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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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©US M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor.
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EVENING, JULY 9, 1917
The mole would live beneath the
ground and Nature closed its eyes.—
IHexby Dbummond.
Our Great Opportunity'
lr> the Editor of the Telegraph:
There never was a more auspicious
moment in our history for the trans
formation of breweries, distilleries,
bottling houses, etc., into industrial
plants of unquestionable economic
value than the present moment
World needs must be supplied for
years from American markets, and
If the liquor advocates and inter
ests of the country are awake to the
opportunity the more speedily they
change the less will be their
cconoipio loss, with great possibilities
of large gain.
We have the advice of Mr. Hoover
that two cents per meal saved will
amount to an annual national sav
ing of $2,000,000,000. By saving our
drink bill we shall annually save
from $2,000,000,000 to $2,500,000,-
000. One saving is no less impera
tive than another, especially so when
the poor families can less afford a
curtailment of two cents per meal
per person than they can afford a
value of drink con
sumed by the heads of the house
hold, for two cents per meal less for
each of a poor family of five to
•eight would frequently mean no
meal.
While we are learning other les
sons from nations that have experi
enced war for the last three years,
•we should not fail to learn that pro
hibition makes for industrial effici
ency. I have the testimony of the
superintendent of a textile mill that
his plant lost 165 working days last
month, fully 75 per cent of which
was directly due to the excessive
drinking of employes.
It Is one of the saddest of Amer
ican anachronisms that our govern
ment should license for a pittance
the very industry which by its out
put denaturizes and vitiates the spir
it and efficiency of all other indus
tries.
The weight of evidence Is all on
the side of prohibition, and why
should liquor Interests and advo
cates not be admonished to lie down
end be quiet, instead of the pro
hibitionists? Public sentiment on
this question has always'been divid
ed. but why must prohibitionists be
called upon to remain silent when
history, experience, facts and fore
casts all brand the liquor* Industry
as the offender? The time for the
prohibitionists to "see it through" is
now, and the time for the liquor ad
vocates and interests to yield, and
thus avoid delaying the necessary
legislation, is now.
Too long already we have endured
an Irreparable economic loss and
moral shame.
MELVIN B. WRIGHT.
THE ST. LOUIS RIOTS
THERE is absolutely no evidence
to support the charge that
union labor was responsible for
the St. Louts race riots. Perhaps
labor troubles between whites and
blanks did have their part In the
disturbances, but it is foolish to say
that the rioting was due to a plot.
Such occurrences are not planned.
Mob violence just happens. It flares
up and dies down and is often past
understanding. There is not in the
history of this country a single in
stance of a mob having been or
ganized, for a mob is essentially an
unorganized body. A mob can un
derstand nothing but brute force. A
volley of ball cartridges from the
■Rational Guardsmen at the outstart
would have saved many lives In the
long run. f
THE SPIRIT OF SEVENTY-SIX
THE Spirit of Seventy-Six is alive
to-day In the young men of
the country who are rushing by
thousands to volunteer for service
under the Stars and Stripes. Take
the example of Walter Cogswell
Forse, aged 19, of Blnghamton, N.
Y., for example.
Because the loss of the "trigger
linger" had prevented his enlist
ment, Forse walked all the way from
his home city to Washington to make
personal application to the Major
General Commandant of the United
States Marine Corps. Forse carried
,a sign on his back which read
•"From Blnghamton, N. Y., to Wash
, lngton. D. C., to Joint the U. S. Ma
rines. It's worth It!"
Upon hie arrival here young Forse
proved that the loss of the index
finger of his right hand was no
handicap in the performance of mil
itary duty, and special authority was
, granted for his enlistment. 8o far as
lls known, he is the first man, sim
ilarly handicapped, to pass the mil
itary authorities.
But right here In Harrisburg the
•ocrarage and the patriotism that took
young men Into the service In every
'"war the country has known, is mani
fest In the large number of recruits
I for the Regular Army and the Na
tional Guard. Th 4 district has ex
ceeded Its quota for the regular
(service, and marvels have been ac
roompMshed by the Guard. After it
jfeiad beih thought the town had done,
MONDAY EVENING,
its share, one motor supply truck]
company was organized in twenty
four hours with full quota, the lists
are nearly closed for the ammuni
tion truck company and Captain
Btlne has completed, almost, his re
cruiting for the new infantry com
pany. When the history of this war
is written Harrisburg will have no
cause to be ashamed.
