14 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded l!jl Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGnAPH PRINTING CO., Telesrnph Building, Federal Square. E.J. STACK POLE, Pres't & Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news credited to it or not other 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 I Newspaper Pub lishers' Assocla- Hurcau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern office. Story, Brooks & Finley, Fifth Avenue Building, Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a < week; by mail, $5.00 • a year in advance. FRIDAY EVENING, SEPT. 28 The secret of success is constancy to purpose. — DISRAELI. WANTED—MORE HOUSES WHILE the greatest business of the country to-day is war, the real estate men of Harris burg are confronted with a gravel (situation which is giving them much concern. People are clamoring for homes and they have no homes for them. Houses to rent are few and far between and apartments aro known to have been leased in a num ber of cases before the foundations were laid. Already families are doubling up, two or more occupying one house, but this is merely an expedient and must prove unsatisfactory, if not un sanitary. Lons lists of applicants for dwellings are in the hands of the rental agencies, but only a small per centage of these can be accommo dated. There are houses for sale, of course, and Harrisburg would seem to be ready for a "Buy-a-Homu" :ampaign under the circumstances. Fewer houses have been erected by the builders this year than usual ind an unfavorable sign as to the fu ture is the fact that no contracts are being made for houses to bo erected during the winter and next spring. Some steps must be taken at once to meet the situation. Prosperous conditions are likely to continue, as experts believe, for several years, and with all our industrial and manufac turing plants operating at full capa city, with employment for all, and a constant demand for all classes of skilled and common labor, the hous ing problem becomes one of first im portance. Comfortable homes at reasonable rentals would doubtless prove an at tractive investment and those with ample means who are considering the welfare of Harrisburg could not manifest their interest in the city more strikingly than in helping to supply this great housing need. No time is to be lost if the houses are to be ready for the tenants early next year. Other places have had their "Buy a-Home" campaigns and Harrisburg may well fall Into line. A well housed city is a contented city and as more of our people own homes the greater will be their interest in everything that pertains to the city's betterment. Harrisburg is, in many respects, a well-favored city and in the future building of the more modest homes it ought to be possible to provide am ple light and air and breathing space. In this we shall doubtless have the earnest co-operation and support of the City Planning Com mission. No official body is In stronger position to supervise work so important. John Nolen, a noted city planner of Boston, believes there should be standardization of build ing materials to effect substantial economies, and at the same time se cure houses of good design and sound construction. Concrete meth ods will probably play a large part in reducing the cost of homes for wage earners. Building and loan associations have already done much for the man who wants to own his home and these societies will do more. Our banks also should lend a hand, so that the home-buying habit may be come the rule in this community. Citizens with surplus capital ought also to help in the emergency. It Is stated that the wage earners themselves In the United States num ber 80,000,000, and they receive an- FRIDAY EVENING, nually In wages about $20,000,000,- 000, one-quarter of which goes for rent or home ownership. If these figures are even approximately ac curate, there should be greater activ ity In the home building field. Massachusetts has appropriated $50,000 for the purpose of conduct ing an experiment in the construc tion of low cost houses under the direction of a homestead commission, the Idea being to demonstrate the practicability of constructing and financing improved dwellings at a cost within the reach of the working man. Home ownership, is receiving much attention in a number of cities and the obvious benefit to any community should encourage Harrisburg to get busy at once through all its civic in strumentalities. Wanted—more homes ! THE SCHOOL SURVEY ! rn HE Chamber of Commerce sur vey report reveals conditions that may be bettered in the ad ministration of the school system of Harrfsburg. As many have sus pected, things have grown up in the school organization that should be eliminated, and many opportunities for improvement are pointed out. But the public should differentiate between methods and officials. It Is the system, not the school employes nor the teachers, which is at fault, the report indicates. The experts who made the survey go out of their way to compliment the administrative force on the hearty manner in which its members co operated to get to the bottom of con ditions as they exist. It would do the hard-working, efficient school of ficials a grievous wrong to blame them for matters that have been solely in control of school directors, a great majority of whom have passed out of the public service. The survey has laid bare faults in school