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WEVDESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1917.
Moral courage is nothing in the
world but just the capacity for do
ing what we know we ought to do. —
PHILLIPS BROOKS.
GERMAN NAVAL FAILURE
IF anything can encourage the
allies to a naval offensive that If
successful would win the war al
most at a stroke, it ought to be
the manner in which the Inferior
Russian fleet manhandled the Ger
man dreadnaughts in the tecent
Moon Sound light.
Allied naval experts gave up the
Russian ships for lost. They had
been "bottled up" It was admitted
and it remained- only for the Ger
mans to go in and finish the job.
Then came the surprising and unac
countable escape of the Russians
from the trap set by the Kaiser.
There was something mysterious
about this from the first, for it was
perfectly apparent that the Russians
could not have gotten past the Ger
mans without a battle. Now It ap
pears that they not only fought with
and outwitted the imperial govern
ment's forces, but that they also In
flicted a serious blow to the German
naval machine.
If the Russians can do so much
why cannot the Allied fleets be
brought Into position where they can
do more?
PATRIOTIC PENBROOK
PENBROOK people have • every
right to be proud to-day. The
thriving little town which will
be-one day part of the bigger city of
Harrisburg, subscribed for >22,000
worth of Liberty Loan bonds. No
other town in the Harrisburg district
did so well, in proportion to popula
tion. Penbrook Is patriotic in the
way that patrlotiten counts most
these trying days.
THE HUNTING SEASON
MOST of the hunters who went
out Saturday in search of
squirrels had little or no luck.
They returned in large numbers with
empty game bags.
But they are not to be laughed at,
for all that. They brought back with
them something worth many times
the limit of squirrels the law permits
them to shoot There Is nothing like
a tramp through the woods in au
tumn to bring one to a better under
standing with himself and the world.
Shooting is only an excuse with most
hunters. Not the game, but the call
of the open Is the influence that
draws them forestward at this sea
son. There is a tang In the air that
is as full of tonic as an ocean breeze.
There is the odor of fallen leaves
and the swish and rattle of the half
naked branches as the trees sway
and sigh in the autumn winds. There
is freedom from care, refreshment
for the spirit, enjoyable exercise for
the body and a new outlook on life
for the man who tramps the forests
these brisk days.
The gun is not essential. may
go hunting with a cane or a camera
and get all the fun out of the woods
that the keenest hunter knows. Try
it—with or without—there is pleas
ure enough either way. You can't
lose even if you don't see a sparrow.
MOTOR CIA'II REGULATIONS
IF YOU drive an automobile write
President J. Clyde Myton, of the
Motor Club of Harrisburg, for a
copy of the traffic regulations he
has recommerfed to members f
that organization—and study them.
They have not been officially ap
proved by city council, but they bear
endorsement of Chief of Police
Wetxol and if you abide by them
you will be pretty certain not to get
into trouble with the police.
Reckless driving, speeding and
utter disregard for the rights of
other drivers and those of pedes
trians have gone to such lengths In
Harrisburg that Mr. Myton and the
head of the police department are co
operating to break up the practice—
the Motor Club president by suggest
ing proper regulations for autolsts
and the police chief by ordering his
officers to arrest all violators of traf
fic rules.
Both are to be commended. The
automobillst with no regard for his
own life or the Jives of others
shohld have no place on the public
thoroughfares. Punishment—as se
vere as the law allows—ls the only
WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARTOSBURG <fijftt TELEGRAM OCTOBER 24, 1917.
thing such as he can understand;
but there are others who are merely
thoughtless, and these should be
reached through the excellent sug
gestions presented by Mr. Myton to
the public through the coittmns of
the Telegraph.
A MIGHTY POWER
T 1 HE wives, mothers, sisters and
daughters of Harrisburg men in
I
I the service of Uncle Sam constitute
a mighty force. There are in the
i Army, the Navy and the various
branches of the military organization
of the United States more than two
I thousand residents of this city. Each
I of them has left at home women
who pray for their safety and long
I for their safe return. Every one of
these, each in her own individual
way, Is doing something to promote
! the health and the happiness of her
! absent loved one. But they are un
j organized, these beloved and loving
| women. Devoted as they are they
j cannot work alone as they could in
a body. It is a new illustration of
j the old adage that "In union there
j Is strength."
