14 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded iSji Published eveniags except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRIXTING CO.. Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACKPOLE.Prrj'F & Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. OUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. A Member American VI Newspaper Pub ' lishers' Associa- JsSssspwr'SSJl tlon, the Audit I Bureau of Circu lation and Penn- SfilSSfisM H sylvania Associ ated Dallies. £3 CSS 3 Eastern office, EfiSfSlM Story, Brooks & fiSS £ 553 Finley, Fifth _ Avenue Building^ Gas^^BuHlflng. Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as s ;cond class matter. By carriers, ten cents a week; by mall, J5.00 a year in advance. FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 13, 1917 And the King shall answer and say | unto them, Verily I say unto you. inasmuch as ye did it unto one o/ these my brethren, even these least, ye did it unto me. — MATT. 25:40. ADMITTING THE FALSEHOOD FROM time to time the Depart ment of Commerce has made admissions which show the fal lacy of the tariff act of 1913. Re cently one more deception of the 1918 campaign has been acknowl edged the negro colonization charge. In lurid headlines the admin istration publicity bureau insinuated that thousands of colored men from the South were being shipped into close northern States for the purpose of carrying those States Repub lican. Recently Secretary of Labor Wil- | eon sent a southern college presi dent on a special mission through the South to investigate the facts. Undoubtedly he is a "deserving Democrat," but he has told the truth in a statement of his findings. He says: "To my mind the migration of the negro to the north is purely an economic problem. Migration by no means has been confined to the poor er classes of negroes. The majority of the migrants have been young | negroes." But the administration cast a smirch upon the reputations of Re publican leaders in the northern States—an injury for which there is no recourse. The fake had its effect at the election. And now the truth is told after the ill-gotten votes have been counted. SOLVING THE HOUSE PROBLEM THE crying need of Harrishurg is 1 houses to lease at rentals not I beyond the purse of the average ! family. The population is increasing far more rapidly than new houses are being erected to meet the demand created thereby. This may be dem- 1 onstrated by the infrequency of the "for rent" signs about the streets or by consultation with any real estate agency. The unwillingness of men to invest in this type of structure is : said to be largely the high prices of materials and the increased wages, for labor, but as there Is little chance of these conditions being overcome and as wages are up and most like ly to stay up, (must stay up, in fact, so long as the cost of living continues to advance) some way out of the dif ficulty must be found. The American City of current is- | sue contains an account of how the : house problem is being solved in Wil- } liamsport that might be adapted to the needs of this city. The Williamsport Improvement Company has been organized by the Board of Trade of that city with an authorized capital of $1,000,000. Its purpose is to conduct real estate op perations in Williamsport of what ever nature may be considered to be for the best interest of the city. The immediate reason for the formation ; of the company is that increased housing facilities will be required by established manufacturers, and that' It is believed the company will be a valuable working partner with the commercial organization in providing manufacturing sites and workmen's homes for new industries in Wil liamsport. The Improvement Company will' endeavor to erect substantial and at- j tractive houses upon terms which ; will enable people to live comfort- i ably at moderate cost. With low-! cost, comfortable living conditions,! the organizers of this enterprise be- ! lieve that they will be able to attract and hold a better class of people than otherwise, and this will be an im-1 portant factor in the future Indus- 1 trial growth of the city. The com pany also intends to encourage and fOßter land and building improve ments of a character that will cause the rapid and substantial growth of, the city. To make certain that the benefits will inure to the public, divi dends upon the capital stock will be limited to six per cent, per annum,! accumulative. A tract of land containing approxi mately thirty-seven acres has been purchased as the site for the indus trial village. It is planned to subdi vide it into building lots, streets, parkways, school grounds, a play ground. a mercantile district and manufacturing sites. Of the