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TECH BOYS ARE
BUYING BONDS
Going to Earn Money While
in School; Collectors
Are Canvassing
. Fourteen members of the senior
Mass have been grven tTiree-mlnuie
talks in the theaters of the city dur-
Sng the past week boosting the Sec
ond Liberty Loan. But the 650 mem
fbers of the school who are back ol
them will go a step farther. Many
tef them are going to purchase bonds.
iMore than that, they are going to
team them while going to school, pay
ing so much per week for them out
iof their own money.
Collectors in the several sections
wire making a canvass of the school
(to ascertain the number who will
'subscribe, and will make a report to
;the principal shortly. The significant
'fact in connection with the purchases
jis the statement that the money will
!be earned by the students in addition
to the work they are doing in school.
Many of the students who carry pa
ipers, run errands or do other odd
Jobs after school hours, are anxious
to do their part in helpins "to trim
the kaiser." It is expected that when
the report is made by the solicitors.
Tech High school will be given credit
for quite a fow purchases of the
bonds of the smaller denominations.
First Ix>an Owners
Already many of the students are
owners of bonds of the first loan, j
but in most of tbes cases the bonds
were sifts to them from their par
ents. While much significance may be
attached to the fact that the Tech
lads are paying for the bonds from
their own earnings in order to help
their country in a crisis, for many
a. student it will be a beginning oi
systematic saving. A start to pos
sibly greater things in the business
world. The plan was proposed by
Principal C. B. Fager. Jr., and met
•with the hearty approval of the en
tire student body.
. The salesmen in the school are as
follows: Seniors, Section S, llees M
Lloyd: Section T, George .I. Fisher:
Section IT, Foster Cocklin. Junior
oalss, Section K. William l"ortna:
Section I, Laird Landis; Section M,
Frank Fellows; Section N. Harold
McCord; Section O, Ralph Stnuffer.
Sophorome class, Section A, Harry
Ellinger; Section B, Luther Landis:
Section C, Ernest llufTington; Section
I), Arthur Helf; Section E, Robert
Leiby; Section F, Roy Seidel; Section
G, John M. Smith. Freshmen das
Section 1. C. Frank Stewart: Section
2, John McCullough; Section 3, Ralph
Williams: Section 4. William Dlener;
Section 5, Alex. Wieland; Section C,
Vincent Bernnan: Section 7, William
Dickinson: Section 8, Karl Gates:
Section 9, Emerson Beibel; Section
10, William Rotlirock; Section 11,
Paul Bricker; Section 12, J. C. Spar
row; Section 13, Edward Oranford.
The Junior class will hold a dance
next Tuesday evening in Hansliaw's
Hall. Arrangements are in charge
of John Connor, Victor Bihl, Ernest
Bachman, Charles Johnson, Edward
Keene and Neil Fickering. President
Ebner made the appointments. The
Delone trio will furnish music.
Tech's Liberty Loan orators are
BMiWii .appii r: :
'
mfch J| Police
W W fN su P erß tfti° Uß Russia —that land of mys-
JL teries and of deep faiths, where there
Hi livH made himself the arch-priest of a new and weird religion.
Irani'l'^uF% He surrounded himself with worshipers of both sexes.
■Kw' JP Vla Vi Titled women, heads of the dreaded Secret Police, ser-
I vants and peasants alike fell victims to his hypnotic power.
| \\W \
Mil V m\ How he used this power until even the Czar feared him,
fP | how his ruthless cruelty hastened the Revolution, is told jpjj
the the Russian made
ei " con^^ante those familiar with the intimate Wi]
\ secrets of Rasputin's career. Her frank, uncensored nar
jgf rative contains startliAg revelations that have direct ;. j
Princess Radziwill's book ''Rasputin: Devil of Sain* 7 "
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FRIDAY EVENING,
scheduled to speak to-night at the
following places: Victoria theater,
WaMt Bogar; Colonial, Fred Henry;
Majestic, John Bltnnr; Lenney's,
Xewton Heishley; Grand, Foster
C6,ct'.lin. The Monday relght schedule
is follows; Regent, Fred H. Mur
ray; '.National, Winfleld Loban; Co
lonial, Abrarn Gross; Majestic, ltees
M. Lloyd: Lenney's, Harry Miller.
Pau\ Bricker, collector for the sav
ings fiind in Section 11, of the
Freshman class, is tho first to report
100 per cent, of the members of the
section i.* making deposits in tho
fund. one of the 28' members
has made a deposit.
