HONESTY IS
GOOD HABIT
Certainly We Can Strengthen
it and Avoid 4ie Pitfalls
of Little Temptation
By Beatrice F#-''" l
Very few of us are born thieves,
but a good many of us force a habit
of thievery upon ourselves.
Apart from the mental defective
•who drifts naturally into the cri
minal class, and the dar' n K gam er
who scorns the tame "rules o *
game," there are very few people who
are definitely lacking in honesty.
honest is not half so' *
Tatter of not stealing from the world
as It is a matter of being square with
vourself! That sounds like a Judical
statement, and is so simple as to be
almost commonplace. The P olnt °
is, that when you cultivate standards
in which honesty and fa '™f ß "
squareness are not given their chance
vou get for yourself a perverted
viewpoint—one on which you cannot
C °The man w • travels for a large
firm which allows him an expense
account and who taoks to that expense
account a certain amount of "|>au
dins" is cheating his firm—-of course
we all grant that. But he is cheating
himself or his power to see things
straight and honestly. He says to
himseK that "the old man" has plenty
of money and it won't hurt him. to
have an extra dollar charged up
here and there.
No. it won't hurt the old man —
but it will hurt the young man, who
weakens his own standards of hon
esty and deprives himself of the
power to see things as they are.
Put a youngster like that face to face
■with a big temptation and the enemy
gets him because he has either blunt
ed his weapons of defense or thrown
them away.
An an Example
Recently a twenty-one-.vear-old boy
found himself in the Tombs at the
end of a six weeks' honeymoon. His
poor little wife was dragged weep
ingly away from Police Headquarters.
Tf.-- youngster in question had been
getting $8 a week as an office boy.
One day he was given a thousand
dollars in cash to deposit in the bank.
He quietly disappeared, took 'his girl
sweetheart unto himself as a wife,
and six weeks later he was under
arrest. In the course of the events
which followed, it turned out that the
boy had been stealing stamps, charg
ing up little items he had never pur
chased to his iirm, that he had man
aged to take two or three dollars here
and there from the petty cash In the
office and that he had forged one or
two checks for small amounts.
The moral disintegration of that
Alkali In Soap
Bad For the Hair
Soap should be used very care
fully. if you want to keep your hair
looking its best. Most soaps and
prepared shampoos contain too much
alkali. This dries the scalp, makes
the hair brittle, and ruins it.
The best thing for steady use is
Just ordinary mulsified cocoanut oil
(which is pure and greaseless), and
la better than the most expensive
soap or anything else you can use.
One or two teaspoonfuls will
cleanse the hair and scalp thor
oughly. Simply moisten the hair
with water and rub it in. It makes
&n abundance of rich, creamy lather,
which rinses out easily, removing
particle of dust, dirt, dandruff
excessive oil. The hair dries
quickly and evenly, and it leaves the
ecalp soft, and the hair fine and
ellky, bright, lustrous, fluffy and
easy to manage.
You can get mulsified cocoanut oil
at any pharmacy, it's very cheap,
and a few ounces will supply every
member of the family for months.
I The Food Problem in Summer
It is easy to prepare nourishing, strengthening, wholesome
meals in Summer at low cost without spending much time in
the kitchen if you only know how to select foods.
It is time to cut out the. heavy, expensive foods which are
hard to digest and which contain little nutriment.
It is what you digest, not what you eat, that builds healthy
tissue and supplies energy for the day's work.
Every loyal American will want to do his bit in preventing
waste of wheat and other food staples. The best way to prevent
waste is to demand the whole wheat grain in breakfast foods
and breadstuffs.
Shredded Wheat Biscuit
is 100 per cent, whole wheat prepared in a digestible form. The
conservation of health and strength at this time calls for
meatless meals, not wheatless meals. Shredded Wheat is all food
—nothing wasted, nothing thrown away.
Whole wheat is the most
' _ii if perfect food given to man
j anc * conta * ns every element
the human body needs.