LIMITING EXPORTS
RESIDENT WILSON'S procla
■Jl mation limiting the export of
food supplies to neutrals and
dividing our supplies of all kinds
equitably among our allies Is a se
vere blow to Germany. It Is a wise
move and should have been made at
the very outset of the war. Doubt
less it will be of great benefit, also,
as the President hopes. In bringing
prices back to something like
normal In this country.
As everybody has known for many
months, neutral countries bordering
on Germany have been selling their
food supplies at high prices to the
Central Powers and feeding them
selves from our granaries, and It
is strongly suspected that even some
American-grown wheat actually has
found its way Into Germany, to say
nothing of salt meats and fats.
Under the Iron hand of Mr.
Hoover this practice will be stopped.
Neutral countries will have to prove
their needs before the United States
will give them a bits. This Is Just.
In order to save themselves from
the sacrifice of war these nations are
standing aside and permitting us and
our allies to fight their battles. In
addition, secretly they have been
feeding eur enemies and -thereby to
some, degree rendering futile the
blockade the allied fleets have es
tablished against German ports.
They must now pay the penalty. We
do not mean to permit their people
to go hungry while we have plenty,
If we can help It, but the smuggling
of American products into Germany
must be stopped at any cost.
President Wilson rightly gives
first consideration to the lowering of
high prices in this country. That
Americans are being robbed by food
barons and that government control
of prices Is an absolute necessity of
the moment Is well Illustrated by
wheat, prices In this country com
pared with those abroad, as given
out by the allied food commission
and therefore beyond question.
The government price of wheat In
Great Britain Is SI.BO a bushel. The
government price In Australia is
$1.14 and in India $1.86. The gov
ernment price In France Is SI.BO for
home-grown wheat, including vari
ous bounties. The government max
imum In Italy has been fixed at
$1.69 a bushel for soft wheat and
$1.94 for hard wheat. The Belgian
fixed price Is to be $1.60 and the
German price about SI.BO a bushel.
July wheat closed at $2.07 in Chi
cago Saturday and September at
$1 94.
Information furnished to the food
administration also shows that the
Allied are requiring the mixture of
20 per cent, corn, rye or barely In the
flour. It has proved Impossible to
Introduce straight corn bread, be
caure of the lack of corn mills In
Europe, and the lack of durability
in nornmeal does not permit Its ex
tensive shipment.
The consumption of flour in Eng
land and France Is being reduced to
between three and four pounds a
person a week, or about three-fifths
of the American consumption, de
spite the fact that Europeans arc
ordinarily larger bread eaters than
Americans.
There la proof positive here that
the American consumer Is being
robbed —ahd not by the farmer,
either. The big dealer has taken
advantage of conditions to feather
their own nests. Mr. Hoover should
be given a free hand. The people as
a whole have only one regret, which
Is that President Wilson and a ma
jority In Congress have voted "wet,"
when by curtailing or eliminating
the manufacture of beer millions of
bushels of foodstuffs might have <
been saved, and the price of bread
automatically lowered.
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By the Ei-Committeeman
Tone of newspaper comment upon
Governor Brumbaugh's action In .re
appointing officials who were reject
ed by the State Senate is that it
means a revival of factional fight
ing. The Philadelphia Record; the
Democratic organ of Eastern Penn
sylvania, chortles over the prospect,
while the Philadelphia Ledger, which
prints an interview with Senator
Boies Penrose denouncing the Gov
ernor's action as illegal, attacks the
gubernatorial action in an editorial
in which it asks: "Has the Senate of
Pennsylvania any rights under the
constitution which the Governor is
bound to respect?" The Philadel
phia Inquirer says that the Governor
has defied Senator Penrose and the
North American appears to be thor
oughly satisfied thait the row is on
again.
There will probably be much dis
cussion of the subject later in the
week, when the situation develops
and Auditor General Snyder Is heard
from.
—The Penrose Interview, as quot
ed in the Ledger, is as follows; "I
expect that Auditor General Snyder,
after his speech in the Senate on the
subject, will refuse to approve the
pay warrants of these men and that
the case will be carried to a higher
court and the Governor defeated,"
added Mr. Penrose. "In all my ex
perience in state and national af
fairs, never have I known an execu
tive to attempt to override the law as
in this instance. President Wilson,
with all his defiance of Congress and
precedents, submitted to the law
time and time again and always
obeyed it, appointing, new men aftei
the Senate had refused the confirma
tion of his recommendations. Only
a few months ago President Wilson,
after the Senate' had rejected the
nomination of George Rublee, of
New Hampshire, for a position on
the Federal Trade Commission, made
another nomination, and this after
Congress had adjourned. The Penn
sylvania law on the subject of con
firmations, which gives the Governor
the right to appoint with the sanc
tion of the Senate, is copied identi
cally from the Federal provision, and
the precedents are the same."
