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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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TUESDAY EVENING, JTTNE 19
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Sail on, O ship of State!
Sail on, 0 Union, strong and great!
Humanity with all its fears,
all the hopes of future years,
Is hanging breathless on thy fate!
— LONGFELLOW.
OCR BIG C® RPOR ATIONS
NOT SO long ago we heard much
of the awful corporations and
the need of repression and reg
ulation of these Industrial giants.
Now these corporations are being
lauded everyw-here as second only to
the Liberty Loan on the first line of
defense. Without these great com
binations the United States would
be in the most deplorable condition
Imaginable in the face of a powerful
foe. With them we may look with
some degree of confidence to a solu
tion of the problems of equipment
and general munitions which now
confront the government.
The theories of government own
ership and paternalism are breaking
down under the overwhelming evi
dence of a great national need, which
can be supplied- only through the
organizations of private capital
which have been built up on the
basis of efficiency and skill through
years of peace.
Right here In Harrisburg we are
having exemplified the importance
of sustaining in every proper* way
these great corporations organized
for the promotion of trade which Is
beyond the limits of the individual.
Let us be more sensible in our con
sideration of the future attitude to
ward industrial and commercial and
railroad development. We shall suf
fer in this crisis for our drastic ef
forts to destroy, bnt if we learn the
importance of a more rational view
of these things through a hard
school of experience much good may
result.
Then, too, it must be remembered
that these great corporations are
giving impetus to the nation-wide
movements for the relief of suffer
ing and the maintenance of the fled
Cross and other organizations which
wyi fill the role of the Good Samari
tan throughout the struggle.
—•
Of course, you are going'to have a
part In the Red Cross drive of this
week. Harrisburg has a reputation
to maintain and the outlook is favor
able for a still higher standard of
public and private response to a
further appeal in behalf of those who
are upon the firing line in defense of
the rights and liberties of those they
have left behind.
FISHING TIME
WE hear that the streams are
high and muddy, and that
bait Is scarce, and that the!
bass are not biting. But that makes J
no difference. We want to go fish- I
lng, Just the same.
Maybe you don't know how It i
leels, when the sun takes on the!
warmth of June and the skies are
as blue as they are only about the
time hay harvest approaches, to have
arise out of that Inner consciousness
whence come so many of the fool
Impulses that are prone to get us
into trouble If we obey them, a
yearning: and a hankering for the
heft of a Ashing rod and the swish
of a linen line as makes all other
yearnings and hankerings vanish as
completely and as quickly as a morn
lng fog oh the Susquehanna. If you
haven't had the sensation, all we'.l
and good. But if you have, for
mercy sake forgive the poor soul
who displays in your presence a dis
inclination to talk of anything but
live bait and split bamboo. Don't
try to wake him up when he begins
to chatter about that bass trip last
season. It can't be done. He's hope
lessly stung by the fishing bug and
he will be good for nothing until he
rets away for a day or two along his
favorite stream; and after another
Interval of lucidity he will be worth
less for yet another period until he
jets an opportunity for another ses
sion with the black beauties. And
•o on till snow flies.
Bass fishing is great sport Not
because of the number of bass one
Is likely to catch in the vicinity of
Harrlsburg, albeit for those who
know the game there Is to be found
•port aplenty within easy striking
distance of the city, but for the rec
reation tt provides for tired muscles
and the regeneration of spirit that
comes from a day In the open, out
where the water Is rippling, under
the gentle breezes of late June, and
Nature In her loveliest mood woos
the Jaded mind to thoughts far re
moved from, those of the workaday
TUESDAY EVENING,
world. It Is good to forget for a
moment that earth la afire with
hatred, that the nations are at war,
that beasts In human form are plot
ting the murder of' helpless, inof
fensive men, women and children,
and to be permitted, line lying "slack
In eddy or swaying with the current,
for a moment to ponder upon other
and better times both In the past and
to come. To one who knows the
Joys of such a day, the impulse to
go fishing is not one to be denied.
And so, when the call of the
stream becomes too persistent, there
is nothing for the victim to do but
yield. He goes away tired, nervous
and pessimistic, caring nought if the
job keeps or not; he comes back
brisk, refreshed and optimistic, ready
for another bout with work, and dot
ing on his daily task, until the fish
ing bug gets in Its deadly work
again.
