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FRIDAY EVENING, SEPT. 21
Let no pleasure tempt thee, no
profit allure thee, no ambition cor
rupt thee, no example sway thee, no
persuasion move thee to do anything
ivhich thou ltnowcst to be evil. —
FRANKLIN.
WHERE AUTHORITY LIES
CONSIDERABLE attention has
been given the past few days to
the quality and character of
theatrical and outdoor amusements, 1
in Harrisburg and apparently with
very good reason. But has it oc
curred to those who are criticising •
tho authorities for permitting
such a state of affairs that the
man they have been urging for
mayor of Harrisburg is acting
mayor at this time, and that a word
from him would put an end to the
trouble? Would Mayor Gorgas be
any more careful about the quality
of our amusements than Acting
Mayor Gorgas?
We hope the weather man will trot
out ' a few more "melancholy days"
like this one.
CHEER UP
CHEER up, you friends and rela
tives of the lads who yesterday
marched away to "do their bit"
for Uncle Sam. These lads are not
going to be led like helpless lambs ,
to the slaughter. If the statistics
of the French army are carried out
in our own, nine out of every ten of
them will come marching home
again all the better for their experi
ence. Of course, this Is poor con- j
solation for the mother or sweet
heart who fears her boy may be the
unlucky tenth, but even at home,
at least, one out of each ten of them
would suffer injury, sickness or death
in one form or another, so that the
risk of war, under modern condi
tions, with disease reduced to a mini
mum and hospital care of the most
highly developed character lavished
upon the soldier who needs it, is not
so precarious as in some lines of In
dustrial endeavor.
Indeed, the health of the man in
the ranks will be far more studiously
cared for than had ho continued in '
civic life. The dentist, the physician,
even the chiropodist, are on his trail
continually. The dread of typhoid
has been removed. Other diseases
have been reduced to a minimum.
His food is plentiful and wholesome,
carefully devised to meet the neces
sities of his healthful outdoor life.
The only big chance he takes Is with
the death-dealing devices of the
enemy and these he will not be called I
upon to face until he Is trained to!
the point where he can fight under
conditions that will make him a bet
ter soldier than yiose he must op
pose. But even then he will be in
danger only a part of the time. The
soldier is not always under fire. A
brief period at the front and a long
rest back of the lines is the order.
Knowledge of these conditions, of
course, will not fill the vacant place
at table nor bring back the lad who
has gone away. The thought that the
young soldier is happy and healthy
in his new life will not cure the ach-
Jng heart nor lull the lonely soul,
but it ought to go a long way to
ward comforting those who have
been called upon to send their loved
ones to the training camps.,
One thins is certain, the makers of
school geographies are going to have
a profitable season after the war is
over. .
KEEP THE ARMY SUPPLIED
CONGRESSMAN KKEIDER, ad
dressing the Chamber of Com
merce conference in Atlantic
City Wednesday, advocated the pas
sage of law which would permit the
arrest on a charge of treason of any
employer who locks out his men en
gaged either in the manufacture or
shipment of goods designed for the
United Stales Army during the war,
or any set of men engaged in such
wotk who go on strike. Mr. Kreider
said that all such disputes should be
settled by arbitration, so long as war
exists, at least, and that the Fed
eral conciliation board should be
charged with the work of bringing
both parties to an agreement.
Congressman Kreider's views will
be accepted by most Americans. We
have an army in the field, if it is
not properly supplied by those of us
FRIDAY EVENING,
who remain at home It will be de
feated. If its munitions do not ar
rive on time the soldiers may be
left helpless in the face of German
attack. The folks back home who
are guilty of holding up supplies not
only endanger the lives of our sol
diers, but they give "aid and com
fort" to tho enemy. That being true,
(hero must bo no lockouts or strikes
during tho war In industries upon
which our soldiers are depending.
Arbitration should bo made compul
sory. Americans would have llttlo
sympathy for either employers or
employes who would place the lives
of our soldiers In Jeopardy In order
to thresh out by lockout or strike
differences that could settled by
arbitration.
_Congressman Krelder 4s well able
to speak In this vein. He has never
had serious labor troubles in the
factories of which ho is the head,
for the reason that he has been and j
is always ready to listen with reason
to any proposals that aro made toj
him. He had In operation a well- i
tried workmen's compensation sys-!
tern before the State law enforcing,
such a system was enacted. He '•
knows the value and the wisdom of'
intelligent arbitration. Others le3s
wise must learn the lesson during
this war.