How happy then is the thought
which has prompted Mayor Bow
man to have Madame Schumann-
Heink, who has two sons in the
United States Army and two in the
Navy, speak to these women in mass
meeting at the Orpheum Theater
Friday afternoon, preliminary to the
formation of a permanent organisa
tion for work designed to carry com
forts andvHttl® luxuries to the boys
In the trenches.
There Is no more devoted body of
women anywhere than those of Har
risburg who have watched their!
loved ones march away to fight the
battles of democracy. They are brave
and patriotic. They are keenly in
terested in the outcome of the war.
They want to be sure that our sol
diers have every chance for life in
battle and every possible convenience
and means of wholesome pleasure In
camp. Formed into a great society
these women will exert a powerful
force In the community to Induce
others to make sacrifices- for the
country. Each of them should wear
a proper badge, so that they may
stand out as honored residents of the
city. Each of them should be recog
nized as a woman who is "doing her
bit."
Every woman who has a son, a
husband, a father or a brother in
the service should attend the meet
ing Friday afternoon, to hear the
message Schumann-Heink brings to
them —the message of a woman of
Austrian birth and German education
who has given *our sons to the ser
vice of the United States. Under
her inspiration it will be surprising,
indeed, if a large and Influential so
ciety of women is not formed to In
-1
terest themselves in behalf of our
soldiers in the war.
HE BOUGHT BONDS
WHO was that chap you passed
on your way down town this
■- morning cheerfully telling his
friends that he had "put his last
penny into it," and apparently
happy and smiling over being "stone
broke?"
I Listen and we will tell you.
He was the fellow who yesterday
bought Liberty bonds "until it hurt."
Why Is he so happy over being
penniless?
Well, for one thing he has the
yery pleasant knowledge that he has
hit the Kaiser a stinging blow over
the nose, and you'll admit that Is
SOME satisfaction.
For another, he knows that now
he is a good citizen and is backing up
the boys who have gone away to
face the music in France.
Also, he has something better than
money tucked away for a rainy day.
The bank might have failed and his
cash lost, but Uncle Sam won't fall
and he stands ready to pay back the
amount Invested In Liberty bonds In
full and with four per cent Interest
Why shouldn't the man be cheer
ful?
HOARDING POTATOES
THERE is some evidence that
farmers are storing potatoes in
order to take advantage of what
they believe will be a repetition of
last winter's high prices. They are
wrong in their assumption. There
will be no extraordinarily high prices
this year, for the reason that thou
sands of persons raised their own
supplies who did not last season, and
In addition the farm yield has been
greatly in excess of that of 1916.
There will be no shortage of potatoes
the coming winter, and consequently
no very high prices.
Ey hoarding the farmer not only
deprives the poor of storing their
winter supply In the fall, but he also
takes the risk of rotting, which Is
more prevalent In some sections this
year than formerly. Hoarding pota
toes Is not good business at this time,
either, for the reason that at the least
sign of such "gouging" as was ap
parent on the part of middlemen last
spring, the government doubtless will
fix a maximum price, and if that hap
pens the farmers, chances are, will
not be the beneflciaries.
ut
"PTKKOLF&KUUA
By the Ei-Couimlttctman
The whole state Is watching the
outcome of the attack on the nom
ination papers of the Town Meeting
party candidates in the Philadelphia
courts and the outcome may be of
considerable influence upon the gub
ernatorial campaign next year. The
proceedings started yesterday in
Judge H. A. Davis court and at
tracted many people. The hearing
was as lively as have been other
moves in the Philadelphia situation.