authorized capital of 1,000,- 000 of the 'WiUlamsport Improve ment Company, at least $500,000 in bona tide subscriptions was required to make all the subscriptions bindinir. FRIDAY EVENING, ' The stock-selling campaign continu ! Ed for one week, at the end of which time more than the necessary $500,- , 000 had been subscribed by over 900 public-spirited citizens. Harrisburg could do as much if the effort were made, and some such en terprise may be found advisable un less conditions Improve within the coming year. t WORTHY Or HIS HIRE TIE farmer has responded most patriotically to the appeal of President Wilson for more crops. He has added a billion bushels to the grain yield of the country for the year. Now the government should see to it that he is not robbed of his profits by unscrupulous speculators. The farmer is worthy of his hire. No body begrudges him the profits that has hard labor yields. The public does not object to paying proper prices for food stuffs if they know the farm er gets the money, but they do ob ject if the bulk of the price goes to the provision barons whose whole in tent is to fatten their own pocket books. Price regulation should in the first place assure the farmer a fair re turn for his wares and, secondly, lower living costs to the consumer. SECRETARY BAKER'S BUSINESS SPEAKING in connection with the "leak" which permitted German U-boats to attempt an attack upon the transports which carried Pershing's expeditionary force, Secretary Baker says it is not the business of his department to censor the cable dispatches which go i from this country to Europe. Why not? It used to be. In 1898, when the war with Spain broke out, one of the first things President Mc- Kinley did was to summon General Greely, then chief signal officer of the army, and give him orders to sta tion his men in every cable office of the country to see to it that no news was sent out of the country that would be of information or benefit to the enemy. What was the business of the War Department nineteen years ajjo is surely as much the War Depart ment's business now. A BIASED BULLETIN THE "Official Bulletin," publish ed by the government at the ex pense of all the people, men and women alike, contains g.n argument against the methods of those women who are urging upon the President their right of suffrage. Thus the women who want the campaign for equal suffrage contin ued are taxed to pay for the pub lication of arguments against their own convictions. The Congressional Record may contain one-sided arguments, paid for by the public, but the Record is open for the presentation of both sides of any question. In this respect it differs from the "Official Bulletin." There may be a difference of opt ion as to the merits of equal suffrage, but there ought not be any difference as to the evil of public maintenance of an organ whose columns are open to the advocates of only one side of a public issue. UNFAIR WARTIME PRICES PRESIDENT WILSON under stands that he has assumed a difficult task in adjusting war time prices for materials at a figure that will save the public from ex travagant contracts and protect the interests of the owners of industries and wage-earners who depend upon them for a livelihood, while keeping the production up to the full capac ity required by the occasion. It is difficult to believe there is any truth in the charges the Presi dent voices when he says: I hear it insisted that more than a Just price, more than a price that will sustain our indus tries. must be paid; that it is nec essary to pay very liberal and un usual profits in order to "stimu late" production: that nothfng hut pecuniary rewards will do it—re wards paid in monev, not in the mere liberation of the world. I take it for granted that those who argue thus do not stop to think what that means. The businessman that will pause in his duty to the Government to exact his pound of flesh at this crisis is a traitor to the cause as much as though he had turned a gun upon a United States soldier, for every de lay or overcharge at this time means the sacrifice of brave men along the fighting front. The President well defines what he terms a "just price" in the second paragraph of his proclamation to the public, in which he says: A just price must, of course. be paid for everything the govern ment buys. By a Just price I mean a price which will sustain the in dustries concerned in a high state of efficiency, provide a living for those who conduct them, enable them to pay good wages and make possible the expansions of their enterprises which will from time ' to time become necessary as the stupendous undertakings of this great war develop. We could not wisely, reasonably do less than pay such prices. They