6 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Foundtd :Sj: Published eveniags except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E.J. STACKPOLE,Pr' & Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Bus in ess Manager, GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. A Member American J. Newspaper Pub —Bglishers' Assccla , tlon, the Audit Bureau of Circu- IBWggga'M lation and Penn- IBIBBBf H sylvania Associ ated Dailies. fi£s§ © 3| Eastern office. ECS S IS" 9 Story, Brooks & ££|SS§G' ; SJ FinleV. Fifth Aveau? Building, Western office! " 'lSSffi Story, Brooks & f TjiT Ffnley, Entered at the l'ost Office in Harris burg, Pa., at a scond Mass matter. By carriers, ten cents a .'.i.ji'.r %'i> week: by mail, $5.00 a year in advance. WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 1917 Man-like is it tb fall into sin, Fied'Hlee is it to dwell therein, Christ-like is it for sin to grieve, Goa-like is it for sin to leave. — LONGFELLOW. ' " 1 THE TROLLEY SITUATION FOR several months an intensive study of the street railway jrob-, lems of Harrisburg has been in progress under the supervision and. direction of the most expert engineer on street railway operation in thej • United States. His representatives have been here repeatedly and it is understood that some conclusions are likely to be reached in the near fu ture. Nothing is more important in the development of any city than a first class street railway system. It is high- j ly necessary that the people of any. community should be able to go back , and forth with ease and comfort and! with frequency. The survey ought to j be made with a view to future de- j velopment and it is entirely probable I that the Harrisburg Railways Com- j pany is looking ahead to the expan- , elon of the city in every direction, j Harrisburg is increasing in its indus- • trial and commercial activities and this growth means a rapidly increas ing population which must be provid-, ed with adequate street railway fa- j duties. Xot only in the running of cars, but in the character of the lines and the general equipment, must the street railway company of any city consider the interests of the public. There is a mutuality of interest which cannot be overlooked at any time. For this reason the future development of the local lines as a result of the expert survey will be watched by all who de pend upon this important utility for transportation throughout the city. Plane are being formulated for a rehabilitation of the Y. M. C. A. build ing and its several departments. It is gratifying to note that in the out line of coming activities the place or the boy in this institution is given full consideration. A steady Influence for good should proceed from the big •building at Second and Locust and there is reason to believe that the ginger which is being injected into the management will result in per manent improvement. GOETHALS SACRIFICED IN" the language of a Washington correspondent, General Goethals j has been sacrificed on the altar ! of personal politics. The only r€- < deeming feature of the scandal is j that Denman, the incompetent Pa-| clflc coast lawyer, who came into the j shipping board merely because he happened to be a political friend of McAdoo, has been forced out by the J President following Goethals' volun-1 tary retirement from a place made 1 untenable by the petty bickering and unnecessary delays a man of his cali ber and patriotism could not 9tand. The result has been that the ship building program which Goethals outlined will be put through in much the same way that he had planned It, but without the driving power of his genius for quick and effective ac complishment. The President has demanded full responsibility for the conduct of the war. and few would deny him the executive powers in which he is clothed by the constitution. But one begins to understand the impatience of Congressmen with an administra tion that permit petty, per sonal politics to rob the nation of the services of a man like the builder of the Panama Canal in a crisis like the present. The President could have stopped the row between Den man and Goethals at the beginning, If he had seen fit to antagonize a political friend of his son-in-law in the cabinet, and Goethals would have been saved the embarrassment of re signing from a post he.is eminently qualified to fill and the country the scandal of unthinkable delay at a time everybody is demanding action and when victory or defeat may rest with the number of new ships we are sble to put into the sea to combat Ithe activities of German submarines. The country Is sending Its best inanhood Into the training camps bud It demands the very best brains St the head of every branch of war preparedness. It wants to believe that politics are subordinate to pa triotism at the National Capital, but its confidence in the administration is sorely shaken by such incidents as that which developed yesterday. The country believes in Goethals. iPopular conviction is that Goethals Miould have been permitted to