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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
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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
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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
<he winter, while the gain in health
,by getting back to nature, as Com
missioner of Health Dixon pointed
out in one of his talks a short time
ago, is worth as much as the veg
etables every time. The estimate
published last night that the gar
dens under the eye of the Chamber
of Commerce men produced SIO,OOO
is the result of careful study, but
ii. e was as much additional area
cultivatedwhichput forth its increase.
In any event the green grocers have
their own opinions about the "war
gardens" and these enterprising gen
tlemen who bought up potatoes in
the ground at $1.75 a bushel and
never came around again knew what
they were going up against. A busi.
nessman who keeps pretty close
track of daily life in Harrisburg
made his guess at the value of the
produce raised by people at home
or on vacant lots at about $17,000.
lie did not tell how he reached that
figure, but he said that if one only
got the latest price of potatoes and
then took a ride on a trolley car ho
would get an idea of how many
pitches were cultivated. This man,
like Dr. Dixon. did not count in tho
beneficent results of work. That was
clear gain, not expressed in cash.
Speaking about trolley cars it is
tht belief of trolley men that the
people of Ilarrisburg do not appreci
ate the line rides to be had around
Hr.rrisburg. It may be pretty prosaic
to ride to Middletown and back or
oyer to Mechanicsburg or down to
New Cumberland, but by so doing a
person can gain a first class idea of
Uh> 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.
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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.
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