are neces sary for the maintenance and de velopment of industry and are necessary for the great task we have in hand. In support of this price policy the President will have back of him the whole country. But disputes over prices are not the only cause of pro crastination at Washington. Politi cal bickering over the food control hill, the petty Quarreling of depart ment heads among themselves, the growing differences between all manner of boards of experts and ever-increasing confusion where there should be the closest co-ordi nation of effort are rapidly nearing the exploding point. The situation demands a firm hand and decisive action. Much has been accomplished since war has been declared, It is true, but much more could be ac complished, and our great task im measureably lessened if there was less of politics and more of patriot- Urn at th national ca.nit.aJ. R F>OTIUC* IK 'Pe-KKOI JJBJCCKUC By the Ex-Committeeman Xext to the controversies raging on Capitol Hill about the right of the Governor to reappoint rejected officials and whether Ex-Auditor General A. W. Powell took papers or had taken papers to which he had no right, the most interesting situation in State politics to-day is over the United States District At torneyship for Eastern Pennsylva nia. There is a fight going on against Francis Fisher Kane, the present in cumbent, which rather indicates that the Pennsylvania Democracy is no moro harmonious now than it was two years ago and that when it comes down to loaves and fishes the Democrats can be depended upon to have a fight. Mr. Kane is a partisan of the re organization faction of the Democ racy and it is charged that he has been Interested in political questions, while charges have also been filed against him at Washington by H. D. Westcott. a lawyer with influen tial connections, who has voiced what ho terms general dissatisfac tion with Kane. The reorganization people, however, are standing be hind Kane and it is believed they will pull him through. —The reappointments of Collector >f the Port William H. Berry and ither federal officials at Washlng on are taken to mean that the hold if the present Democratic machine ipon the affections of the President vlll not he easily shaken. The na ional administration still believes hat Pennsylvania can be made Democratic in Wilson's time and It s disposed to give its henchmen obs. —There are signs, however, that here will he some rows raised over lostmasterships which are due to be Hied soon. In some places the Dem )crats, fearing that there will not ie "a next time" for a long while ire rather ardent for rotation in ifflce. —The Schuylkill County Repuh tcan committee yesterday re-elect •d Resident Clerk William S. is its chairman and chose T. J. Svans and C. T. Straughn as secre aries. The meeting was largely at ended and there were no oppo itlon votes to the re-elections. The ommittee endorsed Judge C.. E. Merger. Governor Rrumbiugh's ap >ointee, for election and also en lorsed Judge O. H. Bechtel, a Dem icrat. for re-election. —lt Is said that John F. Whalen ias developed Judicial aspirations in Schuylkill county. • | —Three Republican magistrates in Philadelphia whose terms expire are Charles r. R. Vkinson Costello and William .1. Tracev. Cos tello. -who is a Vare lieutenant, was appointed by Governor Brumbaugh to fill a vacancy. The Vares are said to be anxious to have him succeed himself. Tracey and Rooncv are also expected to become candidates to succeed themselves. —National Committeeman A. Mitchell Palmer has ceased to be first page news ir. relation to con scription ind exemption beards since he showed signs of desiring to avoid duty on the exemption board for his district. Some of his attacks on the Governor have been ignored by Democratic newspapers. —C. W. Terwiller, well known in Scranton political affairs and for years connected with the city gov ernment, has been made collector of county taxes in Scranton. •—Testerday was the first day opon which nominating petitions could be circulated for county and municipal nominations, and. from all accounts there was much doing in the State. —The Philadelphia Record ap pears to be fairly interested in the crusade against Francis Fisher Kane. Russia's Progress The United States has received two encouraging reports from Rus sia this week which con.firm us in our confidence that the democratic administrators of affairs in that country are not only making pro gress in efficiency but have already attained a degree of authority* and unification of public support highly gratifying uncVer difficult circum stances. The revolutionists came into power In mid-March, or less than four months ago. They had not only to uproot the bureaucracy and establish a