carry WEDNESDAY EVENING, through the ship-building program so ably devised, and the public can not unc*rst&nd why anything should be permitted to stand in his way. It is not too much to ask that the best men available be chosen for the important work ahead. Indeed, none but the best will satisfy the people. Administration leaders would do well to pin that in their hats. When the two bonding companies which'are unable to adjust their dif ferences over the last contractor who failed on the Federal building Job shall have come to some conclusion we may expect to see Federal Square restored to something like a business center instead of a Junkpile. THE ASH SURVEY THE report and recommendations following the ash and garbage collection survey. In Harrisburg call for municipal ownership and op eration. This is precisely what Health Officer Raunick advised earlier in the year. The experts agree, also, that the collections should be under the supervision of a separate bureau of the city government. The value of the report as submit ted to Council is that it leaves no excuse for further delay in getting under way plans that must be work- Ed out for taking over the garbage plant, buying the necessary machin ery and financing the entire enter- i prise. We know now what we must | do—both the local health authorities ! and the sanitary experts agreeing in almost every detail as to the needs of the city in this respect. It is no mean task that Council undertakes. Addi tional revenues must be provided and the necessary organization formed to take over the collections immediately upon the expiration of the contract. It may even mean a trifle more in taxes, but even that the people, )n general would gladly accept to rid themselves of the nuisance of ash and garbage accumulations that are both unsightly and unsanitary. The experts speak . also of the necessity of educating the public to do Its part in assisting the ash and garbage collectors. The surveyors do not hold the householders entirely blameless. The size of the contain ers. the distance garbage and ashes must in many instances be carried, the narrow alleys through which the men must pass—all are condemned by those who made the survey as adding difficulties to the hard and disagreeable work the ashmen per form. Harrisburg people will pledge themselves to almost anything in re turn for promised relief from con dition? that have been well nigh in tolerable. If the health board or; Council sets out to teach them just; what is required, it is to be irnagin- j ed they will most willingly comply I with any request within reason. The { city and its people must co-operate if the ash and garbage problem is to j be solved in a pleasing and satisfac- j tory manner. It must be a matter of give and take and the householder who will not do his part must be j penalized quite as severely as the ash collector who declines to do his. The establishment of a city col lection system has the endorsement of the Chamber of Commerce, repre senting the business of the commun ity. and of a number of the union labor organizations of town. The re port of the survey is popular as well as scientific and businesslike. What the people want now is a prompt working out of the plan. The new Fall styles are to be tight fitting and of military design. No body loves a fat man. WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS SENATORS Penrose and Lodge were well within their rights be fore the Senate yesterday in de manding to know why the Creel gov ernment Information bureau persists In distorting the "news" It gives to the public. The garbled and grossly exaggerated account of the attack by U-boats on American transports is certainly a proper subject for offi cial investigation. Senator Penrose rightly said that the public is entitled to all the infor mation with regard to the war that does not give our enemies aid or comfort, out that Americans want the news as it is, unedited, unex purgated and untainted. That Is pre cisely what the people desire • and what senators who do their full duty will demand they be given. Senator James, the Kentucky cham pion of the administration, rushes to the rescue with the assertion that there is no inefficiency in either the War or Navy Departments that needs covering up. Why then object to such an inquiry as Penrose and Lodge propose? The public wants the war prose cuted with efficiency and vigor. It cares nothing for politics nor per sonalities. Republicans and Demo crats look very much alike to the people Just now, so far as the con duct of the war Is concerned. There are stalwart patriots and able execu tives in both parties. These will re ceive unstinted praise. The fail ures In both parties naturally must expect to he criticised and-it ill be hooves anybody to attempt to ex cuse them. "Ham" Lewis' ideas of peace are almost aa pink- aa his whlakara. , * v r '•• ** ■. * • • ' harrisburg telegraph ""PoCttcca- ov ""Puuvoiftucuvut By the Ex-Committeeman Dr. B. E. P. Prugh, chairman of the Prohibition state committee, to day announced