It is expected that the hearings
will close to-day and the Republican
city organization is making plans to
launch a strenuous campaign as soon
as the decision is given. It is con
tended that the effort is rtothing more
or less than a campaign to throttle
an independent movement in the
hope that it can be used as a prece
dent next year. On the other hand
the Philadelphia Republican city
committee officials claim that there
has been fraud under the name of
reform.
The newspapers are filled with at
tacks and counterattacks in the form
of interviews.
—From all accounts contributions
are as slow in going from the at
taches of the Philadelphia city gov
ernment to the Republican city com
mittee war chest in Philadelphia, as
have donations from Capitol attaches
to the Republican state committee
funds. It is officially denied at the
Capitol that any move to prevent
contributions was made by the Gov
ernor and in Philadelphia newspa
pers say that the city administra
tion can not get its people to giveT A
third call is reported in Philadelphia
by the city committee.
—The Committee of Seventy In
Philadelphia charges that there are
5,000 "phantoms" registered in that
city. In Pittsburgh the charge Is
made that accusations of false regis
tration are being unjustly made
against citizens In an effort to keep
them from voting.
—Asher V. Stauffer, the Norttf
amption county register of wills, who
committed suicide In Easton court
house yesterday was well known here.
He had a rapid rise in Democratic
politics in Northampton county. As
there are reports that he is away
short in the money due the state
from collateral Inheritance tax, Audi
tor General Snyder says that It in
dicates that he is right when he in
sists that the state should have a
Cjerk in the office of every register
of wills to see that estates are
promptly investigated and that the
state gets the money due it under the
law. There has been a tremendous
fuss made about the course of Snyder
In insisting upon appointing such
clerks, but it is not likely to be heard
much more.
—Fourteen men, including Isaac
Deutsch, one of the principal defend
ants in the Fifth ward murder con
spiracy were held in SI,OOO ball each
for court yesterday in Philadelphia,
on charges arising from alleged elec
tion irregularities on primary day
when Policeman George Eppley was
murdered by a New York gunman.
W. J. Eliott, representing the Com
mittee of Seventy, expressed a will
ingness to have the defendants held
in SSOO each, but Magistrate Ren
shaw would not agree to such small
ball. "The charges against these
men," said the magistrate, "are far
too grave to let them off with such
light bail. These charges deal with
the very vitals of our government;
we are on the eve of an election and
I feel it my solemn duty to impress
It upon men who will be election of
ficers at this election that they can
not violate the law and override the
will of the voters with impunity."
—Richard T. McSorley, nominee of
the Philadelphia Democratic party
for the office of District Attorney,
who refused to withdraw in the inter
est of fusion with tho Town Meeting
party, yesterday issued a statement
explaining his attitude. He expresses
himself as being in favor of the can
didates of the Town Meeting party
for the "row" offices, but says he is
opposed to their action in declaring
for the candidacy of District Attorney
Rotan on the fusion ticket.
—William Perrlne, writing in the
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin, urges
judges to stick to the bench, as
might be added is the custom in
Dauphin County. The Bulletin in
discussing some things says:
Judge John M. Patterson, of our
Common Pleas Court No. 1, has ex
hibited an unusual activity for a
member of the judiciary in his com
ings and goings as a participant in
all sorts of public events. In the so
cial, th® festive and the ceremonial
side of tho general public life of the
town,'he has become one of the most
familiar figures. Still a young man,
and with an appearance which Is en
gaging, he is apparently disposed to
disregard the sort of personal de
meanor or reserve which is often
held to be an essential to popular re
spect for the judicial character. The
general opinion of level-headed men,
whether lawyers or laymen, is that it
is wiser for judges to keep at the
business which they were elected to
perform, rather than to yield to an
impulse which, however honoruble
or patriotic It may be, Is somewhat
suggestive of a sort of knight er
rantry when it moves an occupant of
the bench to throw aside his gown
and buckle on the sword.