I yjgjj Two or three Shredded Wheat
!j | • i 1 Biscuit with milk and sliced bananas,
f berries, peaches, or other fruits, make
X T a nourishing, satisfying meal for the
— Summer days at a cost of a few
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The accompanying map of Camp i buildings shall be of wood. Construc-
Hancock and the plan for taking care ; t' on is proceeding slowly and the
. . „ . troops will not all be in quarters
of the troops from Pennsylvania show (mtU abo(U September j. There are
the details of the encampment. It is 3,000 acres in the reservation, and
intended that the soldiers shall live j about 25,000 men will live In this
in tents and that mess halls and other' section. It is pleasantly located on
boy is not hard to trace. In the
beginning he was probably a fairly
honest litle chap—maybe iven a very
honest little chap. Then one day he
needed a stamp for a personal letter
and instead of asking if he might
have it he sneaked it slyly when no
one looking.
To himself he said: Pooh! What's a
stamp?" But deep down in his own
soul that stamp was a tiny seed of
dishonesty. It was sown, and from
it came a tree of knowledge—of how
easy it is "if only you can get away
with it."
When a youngster like that starts
out on a career of dishonesty he does
not dream that it is a "career of dis
honesty." He either tells himself
that he has a right to little things
and wouldn't take anything big, any
way. or he explains to himself that
everybody does such things, so it
must be all right; or he promises
himself that he's just borrowing and
will put it back as soon as gets a
chance.And the path to that thousand
dollar theft and prison is a plainly
blazed trail.
"It is so easy to drift back, to sink.
So hard to keep abreast of what you
realy think."
wrote some versifier, who equalled in
common sense what he lacked in
poetic imigination. But in his idea lay
a world of meaning—a world of warn
ing:
A Bufttin* Sin
In most people there lie th e be
ginnings of a dangerous sort of sly
ness. We all like to win at the game
we are playing. But unless we are
very cautious of our own principles,
very careful of our own attitude, we
are likely to grow so anxious to win
that we don't care how we win. •
At a recent charity bazaar, a gor
geously dressed young woman, wan
dered around selling chances on a
magnificent displayed on her own
WHERE PENNSYLVANIANS WILL TRAIN FOR TRENCHES
hand. It was the gift of a jeweler
whom she managed to Interest In tho
cause she was representing. The
jeweler was impressed by her interest
in the cause—so were the workers for
the cause.
The ring and her beauty were there
to impress every onlooker. She had
no trouble in selling chances at 50
cents a share. Just before the ba
zaar was over, she disappeared with
the ring and J3OO which she had col
lected. I suppose she will appear
again at some bazaar for the Allies
in another city and will again enrich
herself by her shameful abuse of the
sympathy we all feel for suffering
Europe.
Do you suppose for one minute that
that good looking, well-bred, sweet
voiced and seemingly refined and
charming young woman started out
in life definitely to be what she is—
a thief? There is hardly a chance
that she did. Probably she stole
cookies from the cookie jar in her
childhood. Perhaps she pried pennies
out of her litle sister's bank; maybe
she got into the way of lying to her
father or husband about the cost of
her clothes, or drifted Into padding
an expense account. What she stole
from others was bad enough.
That she stole from herself was
actually tragic. It was her sense of
honesty. She killed her own fine
ness and destroyed her sense of pro
portion and decency and fair play.
Her career is not over yet, but It
leads straight to absolute destruc
tion unless she kills all the shoots
of dishonesty which are strangling
the good in her garden of life.
Honesty is instinct plus habit;
habits silence the instinct; right ones
can wake it again!
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
the hills near the city of Augusta, I
Ga. The climate is said to be excel
lent and the accommodations are
reported to be the best of the many |
camps. The camp was designed by
Major C. S. Strickler. quartermaster, I
and Nisbet Wingfield was engineer. I
Bones of Goats Used to
Make Wounded Sound
An Atlantic Port, Aug. B.—Major
J. E. Goldthwalt, a reserve officer in
the United States medical corps, ar
rived at an Atlantic port on a British
ship. He told of the miracles that
are being worked In bone surgery in
English hospitals saying:
"They graft bones from goats into
human limbs. They can take a rib
from a man and use it to replace a
crushed bono in his arm. Patients
who Is eralier times would have been
considered permanently disabled are
now fixed up in a few weeks so that
they can go back to the front. In a
single month in one hospital, we had
1,350 bones cases, and 1,000 of them
were ready at the end of the month
to go back and fight again."
Major Goldthwalt is a bone
specialist and he took twenty Ameri
can surgeons to England to study the
work there. He has now come back
to train other surgeons in the work
ing of modern miracles.
