8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 '{Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. S.J. ST ACKPOLE, Pres't &■ Editor-in-Chief S\ R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively en j titled to the use for republication of I all news credited to it or not other j wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Member American Njwspaper Pub lishers' Associa tion, the Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern office. Story, Brooks & Flnley, Fifth Avenue Building, New York City; "Western office, Story, Brooks & Finley, People's Gas BuHdirtß, Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. , By carriers, ten cents a week; by mail, 55.00 a year In advance. MONDAY EVENING, SEPT. 10 Never set your tired feet On the by-path of retreat. —SAM WALTER FOSS. JAMES McCORMICK HARRISBURG loses in the death of James McCormick one of its foremost and most highly re spected citizens. The possessor of an ample fortune, Mr. McCormick was nevertheless a man of simple tastes and democratic manners. His charities were as many and as generous as his means were large. Not even the members of his own family knew how much •or how frequently he gave. Hun dreds of men and -women in Har risburg, who have been helped over hard places by Mr. McCormick -will mourn his death. His gifts were ■always in secret and made out of the fullness of a heart that regarded the possession of wordly goods in the light of stewardship, rather than of personal ownership, and who administered his estate according to that conviction. Mr. McCormick was the founder of the McCormick Bible class, one of the pioneer men's Bible classes of the world, and as a Bible stu dent and teacher ranked among the best known in the country. He was instrumental in bringing hundreds of men into church connection through his class membership and for many years made it a policy to set aside a certain portion of his Income for the assistance of poor young men studying fos the min istry and for the purchase of libraries for struggling preachers. The T. M. C. A., the Harrisburg Hospital and many other institu tions of the kind were objects of his interest and support. His generosity extended to his home city as well, the island park which bears his name having been given to the municipality for the use of the people for all time. Mc- Cormick's Island has given pleas ure, recreation and health to thousands already, and it Is just at the beginning of its usefulness. In this as in other activities Mr. Mc- Cormick set an example for his fel low citizens which, if followed, would make Harrisburg a better place in which, to live. Uncle Sam's secret service men rave a most embarrassing way of "showing up" the much vaunted Ger man spy system. Why not send Hayward to Germany •o air his peace views. PHYSICAL TRAINING COURSES THREE courses In physical train ing are to be suggested for the public school system of Penn sylvania this winter, according to the announcement of the Stato Board of Education. Radical de parture that this will be, the wonder Is not that physical development is to be given the serious thought of our school authorities, but that it has taken them so long to come to it. Physical fitness is quite as im portant in life's battle as mental alertness. Our schools have devoted themselves to the training of the mind and our churches and Sunday schools to the teaching of religion and the development of the indivi dual along moral and spiritual lines, but community interest in the phy sical welfare of the child has been sadly lacking. Possibly school au thorities have been awakened to the importance of training the muscle as well as the brain by the astonishing ly large number*of rejections by army examiners on physical grounds. There is only one answer to this shameful condition—lack of early exercising along proper lines. That the State authorities have awakened late to their duty along this line is no reason why local BChool boards should be slow in adopting the recommendations they are abofat to make. The newspapers and public everywhere should prod •their directors, who arc notoriously slow to make changes in the accept ed order, largely for the reason that they are almost invariably short of funds and fear to face a complain ing public with additional expendi tures. But even though it cost an ,additional mill on the tax rate of MONDAY EVENING, every school district In the State the Introduction of physical training) would be well worth while. You fathers—wouldn't you rather j see your sons husky, muscular and fearless than weak, puny