Yep, we have been stung—stung
very, very hard, and all this byway
of serving notice upon the world at
large and our boss in particular that
we propose to steal away, pretty
soon, to a haunt where peace, con
tentment, a husky appetite and the
big black bass all live together in
harmony and happiness, eagerly
awaiting our coming.
No longer do we hear the "peace
without victory" slogan. All realize
now that the only peace which will
count for anything must* be the abso
lute crushing of the Beast which is
ravaging a large part of the habitable
globe.
THE POLICE SURVEY
WHAT has become of the police
survey report?
The survey was made at the ex
pense of the Harrlsburg Chamber of
Commerce. A few weeks ago Its re
sults were made public. The TELE
GRAPH published a digest of the
findings and recommendations and
Mayor Miller discussed tnem at some
length. Aside from that nothing has
been done.
It is true that as a result of the
survey many changes were made for
the Improvement of the police rec
ord system, which Is now one of the
best in the country, but the survey
report contained suggestions
that council should consider imme
diately.
There is, for example, the vice
suppression section. The way is
plainly shown whereby the sex evil
may be given a severe blow at the
hands of the police. What does
Council intend to do about this? Are
we to have a continuation of the
conditions'of which those who made
the survey complain? Councilmen
stand under the accusation that
commercialized vice exists in the
city and they are told how it may
be broken up. Do they mean to
stand idly by and do nothing? We
cannot believe it. Whatever may be
said of lack of efficiency in govern
ment under the commission act, it
has never been Insinuated that Har
rlsburg councilmen are not men of
high morals. Their duty as such
is plain.
But there are many other features
of the report that ought to have
consideration. Council would do well
to appoint a committee of its mem
bers to give the report thorough
study, with the idea of early action
looking toward the betterment of
conditions.
Otherwise the money expended for
i the survey will have been wasted and
j Council will have neglected another
! opportunity for public service.
I
BAILEYISM
THIS from Warren Worth Bailey's
Johnstown Democrat in com
ment upon an editorial ap
, pearlng some time since In the
I HARRIS BURG TELEGRAPH hav
j ing to do with the mission of Elihu
I Root to Russia:
\ Root may be able to expound
real freedom to the Russians, but
he never was able to expound it In
I this country. If he can establish his
; Chicago convention control at
Petrograd he will be all right.
The Russians should be able to
appreciate Root. Doubtless they
know him as the man who trim
med Roosevelt.
This is the type of patriotism one
might expect from the Democrat,
prone as it is to look through a glass
darkly and to view all things witn
the chronically jaundiced eye of one
whose liver works on the instalment
plan. This disposition to biliousness
is probably caused by a diet of di
luted pacifism and half-hearted
Democracy, although there are signs
that the defect Is constitutional.
If the HARRIS BURG TELE
GRAPH remembers rightly, the
Democrat Is on record as pronounc
ing President Wilson a statesman, of
parts and a patriot of the flrst rank.
That being so and Mr. Wilson hav
ing selected Mr. Root above all other
Americans to lead the Russian com
mission, how does the Democrat
justify itself in casting reflections
upon the Americanism of Mr. Root?
We shall expect to hear that the
Democrat does not attempt to Justi
fy Itself. The chronic dyspeptic sel
dom does. ,
""PoCtttcd- LK
| By the Ex-Committeeman
Propositions to extend the legis
lative session beyond June 2 8 be
cause of differences between the
State administration and the legis
lative leaders seem to be very un
popular at the State Capitol and
many of the legislators to-day ex
pressed themselves as opposed to
stretching out the General Assembly
Into July.
There were hopes expressed to
day that the troubles over legislation
and appointments would be ironed
out this week and that the law
makers would be able to tackle this
tremendous amount of business be
fore them without having a factional
fight on hand. Senatorial' leaders
were asked to-day to bend their ef
forts to adjusting matters so that
the legislators could get away on the
day scheduled.
Talk of having the Legislature ad
journ subject to call was revived to
day.