democratic government, but to reform the army and navy in the midst of war. while the agents of an unscrupulous and re sourceful enemy labored with every device at their hand to bring dis aster upon the new administration. The task might well have discour aged the most ardent patriots; it merely stimulated the Russian lead ers to prodigious labors in behalf of their design. They swept out the old and corrupt Government, brought order out of chaos, adjust ed the differences between radicals and conservatives, put the military upon a new and sounder basis and began the internal changes that are essential to success and solidity. How grave were the problems to be solved is obvious. Yet Mr. Root, whose capacity of judgment is un questioned. and whoso moderation of .statement will not be disputed now informs us that there is "no in curable malady in the Russian de mocracy" and that "the solid, admi rable traits in the Russian character will pull the nation through the present crisis." Mr. Root reminds his fellow countrymen that "demo cracies are always in. trouble," a truth democrats are liable to for get as they watch the struggles of other peoples striving for self-rule. —Now York Sun. Never Too Old to Learn The story of the 60-year-old man who recently enrolled in the Sum mer Uw School at. the University of Michigan is capped by that of the man of even greater age—William McK. Brittain—who at the recent commencement of the College of the City of New York received the degree of bachelor of arts and won honors in addition. At Michigan, the mother of a young woman who took the same degree, in June had attended lectures regularly through the year. She asked for no credits, was not aiming at a degree, studied for the pure pleasure of achieve ment. It is a matter of record that a woman of nearly 8n matriculated at the University, of Wisconsin sev eral years ago. Fifty years ago a woman who desired to enter an ad vanced school was advised that she was "too old" for the work at 43. Reminding "th head" that Queen Victoria learned Hindustani at a greater age did not win a more fav orable answer. That could not happen to-day. Educational doors do not close because of the vears. —From the Detroit Press. The Soldier When .he leaves for battle, Cheer htm on the way. Weep for him to-morrow, " Smile for him to-day. When he falls in battle Hf~> of the fray. Smile for him to-morrow. Weep fop him to-day. - —Mo.La.niibiirh Wilann. HARRIS BURG TELEGRAPH ( MOVIE OF A MOTORIST ENJOYING A MEAL IN TOWN By BRIGGSI V . ; r~- 7~1 \ * MOP f rJ °- | | IP I ITS A FiiOt \ BOJJV ST£AIS ,-j-, AGA.NST CONUErOIEMCE THE CAR / £c u2T 1b i To HA.VE- a / \ WHILE u)E.Afte/ ' . iHt -* W '° / , C * R A "° \ I ^ 6 / o^-me curb/ ' MOTOR POUUO \ i y f TH . S / \ TEM / , iy y i^ T6 iy v / \ V f HURR.V Up A I SURP^EP 7 f /OH n Urss^H /ARE THE BET Thfißß'A A . c _ - - I V / H6Rc J Effective Reply to Palmer ' Actions speak louder than words, 1 and the attempt of A. Mitchell Pal-! mer to create a controversy over the • personnel of the army exemption boards has been effectively answer- : ed by his own appointment as a member of one of those boards. It is difficult to believe that there was political favoritism in these selec tions, and the announcement that Mr. Palmer and Vance McCormick,, chairman of the National Democra tic Committee, are'to be members of district boards to hear appeals from local boards in the matter of army exemptions will satisfy reason able persons that there has been no desire to inject factional or parti san considerations into a matter that calls for the highest patriotism. The work of these boards will be diffi cult and delicate, and we predict that if Mr. Palmer gives the task the time and attention it deserves he will have all that he can attend to, and will have little opportunity for find ing fault with others who are de voting themselves to the business of assisting and upholding the govern ment in the important enterprise upon which it has embarked. This is no time for petty faultfind ing, and above all it is no time for playing the small sort of politics which goes unrebuked when condi tions are noi-mal and when most peo ple are disposed to be indifferent or tolerant to the antics of the pro fessional politician. Even the most optimistic realize that we have a gigantic task on hand. Universal military service is a new and un tried thing in the United States, and the husiness of putting it into prac tice calls for patience and ability and patriotism. Even with the best in tentions there are bound to be some heartburnings, and for this reason it behooves those who claim to be leaders to devote themselves to it intelligently and in the broadest pos sible spirit. The high character of most