plans for a thirty-day tour to open the State's campaign. The tour will be made in the State committee's own car and the chair man will be accompanied by S. W. Grathwell on visits to twelve counties in Western Pennsylvania. One of the features of the opening of the cam paign will be afternoon conferences open to the people of the community visited at which everyone will be in vited to give views. The county chair men have written Dr. Prugh approv ing his plan. Later on in the fall a similar cam paign in Eastern Pennsylvania with Philadelphia as a center will be un dertaken. The schedule for the first tour will include, September 6 to 12 in Alle ghenny county, centering in Pitts burgh, and then the following places oil successive days, Butler, Zellnople, Rochester and Beaver, Beaver Falls, Ellwood City, New Castle, Grove City, Mercer, Sharon, Greencastle, Mead ville, Edinboro, Union City, Corry, Titusville, Oil City, the latter and Franklin being included on Septem ber 30; Clarion, Brookville, Dußois, Punxsutawney and Indiana. Dr. Prugh, who is a Presbyterian min ister, will preach on Sundays during the tour. —General relief has been express ed not only on Capitol Hill but in the State that the unpleasant fea tures of a court test of the Gov ernor's right to reappoint officials rejected by the Senate have been eliminated by an agreement on Au ditor General Snyder's suggestion that deputies or chief clerks be em powered to sign payrolls until the status' of their chiefs is determined. This agreement was not received with pleasure by some of the offi i cials who wanted to stand on their rights and Attorney General Brown was slow to come around to it. How ever, the letters exchanged late yes terday show that a plan to submit to the court a clear-cut question on the right of the Governor to appoint has been outlined. It is rather re markable that neither in federal or Pennsylvania court records has there ever been a decision on the question as it now looms up here. In Ohio and other States the supreme courts have held that the Governor cailnot reappoint men rejected by the Senate. —There is a possibility that in the event of prolonged litigation some of the men named by the Gov ernor may decide to quit rather than face a long outlay of cash with doubt as to recovery. In the case of Compensation Commissioner Leech he is called upon to pay out money for traveling and other expenses and his accounts are liable to be held up. —Governor Brumbaugh paused last night in his work on Dills to say that the draft would be conducted as Washington wants it and that Pennsylvania would do its duty. —The Pittsburg prints some interesting news a*bout the Pittsburgh mayoralty, saying that Public Service Commissioner Magee is planning to become a candidate. The paper says that friends of the commissioner are now trying to side track Dr. J. P. Kerr, president of Pittsburgh council, who has been considered as a candidate. The Ga zette-Times adds "there is a possi bility in the situation that a political sandstorm is being staged to befog the vottr." —Mayor Smith has been getting busy on the vice problem in Phila delphia and has asked help from some of the critics. —lt is to be noticed that New York State Democrats are roaring about the draft appointments, but that no complaint comes from Vir ginia or any southern states as to the selections. —State Treasurer Kephart is stay ing in the middle of the road. He has honored checks for balances in treasury transactions with Secretary Pat ton. —Congressman Vare has been thanked by Frankford arsenal em ployes for getting them an Increase In salary. —The mayor of Wilkes-Barre seems to be a storm center. Yester day he was assailed In meeting by counsel for a jttneyman i*nd the law yer had to be thrown out. —Bethlehem will buy the historic Zinzlndorf property in that city for a park. -—The contest for the Republican nomination for sheriffs In Lacka manna is going to be worth watch ing with three shrewd candidates in the field, County Treasurer J. R. Schlager, former Countroller E. A. Jones and Frederick C. Ehrhardt, who has represented the Third Leg islative district for the past twelve years. Ehrhardt and Jones made their entrance into the fight during the week. Fred W. Frantz is out for the Republican nomination for coun ty treasurer. Mr. Frantz is a new entrant into the field and now makes the fight a Vree-eornered one with Sheriff Ben. S. Phillips and David R. John, the other candidates. Labor Notes Women are employed as car-coup lers and switchmen on the Paris underground railways. Russian Radicals demand the lim itation of the workday to eight hours in all wage-earning occupations. Silks are now printed by means of color photography by some French textile manufacturers. Compulsory national service for women in Germany may be extended to agricultural labor. The annual conference of the Brit ish National Union of Clerks will not be held this year, owing to war conditions. The number of women working as substitutes for men in the field In France has passed