—Judges of the various courts of
Pennsylvania will have to wait for
their salaries until Governor'Brum
baugh acts upon the general appro
priation bill, which was the last
measure passed by the Legislature
which adjourned in the early morn
ing hours of June 29. When the
emergency appropriation bill was
framed to pay the salaries of people
in the state departments it was ap
parently only made to cover the pay
of officials and attaches, or employes
of the state government. It amount
ed to almost $300,000, and was pro
posed because in years gone by when
an appropriation bill was late in be
ing passed and in being acted upon
people had to wait for weeks for
their pay, causing much Inconven
ience, The amount carried is held
at the Capitol to be only enough for
the state governmental people for
June and July. By August 1 the ap
propriation act will be in force.
—Selection of Senator W. M.
Lynch, of Lackawanna county, to be
superintendent of the state institu
tion at Farvlew, may raise a question
as to his right to accept the office,
which may also get into the courts.
The Senator is understood to have
resigned his senatorial seat, but
there are some here who are inclin
ed to believe that he is prevented
by the constitution from accepting
such an office during the term for
which he has been elected. The
whole question is whether the super
intendency Is a state office, and the
Auditor General will probably ask
the Attorney General for an opinion.
—August Beigle, former sheriff of
Carbon county, Is a candidate for
renominatlon on the Democratic
ticket and lias opposition, of course.
—The greatest inte'rest is being
shown throughout the state in the
election to be held by the Bethle
hems to-morrow on the question of
consolidating into a third-class city.
The two boroughs are in different
counties, but au enabling act was
passed by the Legislature. Suburbs
will be annexed and the steel city
will start off with 50,000 inhabitants.
The plan has been boosted by
Charles M. Schwab.
—Patrick P. Lynott, the Scranton
city treasurer, who died suddenly,
was well known here.
—Governor Brumbaugh has a
number of vacancies in county of
fices to fill. He will probably wait
until after he completes work on
legislation.
—K. W. Grantland, long connected
with the Philadelphia city govern
ment, has been made director of
surveys at $4,000 a year.
—Senator W. P. Graff, of Indiana,
has just bought 900 acres of coal
land in Westmoreland and adjoining
counties at SI,OOO per acre.
—Appointment of a burgess for
Columbia to succeed W. S. Detweiler,
who is in the National Guard, will
be made this week.
—Alvan Markle, coal operator,
hanker and chairman of the Public
Safety Committee of the Hazleton
district, has been named collector of
county taxes for Hazleton city by the
Luzerne commissioners. He will
turn over his entire commission,
nmounting to more than $5,000, to
the Red Cross and will make the col
lections through the Markle Banking
and Trust Company. There was a
hitter fight on between John Gough,
the old collector, and John Helferty
for the place, and the commissioners
reached a compromise by giving the
work to Mr. Markle.
Unheroic But Needed
The business of those who stay at
home, who neither fight nor direct, is
In one word—give. Spend wisely,
save steadily, give what you save. It
is unheroic, compared with bayonet
fighting; comfortable compared with
trench living; and safe. But it is
necessary. Just because we are
muddling now this war will cost us
all the more. Well, giv it; give it
freely, as it is asked; give It not as
you give to a beggar, but as you glvo
to your child. Give till it bites. Give
as they have given in Europe—ln
France in England, In Germany.—
Chicago Herald.
As in Much Greater Casep
"Johnny, It was very wrong for
you and tho boy next door to fight."
"We couldn't help it, father."
"Could you not have settled your
differences by a peaceful discussion
•of the matter, calling in the assist
ance of unprejudiced opinion, if
need be?"
"No, father. He was sure he could
whip me and I was sure I could whip
him, and there was only one way to
find out."—Washington, Star.
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EDITORIAL COMMENT J
One hopes that the British Govern
ment will not go In for reprisals,
as urged by a citizens' meeting in
London. Let Teutonia btar alone
the banner with the device we sug
gested a year or so ago: "Women
and children first!" Chicago i
Tribune.