—Things are lively in Pittsburgh,
too. The Pittsburgh Dispatch fays
Monday's council meeting was fea
tured by Dr. James P. Kerr lining:
up with the Babcock-Armstxong ad
ministration forces. "HitiJprto the
administration has been in a minor
ity, but Dr. Kerr reversed matters by
joining the Babcock-Armstrong Tac
tion in voting against the Insertion
of Councilman W. Y. English's re
marks in the record," says the Dis
patch. "This situation was created
by a speech of Mr. English's in
which he severely criticised Mayor
Armstrong for falling to submit bud
get estimates in compliance with re
quests contained in councilmanio
resolutions and intimated that "the
entire city administration is handed
together under the direction of some
invisible government,ywhich Is plac
ing the personal political fortunes
of certain candidates above the in-1
terests of the taxpaylng public." 1
THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT BY BRIGGS
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Drafting Every Pocketbook
[Literary Digest]
EVERY POCKETBOOK IN THE COUNTRY IS
touched directly or indirectly by the new war-taxes,
observe press writers In Washington and elsewhere,
although at the same time the new Revenue Law is being
characterized as "a real conscription of wealth." \Out of
the total of some two and one-half billions to be raised,
the Income tax and profits tax
are expected to yield more than
$1,800,000,000, or, as the Spring
field Republican puts It, "the Gov
ernment will now take from
'wealth' some two billions #f dol
lars a year which 'wealth' kept to
itself before the Great War be
gan, and this exaction will be
increased next year and the year
after if the war does not end in
the near future." When the New
York World makes a close ex
amination of the new Revenue
law, it actually finds that "except
for postage-stamps, practically
every dollar" of Its two an'd one
half billions la to be exacted from
wealth and luxury. Perhaps It is
because they hold both views of
the law to be justified that Con
gressman Kitchln and Senator
Simmons, respectively responsible
for the legislation In the House
and Senate, express such satisfac
tion with it Mr. Kltchin has been
quoted as saying that the burden
of taxation "is shifted around
equitably between rich and poor,
and while every one has to pay.
none has to pay unfairly." And
he adds; "We had before us
virtually all past bills of this
country and many of those drawn
In foreign countries since this war
began, and this is a better meas
ure than any of them." Yet
other members of the two Houses
of Congress admit that there are
imperfections in the measure and
talk of amendments to be made
when Congress again meets. The
New York Evening Sun finds in
the law serious "inequities," "ob
scurities," "incomprehensibilities"
and "unworkabilities." But as
against these flattering words
from Washington and sharp criti
cisms from New York, we find
The Tribune, of Oakland, Cali
fornia, judicially remarking that
"with the exception of minor de
tails of distributing taxation against
i t.;>.au) objcction v might
have been offered, the Adminis
tration appears to have devised a
• iMd workable plan of financing
•he war."
-.ne war.
Five million Americans who have un.til now been
taxed only indirectly by their government,, will find the
new law directly affecting their incomes, as a Washing
ton correspondent of the Cleveland Press calculates, for
"the Income tax now reaches down and takes its levy
from every married man or woman with an Income over
AUGUSTA'S WELCOME
Not merely as expressing her ap
preciation of the material benefits
which she is deriving from the pres
ence of some thirty thousand Penn
sylvania soldiers in her midst, but,
more particularly, as voicing her
genuine admiration for these gallant
men —whose personality and deport
ment have deeply impressed all the
people of this community—Augusta
has undertaken to extend to-day a
sort of formal welcome to the offi
cers and men of Camp Hancock.
Obviously, it is a somewhat diffi
cult matter for a community the size
of Augusta to do, either in a public
or a private way, all that It might
desire to do byway of extending Its
hospitality, individually and collec
tively, to so large a body of men as
comprise the Pennsylvania division;
so that, of necessity, jvhatever It Is
able to do In a private way, as well
as whatever it may do In a public
way, even though It may embrace
only a portion of the Pennsylvanians
encamped here for the winter, must
and, we are sure, will, be accepted
as an attention due to all of them
and intended for all of them.
80 it is that to-day, when only
about one in ten of the men at Camp
Hancock will take part in the big
military parade and only about one
officer In three will attend the recep
tion at the Armory—due, of course,
to certain recognized local limita
tions—it must be accepted that Au
gusta's welcome goes out to every
man and every offlcer t from the low
est rank to the highest, of the entire
division.