- —Whether people connected with
departments of the state government
ond receiving less than $1,500 a year
shall have an increase in salary is
t-.i be settled this wfcek. It is be
lieved that the Governor, who ap
proved the increase for Pittsburgh
city employes, will sign the bill.
Steps are being taken In Philadelphia
to Increase the wages of many city
employes.
—According to reports to-day,
there would be a Public Service Com
missioner named before the Legis
lature closed and a compromise
would be made. The name of A.
Millar, the secretary, Is being sug
gested becausewf his familiarity with
the work. General C. M. Clement,
ex-State Treasurer Young and ex-
Mayor Ira \V. Stratton, of Reading,
are also being talked about.
—Senator C. W. Sonds, of the Ly
coming county district, who is much
mentioned as a possibility for the
Democratic nomination for Gover
nor, is taking an active part in the
effort to straighten out the Philadel
phia transit bill tangle. Tbe Sena
tor is a big business man, and has
considerable of a task ahead of him.
—Ex-State Treasurer Young, who
is mentioned for Public Service Com
missioner, and also as a guberna
torial possibility, is devoting him
self to law practice and intensive
potato farming at his home on the
northern tier. Mr. Young will not
stay there long and will be back in
the political game before many
months, it is predicted.
—Lieutenant Governor Frank B.
Mcrialn is kept busy dodging invita
tions to speak. He was asked to
speak on practically every night this
week and he has several "invites"
for the Fourth of July.
—The manner in which Judge
Berner, the new Schuylkill county
judge, was confirmed in the Senate
last night is worth noting. He was
given the official approval In short
order. All hands In Schuylkill coun
ty appear to be satisfied with the
selection.
—Practically every third-class city
in the State is getting ready for a
strenuous mayoralty campaign this
year. There are signs of tights start
ing in a number of cities already.
With Pittsburgh and Scranton also
electing mayors there should be
plenty of excitement.
—The Philadelphia Ledger says
that the naming of ex-Representative
T. Henry Walnut, for years one of
the upholders of civil service re
form and other Independent things
in Philadelphia, as an assistant
United Spates District Attorney, has
aroused some of the machine Demo
crats. Walnut has always been more
or less of a Republican.
—The Democratic ringmasters
have about given up hope of even
making a noise in the Legislature
with their bills. The lawmakers ap
pear to have gotten the measure of
the famous Humes list which was to
reform the state and make Pennsyl
vania a Democratic province.
Mrs. Craigin's Garden
Mrs. Susan Craigin, Winter street.
Is planting a home garden 40x70 feet
with corn, beans, potatoes, cucum
bers, radishes, chard anij several
other vegetables. From the same plot
Mrs. Craigin raised, without help In
i 1916 a long list worthy of mention.
She put up 18 quarts ptckled cucum
bers, six quarts tomatoes, 12 quarts
stringed beans, six quarts shelled
beans. 4% quarts canned corn. In the
fall the garden produced six quarts
dry beans, 18 cabbages, 12 cauliflow
ers, five squashes, six pumpkins and
thirty melons. During the summer
her family of nine persons-enjoyed
their annual home vacation and lived
freely from the vegetable patch.
More than 300 cucumbers were con
sumed on the table, and beans, green
cdrn. ripe tomatoes, asparagus and
squashes figured largely in the diet.
This is an example of intensive farm
ing by a woman who loves the work.
—Norway, (Me.) Advertiser.
CROP PEST LETTER
I By Prof. J. G. Sanders, State
Economic Zoologist
GRAIN' BIN SANITATION
EVERY year large quantities
of stored grain are destroy
! Ed or rendered unfit for
| human food by some of the forty
I or more insects which are com
j monly known as weevils.
Much of this damage can be
j prevented by proper storage con
ditions, cleaning the bins, thor-
I oughly fumigating- them or
l spraying them with 10 per cent.
I kerosene emulsion. Destroy any
I weevil that might be present and
| be the cause of an Infestation of
j the newly stored crop. Grain
' bins for storage should be well
! built and separate from the barn
so they can bo treated if the
! grain becomes infected and fur
ther, grain is not as liable to be
come infested with weevils when
j stored in a separate building. In
i spect the grain every week or
; two and if the weevils are pres
ent, remove the grain, passing it
out through a cleaner. If possible.