Those suffragists who kicked u{> a
rumpus before the Russian Mission
in Washington must have made the
visitors homesick. Philadelphia
North American.
"Your Wilhelm," proposing with
"further aid from Almighty God" to
restore Humpty Dumpty Constan
tlne, Invoked the only Power that
could make It possible.—Wall Street
Journal.
King George must have welcomed
General Pershing's arrival in Eng
land. It's not often the King can
get his name and photograph on the
newspapers' front pages these days.
—Nashville Southern Lumberman.
Labor Notes
Paris has women letter carriers.
phlo had 114,567 Industrial acci
dents last year.
Japan will make a government
monopoly of Industrial Insurance.
Textile workers in Mexico have
received the eight-hour day.
Russian coal miners demand a
minimum of $125 a month.
Now Hampshire has passed a 54-
hour week law for women.
Carpenters at Newport News, Va,,
will get 25c a day more on Septem
ber 1.
An Initiative and referendum law
has been passed in Utah.
Cleveland upholsterers have se
cured a minimum of s2l a week.
New York city has nine evening
trade schools in operation.
One June 30,' 1916, Australia had a
total of 91,783 old-age pensioners.
Ontario, Canada, will employ at
least 6000 men after the war in build
Ing roads.
A workmen's compensation law Is
proposed in Brazil, S. A.
Bookbinders at Toronto, Canada,
have secured an increase of $4.50 a
week.
Wichita (Kan.) plasterers have In
creased wages 12% cents an hour.
Paper-mill workers at Oregon City,
Ore., have formed a union.
Carpenters' International has 1850
local unions and a total of 233,000
members.
Paisley (Scotland) printers have
been granted an Increase In pay of
75 cents a week.
The POL est Man
Vice-President Marshall declares
that the politest man lives in New
ark, O. Mr. Marshall made a cam
paign speech there list fall. When
he was about half through, a man
made his way quietly from the rear
of the room up to the edge of the
platform, waited until Mr. Marshall
uauned to swallow, at the end of a
paragraph, and then offered to shake
hands with the Vice-President.
"I'm sorry, but Til have to bid you
good night," the man said. "I've got
to go home now."—F. C. Keller In
Collier's Weekly.
United States Marines
U for the Union our patriots pride
N is for Never again to divide
I for Ideal; democracy's pledge
T is for Tried to the very war's edge
E stand for Everyone loyal and true
D for our Duty to the red, white and
blue.
S stand for Soldiers' and Sailors'
great fame
T Is our Trust In them, fearing no
shame
A for America's God given land
T stands for Truth that forever shall
stand.
E is for Eagef to do and to dare
S for her Safety from the enemies'
snare.
M for the Men that have sacrificed
all
A for quick Action In answering the
call
R Is for Right which Is greater than
might
I means Immediately ready to fight
N for the Noble hearts, sturdy and
brave
E for the Emblem whose honor we'll
save
S for the Stars and Stripes, long may
they wave.
—Miss Blanche Miller, Marietta,
July 6.
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FAMOUS AMERICAN FLAG '
EVER since the first, flag was
made In Philadelphia, In 1777,
flags of renown have been
floated on the breeze. Some of
these have happily been preserved
to awaken feeling of patriotism and
devotion in the hearts of all who
view them.
Chief of all the distinguished his
toric flags of our country now In
existence, Is probably that revered
and tattered flag which is treasured
by the state of Maryland. This flag's
record is authentic. It was carried
as the regimental flag of the Third
Maryland Regiment under Col. John
E. Howard at the Battle of Cow
pens, S. C., in January, 1778, by Wil
liam Bachelor, color bearer, wno,
when wounded, was sent to his home
in Baltimore, taking the flag with
him, which he' had carried, it is
stated, at the battles on Long Island
and Harlem Heights, and the several
subsequent engagements in which
the Maryland regiments took part in
New York state.
The flag was treasured by the fam
ily after the death of Bachelor and
carried by his son, William, of the
Twenty-seventh Regiment, Maryland
militia, at the battle of North Point.
Later the younger Bachelor carried
the flag in parades and functions
of the .Old Defenders' Association, to
which society the flag was be
queathed and which presented it lo
the state of Maryland at Annapolis
on October 19, 1907.