of the men who have been se lected by the Governor for the ex emption hoards is a guarantee that the work will be done as well as may be possible under the circumstances, and it is the duty of all good citi zens to co-operate with these men in trying to make the business har monious and successful. —Philadel- phia Inquirer. Park Extension Assured Governor Brumbaugh's announce ment of his approval of the bill ap propriating *350,000 for the im provement and extension of the Capitol Park means that this most important work is assured and that it will be completed before the next assembling of the Legislature. It will be a good thing for the city of Harrisburg. but in a larger sense it will be a highly desirable thing for the State of Pennsylvania. The new Capitol building is one of the finest in the United States, and there is every reason why it should have an adequate and dignified set ting. The time for securing this is the present, when it is possible to get the needed property at a reason able price, and not in the future, when it becomes expensive, if not prohibitive. If the same plan had been adopted with our City Hall it might now be surrounded on all sides by a great plaza, instead of be. ing hemmed in on three sides by towering skyscrapers, which give the building an unsightly and squatty appearance. We have heard a great deal about the scandal In connection with the furnishing of the Capitol, but \Ve have not heard much about the building itself, which is a worthy architectural ornament to the Com monwealth. and which was finished at less cost than was estimated, and without the taint of graft or corrup tion in any form. It is a building in which all Pennsylvanians have a right to feel a just pride, and it is eminently fitting that it should have an environment that will show its beauties off to advantage. This is precisely what is aimed at by the bill providing for the park extension, and when the work is fin ished there is every reason for be lieving that it will be a source of satisfaction to citizens and visitors who may have occasion to visit Har risburg. A thing that is worth do ing at all is worth doing well, and that seems to be the object of the legislation so far as the Capitol Park is concerned.—Philadelphia Inquirer. A Real Curiosity The showman was exhibiting a very small skull, which he said was the headpiece of the great Oliver Cromwell. "This skull is much too small to be the skull of a man," said one patron, indignantly. "It can onlv be the skull of a little boy. Tou'r'e a fraud!" The showman did not lose his nerve at this, but replied with dig nity: "You are right—it is not the skull of a man, hut that of Cromwell when he wa a small lad." —New York Globe. HOW ADVERTISING HELPS THE No. I—RETAIL ADVERTISING By P. S. FLOREA, Secretary-Manager Associated Advertising Clubs of the World WITHIN two or three weeks, re-. cently, two important thing.-*' happened in the advertising 1 profession, and they such a di rect and important bearing upon the interest of the public that they will j be found of interest to everyone who ! must buy things and that of course, 1 means all of us. The first of those two was a deci sion on the part of the Associated Advertising Clubs of the World to make a most searching investigation into the relationship between adver tising and the cost of living, and the other was the adoption by the com mittee in charge of building the pro gram for the great annual convention of the Associated Advertising Clubs, in St. Louis, June 3 to 7, of the slo gan "Avertislng Lowers Cost of Dis tribution." The Underlying Thought Only a few people know, perhaps, that the entire advertising club movement has been built upon the proposition that advertising can only grow—in fact, that It can only sur vive—as it benefits the public; and that the whole great movement known as the Associated Advertising Clubs has as its very foundation the thought of making advertising even a greater economic force than it has been. Advertising men have known that advertising reduces the cost of manu facturing things, and that it brings Earth Gives Bounty Soldiers of the commissary on the ' farms of the country have made a noble response to the call to duty. Just as the people came forward j with their dollars and vastly over- i subscribed the Liberty Loan, and as the young men of the nation stood j up without flinching to be counted! for the draft, so have the farmers ■ done their share in helping on the work of preparedness. Monday's , crop report, revealing the extent to which the agricultural .products of the United States have been aug- I mented under the pressure of neces sity und in answer to the President's summons to national patriotism, tar exceeds the most sanguine expecta- 1 tions. Should all go well when the har vests are' all in we shall be in a far | better position to meet the necessi- ; ties of our Allies than was thought possible a few months ago, and at the same time have ample provision for our own needs. This is pro- j vided, always, that the optimistic crop report shall not blind the peo ple to the fact that economy in consumption, scrupulous care to put j an end to criminal waste and a radical improvement in methods of i distribution are none the less the imperative necessity of the hour. The very abundance of the harvest in grains and vegetables creates new complications which will have to be faced.