Weevils do not thrive in stored
grain if It is moved and aerated.
Preventing future trouble by
j thoroughly cleaning the empty
■ bins and destroying possible wee
vil infestation by spraying with
a 10 per cent, kerosene emulsion
is as important as treating the
grain after it becomes Infested.
Stop the waste of stored grain
through the lack of care and
proper storage.
The prevention of one-half of
the loss of 1 per cent, of 24,-
000,000 bushels of wheat and
64,000 bushels of corn rendered
unfit for food each year after It
Is stored, is worth while con
sidering. The average loss of
stored grain on the farm is 1
per cent. If the producers of
Pennsylvania will practice clean
methods and endeavor to lower
the average loss one-half. It will
mean a yearly saving of nearly
three-quarters of a million dol
lars on wheat and corn alone,
i /————'
HAJRRISBURG TELEGRAPH
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR?]
Short Weight
To tho Editor of tho Telegraph:
Upon rturnln* from market the
writer tested several articles bought
and found that he had been pretty
badly fooled In the matter of weight.
A half-peck of potatoes weighed
only 8 4 pounds Instead of 7%
pounds, legal weight; a pot-roast was
five ounces short. The potatoes,
however, were Bold "by measure,"
but with the present prevailing
prices every buyer should insist upon
buying by weight only, as the law
provides. Again, when buying cheese
and bacon, the sellers Imposed a
large amount of wrapping paper at
fabulous prices. Is not !t about time
that consumers should be aroused
and protect not only themselves but
other unsuspecting and poor people?
PRO BONO PUBLICO.
Labor Notes
Honduras nas but one 'sugar fac
tory.
Telephone girls at Paris have re
ceived Increased psy.
Policewomen In Kansas work only
eight hours a day.
Tenessee has a new law regulating
private employment agencies.
Kingston, Canada, has raised the
wages of the lire department.
There are 9,000,000 women working
for a living in Germany.
Alaska and nineteen States of the
Union produce copper.
A large Glasgow shipbuilding ftrm
employs women to build ships.
Carpenters at St. Louis, Mo., will
get seventy cents an hour July 1.
Banking and financial institutions
in England employ 46,000 women.
Strikes in all branches of Industry
throughout Finland are reported.
Painters at Knoxvllle, Tenn., have
been increased to forty-five celts an
hour.
Twenty per cent, of the employes
In the French munition plants are wo
men.
The French railways employ <5,700
women in places formerly held by
men.
Youngstown (Ohio) sheet metal
workers have been increased 8% cents
an hour.
British leather and allied trades
have raised £ 12.255 for the Union
Jack Club, London.
Establishments under Government
control in Irelend are now employ
ing about 36,000 people.
There are 376 women to everv 1,000
workers employed in the British In
dustrial plants.
The British Government has given
a pledge to reinstate every trade
union practice now suspended.
Sixty miles of thread woven from
the tlher of a species of Italian nettle
weighs only two and a half pounds
An Atlanta (Ga.l hank has opened |
a school to train women for the posl- 1
lions formerly held by men.
„ On July 9. at Detroit, Mich., Glass
Rottle Blowers' Association of the
1 nited States and Canad will con- '
vene.
The British Government has enact
ed a law granting a Saturday half- <
holiday to about 600.000 women. ;
Doing His Bit
[New York Sun.]
Colonel Roosevelt's enemies, of;
whom he has his share! and his crit- j
ics, of whom there is more than a
scattering, were Inclined to believe j
that he would sulk in his tent when !
the joy of raising a division for ser- '
vice In France was denied him. But
they did not know the man. He'
was chagrined, of course; and, it!
may be, hurt by the Insinuation that
politics was in the back of his head
when he offered his services. Per- '
; haps he lost an hour's sleep that
first night, but In the morning he
must have shaken himself, as a j
mastiff doea, and exclaimed: "By i
Jove, there Is something I can do!"
The Colonel's three grown sons
were at Plattsburg, or headed that
way (no doubt he wished that he
had half a dozen boys to send),)
and if the prospect of fighting at the j
front was overcast for him he would j
put the spirit of battle and light |
the fires of patriotism In others. And j
he has been doing it ever since with ■
pen and voice. He couftts that day |
lost that does not see him on the |
platform exhorting his fellow Amer- I
leans by thousands to go to the front
or to do their bit at home. He is the !