News from the cantonments is that
the drafted men are not taking it
nearly so hard as the folks back
home.
PLANT A TREE
PLANT a tree this fall. If you
have a rear yard sufficiently
large, let it be a fruit tree. If your
lawn or the curb in front of your
house is bare, put in a shade tree.
In yesterday's issue the Telegraph
published a list of the kinds of trees
that are best suited for this climate.
They were chosen by an expert. The
list provides ample selection to meet
any condition or any taste.
The recent storm left many oppor
tunities for tree planting, both on
private property and in public places.
Along the River Front a large num
ber of our trees were shattered and
others badly broken. Young trees
must be set out to take the places of
these. The same applies to Capitol
Park. The beautiful trees that have
adorned it for so long are growing
old, many of them, and thought for
the future should prompt the setting
out of saplings.
Trees aro a city's cheapest and
most beautiful ornament. The street
that has none is bare and to some
degree unattractive, even though its
buildings be most imposing. On the
other hand, even the most humble
thoroughfare is beautiful and given
a "homey" look by a planting of well
I
cultivated trees. The most attrac
tive streets in Harrisburg are those I
that have most trees. The opposite
is also true.
Plant a tree this fall and help
make Harrisburg more beautiful and
a better place In which to live.
According to news dispatches, Em
peror Charles has left for the Italian
front and the obliging General Co
dorna is trying to make his Journey
as short as possible.
IDIOTIC EXPENDITURES
WITH half the world starving,
with the Red Cross appealing
for funds to carry on its
work of mercy, with the nation fac
ing its greatest crisis and the cry go
ing up for liberal Investments in Lib
erty Bonds, we read in a morning i
newspaper, under flaring headlines, ai;
dispatch from Colorado Springs giv-}
ing account of a "fashionable dog!
wedding" attended by the "local j
smart set and their blue-blooded i
canines." Says the account:
The ceremony marks the con
nubial union of Rufus of Wulmer
a blue-blooded Pekinese spaniel'
to a young canine lady of equai
high degree. Miss IJahlee Winks
Chin Chin, daughter of Nowata
Li Chee and Pekin Chusan, both
of Pekin, China. Covers were laid
lor several guests, representing
the wealth and fashion of dogf
dom In this city.
We are gravfcly informed that the
"bride" wore "gorgetto crepe Valen
ciennes lace, with a bodice cut in
the style of Marie Antoinette," and
a pearl necklace, while the "bride
groom wore a dog collar studded
with diamonds." The wedding cards
were "expensively engraved." The
guests "dined from sliver plates and
drank their cream from expensive
llaviland china."
What rot! Too bad that there are
those in America who would squan
der their riches in this fashion. Too
bad that telegraph tolls and printers'
ink should be wasted by any news
paper for such a story. It is rubbish
of this sort that encourages social
ism and furnishes material for the
curbstone ranter. Occurrences of this
kind bring wealth Into ill-repute and
stir up. class feeling. Fortunate, in
deed, Is It for America that all of
our wealthy people are not of that
type and that "dog weddings" and
idiotic performances of the kind are
the exception and not the rule.
Too bad that a law cannot be de
vised to relieve such folks of tho
riches they do not know how to use.
Too bad that Dr. Orth is to retire
as head of the State Lunatic Hos
pital; he would have made such an
ideal custodian for the Colorado
Springs idiots and their paretic
'PMUVOIFTACUAA
By the Ex-Commlttecman
Pennsylvania's primary election
bids fair to have far more extensive
effects on next year's state elections
than predicted by many of the men
who have been observing the trend
of politics in tho Keystone State for
tha last six weeks. Not only will
there be movements of Importance In
the Republican party, but the tights
between Democratic factions in some
counties, the refusal of leaders to
make even a truce and the collapse
of the party organizations In several
cities Indicate that the Democracy of
Pennsylvania has Internal troubles of
Its own.
The meeting of the Democratic
congressmen and leaders last night
in Philadelphia, while estenslbly to
honor ex-State Chairman Roland 8.
Morris, tho latest Democrat to be
I gotten out of tho way by a foreign
| appointment; was really to see If tho
I party squabbles could not bo ended.