and tinftld? You mothers—don't you want to seo your girls grow to the age of par enthood strong in body and tltted for the ordeals they will be called upon to face? Surely! Then get behind the State Board of Education and talk physical training in the schools every time you meet a director. More than that; when the time comes for introduction of one of the new course*, write your school board a letter. If need be, appear before the directors and make a tight for its introduction. Let's hope the Russian fleet is not so fleet as the Russian army. MORE TREACHERY NO surprise should attach to the discovery that Germany has been "sinking without trace" the ships of Argentine while pretend ing to be living up to its pledge not to molest the merchant marine of that nation, nor Is It astounding that Sweden should have lent herself to this piece of treachery, but that the, government of Argentine is viewing the situation calmly with little thought of severing relations with the two governments that together have plotted the destruction of her property and the murder of her citi zens is past belief. The whole gruesome transaction reeks with the villainous policy of the Berlin foreign office. It is the old story of the wolf in sheep's clothing. The German smile of friendship al ways conceals the mind of hate. The German pledge of honesty invaria bly precedes violation of all the laws of humanity and ihe usages of so ciety. . Whether or not Argentine or the United States breaks with Sweden as a result of this latest outrage mat ters little fifom the military stand point, but neither nation can afford to countenance for a moment such a. gross violation of neutrality. The German people must be made to feel the weight of their government's crimes and to realize that every fresh offense of the kind adds fuel to the fire that in the end must sweep Germany from its place as a world power, unless German manhood comes to the rescue and repudiates the government that has made the word German a synonym for pillage and murder throughout the world. 1 Our Rainbow division, odd as it may seem, is going to France to launch a thunderbolt; THE I.OCAIj FISH STAND HAVE you a fish stand in your neighborhood and do you pa tronize it?" asks the Food Sup ply Department of the Pennsylvania Committee of Public Safety. Director Heinz, who is giving at tention to methods of lowering the high cost of living, and whose de partment has begun a campaign to Induce a wider use of fish by the housekeepers of the State, says that in a liberal use of fish lies the solu tion of the meat question. Chairmen of all district food sup ply committees have been requested to inquire into fish marketing in their section. They are directed to see that there is a fishman in each town or locality and to insure that he is a good fishman who keeps in touch with market varieties, handles fish properly and sells at a reason able profit. "People hold to a notion that fish is only to be eaten on Friday," said Director Heinz, "that frozen fish has lost its flavor if it is not even un wholesome; that among the salt water fish, cod, blueflsh, mackerel and halibut are the only kinds worth buying." On the oontrary, he points out, the dealer can buy his fish to arrive on any day or days of the week and get them in perfect condition. The Department of Agriculture at Wash ington says that frozen fish Is just as wholesome as fresh-caught fish and likely to be more so and that its flavor averages better. Frozen fish is put into storage a few hours out of water, while fresh fish may travel two or three days before reaching the consumer. There Is Interest, too, in what Mr. Heinz haß to say about the varieties of fish that can usually be bought at reasonable prices, such as whit ing, flounders, fluke, butterfish, por gies, hake, polluck, sea bass and weakfish. Then, for Pennsylvanians there are the fresh water varieties, whitefish, lake trout, bass, herring and perch. There are also many varieties of salt fish that are both palatable and wholesome. It will pay any community organ ization, not having a regular fish supply to arrange with a grocer or butcher to engage in fish retailing as a side line, requiring only separate refrigerating facilities to Keep the flsh away from other food and pre vent the communication of odors, says Chairman Heinz. To the fact that the housewife In the small community does not see flsh frequently in her marketing and so has lost the habit of flsh eating if she ever had It, Mr. Heinz lays our excessive meat-eating habits. Through a stabilized retail sale flsh consumption may