Paul Revere of 1917, but his sum
; mons is to a hundred million people. I
My America
Thou land of beauty, land of peace.
Where freedom opens wide thoi
door;
Sought out by all who seek release i
From tyranny and hate and war.
Thy stars have been the wanderer's!
guide
From outworn customs, narrow
creeds;
Thy stripes, the blood of those who
died
To save thy vision by their deeds.
Let not our faith grow weak; thy
stars
Be dlrftmed by greed or hate or
fear.
Let not thy sons forget thy scars
Nor hold the vision's price too
dear.
For, as thou keepest that high trust,
That vision thou alone canst give,
Tho states be leveled Into dust
And nations perish, thou shalt live.
i
O, brotherhood of all the world!
O, heritage our fathers gained!
Be ours to keep thy flag unfurled.
Be ours to keep that flag un
stained.
By Constance Johnson, from Pic
toral Review for July.
Containers For Jam
The Departmertt of Commerce, In
co-operation with the Department of
Agriculture, in a recent bulletin la
sued, gays: "The price of glass has
steadily risen, and haa reaohed a
point at which any large extension
of Its use for food containers is im
practicable. At present fiber or paper
containers of food quality are being
produced in considerable and in
creasing quantities, and for many
purposes are supplanting glass and
tin plate." •
Every housewife making jams, jel
lies and marmalades would do well
to consider her needs in the line of
tumblers at this time. It is a known
fact that many women this year are
making homemade jams and the
like who never before considered
home preserving. Other women are
Increasing the quantity usually foade.
This all tends to help toward the
high cost and the shortage of glass
tumblers.
Wholesalers and retaVlers of glass
jars will not promise a future sup
ply. It is Important that all hollow
glassware be collected and used, such
as bacon Jar, dried beef jars, jam
and flsh jars. Those not able to get
sufficient glass tumblers may obtain
from most dealers wood-fiber con
talnera that are most practical tot
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WHAT MARK TWAIN WROTE
OF HIS BR
Mark Twain's brother, Orion
Clemens, caused the great humor
ist infinite amusement throughout
hlo life. Orion seems to have
been a ne'er-do-well, visionary
chap with all kinds of crazy
schemes In his head. He was as
unstable as water, always
"broke,,' yet talented after a fash
ion. His brother loved him. When
Mark Twain was In Munich In
1879, he received a letter from j
Orion announcing his intention of j
lecturing on religion. The letter I
inspired the following epistle '
which Mark Twain wrote to Wil
liam Dean Howells in Boston. It
is published in Harper's Magazine
with many others and a commen
tary by Albert Blgelow Paine.
MY DEAR HOWELLS: I have
just received this letter from j
Orion—take care of it, for It
is worth presetting. I got as far as
nine pages in my answer to it, when j
Mrs. Clemens shut down on it, and |
said it was cruel, and made me send
the mofley and simply wish his lec- j
ture success. I said I couldn't lose my
nine pages—so she said send them to
you. But I will acknowledge that I
thought I was writing a very kind
letter.
Now just look at this letter of
Orion's. Did you ever see the grotes
quely absurd and the heart breaking
ly pathetic more closely joined to
gether? Mrs. Clemens said "Raise his
monthly pension." So I wrote to Per
kins to raise it a trifle.
You must put him in a book Or a
play right away. You are the only
man capable of doing it. You might
die at any moment, and your very
greatest work would be lost to the
world. • • •
Observe Orion's career—that is, a
little of it: He has belonged to as
many as five different religious de
nominations: last March he with
drew from the deaconship in a Con
gregational church and the superin
tendency of its Sunday school, in a
speech in which he said that fof
many months (it runs in my mind
that he said thirteen years), he had
heen a confirmed infidel, and so felt
it to be his duty to retire from the
flock.
After being a Republican for years,
he wanted me to buy him a Demo
cratic newspaper. A few days before
the presidential election, he came out
In a speech and publicly went over
to the Democrat*; he prudently
"hedged" by voting for six state Re
publicans. also. • • •
His next project was to write a
burlesque upon "Paradise Lost."