the 1,000,000 mark. In eighteen departments of the Canadian public service 3,668 re turned soldiers have been appointed to positions. In the city of Seville, Spain, the night police are armed with long spears, such as the knights of old used. The various women's organizations of Brantford, Canada, propose to fur nish a house for a club and head quarters for returned soldiers. The Jitney Drivers' and Owners' Association of Winnipeg, Canada, ar ranged a motor ride for 500 orphan children of the city. y A movement is general about the Irish Midlands for the employing of shop assistants where farm labor Is urgently needed. Thirty women in overalls are now at work as car cleaners at the Staten Island Rapid Transit Terminal Sta tion. i AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELIN'? By BRIGGS After YOU GET J3AVA>(-£0 - And IMPOOEWT Cou.ecTfcftS Yba ARE Out FOR t?EiNG> A CO** 6. AROorvjD AmD QLAR£D at Oni FEvA/ MINUTES LATE ThREaTEM YOU THE STREET IF /VT THE OFFICE. ^j 0 /\cciDeM TA L.t_Y BUMP INTO I -AND information CLGRKS 0 VOU arrive IN TME. OF 'YouR Ca/viE fou Tt-E Cu5TdM/\Ry HUMAM STAR6. j" BeeKi A RAND AND GLOR ( E FEELINT? 'RIAL COMMENT Dr. Mlchaelis points proudly to what Germany has accomplished in three years. • The wonder is greater than he described, for he might have said three months as well as three years. Germany has gained noth ing in 33 moriths except in Servia and Rumania. When Dr. Michaelis is alone with his "good old German God, -1 does he really believe that if Germany has been unable to break through on the west in almost three years it ever will be able to? No Nonsense About Food Bill A food bill of genuine merit can be enacted into law if the conference committee will only follow the advice of the President. There are certain obnoxious fatures about the measure •—the two measures, to be precise. They ought to be removed. The Senate has arbitrarily fixed $2 as the minimum price to be guar anteed for wheat on the farm. That is a very good arrangement for wheat growers, but deadly to the consumer. Prices should be regulated by the food controller as occasion warrants, not by act of Congress. The Senate's scheme of ordering the President to purchase all spirits in bond is absurd. It does not make for temperance. I\ merely saddles an immense expense upon the coun try. Forbid the distillation of spirits rfnd cut out all the rest. That is what should be done. That is what the President favors. The effort to clip the wings of Herbert Hoover and hand food super vision over to a board is without the slightest merit. Haven't we had a big enough dose of this sort of thing to swallow in the divided authority of the Shipping Board? Then there is the plan to create a joint committee on expenditures in the conduct of the war, composed of senators and representatives. So fa tal would this be to efficiency that the President has been forced to take a public stand against it. He says of it that it would render his task of conducting the war "practically im possible." And so it would. It would hamper and harass him at every turn and would act like a brake upon Congress. The thing Is preposterous. It can be readily seen that a con gressional committee which would act as a go-between might be of serv ice. If there were a body represent ing both House and Senate that could be called into consultation by the President when explanations were ricemed wise, a better understanding between the executive and legislative branches of the government might bo establtshd. But to place a smell ing committee over the President with power to f\elve into every ex penditure w6uld create everlasting confusion and seriously interfere with the prompt prosecution of the war. The hands of the President MUST be free. There is no other way if we wish to win.—Philadelphia Inquirer. Monotony of Work "Say, Bill, wot yer lookin' so sick fer "Work! Nufflnk but work, work, work, from mornin' till night." "How long have yer been at It " "Start in the mornin'." —Life. Act the Man Should life's storms be blowing gusty, or the road be hot and dusty, Don't give up and pull a face all glum and blue; Cheer up, man, and tackle trouble! If your efforts you redouble There'll be brighter days ahead awaiting you! Where's the use of whining, moan ing, or of wasting time in dron ing? Never yet have such things pulled a fellow through! When you've trouble you must meet it, that's the proper way to treat . it! Always bear in mind "results" de pend on "you!" Never heed the whlner's chatter, 'tis right deeds and acts that matter, That will pierce the clouds —the roughest pathway span, Every trouble is made lighter, and you'll find your outlook brighter. If you tackle things and face them like a man. If you mean to conquer trouble you must take it "at the double." You must net the man andTace the matter out; Tackle trouble, gamely fight it! shirking It will never right it! Face it bravely, and your trouble you will route. •—Tid Bita. LOWLY OVERALLS ATTAIN GLORY AT LAST; IS KING AT STYLE SHOW Toiler's Toggery, Boasting