And, right here, let It be repeated,
these Pennsylvania soldiers have
made a most marked Impression
upon the people of Augusta; not
alone for their fine military bearlrtg,
but for their high order of intelli
$2,000, and every unmarried or woman with an income
over SI,OOO, and the war profits tax reaches every cor
poration with a net Income over $3,000, and every part
nership an.d individual operating a business which yields
more than $6,000 net income during this year." But
one need not be too quick to congratulate oneself on not
hf>inr one of these five million.
Annual Married Single
Income Man's Tax Man's Tax
SI,OOO
2,000 ... *2O
3.000.... S2O 40
4,000 10 80
5,000. . . . 80 12')
6,000.... 130 ITO .
7,000.... 180 220
8,000.... 235 2 TS
9,000 295 ' 335
10,000 355 395
11,000 425 465
12,000.... 495 535
13,000 570 610
14,000.... 650 690
13,000.... 730 770
16,000.... 830 870
17,000 930 970
18,000.... 1,030 1,070
19,000 1,130 1,170
20,000.... 1,230 1,270
21,000 1,360 1,400
22,000.... 1.490 1,630
23,000.... 1,620 1,660
24,000.... 1,750 1,730
25,000 1,880 1,920
26,000.... 2,010 2,050
27,000 2,140 2,180
28.000 2,270 2,310
29,000 2.400 2,440
- 30,000. . . . 2,530 2,5/0
31,000 2,660 2,700
32,000.... 2,790 2,830
33,000 2,920 2,960
34,000.... 3,050 3,090
35,000 3,180 3,220
36,000.-... 3,310 3,330
37,000.... 3,440 3,430
39,000 3,700 3,740
40,000 3,830 8,870
41,000.... 3,990 4,030
42,000 4,150 4,190
. 43,000 4,310 4,350
44.000.... 4,470 4,510
45,000 4,630 4,670
46,000 <J9O 4,830
47,000.... 4/950 4,900
49,000.-... 5,270 5,310
50.000 5,430 5,478
75,000 10,180 10,220
100,000.... 1fi,430 16,470
150,000 31,930 31,970
250.000 G9.930 69,970
10,000.000.'... G,490,430 6,490,470
1,000,000.... 475,430 475 470
500,000 192,930 192,970
This includes new and old income
tax. Earned incomes over $6,000 will
also pay an 8 per cent, tax on the
excess, unless this clause is repealed._
The person who writes a postal-card will be cawKht,
for cards will sell for two cents each, by the provisions
of the bill. Letters will be three cents. One will be taxed
when he goes to a mOvlng-picture show, If the admission
is more than five cents, one-tenth of the cost of the
ticket. Coffee, tea and sugar stricken from the bill.
gence and splendid demeanor. It is,
indeed, remarkable that so many
men could be gathered together,
from all the walks of life, anywhere
in this country, who measure up so
highly, in their personnel and de
portment. as do these thirty thous
and Pennsylvanians. They are a
credit alike to their tetate and their
country.
As a part of her official welcome
to the men and officers at. Camp
Hancock, Augusta has arranged a
sort of patriotic demonstration In the
way of a flagraising; a ceremony
quite in hartnony with the presence
tnd participation of soldiers who are
soon to carry their country's battle
onto European battlefields and
keep It there until they return home
victorious.
The scene to be enacted on Augus
ta's streets to-day—with khaki-clad
soldiers marching In battle-trim,
with artillery as it will appear when
ready to be sent onward, with dash
ing cavalry eager for the charge and
military bands to Inspire all
more aggressive action and greater
glory—will soon be re-enacted
"somewhere in France;" but with a
far different setting.
Here, all is peace and prosperity.
There, all Is tumult and desalatloji.
We who must remain at home may
well let our hearts beat In admira
tion and gratitude for those who are
going to fight our battles abroad.