Mr. Morris goes as ambassador to
| Japan and the distinctly machine
element is now in control of the
' party organizations in Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh. In both of those
cities, however, as in many of the
Interior counties, there aro Demo
crats who are on the warpath over
tho manner In which federal patron
age has been doled out, a state which
the leaders consider deplorable in
view of the fact that they have been
assuring President Wilson that the
party is united and contented and
just bubbling over with enthusiasm
for Secretary of Labor Wilson or
whoever the President may pick for
gubernatorial candidate and at a time
when the headquarters sleuths are
hunting funds.
From all accounts, the conference
was not an amlabU affair, as therfe
were some men who couid not be
induced to see the appointments in
the same light as the slate committee
of the inside ring.
The warrant issued for Mayor
Tliomas B. Smith and other men in
Philadelphia in connection with the
Fifth ward battle in Philadelphia;
the increase of power in councils by
the Smith-Vare alliance, and the for
mation of the anticontractors party
to light certain candidates backed
by the Vares, bid fair to give Phila
delphia one of the most strenuous
fall campaigns for a long time. An
interesting feature or the Philadel
phia election was the judicial pri
mary.
—Two of the common pleas Judges
whose terms expire and who were
candidates for re-election—F. Ama
ileu Bregy, president judge of court
No. 1, and Charles Y. Audenrled,
president judge of court No. 4, were
virtually elected. Having received
more than 50 per cent, of all votes
cast, they are assured under the uni
form primary law of a "sole nomi
nation" on the November ballot. The
otiier judicial aspirants for succes
sion to themselves, William C. Fer
guson and Charles B. McMichael,
court No. 3; William H. Staake and
John Monaghan, court No. 5, and
Edward A. Anderson and Joseph F.
Lamorelle, orphans' court, must face
.the electorate in November in com
petition with the candidates on the
ticket with them at the primary who
received the next highest number of
votes. These candidates are Fred
erick Boyer and J. L. Breitinger,
court No. 3; Eugene C. Bonniwell
and Frederjck S. Drake, court No. 5,
and Robert F. Bonner and William
C. Lynch, orphans' court.
—The Pittsburgh battle may be
called a draw with the Penrose man
having a shade the better. Babcock
and Magee will fight it out. The
Philadelphia Ledger in a special says:
"What Kerr will do in the pending
fight between Babcock and Magee is
not clear. Formerly a close po
litical friend of Magee, whose sup
port he had while running for coun
cil, he now is bitterly resentful be
cause of the generally acknowledged
fact that Magee had promised to
back Kerr for mayor and then sud
denly decided to run himself. But
Kc-rr is also a political enemy of the
present mayor, Joseph G. Armstrong,
who is allied with Babcock and Pen
rose. Kerr to-day was noncommittal,
but persons who know him well ex
press the op'nion that his following
will be turned fjuietly in Babcock's
direction. Persons not interested in
factional politics for the most part
voted for Kerr in the primary. No
man can say where their votes will
go in the election."
—The vote on the Judiciary fight
which gave Allegheny some slrow re
ve:vls candidates standing in the fol
lowing order: Josiah Cohen, Thomas
J. Ford, John D. Shafer, T. D.- Car
nishan, J. M. Swearlngen, Jumes B.
Drew, Charles H. Kline, John M.
Dunn, W. A. Griffith and N. K.
Daugherty. The incumbents are
Judges Cohen, Carnalian, Ford,
Shafer and Swearlngen. The returns
indicate that County Court Judge
Drew and State Senator Kline are
the closest competitors to the pres
ent judges, but the five men now
occupying seats on the common pleas
bench are iio far in the lead that it
is not expected that their positions
will be materially changed. Little
interest was shown in the Demo
cratic primaries, as the county Is
overwhelmingly Republican. Coro
ner S. C. Jamison was renominated
and W. S. Haddock is Republican
candidate for sheriff.
—Other judicial contests resulted
as follows:
Chester—William Butler, Jr.
Clinton, Cameron and Elk—R. B.
McCormick.
Columbia and Montour—John G.
Harman.
;>auphin—S. J. M. McCarrell.
Delaware —William B. Broomall
and Albert B. MacDade. One to be
elected.
Fayette—John Q. Van Swearlngen;
orphans' court, James C. Work.
Luzerne —Henry A. Fuller.
Montgomery—Aaron S. Swartz.
Northampton—Russell C. Stewart.
Susquehanna-—H. A. Denney, who
will have opposition.