methods that should be cor rected and evils that should be eli minated. It should be made the basis for careful consideration on the part of the School Board and the public should be given an official and con crete statement as to just what the board means to do. (SEHMAXY AXI) BELGIUM LKT nobody be deceived by the offer of Germany to restore Bel gium, retaining certain German interests there, splitting up govern ment control and paying a "part of the war damage." The ruling classes of Germany are In desperate plight. They are trying to keep the German people at peace with their government. They arc try ing to set themselves right before their own home folks. They are playing for time and their own necks. If they can make peace now with themsejves still in the saddle they will be able to prepare for an other world war, when the time is ripe. They will be able to retain what they have won in many quar ters of Europe on the field of bat tle. But if they lose public confidence at home, If the allies defeat them in the war, their case is hopeless. When Germany gives up Belgium It must be without restrictions and Germany's share of the Belgian war indemnity must be the whole. This, therefore, is no time to talk peace; it is time to make war more vig orously than ever. "FOREIGN COMPETITION" PEOPLE who are really interested in an "American First" policy will find food for thought in a paragraph in a recent report from the American Consul at Birming ham, England. He says: Glass making is an old estab lished industry in the Birming ham district, but the industry be fore the war was in an unsatis factory state, owing to its in ability to hold its own against the inroads of foreign competition. That competition came from the continental countries of Europe. We have had a similar experience. Under Republican tariff laws there was some foreign competition, which is evidence that the rates were not prohibitive. The Democratic tariff law of 1913 cut the import duties in varying degrees, some of the cuts being only 22 per cent, while others were as heavy as 50 per cent. Al though the lower rates were in force only a few months before the war began, the importations Increased immensely, In some classes as much as 140 per cent. As a consequence, we. sent good American money to Europe in increased quantities to buy glass, and the American worker went on part time or quit entirely. The industry was rapidly drifting in to the condition described by the Consul at Birmingham, where the glass industry was "unable to hold Its own against the inroads of foreign competition." The war revived our glass industry just as it did the glass industry of Birmingham. Professor Tapsslg, who was select ed as the six-year chairman of our new Tariff Commission, says that it is folly for us to make a thing our selves when we can buy It cheaper elsewhere. While it is to he hoped that he will adopt the habit of changing his mind, yet he may not. He may use his influence as head of i that commission to secure a glass' tariff that will still further subject the American producer to the de structive force of foreign competi tion. Then what about after-the war conditions? Shalt we sleep while Taussig is at the head of our Tariff Commission? If so, we de serve destructive competition. TotitLci ot By the Ex-Committeeman Philadelphia's mass meeting to protest against use of gunmen in politics and to demand a change of policy on the part of the city admin>- istration as regards policemen not only turned out to be larger than expected, but developed such strong resolutions that it may have a state wide effect this fall. Without excep tion the Philadelphia morning pa pers note the determination express ed and the enthusiasm which greet ed the denunciation by prominent Philadelpliians of the conditions. While the meeting was In progress District Attorney Rotan secured through the New York authorities confessions of men arrested in that city for their part in the Philadel phia election scandal and the morn ing newspapers say that he is pre pared to move against men higher up. One of the most sensational re ports regarding the confessions of the gunmen is that the men arrest ed say that they were taken to a police station and there supplied with weapons. The stories printed to-day by the Philadelphia newspapers aro similar and indicate that there must have been a good working agreement among some people in politics and the police on one hand and gun men on the other. Arrests which will involve prominent men are openly threatened. —Some of the speeches made at the meeting last night can not fail to make an impression upon the state and the charges made may even affect contests in Pittsburgh, Scran ton and other cities. Tho Fifth ward murder in Philadelphia will be the biggest influence in Pennsylvania politics this year and may smash some ambitions for next year. Ex- Mayor Blankenburg, the war horse of reform, was tho chief speaker and assailed the conditions: the fighting priest, the Rev. Daniel I. McDermott, and the Rev. Floyd Tompkins made speeches which in other times would have caused riots. All speakers demanded to know who paid the money that hired the gun men. A letter from John Wanamaker, read at the meeting, declared the men responsible for the outrages in the Fifth had "set back the hands of the clock." "These men," said he, in his communication, "have delayed the arrival of peace and given cour age and