Another venerable flag claims the
honor of being the oldest American
flag in existence. This flag, It is
stated, was carried by John Paul
Jones on the Bonhomme Richard In
Outlook Is Optimistic
The American Contractor In its is
sue of July 7, in describing: the
"Building Outlook" says:
There are two factors which prac
tically control the building situation
and prospects. First, the degree of
activity in general manufacturing
and trading. Second, those influences
which tend especially to stimulate
construction. In forming his outlook,
iierefore, the reader should first In
quire regarding the volume of busi
ness as a whole. On this point, cer
tainly, all indications are most favor
able. Except in the actual regions of
combat, war invariably results in an
enormous amount of business. Tho
present war has an unusually strong
tendency in this direction, because it
Is essentially an industrial war, to a
degree never before equaled in his
tory.
Not one businessman In ten here
in the United States has yet realized
the prodigious demands which will
be made upon war facilities of pro
duction and distribution. The only
limiting factors are workmen and
materials.
Some idea of the rush of industry
in coming months is given by the fact
that within the space of thirty days
over half a billion of dollars of cap
ital was involved in the chartering of
new concerns in the United States.
This surpasses even the record
breaking boom of 1916. It is simply
inconceivable that this Immense pro
duction now In view will not be ac
companied by a proportionate degree
of activity in the building trades.
This second point to consider is
whether there arc specific causes
operating to give a particular Im
petus to building lines as distin
guished from Industrial and commer
cial activity in general.
Dissipation of George
"My dear, you mustn't let anybody
read that letter from cousin George
at the front. I'm surprised that he'd
write such things."
"What's the matter with his let
ter? It's mighty interesting."
"Some parts of It are, but his con
fessions of his disgraceful conduct
are dreadful. I wouldn't for the
world have anyone know of his do
ings."
"I don't get you at all."
"You don't? Didn't you read that
part of his letter where he says he
was out with a British tank last
night, and th*y rolled all over the
place?"-—Detroit Free Press.
Domestic Indignation
"I Just can'fc get along with my
husband, and that's all there Is to it,"
remarked the square Jawed woman.
"I understand you begged him
with tears In your eyes not to go Into
the army If he could posslbl? avoid
it."
"I did talk rather sentimentally
about the fear of losing him. And he
made my affection an excuse to put
up such an argument for exemption
that they 11 probably let him out. I've
got to look forward to having a
slacker sitting around the house all
through the war!" —-From theWash
i tngton Star.
the famous battle with the British
frigate Serapls, on September 3,
1779. The flag has thirteen stars.
Hanging from the walls of the
National Museum Is the most distin
gushed of "bur distinguished flags—
the Star Spangled Banner which
floated over Fort McHenry, Mary
land, during the British attack in
September, 1814, and on seeing
which during the battle Francis
Scott Key (held on one of the Brit
ish ships) wrote the famous song of
that name. This flag was made by
Mrs. Mary Pickersgill and her as
sistants, at what is known as the
Baltimore Flag House, and measures
26 by 36 feet.
In the battle one of the stars was
shot away by the British. The ban
ner was preserved by Major George
Armistead, the valiant commander
of Fort McHenry, and after his death
by his daughter, Mrs. Eben Apple
ton, who presented it to the National
Museum with the condition that the
flag should never, be removed for
exhibition elsewhere.
The youngest among distinguished
flags is that which was made in the
old Flag House, Philadelphia, in
1915. Each of the stars In this nota
ble flag was supplied by the Gover
nor of on© of the states of the
Union. The flag was unfurled at the
official opening of the Panama Canal
In 1915. It was released by Presi
dent Woodrow Wilson, who pressed
an electric button sending it to the
breeze. At the same time "The Star
Spangled Banner" was sung In al
most every town and city of the
United States, sending a thrill of pa
triotic impulse over the nation. —J.
A. Stewart, In the Living Church.
Give Until It Hurts
The motto of the patriotic women
of Canada, who are doing all they
can to help win the war, is: "Give
until it hurts."
That would be a good motto for
every citizen of the United States to
adopt. It is the only true measure
of patriotism in a time like the pres
ent.
Giving what is only "convenient,"
or giving merely what one can "af
ford," without entailing a single
hardship is not the kind of patriot
ism that wins wars like this one.
The young men who go to France:
the mothers who part with their
sons; the wives who part with their
husbands arc all giving until It hurts.
The war will not be won without
naany being hurt, but the number
hurt at the front will be far less if
those who stay at home adopt the
motto of the women of Canada:
Give until It hurts. —Kansas City
Star.