be increased, thus both conserving our meat supply and saving hundreds and even thousands of dollars to the over-burdened con sumer. The Food Supply Department announces that it will help in estab lishing connections between retailers and wholesale markets and this is one of the best things the Pennsyl vania committee has undertaken. If It Is successful In substituting flsh three times a week for the meat we now eat it will have <?one'much not only for flie conservation of meats and the relief of our pocketbooks, but for our digestion as well. Harrisburg is fertile ground for the flsh campaign. We are very for tunately situated here, only twelve hours being required to bring the ] ■ fish from the Atlantic coast, Dela j ware Bay or the CHesapeake to our i tables and even less from Lake Erie and the lower reaches of the Susque hanna, to say nothing of our more or less uncertain local supply. The wonder Is that anybody has to teach us to eat flsh. It la a strange fact that the aver age soap-box orator seems never to have used any of the contents on his face. IK tKKO IcCiKUI By the Ex-Committeeman Senator William C. Sproul's visit to Susquehanna, Bradford and Tioga counties over the week-end has fur nished the state with the most pro lific topic for political discussion since Governor Brumbaugh named J. Denny O'Neil state highway com missioner. The senator went right into counties which have been noted as partial to the state administration and not only was the guest of such administration supporters as Senator E. E. Jones, but spoke at fairs and various meetings. The most interesting report re garding the visit Is that Sunday the Delaware county senator was in Wellsboro where he visited E. A. Van Vallcenburg, editor of the North American, and went to Blossburg to call upon Commissioner .Robert K. Young, who Is in a hospital. Senator Sproul has been saying to friends who have tendered him their support If he should come out for governor that he appreciates what they say and may avail himself of their offers. The Democratic state headquart esr people have manifested consider able dismay over the Sproul visits because it is an open secret that they have been counting upon swinging the northern tier into the Democratic column by boosting as the national administration choice Secretary of Labor William B. Wil son. In the last two or three days there has been a lot of Wilson talk from the headquarters company. The Democrats throughout the state who remember that Wilson went down before Congressman Kioss are urging a candidate from a more populous district and sentiment for Colonel Richard Coulter, Jr., is pretty strong. —A movement to bring to the at. tention of national authorities at Washington the course of United States District Attorney Kane has been started at Philadelphia. Kane, who is a rampant reorganizer, has been accused of not being stiff enough in draft matters. —Pittsburgh's mayoralty candi dates start oft to-day with three meetings a day planned between now and primary day. —Philadelphia registration seems to have fallen off on first day ex cept in wards where there are rows, but Pittsburgh ahd Scranton are away up. To-morrow is the next first and second class city registra tion day. Saturday ir the final third class day. —The judicial and congressional aspirants who were bowled out as too late by Judg'e Kunkel's opinion will not appeal. —Pottsville's mayor, F. P. Morti mer, is running for re-election with one opponent. There have been some threats of a judicial test, but no one knows why. —Ralph D. Hurst, the new cor poration clerk in the State Treasury, is expected there this week. He is a Greensburg roan and close friend of the State Treasurer and State Chair man Crow. —A day of prayer has been set for the judicial candidates in Columbia county. The W. C. T. U. started the movement. —C. Oscar Rudy is the latest can didate for District Attorney in York county to withdraw. Captain W. W. Vanßaman gave up the fight because of war service, although an aspirant for years. —Senator C. W. Sones, of Wil iamsport, will not run for governor, but will be a candidate for re-elec tion to the Senate. This is a relief to National administration men. —The Philadelphia Ledger says in its review of the Pittsburgh mayor alty battle; "As this city's three cornered mayoralty primary fight enters its last campaigning week, the big feature is the steadily gaining strength of Dr. J. P. Kerr, president of City Council and independent can didate, who is making inroads Into strongholds both of ex-Public Ser vice Commissioner William A Magee, the