comfort to our enemies." "Is it not fair to presume," he declared, "that the old warmakers abroad have hailed with delight the cable-given facts of the 19th of September and used them as proof of our inability to govern ourselves." Dr. Tompkins declared: "It is indeed a shame that when our boys are leaving to give up their lives for democracy against autocracy that that very autocracy should be at work within our own doors." Father McDermott said: "It is one of our objects to make this city free from millionaires who contribute money to politicians with which to hire gun men. It is another to free the police and the firemen from slavery." —The Philadelphia North Ameri can, which says 50,000 people took part in the demonstration, gives a synopsis of the resolutions which were adopted and plays up the fact that they demand the impeachment of officials, that the police be taken out of politics and that citizens unite to elect the right kind of men for Councils. Other newspapers give the same ideas. —lf tho idea of an independent movement is carried out and it is reported that Senator Penrose and his friends are ready to go along with it against Mayor Smith and the Vares, it will mean a lining up of forces not hitherto interested in the factional contests in other parts of the state. Tims far the state ad ministration and the Vares have forced the fighting. Development of the plan proposed at the town meet ing, if carried to other counties, would mean alignment of some very aggressive factors against men in whose interest Capitol Hill influence was exerted in the primary. —The whole state will wait with interest the development of things in Philadelphia. Every political leader except Senator Penrose is there in close touch and the Senator, who has been working with the Senate Finance Committee on War Meas ures, says he is going home to get into the fray as soon as he can get away. —lt is not believed that Mayor Smith or Director Wilson will resign and as for making changes in policy that will be up to City Councils. —According to the Philadelphia Ledger an attack may Be made upon the validity of Senator W. M. Lynch's tenure of the superintendency of the Farview State institution at the meeting of the Board of Trustees in Philadelphia to-day. The Senator has been under fire more or less ever since he took the place, it being con tended by some that he had no right to hold a salaried state job while a Senator. " —The filing of certified returns from various judicial districts ap pears to have struck a snag. Few are reaching the Capitol. —Attorney General Brown to-day rendered a voluminous opinion to Secretary of the Commonwealth Woods on the relation of the consti tution and the soldiers voting: act of 1864 to the election of 1917, in which he holds that soldiers have the right to vote at the November elec tion. "The division by the constitu tion of elections into general and municipal and the amendment of 1909 are not Intended to take away this right," says he. Mr. Brown saya that while soldiers have the right to vote for all candidates at this elec tion, yet there are practical difficul ties in the way. There are approxi mately 7,000 election districts in the state, with an average of something like twenty candidates In each of the election districts and approximately 140,000 candidates for the various offices to be filled at the election this year throughout the state. Under this condition preparation of a pamphlet containing nfimea of all candidates JTARRIBBTTRG TELEGRAPH AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOVS FEELIN'? .... By Briggt AFTER THE BEST HUBBY' AMD 1-30 ARRIV/E.S AND No - /\ NV COMING Hor^e. |T OF CANDY AND TICKETS. AtN'T IT A Cjtvß-R-HHINU RUN AVNAY AND ©ECOrvie lb. A THEATER . AND GIOR-E - YuS Rt D CROSS MORSE OR - is not feasible and the Attorney Gen eral suggests that the ballot be so arranged that a man may be able to vote for any candidate although the pamphlet list may only include coun ty, city and judicial offices. In the course of his opinion Mr. Brown holds that the act for taking of votes of soldiers "does not apply and has never heretofore been construed to apply to soldiers who voluntarily en listed in the Regular Army and un der present conditions should be lim ited to members of the National Guard who have been requisitioned into the service of the United States or members of the National Army who have been selected under the conscription law." This is in har mony, adds Mr. Brown with what was done during the Philippine War. ALL IN FAMILY At a recent dinner, given in his honor by the Society of Kcntuck ians in New York. Champ Clark, re sponding to the address of welcome, told this story: He said that the corner of the old State in which he was born had in it quite a colony of members of the family that gave Abo Lincoln to the Nation. They were as poor as were most of the residents of the neighborhood in those early days. One of the more prosperous mem bers of the tribe was an uncle of the future emancipator. This man, so Champ Clark said, had a good share of the wit and the common sense and some of the physical charac teristic of his great nephew. "As a small boy," said the nar rator, "I remember the old fellow very well. One night, as he slept in his log cabin, his wife nudged him into wakefulness: and then lie heard a sound of squawking in the hen house. " 'Get up—quick!' said the wife. 