Crawford and Erie are to be heard
from.
Schuylkill—lTarry O. Bechtel and
diaries E. Berger, incumbents; John
R. Jones and James Bell. Two to be
elected.
—Archibald Johnston got 80 per
cent, of the votes polled for mayor
of Bethlehem.
—Bedford and Clinton have dry
candidates for associate judge and
Union appears to have named "wets."
—Alderman A. H. Heldenrlch will
be the next mayor of Hazleton. He
downed Mayor Harvey.
—Senator T. Larry Eyre appears
to have nominated G. W. DeWees,
his candidate for controller of Ches
ter county, in a canter.
—Prothonotary Frederick, a Brum
ibaogh appointee, was renominated
|in Montgomery.
—James J. Ferries Is the Demo
cratic candidate for Jury commis
sioner in Lancaster.
—Judge Russel C. Stewart got
8S per cent, of the votes In North
ampton.
-—Wllkes-Barre appears to have
Iliad u fw tlffhtn and so did Scrantnn.
HARJUSBURG HfwjglH TTTLEGRAPH
CINCHING IT *:■ By Briggs
' /— ——— — *' k°
Conyrlcbted Ul? by Th* Tribune Auoe. (N*w York TrlbuM>-
The primary was strenuous as usual
in the anthracite region.
—The Philadelphia North Ameri
can says Judge Prather was renomi
nated in Crawford.
EDITORIAL COHMENT ~
War was not forced on the Kaiser,
but peace will be.-4-Wall Street
Journal.
As a sinecure in weary hot weath
er days that of German Minister of
the Colonies has its unquestioned
charms. Philadelphia Evening
Ledger.
It is now announced that the
Kaiser has decided to wage a more
relentless submarine warfare. Let 'er
go, Bill. It'll all be in the itemized
statement at the end of the war.—
New York Morning Telegraph.
Of course, we are confident that
our Army will ultimately sock it to
the Hindenburg hOBt, but so far fif
teen citizens of Houston constitute
its toll. —Houston Post.
ECONOMIC GROPING
It is true, as stated by President
Rhett, of the Chamber of Commerce
of the United States, that "business
has been groping in the dark because
it finds the very foundations of com
merce have been upturned, and de
mand and supply can no longer he
permitted to control prices, because
the extraordinary demands of the
Government have completely unbal
anced the scales.'
• With the ordinary laws of com
merce suspended, the search for a
substitute has necessarily been diffi
cult. Such pricefixing as had oc
curred iai largely experimental. The
great meeting of farmers in Chicago
avers that the price fixed for wheat
is so low as to discourage produc
tion, although a few years ago half
the price would have meant an era
of abnormal prosperity. The buying
power of a dollar changes rapidly
in these days. There is a readjust
ment in terms rather than in the
exchange value of commodities. If
six pounds of cotton still buy a
bushel of wheat, there is little change
in basic relations so far as the cot
ton producer and the wheat grower
are concerned. But it takes time
for the whole Industrial establish
ment of the nation, and in the mean
time many suffer. The government
is attempting to cquullze conditions
as fast as possible. Too much should
not be expected. It is right and
proper, however, to expect from
leaders of business help and guidance
and the government Is getting both.
We are living Indeed in an age of
American miracles, the half of which
have not been told; and not the
least of these miracles will be the
employment of fair and equitable
rrtlticinl administration as a substi
tute for natural laws which have
been shaken Into numbness by tho
world castrophe.—Evening Ledger,
Philadelphia.
SEPTEMBER SIGHS
September weather, we're agreed.
Is nearly Indefectible,
Inimitable, and indeed
Deliclously delectable;
But, since its loveliness contains
The signs of summer's decadence.
We greet it with lugubrious strains.
By all poetic precedents.
The color of the turning leaf
Outvies ail soft vernalitles,
And yet we greet the thing with
grief,
And marked uncordlallties.
The nights are fine for sleep, we
know, *
• The days are free from tor
rid n ess—
Then why these wailing words of
woe
And plaintive howls of horrldness?
To treat September thus, betrays
An intellectual arldness;
Why mourn the season that displays
The virtues of preparedness?
It is the best of all the year,
Nor heat nor cold can pen you In;
And when I hear you grieve, I fear
Your sorrow Isn't genuine!
Now hopes tl>e squirrel to confide
His harvest to his granary—
Uniess the hunter gets his hide
And sends it to the tannery.