a Nifty "Weskit" Effect, Wins Enraptured Attention, Crowding the Once Aloof Sports and Lounging Attire Out of Spotlight. EVER since woman took unto her own sartorial self the overalls, this hitherto looked-down upon garment has steadily risen in the esteem of designers, says the New York Herald, and continues: lesterday it reached the very pin nacle of pantaloon distinction, when it became a feature—almost, one might add, the feature —of "Our Style Show," being held by the American Clothing Designers sit the Breslin Hotel. Never before in the history of a Fifth avenue or a Broadway dress display has the toiler's toggery found a place among the latest mod els in men's sport, lounge, business, military service and formal attire. The overalls feature to contem plate, and the one which probably will send amateur farmers, truck garden experimenters and slackers to the Breslin in hordes in order to get ocular proof that the designers are speaking the truth, is the com bination effect. Almost, one might say, the wearer of the combination overall need wear nothing else. It has a vest—not a "weskit"—for out West, where it was designed (many of the models came from Chicago, Cleveland, Rochester and other enterprising cities in that par ticular zone) they don't call it •weskit" when it is attached to trousers—nor otherwise, usually. ■ And the vest .is something to make the perspiring hay raker, the grease besmirched mechanic and the tire changing chauffeur long to throw .their arms around the neck of the men who thought of attaching an upper segment of garment well sup plied with pockets to the useful lower segment. Thereby eliminating everything in the way of wearing apparel but an undershirt and pro viding ample room for anything in the way of automobile or garden tools, repair kit, cigarette case or anything else needed in the dav's hard toil. Very dressy," explained Mr. Harry Simons, chairman of the con vention. as he held up the contribu tion from the enterprising pantaloon artist. "It's much nobbier with a vest than with the old stvle bib," he continued, exhibiting the black and white cotton striped garment as it hung on a rack between the latest effects in business suits. There were no less than a dozen pockets equally distributed over the vest surface, which was cut in a low "V" at the belt, where it over- A Toast to the Flag Here's to the Red of it, — There's not a thread of it, No, jior a shred of it In all the spread of it From foot to head. But heroes bled for It, Faced steel and lead for it, Precious blood shed for it, Bathing it Red. Here's to the White of it, — Thrilled by the sight of it. Who knows the right of it But feels the might of it Through day and night? Womanhood's care for it Made manhood dare for it; Purity's prayer for it Kept it so White. Here's to the Blue of it,— Heavenly view of it, Star-spangled hue of it. Honesty's due of It, [ Constant and true. Here's to the whole of It, Stars, stripes, and pole of it, Here's to the soul of it Red, White, and Blue. JOHN J. DALY. In New Britain, (Conn.) Herald. PROSPERITY BULLETIN "We are most decidedly opti mistic as to the business future, and feel confident that If the American businessmen will re ta.n their nerve this country will see a more prosperous era than it has in years." THE HYGEIA NURSING BOT TLE CO., INC., Buffalo, N. Y. lapped the upper portion of the bifurcated section, and also was "V" shaped at the neck and was held on at the shoulders with narrow buckled straps. When asked about the report that had electrified the male portion of the population recently, when it was announced that clothes were to be pocketless because of the shortage of cloth on account of the war, Mr. Simon said that the designers, who work a year and a half in advance —yesterday's exhibit being really of next spring's styles—had found a way to meet this emergency. "We have provided the same num ber of pockets, possibly more, sim ply by making the clothes shorter," he explained. The curtailment is, however, noticeable only in coats; the nether garment is to be worn at its usual length. But what the tailors have managed to sneak away from the tails of the various styles of coats they are using entirely for pockets. Not a scrap will go to pro vide pocket flaps, pat!ch pockets or even cuffs. "If there are any cuffs at all on the new models, they are so narrow as to be almost Invisible, or else they are made of velvet," Mr. Simons continued, glancing at the figure of an unusually stout man who had en tered and who had overheard the statement about a shortage In ma terials causing shrinkage in coat lengths. "That may do for the thin man. but what, do you think the fat man will look like in these abbreviated coats." he grunted. | Military effects, especially for [ young men, are to be all the go this season, or rather next spring, for | what you saw yesterday at the style show were really the designs men are poinß to wear two seasons hence. Whether the war is ended or not. by that time the military note will still be sounded in