'Somebody's after our chickens. Take your gun and shoot at 'em before they get away.' " 'No,' said the old man as he set tled back In bed; 'I reckon I'd rather not do that. I might kill Mme of the kin folks.' "—Saturday Evening Post. ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphlra his wife sold a pos session, and kept back part of the price, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet. But Peter said. Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost? Thou hast .not lied unto man but unto God. And Ananias hearing these words fell down and gave up the ghost. And it was a tpace of p.bout three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what w.is done, came in. And Peter ans wered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? and she said, Yea, for so much. Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agieed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost. Acts v, 1 to 10. IN CHURCH In time of service seal up both thine eyes, And send them to thy heart; that, spying sin, * They may weep out the stains by them did rise: Those doors being shut, all by the ear comes in. who marks in church time other's symmetry. Makes all their beauty his de formity. Let vain or busy thoughts have there no part: Bring out thy plow, thy plots, thy pleasures thither. Christ purged his temple; so must thou thy heart. All worldly thoughts are but thieves met together To cozen thee. Look to thy ac tions well; For churches either are our heaven or hell. He that gets patience, and the bless ing which Preachers conclude with, hath not last his pains. He that by being at church escapes the ditch, Which he might fall in by com panions, gains. He that loves God's abode, and to combine With saints on earth, shall one day with them shine. Jest not at preacher's language, or expression. How know'st thou, but thy sins made him miscarry? Then turn thy faults and his into confession; God sent him, whatsoe'er he be; O tarry, And love him for his Master; his condition. Though it be 111, make him no ill physician. —George Herbert. MOLLY PITCHER-HEROINE MUCH has been written of Molly Pitcher, the heroine of Mon mouth. Many of the stories told of her are undoubtedly true; many are not. Not a few of the earlier events in the life of this remarkable woman are not fiscd, but her place in history Is secure. Molly Pitcher was born at old Marbleliead, near Boston. The vine covered home in which she llrst saw the light of day is still standing, and is pointed out to visitors as one of the sights of Boston. Writing in a Pittsburgh paper, aj correspondent tells of Molly Pitcher's part in the great conflict which I raged between the Continental army I and King George's troops, in which | this fearless woman plaj'ed a pro-| minent part: "Surely it is better that one of] the many heroines made by those I trying times should live in history, and go down to posterity in monu ments of stone and tablets of bronze, than that all should be forgotten, or at least have but a single line in a 1,000-paged history. "Build for her a monument, pen for her laudacious verse, star her in drama, write her name large on the! fadeless page of history. She was j typical of her type of woman, and fortune favored her with opportun ity to do that which thousands of! others would have done under like! conditions. Forgetting her fault?, | and winking at her weakness, we I may all honor her name, and in so! doing honor ourselves." It will not be news to most readersl of this paper that it is not necessary' to journey to old Marbleliead to be-| hold a statute of Molly Pitcher. Mary Ludwig Hays McKolly ("Molly Pitcher"), lies buried in the historic Cumberland valley. In a quaint graveyard in old Carlisle, sur rounded by houses that have weath ered the storms of more than a cen tury, there stands above the ashes of the tomhoyish heroine of the Con tinental army a splendid monument, placed there June 28, 191G, by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, one writer says that when her lover was shot down, this brave woman took his place. Those who inscribed the bronze tablets which adorn the mar ble pile say that it was more than a sweetheart—it was _ a husband's place that Molly filled that day. But let the tablets speak for them selves. There are two of them one on either side of the arms of Pennsylvania. Above, in heroic mould stands Molly Pitcher, with ramrod in hand, the personification of health and vigor. Facing the main drive way are two tablets, one of which shows Molly giving drink to a wound ed soldier. The other depicts the woman in the act of tiring a cannon. At the rear, the tablet to the left reads as follows: "Mary Ludwig ('Molly Pitcher'), Daughter of John Ludwig, Born October 13, 1744, Died January 22, 1832. Married John Hays 1769. John Hays Knllsted December 1, 1775, in Proctor's Fisrt Pennsylvania Artillery. Re-enlisted January 1, 1777. "BULLY!" [From the Fresno Republican,] It may be particularly displeasing to persons who have gloried in Mr. Roosevelt's retirement from his po sition of martial vantage, but the news must be told: Colonel Roose velt was the first passenger to ride in the first liberty motor airplane. Spurned at the capital, laughed out of court for his military aspirations, the Colonel is still cheerfully in terested in the business of fighting. It he can't go to the battle front, he will stay behind and cheer. A like spirit of sportsmanship in all of us, whether