Now go our apples to the mill,
And to the school our progeny:
O lovely month! Who hates thee will
Plead guilty to misogyny!
—Ted Robinson In the Cleveland
Plain Deal sr.
Full Garbage Can Sign of Waste
.[From the literary Digest]
A full garbage can is a Rood sign
that the family does not know how
to make the most of its food supply.
The contents of our Cans should be
reduced to a minimum. Our food
controller, Mr. Herbert Hoover, re
cently : ent a letter to several cities,
asking for data regarding the com
parative amounts of garbage collect
ed this year and last. A reduction
will be looked upon as Indicating
diminution in food waste. Further,
after the quantity of garbage has
been made as small as possible, it is
desirable to dispose of it in such a
way as to utilize all the valuable
substances that it contains, either for
feeding animals or for the extraction
of fats and fertilizing materials. The
following circular letter, addressed
to tho mayors of large cities having
no reduction plants, by the United
States Department of Agriculture, is
quoted by an editorial writer In The
Municipal Journal (New York, Au
gust ):
"This department desires to bring
to your attention the matter of the
conservation of the garbage in your
city. At the present time .there ex
ists throughout the world a short
age of.both fats and fertilizer ma
terials. This situation promises to
grow more serious as the war in
Europe continues, it is, therefore, a
matter of prime Importance that all
available sources of both of these
materials should be used to the best
advantage. Garbage contains on the
average about 2 per cent, of grease
and about 20 per cent, of tankage,
the latter having valuable properties
as a fertilizer material. Any method
of disposal of garbage In large cities
which does not recover both the
grease and the tankage Is uneconom
ic and particularly deplorable in the
present circumstances. We wish,
BROKEN EGGS
[From the Columbus (Ohio) Dis
patch.]
A Boston man who is apt at
mathematics has figured it out that
if greater care were exercised In the
matter of handling eggs they would
not cost nearly so much as at pres
ent. In other words, his calculations
show that while we pay for a doi'.en
eggs, we get only nine and a half of
them, the breakag'e in transit
amounting to two and half eggs to
the dozen, and, of course, the con
sumer of the unbroken eggs, If the
expression will be allowed, must pay
for the eggs that arc broken before
they reach the consumer.
There Is a good deal In the con
tention. The reckless handling of
freight is a heavy burden of expense.
Carelessness costs J lot of money in
more directions than eggward. All
of us are annually called upon to
pay for broken crates, and spilled
beans, and lost articles of a hundred
kinds, just as those who pay their
accounts at the grocery must also
pay the accounts of those who refuse
to pay.
Tho foreigners have long com
plained at our carelessness In crating
and packing. In fact, the attention
paid to crating and packing by the
foreigners gave them the markets of
South America. To this day one can
hear the merchants and Importers of
South America claiming that they
would deal In this country but for
the fact that our exporters do not
know how to crate and pack goods,
with the result that the goodV In
variably arrive In bad shape. We are
not familiar enough with the egg
trade to offer suggestions as to crat
ing, but the chances are that im
provements could be made In present
methods just as costs could he les
sened by more care being exercised
In handling all kinds of goods.
BUSINESS AWOKE
Victory in the great struggle In
which we are engaged depends large
ly' on the power, Intelligence and
speed of the industry of the United
States; upon our ability to produce
faster and better than ever before
the things necessary to efficient war
fare. .This convention of American
businssmen should show, not to our
people alcne but to the whole world,
In what spirit and with what deter
mination business faces tho tasks
ahead of us. —R. G. Rhett, presVlent
United States Chamber of Com
m tor pa.
therefore, to urge upon your con
sideration the advisability of so
treating the garbage from your city
as to insure the recovery of its val
uable constituents. That this may
be made a source of profit to a mu
nicipality has been proved by num
bers of cities in the United States
where municipal rendering plants
have.been erected, and in a number
of others private plants are now
operating and paying dividends on'
the investments. We shall be glad
to furnish you with any further in
formation at our disposal on the sub- ■
ject, upon request."
