business world
generally and the consequent disaster
to our peoole which would follow in
its train. Consequently, the enonomy
we should practice should be a wise,
intelligent and discriminating econo
my.
It is this sort of economy which I
feel quite sure the President and
others are advocating.
Mistaken Economy
Now, it has come to my atten
tion that all over the United States
zealous and patriotic men and wo
men, in the belief that they are pro
moting the best interests of the
country and in a praise-worthy at
tempt to join in the nation-wide
movement for economy as recom
mended. are cutting out the use of
everything but necessaries and are
new eating, and wearing and using
the bare necessaries of life In the
patriotic belief that they are pro
moting the best interests of the coun
try and are thereby doing their'"bit"
byway of sacrifice to prove their
devot'on to their country.
But the net result of this move
ment, however praiseworthy In pur
pose, instead of alleviating the con
ditions, can, of course, only aggra
vate them.
To illustrate: The supply of neces
saries is limited and, moreover, lfj
short of the amount required. There
is not enough, or barely enough now.
to supply our people, our army and
navy and our allies with the things
that they must have. Now, of
course, if all of our people abandon
the use of everything except neces
saries, the drain and drive upon the
supply of necessaries will bo greatly
Increased. For Instance, If sudden
ly all of the people of the United
States should resolve to live on
nothing but the plainest of foods
such as meat and potatoes and bread
and butter, there would not be
enough to go around and the keen
est distress and suffering would fol
low. Again, If suddenly all of our
women and men should decide to
wear only the plainest fabrics, there
would not be enough calicos and de
nims and khakis to go around and
our people of modest means and the
government would be unable to pur
chase the necessaries Imperatively
needed. While this, of course, might
result In reducing the high coat of
living to individuals of ample means,
it Is quite clear that it would at the
same time Intolerably raise the cost
; of living to the people and tho gov
i ernment; and the worst and most
fatal of all. it would deprive them
fit the means of living and fighting.
Draw Mildly on Supply
This leads me to observe that true
economy under war exigencies would
bo best subserved by those who can
afford it to draw mildly upon this
supply and to try to satisfy their
needs as much as possible from sup
plies not. coming within the category
of necessities. The greater the
diversity in the use of foodstuffs,
wearing apparel and, in short, of
everything not within the term ne
cessities, the more obviously will the
demand and the drive upon the nec
essaries be relieved; and the more
plentiful, the cheaper and the more
easily available will be the supply
of necessaries for the wage-earners
and the government, and the more
plentiful and the more easily avail
able, and, therefore, the cheaper will
be the supply of necessaries required
by the government for the exigen
cies of the war.
Collateral Benefit
Then there is another collateral
beneficent result which follows from
such a nonuse of necessaries and
that is the necessary resulting pur
chase and consumption of articles
not embraced within the term nec
essaries. That is to say, not only
does the use of a diversity of food
stuffs and wearing apparel relieve
the fierce demand on neceraarles,
but It keeps all business engaged in
other lines going, and business keeps
the factories, fields and mines go
ing. These, In turn, keep men going,
and this brings wages and the ability
to purchase the necessaries required
by them. It increases the available
supply of necessaries and reduces
the high cost of living. In other
words, such economy means little, if
any, dislocation or interruption of
the industrial or business machinery
of the country or Impairment of our
domestic prosperity. The sinews of
war must come in large part from
the tax on business profits and the
incomes which flow therefrom to in
dividuals. It would be a short
sighted economy which would de
stroy or seriously impair business
or industrial prosperity and thus dry
up the spring from which the reve
nues flow.
As I see it then, a wise, intelligent I
and discriminating economy at this I
time consists, first, in the elimination
of all waste, especially in the use of
necessaries; second, in the very spar
ing and economic, use of necessaries:
third, in the practice on the part of
those possessed of ample means to
try to satisfy their needs and wants
os much as possible from things
other than necessaries, using neces
saries only when a fair substitute is
wanting.
Thus, by a practice of wise, in
telligent and discriminating economy
there will be necessaries • enough to
go around; our government will have
sufficient of everything needed to
supply our armed forces and those
of our allies; will enjoy contentment
and tranquillity at home; and last
and most important of all. our gov
ernment, backed by a united people,
may concentrate its thought and its
energies on tho common purpose and
against the common enemy.
From a Prison Cell
The boys' choir of St. John's Or
phan Asylum, Philadelphia, sang for
the prisoners at the Eastern Peni
tentiary a couple of Sundays ago, and
inspired B 8266 to send to the Cath
olic Standard &nd Times a poem of
appreciation, of which these are the
closing lines:
O glad note! and gay note!