male garb. Byway of diverting attention from the serious consideration of de signs presented solely for the edifi cation of man, Mr. Daniel Edward Ryan, the originator of the overall for women, which has been adopt ed by most of the farmerettes the country over, offered some Innova tions in this department* of apparel. There was an overall costume with bifurcated garment, half shrouded beneath a fascinating little smock. Some of the smocks, which are the first to be combined with overalls, in a regulation outfit, were elbow length, while others were long. Paying Soldiers in France It is an excellent idea of the ad ministration to pay our troops in France by checks on th Bank of France or in French currency. The point Is not so much that this will save any of our coin from destruc tion by U-boats as that it provides an important credit In France to offset her obligations here. In spite of enormous taxation and heavy bond subscriptions there Is still ow ing this country by France great sums. If our boys get local money In France they will spend it there, much to the satisfaction of that country. If they wish to save It the money will be here as a credit when they return and will he effective in regulating exchange. It must be remembered that our rank and file now get almost dou ble the pay of former years. There is no prohibition against drawing out all that is due, although there is abundant opportunity to save by leaving funds on deposit at Interest. Canada has been more forehanded. The private soldier or noncommis sioned officer while In training now only draws one-half of his pay and not so much if he has dependents. When he get* to France he is limit ed to $3 a month, the rest being held for him when he returns. As opportunities for spending money on the firing line are few, this re sults admirably for all concerned. — Philadelphia Inquirer. On the Illinois Frontier H. Cope, of East St. Louis is here buying up walnut loss from those who have any to sell nnd shlpplnK them to East St. Lous to be rr 1o Into gun stocks and other > it articles of household use. jm the Carlln.ville Enquirer. JULY 25, 1917. Eighty Millions a Day! We can all recall how, early in the war, we grappled with the idea of the war costing, according to the es timates, about $2 5,000,000 a day. Later, it cost England alone that much, and more recently nearer $30,000,000 every twenty-four hours. But the world has got used to stag gering sums, and it may be doubted if the news from Washington that in the 100 days since we entered the war we have been making prep arations on an expenditure basis of $80,000,000 a day will startle many of us. The voluntary enlistment of near ly 600,000 men swelling the total of the Army, Navy, National Guard and Marine Corps to 713,000, the se lective draft applied to nearly ten millions preparatory to getting as many more, the ponular subscrip tion to the two billion Liberty Loan and the hundred million Red Cross fund, three billions loaned to our Allies, nearly a billion for ships, and $640,000,000 for airplanes, have so expanded our numerical horizon that a total of eight billions appro priated or planned in a hundred days is easily in perspective. Reference is made to how large that $50,000,000 placed in President McKinley's charge to carry on the war with Spain seemed in those days. We had hardly grasped the change double that was voted to President Wilson on the recent declaration that a state of war with Germany existed.—Pittsburgh Dis patch. 1 OUR DAILY LAUGH EXPENSIVE SPORT NOW. "Do you remember when you wert a little girl and played bean bag." "Yes. Weren't beans cheap lit those days." AN IMPOS9IBLE UNDERTAKINO. "I hear that you have been laid up with nervous prostration. What's the cause, overwork or worry?" "Both. I tried to have a photo graph taken that suited my wife." PROOF. "Jones Is as stubborn as a mule." "Yes, he always puts his best foot backward." FISHERMAN LUCK. "How are they biting today?" "Oh, on the neck, legs and armi mostly." iEteitittg (Eljal It will not be many weeks before the highways which mark oft Capitol park extension like a checkerboard will be lurnea over to the men who have been tearing down the buildings in that section and the town will be treated to ah example of ripping up streets. The pavements must be taken up, water and other pipes re moved, wires placed under ground and poles lowered. Trees will go and so will every sign of habitation. When one comes to think about it there is something striking about wiping out a section 0i a city. We are all accustomed to seeing land de veloped, streets laid out, poles, wires and pipes and houses built. Things are all marked out and accepted. What part of the Eighth ward will undergo will be to have everything by which man marks out habitations or highways obliterated. Everything that has been done in the line of city development will be crossed off and the acres will be turned into a huge field. This field will be cut by four highways, a couple going north and south and two connecting them. The