Debutantes Break
Waitresses' Strike
Ashland, Wis.—Debutantes of the
1917 season broke a strike of wait
resses at a local hotel and voted it
a "great day for fun." The wait
resses went on strike during the in
vasion of the city by delegates of the
Trade Union League of Wisconsin.
When the dozen diningroom girls de
cided not to work, the hotel manag
er sent out an "S. O. S." to the
prettiest girls in town. Five re
sponded.
Here companies D and I of this city
and all the troops from Pennsylvania
will be located until ordered abroad.
There are railroad facilities and there
will be trolley lines running to the
camp from Augusta by the time the
troops arrive.
LONG TRAINING
FOR DRAFT ARMY
Men \VilI Bo Drilled For Year
Before Entering
Trenches
Washington, D. C., Aug. B.—The
selective army of 687,000 men will
be in cantonments about the last of
October. This was officially an
nounced to-day by an officer in the
provost marshal general's office. In
surmountable difficulties, he said,
made it impossible to get the entire
army in training before that time.
The machinery of drafting will be
completed by the last of August,
and if the War Department should
call upon the provost marshal gen
eral's office for the army it would
be ready to be moved from all parts
of the country to the several can
tonments.
In the first week in September
Provost Marshal General Crowder
will notify the Secretary of War that
the drafted army is subject to call.
It is the purpose of the War Depart
ment then to call about 2 0 per cent,
of the number from their homes to
the respective cantonments. It is
estimated that not more than 100,000
or 150,000 men can be used in the
first week- of September, and fully
six weeks will elapse until the can
tonments are completely organized
and the quartermaster general's of
fice is ready to supply the needs of
the army.
According to the preliminary plans,
about 100,000 men will be sent to
the cantonments to organize them
and prepare for the reception of the
others. The railroads have notified
the government that they cannot
transport more than half a million
men to contonments in one day. This
is one of the physical difficulties
which forced the government to
abandon its plan of calling the army
into active being in one day through
out the nation.
The equipment of the new civilian
army is one of the biggest problems
any government has undertaken.
The men, coming from civil life,
must be fitted head to foot with
military clothes, ammunition and
arms. When the national guard was
federalized there was little to be
supplied.
Representative Fitzgerald, chair
man of the House appropriations
committee said to-day that the quar
termaster general's office was unable
to obtain sufficient supplies for the
selective army and that therefore not
more than 150,000 would go into
camp in September.
[ It is estimated that at least ten
months will be required to train the
selective army for real service, and
military authorities, appreciating the
inability of the government to get
supplies now. say that it will be a
year from September before any of
the selective army will be fitted for
duty in Europe. A large contingent
may be sent before that time for in
tensive training in France, but the
authorities will not allow an army
from the selective group to go into
the trenches in less than a year.
Judge Upholds Man
Who Sold "Credit" Auto
Springfield, 111. William Car
penter, arrested several weeks ago
in Kansas City and brought back to
Springfield to face a charge of
larceny as bailee, preferred by C. J.
Irwin, was released when his case
was dismissed by the court.
Irwin claimed Carpenter had
bought a motor car from him on
the instilment plan and had sold it
after making a first payment.
Judge Reilly decided the car be
longed to Carpenter and was his to
do as he pleased with. The Judge
stated that, if Carpenter's act was
criminal, a man could be prosecuted
for wearing out and giving away or
selling a suit of clothes on which he
stilled owed money.
Ignores Injunction Against
Odor of Onions, Fined $lO
Reading, Pa. Because ho al
lowed the aroma of sauer kraut,
liver and onions, fried steak and the
sound of waiters' voices shouting
kitchen orders to be waifed from his
restaurant after an injunction had
been procured by the owners of an
adjoining six-story apartment house*
Gus Contos was to-day adjudged in
contempt of court by Judge Wagner.
He was fined $lO and cost.
The next offense will bring a dras
tic penalty, vhe court warned Contos.
CANNING
ARE EXCHANGED
BY HOUSEWIVES
YOU with hundreds of other housewives have successful methods
of canning, preserving and drying foods and fruits which ha\e
either been handed down to you from generations <>'
cestors or which you have evolved. Ths feature of the HAKKia-
BUHG TELEGRAPH Is designed to help you exchange your ldeaa
with other housewives Send your favorite receipts and methods to
the editor and they will be placed before thousands of other ou ®®~
wives. In this way they can be placed before the public and do th
maximum amount of eood.