There's a smile behind the tears,
There's the boy's heart still In the
most of us
Persisting through the years.
The dreams of our youth are with
us still,
The shining goal is just over the hill,
Some day we'll reach it, if God so
will,
And we be true to the best in us.
O golden lads! and happy lads,
Whate'er the swift years bring,
God grant you never know such
shame.
As ours to whom you sing:
May you ne'er falter In the fight,
I : May you ne'er choose aught but the
right.
Keep your faces to the light,
And—sing for us again.
The SIOO Bond
It has been carefully estimated that
the proceeds of one SIOO Liberty
Loan Bond will fully clothe, arm,
and equip one American soldier. Each
purchaser of a Liberty Loan Bond
for SIOO may feel that his or her
money is doing its Individual part In
tho arming and equipping of one of
our country's soldiers. To some who
wish that they could actively serve
their country in tho field but who
have been denied this privilege this
gives a specific, tangible nature to
an Investment in a Liberty Loan
Bon<L ,
JUNE 13, 1917.
Labor Notes
[ Connecticut State Senate hns re
jected a proposal to limit the hours
of worklngwomen and minors to
eight hours a day.
Texas Is trying to sell its State
Iron ore beds, which cost $1,000,000,
and have for twenty years been op
erated at a loss by convict labor.
Detroit Bakers' Union has added
four shops to the union roll, raised
wages $4 a week and increased over
time rates from 46 to 75 cents an
hour.
Coal miners in the coal fields of Al
berta and British Columbia demand
a 30 per cent, wage increase and a
general eight-hour day.
British munition workers are en
rolled as munition volunteers and are
assigned by the Government to vari
ous parts of England. The highest
wages of the district they left or in
which they are now employed are
paid.
Dock workers are enrolled in the
army as civilians, and wear the Brit
ish uniform. These workers must he
long to the union, and are mobilized
for the purpose of unloading cargoes
in any section the Government elects.
1 OUR DAILY LAUGH
OUT or
STYLE. -■ ? V
Wife What Wi)" jlQg&t)
has become of
the old fash
loned kids who J® \|l /TT'ill
are taught that $2 : , Sli
children should flj
be ieen and not Q3L ■ 5S
Husband: ifiC
They are all in
the deaf and
dumb asylums, "
tNOVELTT
ENDED.
She —I wish
; the war waa
we've only been
•weeks or so.
She —I know.
But I'm tired of
' Seems to me Hi ii TT 1
It would be a XI 11 I
big saving If iii>- > I
doctors would I? 4/ ;
■ prescribe Jurt /fjj J
r about half the Ug-ASM'xl
j juantlty they
e HOW SHE
i Didn't Jack
' What! Did
°W' I y° u hear me
BC,eam '
1 No " 1 heard
I* i \I y ° U Utt6r * Cry
P~y !
sCW *1
, /i
is money. '/jSaPMj
Gentleman of :^ f
Leisure—l shall /. f|
be happy to 4m3B*
take It in that ifIBSL
form, air. ]
£b?ntitg Gttptllj
„„ Pen l sy,vanla railroad baseball
:?™ s ,? av ® taken to the east side of
crnimi °? o,' or their diamonds. The
nMr Slx . th and Division streets,
tho on . an ' B Woods, which were
have hofw v Son 2° very hot contests,
JinrffJ , abandoned to the coming
road m n i lO arena and the ral1 "
mondniotH ha y e taken to two dla-
Thesn °V l neftr W.lldwood Park,
games K a n nrc weU adapted for
being near thl* the advantage of
and thiw.Jf..' company property
dkmnrfd h SP k rk system. Another
Cumber nnd ," een lald ° u near
creek in c .?® 1 and the Paxton
creeK. in South Harrlsburcr thr
are not as many baseball grounds as
lnz thT£J\ hC - ,he 'arge![ now b"
tng the old Susquehanna field The
used'to "h A i aßcha " Itamonds which
used to bo so nunieroun alonir ("am
saw amf' '! av<! KOne tt.e waTof the
saw Mill diamond of thirty vears
hn ™ Harris Park diamond
i! i § 0 jnto local history. Front
and Second street lots which used to
be In the old Sixth and in the Tenth
and the'® £57 Co Y ered with houses
lwrvwn f alonK Reglna and
Berryhlll streets are now plain city.