—Philadelphia Ledger. Hold Dutch Ships England has refused guarantee for safe passage to some forty Dutch l ships in American ports that loaded up and counted upon getting out of the country before the food embargo went Into effect. These ships should i be Jield hero by the English refusal j to give safe passage until after the i law goes into operation. Then the' shipments should be subjected to the license conditions. If there were any ! proof necessary to show that the 1 Dutch have been feeding the Ger mans out of all proportion to the | amount of foodstuffs sent England.: despite the reciprocal agreement, it would be furnished to the figures j from London, derived from the off'- 1 cial Dutch reports. These reports show that during the first quarter of, 1917 the dairy exports to Germany i were: Butter, 1,847 metric tons: j cheese, 9,216 tons; eggs, 3,443 tons ! Total, 14,508 tons. The exports to i England were: Butter, 531 tons; cheese. 3.493 tons; eggs, 593 tons.: Total, 4,617 tons. Germany received 138.363 tons of the Dutch dairy products last year, while England received 9,758 tons, j Germany got 122.009 tons of pota toes from Holland last year, while l England received 49,314 tons. If the United States is to be flrrn 1 in its attitude, it needs to begin at' once. But it cannot hold the ships ! or control the cargoes. England, by 1 the attitude it has assumed, can do ; so, and the United States can give it | support. Holland is far from starv- ) Ing, notwithstanding the professions 1 to that effect made by It. The voice j down selling costs, both as this has to do with the manufacturer and the retailer. They propose now to gather information, classify it in the form of definite evidence and haVe it ready for presentation. For the purposes of this article and one that is to follow, I shall consider only the influence of advertising .>n retailing, and will show some of the ways in which it brings down the cost of doing business, to the benefit of the public as well as the business man. Clerks Sell More Goods Without advertising, a merchant can eventually build a reputation for his store among those who chance to came into it and among their friends, so that they will have confidence in him and in his clerks or salespeople, so that they will buy goods more readily, having greater confidence. But that takes years and years. Through advertising, salespeople sell more goods in a given number of hours because, through advertis ing, the merchant has made the pub lic know that it is safe to buy from him, and the salespeople do not have to argue the merits of the goods. All wool is all wool and fast colors are fast. The simple result is that each salesperson sells rftore goods in a given number of hours and his or her salary is distributed over a great er number of sales so that the cost of i selling the goods is actually reduced. is the voice of Holland, but the hand j is the hand of Germany.—Baltimore American. Styles in Literature Old fashioned literature, "The Reveries of a Bachelor." New stylo i literature, "The Revelations of a ; Wife." —From the Louisville Courier ; Journal. Crisis in Germany The temper of the people is re- I fleeted in the morale of the army which is lighting with little of its former vigor and elan, as recent re sults on both the eastern and west -1 ern fronts show. So long as a de ; cisive German victory seemed prob able or possible, the German troops i hesitated at no sacrifice, but that spirit grows weaker and weaker. A whole people Cannot be indefinitely deceived as to the prospects of vic tory in war. While the German troops were winning success after success the German people were ca pable of believing anything that their rulers told them; but it is different when the war takes a definite defen sive turn and the enemy returns to i the assault with new vigor and assur ance. | No other country is f> susceptible 'to psychological manipulation as Germany, but there are limits to the German capacity for unquestioned belief, and it has been evident from the German press that those limits have been reached. As the eco nomic and military pressure in ' creases popular unrest wilt increase, regardless. of political palliatives i adopted by the Kaiser and his ad mirers. Germany is already beaten in this war, so far as the original objects of the conflict are concerned, and the German people are beginning to , realize it. When they thoroughly understand it peace will not be far distant.