or not we are completely having our own way in these trying times, would help the country won derfully. DEFEAT CERTAIN [Philadelphia Record.] Admiral von Tirpltz, the originator of submarine frightfulness, is quoted as saying that "peace without a heavy war indemnity meant Ger many's defeat and the victory of Anglo-American capitalists." There will certainly be no indemnity, heavy or light, so far as the United States Is concerned, and that can also be safely said of Great Britain. France and Italy, all of which are In * fur better position, both military an.l financial, than Germany. If this is conceded Germany's defeat is now assured. Time will show that von Tirpltz was right for onci "Sergeant John Mays was wounded at the battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778. "Mary Ludwig Hays ('Molly Pitcher') returned to Carlisle, Pa., ; with her wounded husband, and af ter his death she married Sergeant George McKolly (or McCauley.) "She died January 22, 1832, and i was buried with military honors. The Pennsylvania Assembly 1821-1822 granted a pension to Molly McKolly (or McCauley) for service's rendered. This monument erected by the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, June 28, 1916." The other tablet bears this inscrip- 1 tion: "Mary Ludwig Hays ('Molly Pitcher') accompanied her husband during his services in the Continen tal Army, and rendered valuable service in the capacity of an army nurse, and by reason of her many acts of kindness became known throughout the army from the oft repeated expression, 'Here comes Molly and her pitcher,' as 'Molly Pitcher.' "At the battle of Monmouth, June 28, 1778, Sergeant John Hays was severely wounded and as he fell to the ground, Molly sprang to the can non he had been serving, which cannon had been ordered to the rear, but before the gun could be with drawn she had taken her husband's ■place and rendered such valiant ser- ] vice that General George Washing ton, after the battle, thanked her I personally for her bravery und heroic I action." | The inscription concludes with | Sarah Woods Parkinson's poem: I O'er Monmouth's lield of carnage I drear, With cooling drink and words of cheer A woman passed who knew no fear— The wife of Hays, the gunner. With ramrod from lier- husband's hand Beside his gun she took her stand And helped to wrest our well-loved land From England's tyrant king. From the ranks this woman came, By the cannon won her fame; | 'Tis true, she could not write her I name I But freedom's hand hath carved it. I Shall we then criticise lier wajj? | Nay, rather give her well-earned praise, Then doff our caps and voices ralso In cheers for Molly Pitcher. To the rear of the imposing monu ment stands a simple slub, with this inscription: MOLLY McCAULEY, Renowned in History as MOLLY PITCHER, The Heroine of Monmouth, Died January, 1832. Erected by the Citizens of Cumberland County, July 4, 1876. Thousands of pilgrims annually journey to Carlisle to stand before the shrine of the heroine of Mon mouth. FRIENDLY WITH BERLIN Many of the German citizens in the City of Mexico are related to Ameri cans, and they correspond freely with residents of the United States. They receive all the American newspapers and magazines, and are able to keep tliemselVes almost as well informed about events in the United States as the German embassy in Washington was before diplomatic relations were broken. Though it is impossible to day to send information to Berlin from Mexico by wireless, the mail route, via Cuba, is still open to Spain, and from that country the German representatives have the use of an uncensored wireless. A few weeks ago, when there were reports that German agents In Mex ico were plotting against the United States, President Carranza summon ed the German minister to inform him that the government would not permit attacks on a friendly govern ment to be hatched on Mexican soil. The Germans to-day are working quietly, with but one object: they know that after the war, when the real fight for raw materials and com mercial supremacy will begin, the greatest possibilities for Germany lie in Mexico. That country has many of the raw materials Germany will need: and the Germans' flguro that it will be easier for German mer chants to buy in Mexico, if that country remains neutral, than In any belligerent land. For this one reason alone it Is highly in the interest of the kaiser's government that Mexico shall remain friendly with Berlin. —• Carl W. Ackerman in the Saturday Evening Post, SEPTEMBER 28, 1917. LABOR NOTES Carpenters at Winnipeg, Can., have been granted 55 cents an hour. Munition workers in Germany now have the eight-hour day. Union printers at El Paso, Tex., have raised wages 50 cents a day. _ Street car men at "Wilmington, N. C., have been increased 2 cents an hour. Engineers nad firemenon the Can adian Pacific have secured the eight hour day. Bradford (Conn.) journeymen tailors have secured an increase in piece rates. , Female candyworkers in the State of Washington have a minimum pay of $8.90 a week. On November 1, carpenters at Wil mington, N. C., will secure the eight hour day. In 1841 Ireland's population was 8,175, 124. It is now but four mil lions and a third. Norway has established a national domestic science school for girls at Stavanger. The farmer in Japan who has more than 10 acres of land Is looked upon as a monopolist. Canadian soldiers awaiting per manent dicharge