Brumbaugh-Vare candidate, and E. V. Babcock, the Penrose organi zation entry. The Babcock support ers, who encouraged Kerr to run af ter the Magee forces dropped him and Magee himself became a can didate, in the hope of dividing the Magee support, are a little uneasy over the sentiment for Kerr in wards they considered sh.fe for Babcock. Kerr's battlecry, "Down with both Philadelphia rings!" is as vigorously cheered when he invades a Babcock stronghold as when he is in a Magee ward, and to date the doctor flayed both his opponents impartially. Reg istration for the first day here, 3 2,- 292, against 22,000 the first day a year ago, a presidential election year, is interpreted by both the Penrose and Brumbaugh-Vare leaders to mean a big outpouring of independ ent voters." —A Wllkes-Barre dispatch to the Philadelphia Inquirer predicts the renomlnation and election of Judge H. A. Fuller and also says: "Not only Is the Republican orgnizatlon In Luzerne county certain to nomi nate its candidates for prothonotary, clerk of courts and jury commis sioner, but it would occasion no sur prise if the organization candidates walked oft with the Democratic nominations for the same offices. There has been so little activity in the Democratic ranks that Repub lican leaders considered it wise to go out after the nominations of this .party and assure certain victory in November by winning both nomi nations." —Under an order made by Chief Justice Brown, of the State Supreme Court, at Philadelphia, on Saturday, the conflict in the constitutional amendments regarding the election or appointment of an orphans' court Judge to succeed the late Judge Dal lett will be straightened out by ar gument and decision on September 24 at Pittsburgh, when the higher court convenes there on that day. The matter came before the Supreme Court on an appeal taken by F. Pierce Buckley, who had filed a citi zen's bill In court No. 1 asking that the county commissioners be en joined from printing on the official ballots the names of any candidates to fill the particulav vacancy on the orphans' court bench until it had been jutHcially determined at what time Judge Dallett's successor should be elected or appointed by the Gov ernor. HARRISBURO <830831 TELEGRAPH " A HANDY MAN AROUND THE HOUSE . W s =™ rSA^viOL^-Tri / Voo'i) * J E-=- WgKm 6 ,00 a*p ~e? Few MiNUtej 1 MAkJKI bHm .-r_ T. cv ,,, c AKID pi v. THAT I -•" ■ 1 1 ■ ■ \ BACK OUR IH6Y vS | ,„ ■/ \ = 'Illlfffll? \ STCP LADDER \ HAD IT pLCNmi J u"ludm jmade-J • WmSSSd? YET ' - S<,T \ "MO. eiOOOOH \IT LOOK'S r "A _ \ J° HAV/e ,T 7 T ( -> / 1 vye Ci' o ' l " A FRIEMQ" hear V"P / HELLO FRITZ.- . I CAN'T TtLC YOO rtOOD ONI B rtFT AvAV I ELI - r-./His NAME That had -nirvTA. hp&r J 'Bout "R-ve " 1 How S Euew / tn - STRAI<SHT FROM ?! Wa A // MULE on HIM- \ | FIXED I Think? -Thass / / a big GouevtuMENT >ie one thsck He. wjouldm'tV thf \ GOOD X V HEAD That peace "BOOT THE ( \_ IT - s RICH LET ME J~f SHAVE I r'pui \ WILL CONAe \ •P/CCOLO v . (SO V MV-SELF AM hour ' A MOTHER HOUR O^^l^'*^ 7B ' The Good in the Shark (From the New York World.) For many yearß the portion of the shark has been hatred and a bad name. So bad is his name that it is applied without hesitation to the conscienceless land-jubber, the gajn bler with loaded dice and the vorac ious human generally. But in Virginia rises one, a baiter of the ocean's larger game, to tell us that the shark is good to eat —he has sampled many varieties himself —sharkskin can be made into leather lit for shoes, that the bones are fine for fertilizers, and that from the shark's liver can be extracted an oil to rival that derived from the cod. In a period of forced thrift in food and footwear, this is excellent news. Moreover, we must count it as a grateful turn of the natural truth which, in the same instant that it promises material addition to our sources of supply, gives a brighter repute to an old acquaintance. We ai;e reminded that in Japan one may be called a lobster without offense. It will mean only that one is esteem ed strong, healthy and likely to live long and happy. With our new un destanding over here, we now may call a man a shark with Intent only to imply that there is lot of good in him. "The Farm's the Place" (From the New York Evening Post) The suspicion develops that, in spite of war stocks and strange mushroom industries, the farm's the place to make money. Wealth ac cumulates "on every rood of ground" rather than where trade "usurps the land." "A pig as big as a tomcat," exults an Illinois farmer, "sells for sl6 " North Dakota boasted in 1910 of less than 75,000 