—New York World. CROP PEST LETTER I By Prof. J. G. Sanders, State I Economic Zoologist CORN EAR WORM Sweet corn and field corn ears I j are Injured and fouled by a dark I striped "worm" making them un- | I fit for use and causing much loss I , to growers. The parent moth of I this smooth caterpillar lays its I i eggs on the silks of the corn,, where on hatching, the tiny "worms" begin to feed and work ! their way into the developing ear. Control is fairly simple and consists of a dnst application by i blowing powdered arsenate of lead, three parts, and powdered j sulphur, one part on the corn as s soon as the silks are showing 1 fully. The corn silk Is slightly , sticky and holds the powder ap i plication very well. One appllca j tion at the right time may be sufficient. JULY 13, 1917. Labor Notes Plans whereby wages, hours and conditions of all iron trade crafts along the Pacific coast may be equalized are under consideration. Journeymen Stone Cutters' Asso ciation is conducting an agitation against the use of the air hammer for stone cutting purposes. A new "women's town" in the val ley of the Komanche, a few miles from Geneble, is one of the evolu tions of the "munitions campaign" in France. San Jose, Cal.) Electrical Work ers' Union has secured a union shop contract, the eight-hour day and \rtige increases from J4 a day to $4.50 until June 1 next, when the rate will be $5 a day. This year compensation laws hpve been enacted in Delaware, Idaho, New Mexico, South Dakota and Utah, making a total of thirty-seven states which are now under conv pensation laws and leaving Missouri yie only large industrial state with out. one. • Men's pay for women who laboi 1 during the. war is the demand of the women's great organizations throughoijt the country. OUR DAILY LAUGH THE gy COMPLAINT. fiancee): Could . n't you kiss me \ a "ttle more af i 4 \ K -j- .. dear? She: Well. I'll ) \ do my best; but I / \ you are the first m / \ i one that has \ ever coir plained. NOT A SERI- I ( OUS OPER- ATION. f yij She: Whatdld i~rjl I you operate on r~r I f ° r? rw, tgw Dr.: Fivehun- \ \\ dred dollars. \ \ \ She: No, I LV \ t mean what did ; Fivehun- I dred dollara ' f ) t \\T\ SAVIxa ™ST Speaking of l s I me a n peoplo, f \ | there's no one can beat old j Stingy! Why j he even looks over the tops of } his glasses for I I tear ot rearing ' em OUt ' i *~IT'S AN IIX WIND," ETC. Mh I The Lead: Ah, ! i the barbarity of I the past genera* tlon! I am told that the audi- ■! ences even threw eggs at the act- The Heavy: \ |jj m| J Tes, but in those •—'Jfyp—f ,<5 ays eggs sold fcTQ" HTp for six cents a IljM II do sen. Now VM SPR they bring that much apiece. UNLUCKY. lllT' Ofuet is sa ® a w MJkW unlucky fnow. AnhfcfwWqW . p I should say Thl.: hu/JkW'i '1 til 80 ■ ho can find two lemons If where only one VI was handed out Itentng (Etjal In the event that one of the troops of the First Cavalry, either our own Governor's Troop or the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, is chosen to be the headquarters troop fQr the Pennsylvania division there will be a new troop added to the First Cavalry Regiment. The regiment is now composed of twelve troops and a machinegun troop with supply and headquarters units. It is practically up to war strength and withdrawal of a troop for headquarters duty would mean that there would be new organization. Not much diffi culty is anticipated in that direction. •A headquarters troop is an organi zation assigned to division headquar ters as guard of honor, for ceremon ies or other use. It is a part of tho administrative end of a military or ganization of almost 30,000 men. It furnishes guards and escorts and when the major general in command goes out on formal occasions it goes along. It is separate and distinct from the military police, which will form a separate branch when com pleted. The First Troop is the old est cavalry organization in the or ganized militia, dating from the Rev olution. The Governor's Troop is officially Troop C. The First Troop is being urged because of its history and there are some who would liko to have the Harrlsburg cavalry chos en because the troop is located at the State Capital and takes part in cere monies connected with the State gov ernment of which the National Guard is a part. Now that all doubt about the general officers