Would You Rather Be
the Qusen of Miss Jones ?
Is it fashionable t .dopt an or
phan? That is the cjnestlon raised
by Miss Rose O'lV'eill in one of her
Good Housekeeping Keypie stories,
This. is tho story:
Once upon a time there was a
beautiful queen whio was most un
happy because she had everything
in the whole world except the one
•hing she really wanted. Tlioy
brought her Jewels, kittens, birds,
lambs, nbbits, violins and fawns.
But all she would say was, "I'd
rather have a baby."
At last the Kewpies heard of it
and bocan hunting one for her, right
and left.
"How are you off for babies?"
they would ask. "Can you.spare one
for the Beautiful Queen?"
Sometimes they happened, on quite
the wrong houses.
At last they found her a fine or
phan and put it under her bed for
a nice surprise, but the poor Queen
lived in a perfectly ridiculous coun
try where it was unfashionable to
adopt orphans, so she was compelled
to give it up.
However, the Kewpies took it up
to Miss Jones, the dressmaker, who
was not fashionable and so adopted
it on the spot with the greatest
gusto."
CYRCS THE GREAT.
The man who conquered Baby
lonia and became known to the Jews
as their liberator is one of the great'
figures of all time. His character
was as fine ns his abilities. All
••ncient history pays tribute to him
as a just and wise ruler. Herodotus,
the Father of History, says that th 6
Persians called him "father" anil'
"shepherd."
This liberal ruler reversed the
Babylonian play of deporting the;
peoples of subject lands. In his own.
recoM a clay cylinder now to be
seen in London he says: "I assem
bled all those nations, and I caused |
them to co back to their native
countries." Professor Adeney thinks
his chief political motive was to re
lieve tho empire of dissatisfied
bodies of foreigners with a griev
ance. Others have attributed it to
a desire to build outlying bulwarks
of defense, such as Jerusalem would
furnish against the menace of Egypt.
Our chronicler says it was the
T.ord "stirring up" his spirit to carry
on the divine will. This is just our
own belief in Divine Providence
•rising the motives and the policies of
men for spiritual ends. It may well
lie that, all unwittingly, the good
King Cyrus fulfilled the glad cry
with which the exiles hailed his ad
vent: "Cyrus is my shepherd, aijd
shall perform all my pleasure, even
saying of Jerusalem, She shall be
built."—The Christian Herald. '
First Liberty Loan Bank Opens in New York
i ■
I/OA>T BANK £W.
Crowds which gathered at the liberty Loan Bank, the first of its kind,
located in Madison Square Park, New York City. This is the city's first
bank of this kind, and many gathered to witn.ess the ceremonies of Official
opening, at which many prominent men and women spoke.
Can a Gentleman
Be a Private Soldier?
"Certainly," is the answer that
thousands of American boys in the
ranks are making to this question.
And even in England, where lines of
class distinction are more firmly
drawn than they are in this country,
the answer is "Yes." William J.
Locke in his new serial, "The Rough
Road," now running in Good House
keeping, throws an important Aide
light on what happened to class
prejudice in wartimo England In the
following paragraph.
"You talk of enlisting, dear," said
Mrs. Conover. "Does that mean as
a private soldier?"
"Yes, a trooper. Why not?"
"You're a gentleman, dear. And
gentlemen in the army .are officers.''
"Not now, my dear, Sophia," said
her husband, the dean. "Gentleman
are crowding into tho ranks. They
are setting a noble example."
DEMOCRATIC CLIH MEETING
The Central Democratic Club will
hold a meeting at the club rooms.