farms and farm ers. Director Cooper, of the experi ment station at Bismarck, estimates that the total value of her Ave lead ing crops this year will be in excess of $205,000,000 —that is, if we allow for a small increase in the number of North Dakota farms and farmers, each one will receive about $2,700 for these five leading crops. By the five leading crops he means oats, barley, rye, flaxseed and wheat; and he puts the value of corn, potatoes and hay at $33,000,000 or nearly SSOO more per farm. Then there are the hops (whioh grow much tomcats), the cattle, the sheep and the fowls. We would advise automobile and piano manu facturers to direct their agents' at tention to North Dakota and adjoin ing States; though it Is probable that they are already fairly well stocked with such luxuries. Not Invited Young Miss Perkins, whose beauty is equal to her bluntness in conver sation, was visiting at a house where among other guests, was the eldest son of a rich manufacturer, who was commonly looked upon as a very eligible husband. The talk turned on matrimonial squabbles. Said the young man: "I hold that the correct thing for the husband is to begin as he Intends to go on. Say that the question was one of smoking. Almost Immediate ly I would show my intentions by lighting a cigar and settling the question forever." "And I would knock the thing out of your mouth!" cried the Imperious beauty. "Do you know," rejoined the young man, "1 don't think you would be there!"— Chicago Herald. His" Small Part Mrs. Biggs was very proud of her boy, for his teacher had reported him the smartest lad in the class. She felt it a fitting opportunity to give her son a little moral advice. "And I wouldn't have any more to do with Charley Binks, If I were you, Robert," she concluded. "I was told this morning that he was seen sticking pins Into his sister's little pet dog—though, of course, I know you wouldn't do such a thing." Bobby's virtuous eyes shone with the realization of his superiority to the Binks boy. "No, mother," he answered, "of course I wouldn't." "But," broke in his father, "I heard that you were there at the time. You should have prevented him, my boy." "I couldn't father," Bobby pro ceeded to explain, with the air of one who had suffered an Injustice, "I was holding the dog."—Chicago Herald. To Buy Food at Cost A food league is being formed among the fourteen hundred em ployes of the Union Electric Light and Power Company, whereby sub scribing members will be supplied fuel and staple food products at cost from the mine and wholesaler. —St. Louis Star. WAR HAS SPIRITUALIZ LABOR A REGENERATION of the spirit ual life of large industries has been accomplished in France as a direct result of the war, and "for once not marked by any rev olutionary movement." This state ment, with supporting facts, is pre sented by The New France (New York), a new magazine issued by L,es Amities Francaises. Inc., a prac tical organization for the establish ment and furtherance of economic relations between France and Amer ica. The new magazine discusses many aspects of our coming spiritual entente, and lays the ground for that mutual good-will which it is hoped to build on mutual understanding and fraternization. The changed as pect of labor made necessary by the war which is dwelt upon by Mr. Pierre Hamp gives special emphasis to the part played by women. "The admission of women into the work shops of mechanics, and the idealism of manual labor," ne says, "have started a new era." Social justice, with which the thoughts of the workers were ardently concerned, he points out, is now dominated by the earnest desire to secure justice to France. We read: *"A common complaint against modern labor is that it breeds dls s-atisfactitfh. Man, finding no joy in the work of his hands, looks for ward to the happy hours at the end of the day; there can be no pleasure unless it be outside the shop. In con trast to the modern masons, the an cient builders of cathedrals had their souls in their worn and accom plished their task with affection. "The war has revived this love and respect for manual tabor. Even in those shpps in which the extreme specialization of work obliges th& men to make the same motion over and over again in the manufacture of guns, the monotony of the action has not smothered the consciousness of the importance of his task. The workman knows that the slightest fault may mean death for the sol diers, and he lias taken to heart the desire to be Infallible. In a shop for the adjustment of fuses, a woman had been punished with a week's sus pension because she