Among the Benefits
We are informed y the always
reliablo metropolitan press that be
fore the war ends the men folks will
wear soft collars, because the starch
supply will be reserved entirely for
food purposes. We are hoping it Is
true. ,
There may be a man here and
there who really likes to wear a
starched collar. Accurate statistics
(any old guess Is as accurate as some
statistics) show that 99.5 Per cent of
the men wear starched collars only
because such collars have come to
be a sort of badge of gentility. Popu
lar opinion has come to consider a
man something of an old slouch If
he neglects to encase his neck in a
starched nuisance on public occas
ions. The starched collar is really
not a badge of anything except that
the wearer put up with whatever is
customiUjyj^^ovlrujton^RejMJbllcaiv
CROP PEST LETTER
By Prof. J. O. Sanders. State
Economic Zoologist
HORSE BOT FLY
Untold suffering, reduced effi-.
ciency and many deaths of horses
arc caused by attacks of horse
bot flies. Few people realize how
many horses are aflfecttd by
these pests, which attach them
selves as larvae or maggots to
the Inner wall of the stomach,
where they remain for the greater
part of a year. The stomach walls
are often so thickly studded with
the maggots, as large as a lead
pencil in diameter, that digestion
is seriously impaired.
Tho adult Is a large tawny fly,
which lays yellow eggs on the
horses' legs. These eggs are
licked oft by the horses, and
quickly hatch, the tiny maggots
attaching themselves finally to the
stomach walls, and grow rapidly.
Control Is easy. At least once
a day rub down the horses' lrgs
with an oily cloth Kerosene
lightly applied la beat, but too
much may injure the hair.
JULY 9, 1917.
The Trouble Song
Trouble, trouble, trouble
Come on ever' han'!
Please God, de yethquake's
Swallerln' de lan!
Dey better fall ter prayln'
Whilst It's time ter fall,
No groun' ter pray on
W'en de yethquake swaller all!
Dey better stop an' lisscn
Ter what de Good Book say:
War time an' yethquakes,
An' den come Jedgment Day!
Dey better fall ter prayin'
Fo' de mountains 'gin ter fall!
No groun' ter pray on
W'en de yethquake swaller all!
—Frank L. Stanton in the Atlanta
Constitution.
Didn't Hang All
The task of forming an acceptable
cabinet in Austria seems to be hope
less. Germany hung 30,000 Poles,
but that was not all of them.—
Savannah News.
OUR DAILY LAUGH |
WOULDN'T EAT HXM.
Rabbit—Why do you admire the
elephant so much?
Duck —Because he's a vegetarian,
that's why)
SINKS RAPIDLY.
"What is a sinking fund, Johnny?"
"Pa's bank account when the bill*
tn rum# In-"
KEEN ADVICE.
"I'm so anxious to reduce before
real hot weather comes."
"Why don't you goNorth—lt would
be much easier than reducing?"
POOR TENANTS.
Bug Landlord—Drat those Apple
worms, they've skipped their rent
and eaten half tha house besides!
BAD
"?lr's a gt*t rftader."
"Of what"
•••Gas met era."
jlEtontng CHlfat
The "war portion" is due to make
Its appearance in Harrisburg this
week. It has turned up in the res
taurants in a number of other cities
of the state and from all accounts
is working well. A war order is
"Just enough," in the language of a
man who has been studying the food
problem. In quite a number of place*
a regular order is a good size, eipe
clally if it happens to be an artiet
on which the price has been ad
vanced lately. The idea in the "war
order" is to give enough to sustain
without overloading. The average
man eats too much anyway, especial-,
ly in the middle of the day, say men
who conduct eating places in Har
risburg. In talking about "war por
tions" one restaurateur, who ha*
had much experience here, said thaA
it would result in popularizing th£
'Plate luncheon." This is nothing
more or less than a modified Amer
ican plan dinner, something akin to
the "businessman's luncheon." It has
been tried here from time to time
and in some cafes has been popular,
but there has been a sameness about
it that has caused it to be abandon
fu' that the men who provide
the food in Harrisburg ai commen
cing to use more gray matter they
will probably work out some attract
ive combinations such as an all
vegetable plate luncheon, orders with
fi. °' me 4' and some salad and
the like. It is surprising what can
be furnished for a small sum when
thought is given to it and how
quickly the public will take to nov
elties and then accept them as reg
ular things. Harrisburg is singu
larly well situated as to food. It is
in an agricultural community; gets
s?i*?iw V ?f tern meat ; Ib a center for
distribution of "garden sass," an.