Second and Market street, to-night, at
8 o'clock. Addresses will be made by
nominees and other leaders of the
party.
RARRTSBURO TFXEGR^PH
How to Dissemble
Our Ugly Water-Towers
One of the eyesores which partic
ularly a ict people in the neighbor
hood of great cities is the immense
black water tower, like the smoke
stack on a steamboat, which marks
the waterworks of some thriving
suburban town or village and fre
quently is so placed as to destroy
effectually the beauty of a lovely
landscape. The Art World has dis
covered one instance of a successful
camouflage of such a blemish upon
the horizon. One of these blots has
been cleverly removed from that
southern shore of Massachusetts
which is locally called "Egypt."
Charles E. Hooper writes in the Oc
tober Art World how this came about
and the magazine publishes a pic
ture showing, instead of the Jilack
waterstack, a graceful tower such as
we associate with fortresses, castles
like that at Pierrefonds, built in
France during the sixteenth century.
Says Mr. Hooper:
"On one of these slight eleva
tions stands an iron watertower,
which is seventy-five feet and
twenty-five feet in diameter. Hut,
though you may search for it, yet
you will not find it—knowing not
the ending of our tale! In its
primal ugliness It stood out baldly
to the weather; a soro and necessary
evil. Utility It had beyond question,
but Its rating as a work of art was
about three hundred plus seven hun
dred, minus. Such Is ever the way
of its kind.
,7 Bome years ago, two men stood
resolutely In Its shadow and shud
dered with the horror of It. They
denied Its moral rlKht to profane
the landscape and damned It po
litely for what It was.
" 'We can do nothing with It,' said
one. 'lt's here and here it will stuy.
So what's the use of saying more?'
" 'Yes,' said the other, 'lt will stay.
Those who built It have seen to
that. Nothing but the end of the
world will budge it. Still, It's but
a lay figure after all; it can be
dressed.'
" 'Which means?'
•' 'Just this,' and he who nour
ished a hope drew roughly on a bit
of paper. 'There! If you say 80,
It can be made the prettiest thing on
the landscape.'
" 'Fine! go ahead.'
" 'lt will cost so much money —'
" 'Good. That will fix it. So at
It, before we forget how!'
"So the approved sketch took
shape and developed Into practical
working drawings. And in time the
Iron watertower was enclosed by a
shell which not only verified the
predictions made of it, but also be
came a new landmark for the mari
ner off shore. For it was one hun
dred and forty feet high and thirty
two feet In diameter, and this, on
the level stretches of Egypt in
America, was*as conspicuous as a
pyramid of Egypt In Africa.
"Of course, the town Authorities
i had to be consulted, as both the
tower and the ground it stood on
were their property. But finally their
consent was gained, though they de
manded their pound of flesh, to wit:
The entire enclosing structure must
be independent and not touch or
impair the watertower! and this last
should be kept in repair.
"Under such conditions the con
struction was a bit difficult, on ac
count of wind strains; but the late
F. E. Kidder, the engineer, designed
a series of interlocking horizontal
and vertical trusses, which were of
much interest In themselves, besides
proving worthy of the task imposed
upon them. Not only has it carried
the tower safely for a number of
years, but In addition has support
ed the largest chime of bells in that
part of the country. These bells are
played from a little house at the
bottom of the structure." —From the
Art World.
HUXT PRO-HUNS
By Associated I'ress
Washington, Oct. 19. Vigoroug
prosecution is in store for all persons
who are seeking to defeat the Liberty
Loan, Secretary McAdoo announced
in a telegram published to-day. The
secretary also •announced that he had
called upon bankers for the names of
any persons attempting to intimidate
them in connection with subscriptions
to the loan.
GERMANS CONNECT TRAINS
By Associated I'ress
Amsterdam, Oct. 19. through
trains are now running from Berlin
to Kiga. the trip consuming twenty
four hours. A person can now travel
from the Baltic seaport to Ostend,
Belgium, with one change of cars at
Berlin, in forty-five hours.