The editor who quotes the above ts
of the opinion that the utilization of
garbage for animal food, where pos
sible, is to be preferred to the meth
od advised by the department. He
says:
"A garbage reduction plant ts a
very expensive one to construct, and
it requires several months—possibly
a year—to build one. It is not, there
fore, a matter to be decided upon
hastily, and we advise each ctty to
give careful consideration to all
phases of the subject before it adopts
such a plan. For instance, the fact
that the amount of garbage is known
to have been reduced by 20 to 25
per cent, this year in several cities
very probably means that the fats
and other matters in the garbage
that furnish the valuable products
are being reduced by at least double
this percentage—enough, possibly,
to wipe out all profit from the pro
cess. We do not believe that even
the Secretary of Agriculture would
advise ctties to go into a losing ven
ture for the purpose of saving an
uncertain amount of food waste,
with a possibility (a hope, let us
say) that the war will be over before
the plant could begin to operate
The hog seems to us a more favor
able method of utilizing garbage."
LITTLE GRAY SHADOWS
Fair Is the story that our nursey,
Nannie.
Tells to the little ones crowding
about;
Little brown Buzzy and
Annie,
And Ragsy, the pup, with his ton
gue hanging out.
Fair Is the story of echoes of laugh
ter
Iying asloep till the shadows como
down,
Bringing the drowsy notes following
after.
Waking the echoes by Slumberland
Town.
Hunting their silver notes out of the
grasses,
Weaving them Into a mantle of
dreams;
Stealing the sleep from the wind as
it passes.
Gleaning the magic of fairy moon
beams.
Down the brown hedgerows tho
shadows come creeping,
Bringing the echoes of laughter,
and things
Meant to deck cradles where babies
are sleeping,
Riding as noiseless as butterfly
wings.
Pausing to rest on the window ledge
lightly.
Falling where curtains are stirred
by the breeze,
Little gray shadows oome visiting
nightly.
Lured by the magic of low melo
dies.
Falling and spilling their burdens of
slumber,
Echoes they found where the long
grasses creep,
Drowsy Motes, telling their dreams
without number—
That Is why babies go nodding to
sleep.
This ia the story that our nursey,
Nannie,
Tells to the little ones, crowding
about;
Little brown Buster-Lad, Buzzy and
Nannie,
And Ragsy, the pup, with his ton
gue hanging out.
itUi tt. Iden.
SEPTEMBER 21, 1917.
LABOR NOTES
In 1861 the first elevator was oper
ated.
In 1897 International Brotherhood
of Painters, Decorators and Paper
Hangers had 5,000 members. It now
has over 90,000.
Melbourne (Australia) high court
has ruled that an employer may dis
charge a man because of member
ship in a trade union.
Virden (111.) Co-operative Society
paid a dividend of ten per cent, to
its membership on the basis of pur
chases during the last quarter.
Winnipeg (Canada) Typographical
Union has increased wages from $22
a week to $25 for members employ
ed in commercial shops.
The municipal council of Dijon,
France, has called upon the Cham
ber of Deputies to pass a law requir
ing children between 12 and 18 to
work.
An arbitrator appointed to look
into the case of the Lane Harbor
(Ireland) dockers and crane men,
has advised an increase of three
shillings per week in their pay..
The draymen's strike in Dublin,
Ireland, has been settled through the
intervention of the Lord Mayor, and
an Increased wage and war bonus
are to be gi.ven the men.
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"This seems like getting back
home," said one of the aviation camp
soldiers to a Telegraph reporter yes
terday as he sat before a downtown
lunch counter and stowed away two
large pieces of pie. "We just got Into
| town from Texas, you know, and
| after what we have endured in Texas
| that rough old Held down by the avi
'atlon camp near Jliddletown looks
like a carefully mowed front lawn
to us. And the people—why they*
are as different in their treatment
of a soldier,as the bright green fields
and the low rolling hills of Penn
sylvania are different from the sandy
wastes of the Rio Grande, and the
difference is just as agreeable, be
lieve me. Down there the folks look
upon the soldier as a person Inferior
to the civilian; up here they meet
us half way, with right hand stuck
out, and we are made to feel that
the uniform of the service is some
thing any man may bs proud to
wear. Down there they stick a sol
dier wherever possible. A five-cent
piece of pie, like I am eating here,
is ten cents to the soldier, although
In many places the civilian gets It
for a nickel, and the soldier has no
redress. He can take It or leave
it alone. Up here the prices are all
the same and the waiters hop around
right lively to serve the man In uni
form. Talk about Southern hospital
ity. Why Pennsylvania hospitality
has the southern variety, so far as
soldiers are concerned, tied fa.st to
a ton of pig iron and dropped over
board in midocean.