They are, in every way, deserving
of Augusta's heartiest welcome, of
her greatest hospitality; and It Is to
express these sentiments, even in
some meager way, that Augusta
celebrates to-day In honor of the
finest division In Uncle Sam's Army.
—Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
JUNIATA FISHING
—Ed Jenkins. McVeytown, eaiifeht
400 Juniata salmon in the Juniata
river this season.—Exchange.
being one or tnese nve million.
Because, "you can not buy any
article that has been freighted by
rail or water, you can not ride on
a train, send a telegram, visit a
theater or ball park, buy a botle
of patent medicine, a baseball bat
% or any other kind of sporting
goods, a tube of tooth-paste or
any other toilet article, own an
auto, a motorcycle or a motor
boat, draw a time draft, buy a
bond or share of stock, or sen.d in
a proxy for an election, without
paying tribute to Uncle Sam."
From the cradle to the ""grave
most of man's activities will now
be taxed, points out an Associated
Press correspondent, since "baby's
first dash of talcum powder, un
der the 2 per cent, manufac
turers' tax on cosmetics, will help
the government carry on the war,
and after death the Federal col
lectors will be on hand to get the
inheritance tax, at advances on
the present rate of from 1 per
cent, on $50,000 to 10 per cent,
on $1,000,000."
With certain exceptions, the
new taxes became effective when
the President signed the bill on
October 3. The increases on first
class mall increases do not go into
effect until July 1, 1918. As the
Washington press dispatches In
form us:
"New Income and war-excess
profits taxes are based on Income
of the 1917 calendar year and
payable before March 31, 1917.
"All stamp taxes, including
those on parcel-post packages will
become effective December 1.
, Amusement admissions and taxes
on club dues will. go into effect
November 1, as will taxes on
freight and passenger transporta
tion, sleeping car, drawing room
and steamship berths; pipe line
transportation; insurance policies
and telegraph and telephone mes
sages costing fifteen cents or
more."
'The so-calljed excess-profits tax
not only furnisncs nearly half of
the total yield of now war-taxes,
but it has been the chief cause of
controversy during the long weeks
while the Revenue Bill was under
consideration in the Senate, the
House and the conference room.
TRUE TO BOCHE FORM
Thjs big liner (a Canadian Pacific
steamer for the Orient), luxurious as
a first class hotel, chances to be the
one that conveyed the captured cre.v
of the Emden back to Great Britain.
The tales the ship's officers tell dt
that experienct" are not pretty.
At first the Emden's officers were
given the run of the ship and per
mitted to dine in the saloon. With
clharaeiteristlc courtesy they were
wont to toast the Kaiser and curse
his enemies in the presencp of ind at
the table with the British officers.
Nor would they give their narole not
to continue the practice; thenceforth
they were confined to their quarters.
In retaliation the bed linens was
slashed, the furniture hacked, and
the cabins grossly defiled. Members
of the Emden's crew were fond of
the pastime of spitting In the faces
of the British sentries, who, rifles In
hand, did not retaliate because they
were British and under orders. "If
they'd had a fair chance, though,
our ,fellow 'ould hve torn the
throats out of the dirty Huns," de
clared, with intense feeling, the offi
cer who told me the tale..
Yes, the red background of war is
with us even In midocean.—William
T. Ellis In the Outlook.
AS YE SHALL BE JUDGED
For there is no respect of persons
with God. For as many as have
sinned without law shall also perish
without law; and as many as "have
sinned in the law shall be judged
by the law; for not the hearers of
the law are Just before God, but the
doers of the law shall be justified.—
Romans 11, 11-13.
AT THE TABLE
"Do you know anything about
camouflage?"
"No, I never eat foreign cheeses."
LABOR NOTES
Union plumbers at East St. Louis
111., get >7 a day.
Federated shopmen employed by
the St. Louts and San Francisco Rail
road have secured an eight-hour da|
and satisfactory working rules.
Membership of the local trades un
ions In Toronto, Canada, during the
last six months, according to the offi
cial figures, increased about 35 per
cent.