1.1 no MEN TRA WKKRRKD
Atlanta, Oa., Oct. 19. v — Eleven hun
dred Pennsylvania National Army
men from Camp Meade, arrived at
Camp Gordon last night to fill up the
units of the Eighty-second National
Army Division.
Jessie Willcox Smith
Has Narrow Escape
How she escaped from IndlanH Is j
told by Jessie Willcox Smith, who
writes, for tho first tlmo, the story
of herself In Good Housekeeping.
She says;
"The first book I was ever asked to
illustrate was a thrilling story about
Indians—a regular boy's book. I
knew very little about Indians, but
with the aid of a friend who had a
wffhderful collection of Indian cu
rios, and with very hard work on
my part, I managed to turn out a
fairly presentable set of drawings.
Later I was somewhat dismayed
when a second book came, also about
Indians, with the request that it bo
given mo to illustrate. 1 was not by
way of refusing a manuscript In
those days, so I began another strug
gle with Indians, the result of which
also met with the approval of the
publishers. But when this was
promptly, followed by a third In
dian book, I felt I must speak or
forever after be condemned to paint
Indians. So I wrote to the publish
ers that 1 did not know much about
Indians and that if they had just an
every-day book about children. I
thought I could do it better. I was
immediately rewarded with one of
luisa M. Alcott's stories, and a let
ter saying they were glad to know I
did other things, as they had sup
posed Indians were my specialty!
"So, after two narrow escapes
from being forced into the wrong i
| clyinnel—for first, I tried to be a |
kindergarten teacher, and second, I;
almost became an Indian specialist
—I came into my own, and ever
since it has been one long Joyous
road along which troop delightful
children—happy children, sad chil
dren, thoughtful children, and above
all wondering, Imaginative children,
kho give to their charmingly original
thoughts a delicious quaintness of
expression. I love to paint them all.
"Many of my portraits are painted
out-of-doors. Out-of-doors seem the
natural background for childhood.
Given leaves, and flowers, and suit
shine, which is theirs by right, their
little faces glow In the full light as
though illumined from within.
Heavy draperies and dark shadows,
with the strong, concentrated studio
light, are not expressive of child
hood to me. I want children under
the blue sky. In the shining radiance
and joy which is their birthright,
and with the flowers of God's earth,
of which they are only a higher
bloom, at their feet."
THE SPOILkS SYSTEM IX CHINA.
Dr. Wu Ting Fang describes the
present trouble in China as a fight
between militarism and democracy,
and he is authority for the statement
that between fifty-five and sixty per
cent of the national revenue of China
goes to support militarism. Such
a nation may have been peaceful in
the past, and its lack of modern
weapons and of the ability to use
them may force China to be regard
ed as a peaceful nation, when the
entire mental outlook of its leaders
is that of the militarist, who would
win through force rather than
through recourse to law under a
constitution.
Political office is held under the
spoils system. Each "general"
milks his own part of the country,
and the number of men who have
any altruistic or patriotic outlook on
office-holding is very small. Patriot
ism or the ideal of nationalism is
sacrificed at any time in order that
OCTOBER 19, 1917.
one man or another may rlso to tem
porary power or wealth.—Maynarrl
Owen Williams, In the CUrlstian
Herald.
EX-C7.AH EATS MY CARD
Petroferad, Oct. 19. The family of
Nicholas Momanoff. formor Emperor
of Russia, ow procures its food sup
plies by the use of cards. The au
thorities ii} the Tobolsk district are
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SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
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these lots are small ones, and sizes will quickly be broken
SO HURRY IF YOU WANT TO GET IN ON ANY'
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issuing food cards and the Rom&nofl
[ must obtain their food the same a
, other citizens.
EAI.I.S THROUGH COAI-HOI.E
I.ewistown, Pa., Oct. 19.—Williai
Letterman, of the Enterprise Baker;
is confined to bod with injuries rt
ceivtd when he fell through a coal
hole In the pavement near the bakerj