had been inat tentive. She was also deprived by her comrades of the honor of taking wine with them. .They said to her, 'This will teach you to do things se That Would Settle Her Sarah Jane was everything that a domestic servant should be, save for this one fault, which, alas! hu man flesh is heir to. She was very jealous of a certain Mrs. Scraggs, a former fellow servant, who never tired of writing to tell her of the glories of her new home. "To think of her sauce and airs and graces, ma'am!" she said to her mistress. Eliza Scraggs writes say ing that she has a conservatory of her own. Rats! I'll lay the conser vatory she's gpt is a couple of cracked flower pots with geraniums In them on the kitchen window dill! I'll get even with her!" "You should not let BUch trifles trouble you, Sarah," said her mis tress. "Well, ma'am, whether or not, I am going to ask you a favor." "What is that, Sarah?" "I was thinking, if I got the pho tographer to come up, perhaps you would not mind me and the master being taken together in the motor. That, would be a settler for Liza when 1 send her the photograph!"— Chicago Herald. Wanted To Try Again The manager of a factory makes a practice of giving all his old clothes to one of the laborers, who is in poor circumstances. A few months ago the manager told him to call at his office, as he had a cast-ofT waistcoat for him. When he examined the gift at home he found In one of the pockets a ten shilling note. After a little study he decided to say nothing about it —Just then, anyway. A month later he went up to the manager and the following conver sation took place: "I've just called to tell you,\ sir, that in one of the pockets of that wesklt you gave me a month ago I found a ten shilling note." "Good gracious!" exclaimed the astonished manager; "and you mean to tell me, my good, honest work man, that you've brought the money back?" "No, sir," answered the laborer, "not exactly. I've called for another wesklt." riously;' they considered themselves part of the national defense. * * * In a shop where 844 women are employed, only three defective ad justments out of 80,000 {uses wer noted by the inspectors, and, after examination, only one fuse was dis carded. Thus in such an amount of delicate work requiring so much at tention 'only one mistake was discov ered—one In 80,000 —In a day chosen at random bji the inspectors. Some times there is not a single mistake. Woman is endowed with a great fac ulty for closeVttentlon; the qualities of the lace-maker bequeathed to her by her ancestors are responsible for some of it. She is now engaged in occupations requiring precision in the handling of metals. * "In a great factory for 155-milll meter shells, during the battle of Verdun, the working day was length ened to eighteen hours, and such was the strain that 11 per cent, of the workmen dropped from shere ex haustion. "The have restored to labor its spiritual value. Though the desire for high wages may be great, something else inspires the men; they want to give their help to their country. The sculptor of cathedrals earned by his work the wages that secured him his temporal welfare, but at the same time fie was work ing to win eternal happiness. His hands saved his soul. Like him, the shellmakers and fusemakers put something spiritual into their Tork; they have a conscience, about it. Some, women engaged in manufac turing grenades wrote: 'Be watch ful; in this shop there Is bungling going on in the handling of parts. It will cause accidents.' "Professional honesty often enough conflicts with the Interests of em ployes. Their passion for doing good work only Is more than a love of la bor; in the same way that the church sculptor saw behind his work in stone the glory of God, the women war mechanics see the des tiny of France." This state of mind, we are assured, has helped in the building up, dur ing two years of war, of an organiza tion of work, and with the addition of women as a body of workers, brought about results that France did not seem to be likely to attain in less than fifty years.