has many war gardens, while its
proximity and good train servide
from Baltimore enable it to have
fish and shellfish that are excellent,
"hen, too. It Is held by some men
who have studied the food conditions
here that Harrisburg people do not
realize the unusual fruit stores with
in a few miles of the city and that
they let much go by their homes to
New York and Philadelphia and then
buy it back again. There are no:
many cities so favorably situated af
to food supplies as Harrisburg, and
that is probably the reason why
more thought has not been given to
it, although it must b e admitted that
when it comes to prices some of the
restaurants In Harrisburg know how
to charge and charge well.
• • •
Some time ago reference was made
to quail being heard around Reser
voir and Paxtang Parks and alont
parkways and the Riverside Road
In the last few days men who hav
garden patches in the outlying: dW
tricts and yet within the city sas
that they have heard the birds in thf
morning close to the built-up part;
of the city. The quail has a stronf
leaning toward the potatobug as
an article of diet and If the birds an
as numerous as they are said to b<
it will be a blessing for owners oi
"war gardens," practically all o
which have potatoes.
*• * *
Speaking of potatoes, a couple oi
men who attended Saturday market!
here were inquiring of provisior
dealers as to the rate for potatoei
and one of them let drop that h<
had agreed to sell all „of his crop thl;
year to an aprent for a commission
merchant at SI.BO a bushel. How
ever, he said that he had not re
ceived any money down and his let
tprs to the address given had no
brought any replies. "The potatoei
will be coming along pretty soor
and there will be lots of them,
am wondering how I am tied ufcj
said one man. The other said tha
if the farmer was "tied up" he be
lieved the agent was too, and offeree
to bet that the agent would not bi
around.
With the organization of the vari
ous motor truck companies now un
der way. throughout the state anr
the formation of the military policy
of the division, authorized last weeV
and now almost ready for Federa
inspection, the tactical formation o
the Pennsylvania, division will b<
about complete. The Federal Gov
ernment has ordered numerous ad
ditional units which are being mus
tered into guard service and it ha
entailed an immense amount o
work. The military police will be ii
charge of Majors J. Franklin Mc
Fadden and J. Clyde Miller, and wil
be composed of Philadelphia aw
Pittsburgh policemen. The trucl
companies are nearly all made up o
chauffeurs and the business branche
of the service are being made up o
men with business training.
There is one thing that will causi
a man to be jumped on in Harris
burg- with alacrity and It will brini
drastic treatment second only to ai
Insult to the flag or some unpatri
otic remarks. It is mussing up i
garden. This was discovered on Sat
urday evening when a couple of mei
loaded down with pay and rum un
dertook to take a short cut acros
some lots fn the Hill district whicl
had been planted with potatoes
They had undertaken to cross "wa
gardens," and in less time than i
takes to tell it men who had beei
bending their backs and energies t
get the potatoes growing were oi
their trail. The offenders did no
realize what they had done an
apologies and offers to have damag
paid for saved them from some livel
treatment.
* * *
The approach of the time for mo
bilization of the National Guard I
causing a tremaidous amount o
work to be done by the officers of th
state's military establishment. Al
though yesterday was Sunday ther
was much activity about the Adju
tant General's- office and at. the arse
nal and other places connected wit'
the military end there were als
men on duty.
W&L KNOWN PEOPLE
—Col. M. p. Brown, the new com
mander of the First Infantry, is
son of Wilson H. Brown, promUiac
Philadelphian.
—Major J. Clyde Miller, formert
In the National Guard, will return k
the service in the Second Brigade
—The Rev. Dr. Luther Freemai
Pittsburgh clergyman, la home froi
a tour of the western states.
—Richard T. Cook, Phlladelphl
banker, has gone to New Hatapshir
for the summer.
—Congressman John M. Rose, 4
Johnstown, has sold his residence T
the Knights of Columbus of thi
city.
—E. T. Stotesbury, Phlladelpht
financier, has made a speech evei
Sunday for the last Ave weeks t
flagraisings.
| DO YOUKNOW
That Harrisburg's river dun Is
being copied in half a dozen
place* In eastern states?
HISTORIC HARR/ISBtTRG
The first schools In Harrlstrai
were held In taverns and warehous<
i along the River Front, with volui
i teer teachers.