England's House of Commons has
approved of the Government's pro
posal to fix a minimum wage of 25
shillings a week for agricultural la
borers.
Three Englishmen, members of the
Industrial Workers of the World,
have been arrested In Australia
charged with being members of an
unlawful association. •
Our Federal Bureau of Education
states that approximately 3,000,000
foreign-born whites residing in the
United States do not speak English.
Port Glasgow (Scotland) School
Board has agreed to allow all full
time female teachers fBO per annum
whose present salaries are less than
that amount.
William Brownlie was elected pres
ident of the Weavers Society of An
derston at the one hundred and
eightieth anniversary meeting, held
In Glasgow, Scotland.
At the mining camp of Sandon,
Canada, and the surrounding mining
camps, the miners have, refused to
be docked a day's pay a month by
the companies for the patriotic fund.
The number of manufacturing
plants in the United States engaged
in the making of dyestuffs has in
creased in three years from five to
nearly 200.
Montgomeryshire (Wales) Educa
tion Committee has decided to give a
war bonus of fl2 10s to teachers
earning f55 or under, and fls to those
earning over f55.
; OUR DAILY LAUGHI
, . , -J WELL
SCREENED.
. I never see you
sitting In a ham-
mock with a
young man.
jj I should say
4 not. My ham
jj J Ji mock Is put of
sight
Some men are ipn,
stuck on their
lobs and some are 4*
not stuck enough.
PONTO'S PLACE
e What's the fun
ny little coop un
der the -back
porch ofyour au
tomobile?
Farmer: That's
for the dog that
used to trot along
under the buck
a board.
\ffit
J
Cos m e tleally 4 y\ M
■peaking, hand- MV I' I
some is th a t '//- ""?> 1 1
handsome does. WM l/Jp
Do you
the words
th® Star-Span
p> _ g,e<l Banner ?
No, but I can
\ 31 stand while th*
1/ others sing it
Bxnttng (Eljal
■ ar conditions and the economy;
Propaganda which has become BO
general have resulted In a gooi
many things being dond which a few
years a BO we would'not have thought
or doing:. For Instance, there ar
more people going .without meat now
tnaji would have been deemed possl
.l y ear a Ko and chops and veal
cutlets h.ave almost disappeared,
while those fortunate mortals who
were able to buy a new overcoat
. yea . r have decided to go
through this winter on last year's
J? "J ' )Y hlch 'i f er all turns out to
bo perfectly newT It is in the food
?n^ al if e n le i! >ts tllut tho ™ost interest*
ng aide lights are to be observed. It?
IfiJl'ii that som e people have com
.ViH', v revised their buying tables
.. ? e . who uscd to buy out
iif,ht without bothering: much about
the price now have (he farmers at
t™®clty markets gasping for breath
SLiL the manner in which they
dicker. The country butchers, who
: moßt . disappeared from tho
markets of Harrisburg:, are back
knowAl Ulc , ky 13 tho marketer who
irv T>L . e cutß V Thc O W-time coun
nLit V ho use<l t0 have the
finest of steaks cut up in his own
peculiar way, would have more busi
ness than he could accommodate if
he was on the job the way he used to
nnH W e, J W ? ÜBe, ' to KO Wednesdays
ho . r i" y l to ,he old market
houses in Market Square. And like
wise the markotwomen with their
own makes of "ponhoss" and mush.
"I°' them still bring these great
articles to the markets, but tho
memory of the whole lines of coun
ilw ? t,h the things that we
, f ° r !°; dily at half the price, anf
°r;l h ' r , d 1 HOme cases, makes peo
ple think about thc times they left R
lot of food on the table after eating
a very square meal.
Nothing doing," was the smiling
remark of a waiter in one of the
city s cafes this morning when askod
by a Capitol Hill oltteial to brine
bacon and eggs.
"Now what?" asked the late and
therefore exasperated official.
"No more bacon." said the waiter,
rhe boss told us to cut it off."