—The Literary Digest. Parcel Wrappings (From the Boston Herald) For some .months past we have had in full swing a movement to re duce the cost of delivery service by inducing the purchaser to carry his own parcels. The Massachusetts committee on public safety is now co-operating with the dealers in an effort to begin this economy at the beginning—with the making up of the parcel before it is sent out. It is proposed to save in the use of wrapping materials, and the saving will be no mere triviality. The price cf twine has advanced beyond all precedent; that of wrapping paper has more than doubled, while some grades of It cost nearly as much us did ordinary letter paper before the war. Were baskets available the whole problem would be solved, yet the basket, excellent for country marketing, is not suited to the crowded streets of the city, and the network bag is only less objefctlou able. It IB generally realized that the stringed parcel, with its conven ient wooden handle, has "come to stay." But much more paper and twine are lavished upon it than is needed. The customer often pur chases at different counters, sees each article laboriously encased and tied, and then has the various par cels combined into orre large bundle, to the waste of both time and ma terial. In the shoe trade purchases are usually packed into cardboard boxes or "cartons" with the Interior elaborately papered, and the carton finally "done up" in paper and string. Grocery articles, such a s flour, rice, coffee and the like, need special coverings of their own, but many others submit, easily to the collective treatment with a singl-2 wrapper. One newly Introduced economy is rendered possible by a machine which delivers a narrow mucilage, paper strip that can be cut off in appropriate lengt'is and applied to small parcels as a sub stitute for twine and as a neater economy than the pharmacist's seal ing wax. The committee has In view a broad consideration of the con ditions and possibilities by the dealers themselves In the belief that systematized methods of saving in this field will result In benefit to both consumer and producer. SEPTEMBER 10, 1917. Labor Notes Russia has 2,151,191 workmen en gaged In establishments subject to factory inspection. There were 1,065 industrial acci dents in New Zealand last year—only three of thom fatal. In New South Wales, Australia almost 4 4 per cent, of the population are bread-winners. Phthisis Is responsible for 28.5 per cent, of deaths to workers in En gland's boot and shoe industry. In 1807 International Machinists had a membership of only 14,000. It is now over 100,000. International Bakery and Confec tionery Workers' convention is to be held September 9 in Boston, Mass. Princess Mary of England delights In visiting the factories and serving the noonday meal to the workers. The age limits for women employ ed in the British government and sent to Franco Is between 20 and 40. International Union of Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers will hold Its convention at Cleveland, Ohio, on September 10. Sweden has In operation emer gency war measures on the food sup ply and unemployment. Ninety per cent, of women em ployed In Moscow, Russia, are in the spinning Industries. j OUR DAILY LAUGH A CONSIDERATE HUSBAND "What makes you so Jealous?" "Oh, It pleases my wife." SAME THING. "Wo can all do something to help." "Yes, those who do say anything else can sit bock and advise the rest." VERY HAPPY. "You look happy." "Why shouldn't I? The baseball reason Is on and I've Just as many grandmothers as I had a year ago." BOOSTING IT. Friend— Everything is Going uy J'oet—Yes, yesterday a llterar; dy offered me a nickel for my ought*. Etaetttug fflljat Men who have been studying ei Hstments are of the opinion that b< cause of the manner in which enlis' ments have been keeping up it is n< likeiv that Harrisburg will be calle upon to furnish many men uncle the second draft call. It is improt able that the call will come fc months anyway because of the de lays in completing cantonments an the time that will be occupied i training and equipping the men c the national army.- The mobilizatio of the drafted men has been ai tended by disappointment due to tl tremendous strain upon labor an material circles and consequently tfc next call may not come until winte By that time Harrisburg will ha'V many more men added to its enlisl ments, which are already impressi\ in number, and the condition due 1 the draft will not be anything Ilk that experienced in other cities. Th city has been talked of all over tl United States because of the numei ous men it gave to the Eighth Keg ment and the army. Harrisburg too hold of its opportunities in tl ■kiKhth Regiment and showed Itse a real headquarters city. The reg ment is known more or less as Harrisburg regiment as a result an ts career in this war will be followc with interest by the whole state. • is t,le story of the man fro the Keystone State who ran t against three men from other stati who knew all about that mysterioi district of Pennsylvania known i the Dutch Beit," about which i many people in other