8
Chemical Engineer Is
Commissioned a Captain
in Ordnance Department
John S. Spicer, a chemical engi
neer In the State Department of La
bor and Industry has been commis
sioned a captain in the ordnance de
partment of the officers' reserve by
the War Department. His commis
sion arrived this morning.
Captain Spicer has been In charge
of the inspection of explosives
throughout the state. He also draft
ed the explosive code of the Indus
trial Board.
Before coming to the department,
Captain Spicer was a chemist at the
DuPont Powder Plant. His exten
sive knowledge of explosives caused
him to be sought after by the War
Department.
Pennsy Auditor Is in City;
Was Former Harrisburger
George Moorehead, of the depart
ment of auditors of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, is in Harrisburg. His head
quarters are at Broad Street Station.
Philadelphia. His duties take him
over the entire Pennsylvania Railroad
system. Mr. Moorehead is a former
Harrisburger, this being his native
city. He entered the service of the
company soon after he graduated
from the high school, and was first
employed in the passenger depart
ment. nis rise has been rapid. He
is auditing the books of the local real
estate department of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, and will be here for several
days. '
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FRIDAY EVENING.
CANNING R
ARE EXCHANGED
BY HOUSEWIVES
YOU with hundreds of other housewives have successful methods
of canning, preserving mid drying foods and fruits which have
either been handed down to you from generations of
cestors or which you have evolved. Ths feature of the HARRIo-
BURG TELEGRAPH Is designed to help you exchange your ldeao
with other housewives Send your favorite receipts and methods to
the editor and they will be placed before thousands of other .house
wives. In this way they can be placed before the public and do the
maximum amount of good.
REASONS FOn DRYING
One of the most prominent features
of the food conservation program of
Dauphin plays ' Halifax at home,
versal drying of fruits and vegetables.
The surplus vegetables in the city
markets were forced by the govern
ments In large municipal drying
plants. Community driers were es
tablished in the trucking regions and
even itinerant drying machines were
sent from farm to farm, drying the
vegetables which otherwise would
have gone to waste. In addition, large
quantities of dried vegetables from
Canada and this country were shipped
to France during the last two years,
and there is a possibility that dried
fruits and vegetables may continue
to be shipped abroad in considerable
quantities to supplement the concen
trated food diet of the men In the
trenches.
The drying of vegetables may seem
strange to the present generation, but
to our grandmothers it was no nov
elty. Many housewives even to-day
prefer dried sweet corn to the prod
uct canned by the old method, and say
also that dried pumpkins and squash
are excellent for pie-making. Snap
beans often are strung on threads and
dried above the stove. Cherries and
raspberries still are dried on bits of
for use instead of raisins. In
fact, many of the everyday foodstuffs
already are dried at gome stage of
their preparation for market. The
common dried fruits, such as prunes,
raisins, figs, dates, and apples, are
staples in the world's markets, while
beans and other legumes, tea, coffee,
cocoa and various manufactured foods
like starch, tapioca, macaroni, etc.,
are dried either in the sun and wind
or In specially constructed driers.
Much Perlshnhle Food
Even though the drying- of fruits
and vegetables as practiced a few
decades ago on many farms has be
come practically a "lost art," as a
means of conserving the food supply,
this country is producing large quan
tities of perishable foods which
should be saved for storage, canned
or properly dried. Drying Is not a
panacea for the entire waste evil, nor
should it take the place of storing
or canning to any considerable extent
where proper storage facilities are
available or tin cans or glass jars can
be obtained readily and at a low cost.
The advantages of drying vegeta
bles are not so apparent for the farm
home as they are for the town or city
household, which has no roof, cellar
or other place in which to store fresh
vegetables. For the farmer's wife the
new methods of canning probably will
be better than sun drying, which re
quires a somewhat longer time. But
shorter methods of drying are availa
ble. and the dried product holds an
advantage in that usually it requires
fewer jars, cans or other containers
than do canned fruits or vegetables.
Also dried material can be stored in
receptacles which cannot be used for
canning. Then. too. canned fruit and
vegetables freeze and cannot be
shipped as conveniently in winter.
Dried vegetables can be compacted
and shipped with a minimum of risk.
To the housewife in the town, the
drying of fruits and vegetables pre
sents special advantages. During the
season when the market is oversup
plied locally and prices are low she
can lay in a stock, dry it &nd put it
away for a winter's with
out its taking up much of the needed
small storage space In her home. If
she Is accustomed to canning her fruit
and vegetables and finds she cannot
secure jars or tin cans, she can easily
resort to drying.
HAKRISBURG TEKEGRXPH
DOES HE CARE
MUCH FOR YOU?
The Average Girl May Be Sure
the Average Man Will Be
Won by Real Worth
By Beatrice Fairfax
What does he mean by his atten
tions? Is he In love with ire and too
shy to say so? Does he like me and
never think of love? Are we Just
good friends? How am I to know
whether he really cares for me?