And what the soldier said Is true,
at least so far as Harrisburg is con
cerned. This is a patriotic commun
ity. It has always held the uniform
of the United States soldier in high
regard, and its respect Is enhanced
to-day by reason of the fact that
the city has about 2,400 men In the
service. So far as advancing prices
to soldiers above those charged
civilians, Harrisburg would not stand
for that from any merchant, no
merchant would think of trying to
Impose any such injustice.
Officials of the State draft regis
tration headquarters have not yet
replied to the inquiry of Provost
Marshal General Crowder for their
views on the suggestion that the lo
cal draft boards proceed as soon as
possible a.fter shipments of drafted
men to camps,, started this week and
to end Sunday, are completed. The
subject has been taken up with of
ficers of the State government and
of district appeal boards and a re
ply will be made shortly. Many of
the boards have objected to imme
diate examinations because of the
general disturbance which they fear
would result in business and other
lines of activity and some letters
coming here indicate that they would
prefer to have a time fixed for be
ginning examinations and that the
dates for the next shipments of men
to camps be announced far in ad
vance. Many inquiries have been
made here as to when the colored
men are to be sent to camp as many
drafted men are in industrial com
munities and are inclined to move
about from place to place.
• • •
W. G. Murdock, Uncle Sam's bur
den befcrer at the State draft regis
tration headquarters, is having his
own troubles. The government re
quires everyone to pay *p on time
and to be good, but it takes Its own
time about paying bills. Tho result is
that Mr. Murdock gets calls several
times a day to know how money is
coming along. Nine times out o(
ten the vouchers have to be sent
back. The other day a set of vouch
ers came along with the name of ev
ery man signed by a cleric and when
it went back most of the men called
up on the telephone to protest.
• • •
Harrisburg bass fishermen an
commencing to lose faith in the wide
branching Susquehajina as a fishing
stream. Time was when men could
catch bass off the piers of the bridges
or in the stream between the island
and the city. The selected spots up
and down the river were numerous.
But lately because of the rains the
fishing,has not been of the kind that
is told of in the long winter even
ings and an ordinary catch of bass
now attracts wide attention.
• • ♦
Miss Alice li. Eaton, the librarian
of the Harrisburg Public Library,
who Is looking after the gathering
of books and cash for the libraries
for the soldiers' camps, has been vis.
iting nearby places in the matter.
She spent yesterday at Hershey
where the project has been well re
ceived, and is to-day explaining the
plans at Lancaster. Governor Brum
baugh will issue a proclamation urg
ing giving of money and good books
for the libraries in a few days. The
Governor has heartily endorsed the
pro3ect.
• # •
Among visitors to Harrisburg yes
terday was Col. T. J. Keenan, one
of the prominent businessmen anc
independents of Pittsburgh, who if
giving his services as a member ol
one of the district boards under the
draft system. Col. Keenan speni
some time at the State headquarteri
here.
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"
—R. Scott Ammerman, former
member of the Legislature frorr
Danville, was In the city yesterdaj
In connection with State draf
matters.
—S. R. Tamer, active in legtsla
tlve matters for railroad brother
hoods, is Democratic candidate foi
Sheriff in Allegheny county.
—J. G. Rodgers, who becomes as
sistant to the president of the Penn
sylvanla railroad, has been connect
ed with the company since boyhooc
and worked his way up.
—Dr. J. W. Murray, prominen
Methodist clergyman, may become
superintendent of the Erlo district
—Dr. George B. Moreland, new
president of the State HomeopathW
Society, lives in Pittsburgh, where
he has practiced for years.
DO YOU KNOW ]
That Harrteburg machinists
have been called to a number
. of the big new munition plant*
because of their skill?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
John Harris outlined three street;
when he had established the Perry
They were what are now Front
street, Dcrry street and Jonesatowr
road. ,
WASTE OF BUTTER
There are about 64 Individual help
Ingsof butter In a pound, each help,
ing equaling about one-fourth of ar
ounce. If the accumulated "scrap
ings" from the butter plates aftei
the meal were estimated there would
probably be about ont "pat" collected
each day, in the terage household
But if every one of our 20,000,00<
householders should waste one
fourth of an ounce of butter dallj
it would mean 312,500 pounds a day
or 114,062,500 pounds a year. Pod
Ular Science Monthly