parts of tt country know so much and we wl live in the midst of it, appparentl / low so e - The four men met the course of a journey and natural began to talk about the draft. Tl man from Now York city was rejol ing that the board in his district h£ gotten through without a riot, tl man from Connecticut was wonde ing how his state's industries we going to run when the men we called and the man from suburb! Chicago was confident that his di tilct would raise the quota neede They settled it all to their satisfa tion and alighted on the Pennsj vanian. The New York man hi visited Pennsylvania, the Illinois! '■ad traveled through it and the Co necticut man had "macfe" Pennsj vania towns when he was sellii goods before he got rich and begi to manufacture. "Guesti you'll have trouble to l jour quota from Pennsylvania," r marked the man from Illinois. "Yi have such a diversified state and makes and mines so much." "Yes, Pennsylvania is industrl and then there is the German el ment to contend with," said the mi from Manhattan, where they call o the "cops" to suppress speake against the draft. "From what I know from passii through your state I should imagii you would have no end of trout drafting men. Take the Pennsj vania Dutch, for Instance. I predl you will be up against it to get £ men in th*i cities of 'the Pennsylv nia Dutch belt'," was the comment the man from the Nutmeg State. "Say, where and what are the cltl of that 'Dutch belt'?" flared up t Pennsylvanian, a native and famill with the state. "Well, Lancaster. Allentown, Rea ing, Harrisburg, York and some the towns X used to visit," repli the Connecticut man. "Oh, very well. Just take this 1 'the Pennsylvania Dutch', as you c them," answered the Pennsylvanit "They are descendants of men w backed up you Yankees when y were chased out of Long Island, Ni York and New Jersey and came us in the Revolution. And Lancast and Harrlsburg are two cities th this year enlisted so many men th they do not have to give a man und the first call, and Allentown .and t others have very few called for. Su pose you write to Crowder." Hiram G. Andrews, the Harrisbu correspondent of the Philadelpl North American and Pittsburgh D patch, has been called to Washlngt to assist in the publicity work of t national food control and has glv the time allotted for his vacation that work. The publicity work being directed by men of wide e perience in national movements, m< of whom, like Mr. Andrews, are gi ing of their time and at actual 1< to themselves to the movemei Probably never before were new papermen rendering as much aid the government and its agencies th at present. The success of th£ dn was largely due to the patriotic at tude of the newspapers and to t calls they made upon the peop while since that time there have be hours de/oted to dissemination of 1 formation about the draft laws a regulations by newspaper men. many cases they had to reduce terms and phrases understood by t public the official regulations a decisions and rulings upon them. • * • Members of the Harrlsburg I serves will see the officers of t Eighth Regiment leave the city w regret, for much of the success the organization in mastering t intricacies of drill has been drie the detailed instruction given th< by officers. Captains Bretz, Jenkl Hartman, Stine and Baker and Ll tenants Long, Thomas and Wilbar i sisted Major Porter and his compa officers at every opportunity. In the last few weeks copies the charter and by-laws of the I serves have been sent to half a dos cities to be models for home defei organizations. These by-laws, whl include some of the regulations the Harrlsburg military assoclatli have been Incorporated In the pis of several guards. Allentown, Greei burg and other cities have re*W them. WELL KNOWN PEOI —Major Henry T. Metcalfe. 1 new officer in charge of Allento' camp, is a veteran army surgeon. —Dr. Henry Leffman, noted Phi delphia chemist, received a shov of postcards in honor of his birthd —Dr. G. L>. Omwake, presidi of Ursinus College, urges that peo should give close attention to i moral training of children, especia In war time. —lnsurance Commissioner O'K has been invited to attend the g< roads banquet at Ebensburg. —W. 'G. grimes, who is runn for district ""attorney in Alleghe was acti\<) in the prison labor co mission studies and wrote most the report. DO YOU KNOW Tlint Hnrrisbui* lins raised ton and tons of vegetables in sight o tlic Courthouse vane? HISTORIC HAKRISBURG The first weather observatory i% in the old Capitol dome and c< ducted by volunteers.
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