Piter patter—with the vague soft
ness of Spring rain or the stubborn
pelting of an Autumn storm, these
questions fall upon me and about
me. If only I had a touch
stone of truth so that I could
make sure Just how much of what
he says "Larry" means—or Just how
long what he means shall be true!
But I haven't—the only equipment I
bring to meet the situation In gen
eral Is a little sadly uncommon com
modity: common sense!
Some time ago I met a young man
at a party. We were the only young
people there, so he suggested we go
to a theatre. We had a very pleasant
evening, and I found him a real
gentleman. On returning home I
asked him to phone me sometime (I
am a switchboard operator); he
promised to call me In a day or two
but failed to keep his word. One day
I had to call his office on business,
and he answered the telephone. I
talked to him and made an appoint
ment, which he kerpt. Again he
promised to call me In a few days, and
after weeks I had not heard from
him, so I telephoned him. This has
occurred over and over again. When
he is with me he says he cares for me,
but he never bothers about me unless
I phone him.
"Do you suppose he treats me this
way because I am a poor girl? Can
it be that he only comes to me when
he has nowhere else to go? Should I
wait and see if he comes of his own
accord or try to forget him? I refuse
other Invitations beacuse I am wait
ing for this young man. Shall I aak
him what his intentions are, or go on
waiting or trv to forget him?" writes
"Puzzled."
Like Many Other*
Though differing in substance, yet
slmiliar in thought, are dozens of the
many letters I get each day. And
so I am going to try to handle the
situation for all similarly "puzzled"
girls. Don't say that your case is a
litle bit different and that you must
have a separate answer. We all
fancy that our situations are unique
—but they aren't. Everbody goes
through about the same difficulties
you are facing and slight variations
do not alter the basic similarity.
Very often when a boy meets a
girl at a party where he is bored,
the slight interest which she Arouses
in him stands out prominently enough
byway of contrast to (make him very
glad to seek her society as a means
of arelief from the stupid annoyance
of the situation.
Very often a bov likes a rlrl rather
well In a passing Bort of way. If she
seeks him out now and then, he Is
rather glad to hear her voice and Is
stimulated by It Into Imagining that
he wants to see her. He enjoys his
occasional meetings, but he enjoys
them as mere episodes; they never
become part of his life. The girl con
cerned never seems vital or necessary
to his happiness.
Frequently a man who is Indefi
nitely interested in one girl likes
little excursions Into the land of
romance in the society of other girls.
He likes a bit of variety. He enjoys
change. And it Is not wanton self
ishness but a lack of thinking which
causes him to let himself grow Im
portant to a girl who Is little enough
or nothing to him.
The average young man meets a
great many girls, all more or less
attractive, bu tnone of them suffic
iently Important to him to seem
necessary—to inspire him with the
Idea of giving up his freedom for
their sakes. Men now-a-days don't
like to be bound down. Women have
long been called "the restless sex,"
out as a matter of fact we are rest
less because we are continually striv
ing for the unattainable. We want
what we can't have. The men of to
day have taken over our restlessness
as if It were "something catching."
The trouble is that they don't want
anything they oan have.
Men enjoy the chase. This is a
primitive fact of human nature and
there is no way of evading it. Some
clever women know how to mark
down the hunter by whom they de
sire to be pursued and then to., let
him have all the fun of fancying
that he chose to pursue. Most of us
are not clever coquettes—we are
Just loving human souls who desire
to give freely of our affections to
the man for whom we care.
Now the girl who is attracted by
the man who treats her even as tho
hero of our letter had better give
the thing up as a bad job! If she
has to do all the telephoning and
has to combat indifference and broken
(promises, she has nothing at all on
which to depend. Boys and men—
under the lure of propinquity—often
fancy themselves Interested and say
80.
But girls must take a more "from
Missouri" attitude in matters of the
affections. Saying to a girl whose
sweet nearness moves him that he
cares Jor her Is Just what can be
expected of almost any man. And
the proof of .he declaration of fol
lowing it up next day or the day
after with another declaration—l.
e.: that you want to see her again.
Nine men out of ten go after what
they want. If they don't want, they
don't go. If they don't go, they don't
want (to write the obvious "converse
of the proposition").
FIVE MILLION ILLITERATES
In various ways, there were gath
ered into this country in 1910 five
and a half million illiterates. Were
these segregated, they would make
a nation larger than Switzerland, or
as large as Denmark and Norway
combined. It would be a nation
without Bibles, without songbooks,
without magazines or newspapers,
without banks, without railways,
without pens, pencils or writing pa
per, and one supplied with only the
coarsest commodities of trade. I
heard an illiterate woman say that
she couldn't recognize a two-dollar
bill until she was twenty-five years
of age. "Square money," with Its
printing, is not as popular with them
as "round money."
When the censu* takers were tak
ing the list of illiterates In 1910, the
"moonlight school," as a remedy for
adult Illiteracy, was being evolved. In
1911, the experiment was tried first
In all of the schools in Rowan, one
of the mountain counties of Ken
tucky. None Is better prepared to
witness the result of that experiment
than the United States Bureau of
Education, which heralded to the
world Its success In a bulletin en
titled: "Illiteracy In the United
States and an Experiment For Its
Elimination,"—Cora Wilson. Stewart,
In The Christian Htrald.