Then, learning that the Times was
paying Harte SIOO a column for
stories, he concluded to write some
for the same price. I read his first
one and persuaded him not to write
sny more. Then he read proof on the
New York Evening Post at $lO a
week and meekly observed that the
fireman swore at him and ordered
him around "like a steamboat mate."
Being discharged from that post,
he wanted to try agriculture —was
sure he could make a fortune out of
a chicken farm. I gave him S9OO and
he went to a 10-house village two
miles above Keokuk on the river
bank—this place was a real way ita-
jams and jellies. They cost less than
glass, and offer some advantage* not
found In the use of the ordinary
tumblers. Each dozen, including the
covers, come in a sealed carton; they
are delivered sterile. . Precaution
against breakage unnecessary and
the fear of splintered glass Is en
tirely eliminated. Because they are
opaque light cannot get to their con
tents, thus stopping crystallization.
When empty they nest, taking little
room; a dozen weigh but a few
ounces. Some of them are beauti
fully decorated, and by no means
look unsightly on the table. When
filled, they may be sent by parcel
post or express with the least pos
sible chance of breakage or dam
age.
i Women, &c requested by. the gov-
tion. He soon asked for money to
buy a horse and Hunt wagon—be
cause tho trains did not run at
church time on Sunday and his wife
found it rather far to walk.
For a long time I answered de
mands for "loans" and by next mail
always received his check for the in
terest due me to date. In the most
guileless way he let it leak out that
he did not under-estimate the value
of his custom to me, since it was not
j likely that any other customer of
j mine paid his Interest quarterly, and
I this enabled me to use my capital
twice in six months instead of only
! once. But alas, when the debt at last
reached SI,BOO or *2,500 (I have for
[ gotten which i the interest ate too
j formidably into his borrowings, and
'so he quietly ceased to pay it or
speak of it. At the end of two years I j
! found that the chicken farm had j
long ago been abandoned, and he. had
| moved into Keokuk. Later in one of
his casual moments, he observed that}
; there was no money In fattening a i
chicken on sixty-five cents worth of 1 ,
corn and then selling it for tifty!
! cents.
Finally, if I would lend him SSOO a'
I year for two years (this was four or 1
five years ago) he knew he could;
make a success as a lawyer, and
\ would prove it. This is the pension
| which we have just increased to S6OO.
■; The first year his legal business
1 brought him $5. It also brought him
, an itnremunerative case where some
. villains were trying to chouse some
,1 nogro orphans out of S7OO. He still
. | has this case. He has waggled it
around through various courts and
, | made some booming speeches on it.
• i The negro children have grown up
; | and married off, now, I believe, and
•, their litigated town lot has been dug
■ I up and carted off by somebody—but
j Orion still Infests the courts voth'"fils
t documents and makes
i ring with his venerable cade.
Then he by the
. idea of iecturlnjfaround America as
. "Mark Twain's brother" —that to be
. on the bills. Subject of proposed lec
i ture, "On the Formation of Char
• acter." '
1 I protested, and he got on his war
I paint, couched his lance and ran a
t bold tilt against total abstinence and
j the red ribbon fanatics. I raised a
fine row among the virtuous Keokuk
, lans.
I wrote to encourage him in his
5 good work, but I had let a mail in
t tervene; so by the time my letter
• reached him he was already winning
r laurels as a red ribbon howler.
Afterward he took a rabid part in
a prayermeeting epidemic; dropped
i that to travesty Jules Verne; drop
• ped that, in the middle of the last
I chapter, last March, to digest the
• | matter of an infidel book which ho
I proposed to write; and now he comes
t to the surface to rescue our "noble
< and beautiful religion" from the
> sacrilegious talons of Bob Ingersoll.
i Now come! Don't fool away this
i treasure which Providence has laid
1 at your feet, but take it up and use it.
' One can let his imagination run riot
, In portraying Orion, for there Is
< nothing so extravagant as to be out
P of character wtth htm.