Corned Beef —After beef has been
properly corned for required time, |
remove the meat from the brine;
soak for two hours in clear water, j
changing the water once; place in a
wire basket and boll slowly for one- j
half hour; remove from the boiling
water, plunge into cold water, and
remove gristle, bone and excessive
fat. Cut meat into small pieces and |
pack closely Into hot glass Jars or j
enameled cans. Put rubbers and caps
into position, not tight. Cap and tip |
tin cans. Sterilize for the length of j
time given below for the particular
type of outfit used. |
JSoarmanZ
HEM. 101)1—2350 UNITED HARHISBURG, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1017. FOUNDED 1871
Store Opens 8.30 A. M.—Closes 5 P. M.
Excepting Thursdays (12 noon) —Saturdays (9 P. M.)
f To-morrow afternoon we will all have recrea
tion —play and rest.
Store Will Close at
12 O'clock Noon
for the employes summer half holiday.
Make it a point to come out in the morning—■
plan your Thursday shopping to-night and arrange
to be out bright and early to-morrow.
" True to the Standards of a
Bowman Store Sale" —the
Annual August Sale of
FINE FURNITURE
Offering no undesirable furniture made for sale purposes, but the
very best and latest period and staple designs at substantial reductions.
Over 2,500 Pieces, Including Small
Odd Things Up to Su
—And this is furniture that will stand the test of time.
You will find something here of special interest, and if desired—con
venient terms of payment may be arranged.
The great furniture salesroom an ever changing cyclorama—as rap
idly a3 the heavy selling makes inroads on various lines—other shipments
are ready to fill their places.
It's a Great Furniture Sale —a Big Event
Now Is the Time to Buy
If you believe in economy you will let nothing keep you
away from our semi-annual
R B. B. B. SALE
* "Bowman's
Which Opens Friday, August 10th
BWill Close Saturday, August 18th
An eight-day underselling event to be the best one we
have yet held, and you know the B. B. B. value giving record ofj
the past.
WE WOULD SuiiGEST
that you give close attention to the first two pages of B. B. B.
Sale news that will appear in the Harrisburg Telegraph to-mor
row evening.
MiJ • Note the offerings and be here on Friday, the
opening day, as early as you can to profit by the big
values all over the store.
AUGUST 8, 1917.
Hours
I Water bath 3
| Water seal, 214 degrees 3
5 lbs. steam pressure 2
10 to IB lbs. steam pressure. . . 1
MRS. J. A. C.
PREPARED MEATS
Spring Chicken, Fried. After
! cleaning and preparing spring frys,
season and fry as though preparing
for serving directly on the table.
I Cook until the meat Is about three
, fourths done. If a whole spring chtc-
I ken, break the neck and both legs
: and fold around body. Roll up tight,
i tie a string around the chicken and
j drop this hot partially fried product
I into hot quart glass Jar or enameled
I tin can. A quart jar will hold two to
four small chickens. Pour liquid
from the griddle or frying pan into
the container over the chicken. Place
rubbers and caps of Jars Into position,
not tight. Cap and tip tin cans.
Sterilize for the length of time glvea
below for the particular type of out
fit used. ,
Minutes.
Water bath 0
Water seal, 214 degress 60
5 lb. steam pressure 40
Steam pressure 30
In a similar way any fowl or wild
game may be prepared by frying,,
oven baking, roasting or stewing. Th®
meat products which may be canned
in this way include beef, pork,
Hamburg steak, sausage, venison,
rabbit, squirrel, raccoon, oppossum,
lamb and all types of sea foods. All
may be packed after cooking three
fourths done In any desired way. Hot
glass Jars or enameled tin cans may
be used. When packed the liquids
should always be poured over them.
MRS. A. D. K.
MI-O-NA QUICKLY
ENDS INDIGESTION
Do not continue to sufTer with
heartburn, dizziness, after dinner dis
tress, headache, bllllousness, pain In
the bowels or sour .nd gassy stom
ach. Get relief at once —buy to-day
—a 50c box of Ml-o-na Tablets. They
quickly and surely end Indigestion
and stomach distress—or money re
funded. For sale at H. C. Kennedy's.
—Adv.
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