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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.
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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.
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harrisburg telegraph
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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
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'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.
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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