and their staffs going into the Federal service on Sunday is dispelled, because the State is a tactical division, the selec tion of a headquarters troop will come along. The headquarters will probably mohjjize at Sunbury, where General Clement has his offices, un less orders are issued transferring it to Harrisburg. This city is going to see some stirring military times for awhile. • • • The zeal of some of the "war gar deners" is refreshing to gaze upon. In spite of the rainy conditions pre vailing the greater part of this week there was hardly a noon hour or in the early evening that men and wom en, too, not out in the plots weeding or hoeing. The work went ahead with a seriousness that no rain could interfere with and the care be stowed upon the potato patches is pretty conclusive evidence that there will be few people caught napping in regard to the price of potatoes this fall. Thus far there have been few patches afflicted with the blight hereabouts and the potatobugs have found so many patches that they have had to distribute their activities and besides have been subjected to a bombardment of spraying mixtures which must be discouraging to mass attacks. ' • • • There is one man who has a war garden along Derry street right where the Philadelphia and Reading's nev er-sleeping branch crosses fhe high way, who is undaunted and enter prising. He took hold of about as poor a looking piece of ground as could be found anywhere and by dint Of elbow grease made it a garden and then he surrounded it with a fence made of tree branches. By andby he annexed the part next to •the sidewalk, which to all Intents and purposes appeared to be plain weeds or ordinary Ailing material, which means stones, cans and the like. He dug it all up and then he annexed some more. But the re markable thing about it was not the steady progress of the garden, but the fact that within twenty-fcm? hours after he had spaded the two annexed food-raising provinces he had two weeks' old cabbage and similarly advanced beans and other plants on the ground. He took ad vantage of the very wet weather to transplant some of his p|ants from the more intensively cultivated and crowded part of his original garden and conditions being all right for such work, in less time than it takes to reason it out he had "garden sass" growing where asphalt debris and ashes had been blooming a few days before. • • • The success in the first operation of the law passed to enable the Beth lphems to consolidate into # a third class city has stirred up much talk among the municipalities ,of the state belonging in that division and, as in the case of Harrisburg and its neighbors on the west shore, there will soon be some campaigns under way. It is the intention of the peo ple of the Bethlehems to call their city Bethlehem and to take in ad joining boroughs. It has a fringe of small towns as has the State Capital and if they are taken over Bethle hem will make Harrisburg, Erie, Wilkes-Barre and Johnstown hump for honors. Reading is now the pre mier third class city' and will be in the second class in the next census. Harrisburg is on a fair way to be near the top of the list of the third class if it annexes its neighboring towns under the proposed plan. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"! —Lieutenant-Governor Frank B. McClain has as many requests for him to speak as he had during the session. —John Wanamaker received hun dreds of telegran s in honor of his birthday Wednesday, some of them from old friends and some from men in distant states. —C. R. Kurtz, reappointed sur veyor of the port of Philadelphia, Is a Rellefonte publisher and was formerly connected with the public ity end of the Democratic State com mittee. —James M. Laird, veteran Greens burg newspaperman, is seriously ill. -—Dr. Nathan C. Schaeffer was given cordial expression of satisfac tion at his reappointment at the ptate College educational meeting this week. —Major H. W. Coulter, new lieu tenant colonel of the Tenth Infantry, is a member of the Coulter family which has been prominent in West moreland for years and noted for Its fighters. DO YOU KNOW 1 That Harrisburg Is furnishing Immense quantities of fertilizer to districts round nHout, it hav- ! ing become quite a center for distributors representing manu facturing plants. HISTORIC HARRISBURG In old days parades used to be re viewed from the courthouse. As to Social Position A voice of protest lc raised in Texas against alleged endeavors to make the watermelon a food of caste. A../ such effoit is bound to carry iU> own rebuking. Nobody ever ate watermelon with a fork and had tho full meed of Its lus clouenesa. —Now Tork World, L - j
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