[ Well—good-by, and a short life
>! and a merry one be yours. Poor old
• Methuselah, how did he manage to
. 1 stand it o long? Trs. ever. MARK.
ernment to conserve all the food
products possible. Most Jams, JellieSi
and marmalades are easy to make.
Many fruits are now in the market
that lend themselves readily to the
making of homemade products. If
each housewife will do her bit, she
will be aiding: considerably In the
conservation of foods.
The use of wood-flber containers
by Buch women will also be the
means of aiding the manufacturers
of such foods that ore necensary to
pack In glass: it will help to make
possible a greater qtmntlty of glass
available for necessary purposes; be
the means of lower retail prices. It
is time for all to consider and to act
for relief In the food situation, not
only for the present, but also ttie
future*
'JUNE 19, 1917.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
fcnpio HUE' " rHR A "? Ann-
Persplringr as he
**m, , searches
round.
Each moment
\sro w i n g
. The recent
ate
Wfcjx has found
WmN. The world la
WE NEVER m I F f
THO'T OF 1 Ifl
THAT. S 111
Weren't th a j 111
boys sore when | | I fi
they had to I ff 8 B
give irp their ' f 1 I
captured Oer- | [ | §
man trench and ausrj&L t A fl
retreat to their |T
own which was \
full of water? h SJ/B VI'V
Oh, yes, but
most of 'em said
It was good to \\/ y \\fy /
Uj home again, |jl/ \V/ w
ONE SIDED.
r -?£ \ Wlfey: If you
J. y / would take my
jjfgW -r \ / advice about
®§lT; /! (ibv<\ money matters,
' / x\ Vrlfl\\\\ we w °uld be
> better oft.
Hubby: You
( / mean, you
I / would be better
/ C TO off-
THE PA- >"S
TIENT'S IDEA. fW 1 I
Doctor —K\ jkffl ](1
You've had a Iftj. mK I
pretty close
call, it's only KB * .4
your strong OT- J?
constitution that tSjLri!
pulled you
through. mrMJi4 n S^if.
Patient—Well, WWmo t \ H
doctor, remem- Mj&LiV-H}/;
ber that when ; JJKW fl
yen make out Mffi > a V
pafffeA
V7k KNEW FROM
EXPERIENCE.
A \v )k I I JIM Maude —That
ft , <~flH Mr. Gotrox Is a
forbidding sort
J V//1/ 1 V i °* Person
\l / J(/ \ Fr a.nk I
44// \ know It I once
y / / I asked him to let
ill \ me marry hi#
[/ \ (laughter.
ANNOYED.
"Mother," said K _
little Marlon /X-V. /m~~~
while riding in •?„
a street car. \vi r
"What is It.
dear," replied WW -*m§£jCjt
the mother.
"I wish you'd \ *
pay my fare In
w.r,.i u ftfw
age dlsoussed In
r-
Ebetttng (Slfjal
The average man probably does
not realize that not only has the
tiend of thought of the people of
this State and Harrlsburg, chief
among its municipalities, has chang
ed from business and work and
pleasure to military matters. Per
sons who visit this city and who get
f,!°" lot say that this is especial*
!y notable in this community, prob
fnnf, C ? Use a transportation,
industrial and official center. The
btate Capitol now has more mill
izatlons than it .ever bwH
in its history and moreover haa them
up to the maximum. It is capable A
of raising more and will likely do so. *
The campaigns engineered In thl
city In behalf of the Liberty Loan,
the patriotic parade and the various
other matters connected with the
opening days of the war have at
tracted wide attention and this city
will have to do some hustling to keep
up with the call made upon it for
the Red Cross movement. In connec
tion with the National Guard It is
of Interest to know that the Eighth
regiment, which was one of the worst
sufferers in the matter of dropping
men because thye have dependants,
that is men with families, is now
close to its required strength and will
probably show It before July 1. By
July 15, the day when the Eighth
will go Into federal service, it will i.e
In excellent shape, far better than
when it mobilized for border serv
ice. Incidentally, it may be said that
there Is a strong probability that the
Eighth will mobilize at Mt. Gretna
again.