GRADE CROSSING
MISHAPS GROW
Investigator Dohoney Makes
Report on the Situation
in the Last Year
Two hundred and one persons
were killed in accidents at grade
crossings in Pennsylvania during
the year ending with June 30 last,
according to <a report made to the
Public Service Commission by John
P. Dohoney, investigator of acci
dents. In the same period 439 rail
road employes, 37 passengers, 616'
trespassers and 54 others met
death on railroads, making a total
of 1,347. On street railways there
wore 188 persons killed, making a
grand total of 1,535 fatalities on the
transportation lines.
The commission has been giving
close attention to grade crossings
and finds that In the report period
236 automobiles, 171 wagons and
130 pedestrians were struck at grade
crossings, resulting In 201 deaths and
395 persons not fatally injured.
Eighty-five of the persons in auto
mobiles struck were killed; 216 in
jured, 36 occupants of wagons were
killed and 129 injured and 80 ped
estrians killed and 50 Injured.
The accidents according to cross
ings show notable increases over the
previous years as follows:
No. of accidents
Unprotected Protected
Per. Cent. Per Cent.
Number of accidents 3 4 31
Number of killed 21 32
Npumber of injured 6 20
Approximately 15 per cent, of the
public grade crossings are protected
by 736 gates; 636 watchmen and
475 bells. Two hundred accidents
occurred at these places and the
reports show that 88 per cent, of
hte pedestrians killed and injured at
crossings protected by gates brought
about the accidents by crawling
under the gates.
Including the collisions at grade
crossings there were 11,971 accidents
on the ste&m roads, an increase of
1,040 over the previous year. As a
result of these accidents the fatali
ties were as follows;
„ , Increase
Employes 489 fig
Passengers 37 23
Trespassers ,616 48
Travelers over crossings 201 40
Miscellaneous 54 32
Total 1347 209
The hazard of the occupations of
the employes is shown by the fol
lowing:
Killed Injured
Yard crews 88 3236
Road engineers 23 542
Road firemen 21 1441
Road conductors .... 26 631
Road brakemen .... 69 2294
Flagmen 5 282
Sectionmen and work
train laborers .... 84 538
Track walkers 15 9
With Germany Powerless
or Germany Free—Which?
As the War enters its fourth year, the German Emperor proclaims that the thoughts of
the German people '"stand resolute in the determination to prosecute this righteous war of de
fense to a successful termination," and tells his soldiers "we are invincible. We shall be
victorious. The Lord God will be with us." But while the thunder of British guns in Flanders
and the shout of advancing German regiments in Russia seem to be the loud echoes of these con
fident assertions, representatives of both sides were at the same time contributing to a sym
posium of peace. Mr. Balfour declares that Germany must be "either powerless or free" be
fore peace can come.
German peace-hints are prefaced with assertions that German armies in Belgium and
Roumania are fighting a purely defensive war. Chancellor Michaelis denies imputation of cold
ness toward the Reichstag declaration for a peace without conquest, while Count Czernin,
Foreign Minister of. Austria-Hungary, admits that his country is quite ready for an "honorable
peace.' While Austria's readiness for peace has long been evidenced by American editors, they
suspect that Germany's outgivings and the firm grip of the military regime conceal an almost
equal longing.
The leading article in this week's LITERARY DIGEST, (August 11th,) is a review of all
the peace talk from various quarters, arranged so that the reader instantly grasps its full im
port. Other articles in this number of the DIGEST sure to interest you, are:
Insurance Instead of Pensions For Our Fighting Men
How the Government Proposes to Protect the Country Against an Increase of the Pestiferous Pension Graft
of the Past, by a Straightforward, Business-like Indemnity.
The Allied Drive in Belgium Rubber Soles Up-to-Date
To Make Labor's Americanism Safe A Car That Will Not Telescope
A New National Party A New Way to Find Steel Flaws
The Battle of Craonne—the Second Interning German Science
Verdun Disease Revealed Through Speech
The German Shock Absorders The \V orJd's Most Famous Cartoonist
1 he Irish Convention Music and Movies as Allies
Land Hunger in Russia How the Trench Outranks the Pulpit
The Value of the "Eye" in Designing Can You Love Your Enemies?
News of Finance and Investment Current Poetry
An Unusually Good Collection of Illustrations, Including Cartoons, Etc.
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"AUGUST 10, 1917.
! Carpenters 2 281
Miscellaneous 38 3 83;
Employes not on duty 34 118
Total 439 10064 1
On the street railways of the State I
for the year ending June 30,. 1917,1
188 people were killed as against 174
the year previous, and 3219 were In
jured as against 2868 for the year
before. The great. Increase in the
number killed came from passen
gers, because of the accident near
Johnstown several months ago.