papers in futuro may take general employment. I OUR DAILY LAUGH (Mn. j' HER ONB —,| How's youi fiililllrVt Fine. Her only Vj trouble la me. EASY. "1 suppose you'll soon be planting four vegetable garden." "Not me, I can get all the fresh regetables I want simply by letting my neighbors brag to me about tWbir THE INFERENCE. "I haven't a dollar I can call my own." "Careful man. All In your wife'* name, eh?" ."Telephone girls are not allowed to talk back." "What a field from which to Select •- ilEimtfeuj ffilfat Sotfcie people were trying last even ing to estimate the value of the vegetables grown in the "war gar dens" in and about Harrisburg and no one seemed to he within SI,OOO. Ihe guesses ran all the way from $4,000 to $20,000. As a matter of fact it would be hard to estimate the value of the crops gathered in the "war gardens" or to be gathered for the simple reason that there is no way of finding out what was raised, but there were literally hundreds of gurdens that were set out and tended throughout the summer to fight off the high cost of food. And these gi.rdens yielded not only continual messes of fresh vegetables, but have afforded their cultivators consider able produce to preserve or store for industries that are making this district rich and notable and the splendid farming country in tho midst of which Harrisburg is set, "A - hile a ride to Marysville or to ltockvllle gives a first hand knowl edge of the railroad activity which has made this city a pre-eminent distribution point. A trip to Hum melstown will give an idea of what the Heading is doing, while just be yond liershey has an Industry and a town all his own which belongs to us just as the farms on hills and in valleys of the country traversed by the Linglestown line are part of our section of the State. A trolley ride with the eyes open, assert old-time niotormen like Curt Chronister or Sam Albright is worth something l'rom an educational standpoint. Colonel Frank G. Sweeney, the officer in charge of the state draft headquarters, says that he is becom ing an expert In circumlocution. The Colonel has to go over the letters which shower into the headquarters every hour, many of which are pro tests aild based upon desire to get out of service. The human mind, says the Colonel, has many turns recorded of It, but the list has been added to since June 5. The Scranton Republican, which Messrs. Barrett and Pattison are now directing, Is getting ready to cele brate lifty years of busy newspapet life. The anniversary will be cele brated on November 1 and the plans are now being worked out for a notable edition. Lew R. Palmer, Chief Factory In spector, who Is being congratulated upon his appointment as chairman of the industrial preparedness com mittee of the National Safety Coun cil. was one of the organizers of the safety organization which now in cludes many of the prominent en gineers of the country. Mr. Palmer has just retired as president of the Council and the greatest increase in membership in the history of the orsanization occurred in the year he served. Before entering : tate service he was safety engineer for the Jones & Steel Company. Captain W. F. Harrell, who leaves tlie command of the Ilarrlsburg re cruiting station of the United States Army to join an infantry regiment at Syracuse after making- a notable record here, won quite a reputation among the foreigners here. In some way or other they found out that he was the man in charge of recruiting and they were very respectful to him. Most, of the foreigners had had ex perience with officers and the man who takes people into the Army is one to be saluted on all occasions. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Colonel E. L. Kearns, of the Eighteenth Regiment, who is pro testing against his regiment being torn upart, has worked out the his tory oi the regiment since 18,31. —Colonel Sheldon Potter, one of Mayor Smith's counsel in the Phila delphia cases, has been one of the leaders among reformers. —John H. Brooks, prominent Rcranitn man, has been made com missioner of the Boy Scouts in that city. —J. 11. Edwards, secretary of the Reading Y. M. C. A., is coming home after a trip to Egypt. DO YOU KNOW ~] That Ilarrisburg bakers are serving with tlio United States Army? HISTORIC IIAIIKISBtinG When the state archives were move.il here in 1814 half the town helped store them away; some have not been touched since. PURITAN SIMPLICITY Meatless and wheatless days may be the making of a finer America. Did not the Pilgrim Fathers make history on hominy and succotash? For a long time it has been tha fashion to prate of the natural life. The woods have found votaries— in the terms of the summer cottage (with some 20 rooms and a garage). Now necessity, that taught frugality to our fathers, is to take the helm of the ship of state to-day that it may continue to exist. ThereTs no denying that fact that we were becoming decadent. We were ultra fastidious. We asked too much of life. Our lavishness made precedent for a reckless squandering of tips in Europe's hotels. Now it is going to be "modish" to be frugal. Thus does necessity compromise with obligation. The result ultimately will be for national good. Artificial stimulants in the way of superfluous entertain ment will, for a time, at all eventr, give way to more pristlrve pleasures Over lornateness in clothing and fur niture will Rive way to more con* laervatlve habiliments. - . A/1