< • •
Waking the echoes in the Capitol
rotunda is one of the favorite occu
pations, preferably at night, of a
number of musical legislators. When
the session ends before midnight
these members gather in the rear of
the hall and have a songfest for half
an hour or so. Irately tliey have taken
to going to the rotunda and singing
patriotic and popular songs so that
the sound is hurled back and forth
and is to be heard all over the build
ing. The other evening one of the
lawmakers who was seized with the
idea that he was a Tyrolean yodler
undertook to do the stunt from the
second floor balcony. They asked hid
If ho would not be pleased to stop.
Speaking about f unmaking oil
Capitol Hill the other evening a
couple of men undertook to sing
about that long discarded object of
melody, the Old Oaken Bucket, and
to wail over Old Black Joe. They
picked out a bench in the shadow
over along the conservatory and for
a while fooled everyone. The cUy
"cops" thought that they were in the
park and the squirrel guards declar
ed they were over in the devastated
section that Is to be Capitol Park
extension. Finally one of the State
policemen spotted the singers and
asked them whether they thought It
was choir night. They decided it wan
not.
Mrs. M. Foss, of 4217 Washington
avenue, St.. Louis, has asked Govern
or Brumbaugh to help her find her
son. It is some task, but the Gov
ernor says he will tie glad" to try.
The son's name is John A. Foss and
twenty-six years ago ho left home.
He was then fourteen and a messen
ger. She has not heard of him since
iind wants to see him before she dies.
• •
Men connected with the recruit
ing service of the United States army
say that the hardest work they have
|o do Is to turn down men who are
married and have dependunts. There
are a good many men who are over .
thirty who have quietly applied to
enter the federal service, but the
rules are ironclad when it is found*#
that they have families. The same
thing has been done in regard to the
navy. In many Instances it cost the
men some sacrifice to make tho ef
fort to enlist and they feel it very
much when rejected.
• * ♦
This will be Jitney week for the
Public Service Commission as In ad
dition to hearing the argument on
the 1 larrisburg cases the commission
will act on a number of cases from
Scranton, Wilkes-Barra and Pitts
burgh. There are many angles to the
propositions in these cases and the
decisions will probably settle most of
the disputes for some time to come.
• • M
Progress on the construction of
the new Pennsylvania railroad
freight station In South Second street
is being followed very closely. Some
idea of the immense capacity of the
station can now •be obtained ana
when it is in full Operation that pr.rt
of the city will speedily turn into a
warehouse district. , South Second,
one of the oldest highways in the
city, will have a new and greater
lease of life from present Indications.
•
Tke crowds which usually gather
for the closing weeks of'a Legisla
tive session are commencing to be
in evidence about the Capitol and
there are many people hero now
who are on tenter hooks regarding
the fate of measures in which they
are interested. Others are here out
of curiosity as the Legislature Is an
object of great interest to people all
over the State. Within the next ten
days there will be hundreds of peo
ple here to see the Legislature.
[ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—The Rev. Albert Vogel, Pitts
burgh clergyman, preached on the
eve of his 100 th birthday,
—Bishop Eugene A. Oarvey, who
has been ill, has recovered and is
visiting towns in his diocese.
—Charles M. Schwab will spend a
short time resting In the mountains.
—Prof. J. W. Richards has given
up his work at Lehigh to go to Wash
ington on one of the consulting
boards.
—Charles B. Berger, newly ap
pointed Judge of Schuylkill county,
has been getting telegrajns of con
gratulation from all over Easter/i
Pennsylvania.
—H. W. Hoidenrelch, who will run
for Mayor of Haileton, was defeat
ed by thirty-three votes last time h>-
the present Mayor. He is an aide.--
man.
DO YOU KNOW ]
That Harrlsburg la shipping
large machinery for big building
operations these days?
HISTORIC HARRISBtTRG a
The first train was greeted by a m
drum and fife corps when It reached
Harrisburg in 1836.
Unto Thee Will I Pray
Give ear to my words, O Lord, con
sider my meditation, hearken unto
the voice of my cry. my king, and
my God; for unto thee will I pray.—
Psalms 6, 1 and 2.
Same, Only Different
After reading this new veralon of a
famous quotation as given by the
London Chronicle, no one can fairly
say that the English are not a cour
teous race. It reads: "America Is. too.
proud to fight."—Army and Navy
Journal.