two north and south roads will save Harrisburg from having a dike cut across it from Third street to the railroads. When the place of houses and other buildings has been turned back into a field condition the ex pert planters will come along and grade it. Then It will be sown In grass and trees will be planted. It will be gardening on a huge scale after a part of a town has been turn ed back Into its original state. w • Removal of the Cooper foundry in the Tanner's alley district to mak room for Capitol park extension de velopment takes away one of th landmarks of the older portion ol the Eighth ward and the sky in thai sectlon'will no longer be illuminated at night by the glow from its smoke stacks. The foundry occupied a sit* which had been used for iron mould ing for many years. Indeed, it wai over seventy years ago that the firs foundry was located in that sectior of the city and successive firms hat! foundries, machine shops and simtlai establishments in that block. The Cooper foundry occupied one of th< oldest sites in Harrisburg continuous ly used for one purpose of manufac ture. It looks rather odd to people whe glance up Fifth street from Marke to see but one tower of St. Lawrence'! Church standing as a lonelv sentine in Walnut street. The twin towerl dated back a good many years fo the people of central Harrisburg anq the demolition of the old church hai been followed with interest. The re] moval of the tower to the east ati tracted quite a crowd and the top pling of the last will be an event foi people in that section. • Whatever?" queried the forme Harrisburger, as he looked out o one of the Capitol windows overlook ing the old "Ate" ward, and saw th devastation wrought in making wa: for park extension, "whatever be came of old Lafayette hall down thi street that was built by the notoriou firm of Harry and Hattie Cook, Ca mous as a gambling Joint and run mill?" He was told that It was ui, electric light station for a while, anc then was razed along with the othei buildings. "I'll never forget," he re sumed, "the funeral of Harry Cook He died about 1875, and his wife de termined that he should have a gor geous funeral, with brass band ac companiment. Fancy that. On th day of the funeral the remains la: in state in the barroom, surrounde< by floral tributes galore from th loving wife. Deceased was attired ii his best suit, lavender trousers, blaol velvet coat, with rose in the lapel low cut vest, open front starchei shirt containing a diamond pin a big as the end of your thumb, lov collar with wide-flowing white scarf side-whiskers and moustache waxei to needle points. And that casket wa solid rosewood with a plethora o silver ornaments and a large silve plate containing name, age and dat of death of deceased. From earl morn to the time set for the funeral there was a constant stream of peo pie going and coming to look upoi the face of Harry. And the funera procession was one never to be for gotten. First came the brass bam playing the Dead March, followed b; the minister and pallbearers, ani then the hearse decorated with th floral emblems. Then came the wido\ in deep mourning in a carriage al by herself, followed by at least fift carriages containing the dead man' intimates and denizens of the under world. Before the casket was close' the big diamond stud was taken fron the dead man's shirt front, and hi diamond rings, three in number, re moved from his fingers. Hundred followed the procession, and alto gether it was such a funeral as 1 described by Mark Twain in tellln of the burial of Buck Fanshaw. Sc too. events In the Eighth ward wer dated from Harry Cook's funera What a world of human interes there was In the old Eighth ward an its people and characteristics." • • • It is probable that within the ne> few days the arrangement of the bu reaus of the State government whic! must get out of the park extensioi will be settled. Superintenderi Shrelner has planned to have the o( flees all within a short distance o the Capitol. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE^ —W. P. Dallett, prominent Phlla delphian, has been elected colonel o the Engineers' club regimental or ganlzation. —District Attorney S. P. Rotan, o Philadelphia, Is spending some tlm at the seashore. —Ex-Governor John K. Tener i spending some time in Washlngto In connection with national food con trol work. —R. L. O'Donnell, Pennsylvanli railroad official. Is being talked of t go to France to reorganize railroad! -—M. W. Ford, head of the Moos< la a Phlladelphian, and well know! here. 1 DO YOU KNOW That Harrisburg has men in every branch of the armed forces of the nation? HISTORIC IiARRHSBURG Early baptisms were conducted 1: the Susquehanna at the foot of Mar ket street. Spooning in Tornado Belt Handsome mister, Someone's sister. Sitting In a ehalr; As he kissed her Vicious twister Tossed them in the air. Lonely sister Missed her mister v. When the twister quit; ' For the mister Who had kissed her Never even lit. —Kansaa Industrially
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