The cow fields, as the Forster es
tate meadows on the east side of
Cameron street, between State and
Herr streets used to be called, are
occupied by the Harrisburg
Railway Company and other corpo
ration buildings, and as for the old
Sixth street ball park it Is as much
a memory as the fair" grounds that
used to be out Third street, which
also had a baseball grounds years
and years ago. Union Square still
has a famous baseball field and
there was another in Thirteenth
'I" 11 ran through to Crescent
while there was until a year or so
ago a diamond at Nineteenth and
Greenwood. Far back, when baseball
was just blooming, there used to
be diamonds In sections of Harrls
imrg which are now decidedly well
built up.
• •
Pennsylvania's action on the bill
to suspend the full crew act during
the war is being watched with con
siderable Interest all over the coun
try. This is a typical industrial State
and the legislators have been much
addressed on the subject. In some
instances men have been waited
upon by committees at home. How
ever, there has been nothing this
year to compare with the strenuous
times of two years ago when the
legislators got mail by the bale and
some were so loaded down with ap
peals to vote one way or the other
on the measure that they could not
read it all.
• *
Roses and peonies are both fate
this year, but they seem to be mak
ing up for lost time in the beauty
and number of the blooms. Roses
are numerous in Harrisburg and it
would seem as though the bushes
were trying to make up for their
tardiness by unusually large and
fragrant blossoms. And as for the
peonies they were never more beau
tiful than now. They are cheap, ton,
and are being sold all over the city
In large quantities.
* o
"Mel" James, of the William Penn
Highway, and the youngster he calls
"the heir," were out beyond Rellevue
Park Sunday and encountered a hill
side covered with wild strawberries.
When the secretary had his hat
filled, a little old man came along
and eyed him with a. CUHOUR eye.
"You've got your nerve," said the
little old man.
"Do you own'this lot?" asked the
strawberry picker pugnaciously.
"Nope," said the old man. "But
you've been messing around in
poison ivy for the last half hour."
There may be another instalment
of this story. Ivy poisoning doesn't
develop as it is capable of develop
ing for 48 or 72 hours.
• •
The bass season opens Friday and
large numbers of Harrisburg fisher
men will be on the river and along
the streams despite the fact that the
recent rains have made the water
high and caused the river and creeks
to be muddy. Word comes from the
Juniata that while the water is fall
ing steadily, some of the valleys from
which flow the creeks that feed the
little river have had hard showers
the past few nights and are still in
anything but good fishing condition.
The Susquehanna is in about the
same condition and will, not be ill
shape for bass or salmon fishing for
some time. However, some cheer
ing news comes down from the head
waters of Sherman's creek, Tusca
rora creek and other streams of that
size to the effect that in the upper
reaches of those waters the mud is
passing out rapidly and if no more
rain falls Friday may find them in
better condition than on opening day
for some years. Fishermen are hop
ing that the bass, seeking clear
water, will keep on moving' up
stream.
• • •
The bait question is also one for
serious consideration. It is not be
lieved that the local dealers will have
enough to go around, so many men
want to go out. and although a large
number of "stone-rollers" will be
brought in, early orders with the
bait dealers show no sign of a letup.
Many Harrisburg fishermen no longer
use live bait. Flies are the favorites
of some, but the artificial minnow,
the silver shiner and the painted
"plug" of a dozen different designs
all have their admirers. Some of the
biggest bass brought to Harrisburg
last summer were taken from the
smaller creeks near by by anglers
who waded in hip boots and used
"plugs" to lure the "whales" from
their hiding places.
* * *
James S. Reacom, Greensburg law
yer. who was here yesterday, used to
be State Treasurer and a member of
the legislature. He says he likes to
come here to see the legislators work.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ]
—Gorge Wharton Pepper, chair
man of the Public Safety Commit
tee. is prominent In tho baseball liti
gation in the Philadelphia courts.
—James F. Woodward, chairman
of the House appropriations commit
tee, is serving his third term in that
office.
—Judge John W. Kephart, of the
Superior Court, who was here yester
day, is the youngest man to hold a
place on that court.
—Director W. P. Wilson, of th®
Philadelphia museums, says that be
cause of the war some American
merchants may lose their export
trade by not pushing it.
—J. Dawson Callery, the Pitts
burgh traction expert, has been re
elected head of the Pittsburgh Rail
ways Company.
—Professor D. W. Amram, of the
University of Pennsylvania, has been
elected one of the delegates to the
American Jewish Congress at Wash
ington.
—General Frank Mclntyre, United
States Army, has been made a dxw
tor of laws by Villanova College.
He is the military news censor.
| do yoTT"cnow
That Harrlsburg's bond cam
paign has waked up the state?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
People at this place built raft* to
handle provisions for the armv in
the Revolution.