The men in charge of Harrlsburg
restaurants say that bacon is jump
ns J" price and that it Is not only
hard to get a good regular supply,
out that they have to either cut down
portions or raise the price so much
that it is than it is
worth. Baconless breakfasts have
joined meatless dinners in Pennsyl
vania's capital, but thank fortuiie,
.Dauphin county is famous for corn
meal mush.
• • •
On the subject of food it may ha
said here that the men at a big
ar ket ® ( J uar e market say that
they have been doing business on a
scale not known before and that the
catches this summer and fall havo
been of a kind that have enabled
them to supply plenty of seafood
and of a good variety, too. "We have
been able to get before the people
of Harrlsburg a number of fish that
are splendid eating, but which are
not well known," said the command
ant of an uptown market. "For
years we have been getting from
Baltimore and Philadelphia flsh
which are excellent eating, but be
cause the peoplo of this city don't
know them they did not buy. I have
had half a dozen prime flsh, plenty
of meat and fine flavor, but becausa
they were not salmon, bass, trout op
something else equally well known
tlfey stayed on my stand and I had to
take some home or give the rest
away. Now the wholesalers are urg
ing us to try to push these flsh again.
If you want to give the people of
this town of ours a straight tip ii
that column of yours tell them tl
look over the flsh markets and ask
what we have new. We can give the
women of this town pointers on food
flsh they overlook. I'm not saying
this to boost my own sales. Let 'em
go to any flsh man. Find out the
different kind and the days they
come in. That'll help the food prob
lem in Harrisburg."
• •
Harrisburg's Italian colony, which
is about the thriftiest iri" the whole
community, is getting along very well
in the matter of food. One man ex
plained that where his folks corn*
from they were accustomed to short
ages occurring and that, anywav
there was more variety here thar
, they ever knew. The Italian wav if
la very good one to look at it, as one
of the High school instructors saie
the other evening. "If peoplo wii
only realize that what they were usee
to in their younger days with th (
exception of meat and a lew othe>
things, made them what they
to-day there will be less coir-plain
lng," was the way he pu Jt. Th<
Italians of this city >bnve helpec
popularize macaroni *tnd spaghetti
just as the havo made \i:
familiar with plain old noodles ir
new foois. It is astonishing th<
varu*y of food that is to be had a
tie-, stores in Harrlsburg that come:
from things raised right aroijnd her.'
The advice given by the flsh man t<
study the stalls may be applied t<
the products of the farms and orcli
ard3 and factories of Dauphin an<
Cumberland counties with an excur
sion to bologna Is mucl
desired, and to York and Lanraste
for canned goods. The northern tie
of Pennsylvania makes cheese whicl
we in Harrlsburg buy from New Yorl
jobbers and we love Adams count:
apples when we see them on irui
stands in Philadelphia or Chicago
And while you are about it do no
forget that Perry county farmer
have long had a repute for honey.
• •
Among visitors to the city yester
day were Col. L. A. Watres, forme
lieutenant governor and grand mas
ter of the Masons of Pennsylvania
He was here to attend the meeting o
the State Armory Board on whic
>he has served for years and t
whose business he gives close atten
tlon.
[ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE"
—Dr. Herbert A. Gibbons, forme
Philadelphian, is now residing i
Paris.
—The Rev. Dr. J. Wilbur Ohai
man, prominent in evangelistic wor)
is speaking in central counties.
—-C. B. Connelley, who is a cand
date for council in Pittsburgh,
dean of one of that city's colleges.
—Robert Wetherill, receiver c
one of the big Philadelphia construe
tion companies, has been engaged I
the machinery business for years.
—Judge T. M. Bailey, of Huntini
don, is just finishing his fall term <
court in Bedford County.
—(fudge Harvey W. Whitehead, <
Lycoming courts, has not lost h
fondness for deer hunting.
—Judge J. N. Lqngham, of Ind
ana County, is one of the best stofj
tellers in public life in Westei
Pennsylvania.
| DO YOU KNOW
That Harrlsburg shared mate
rially In tliat gain of bank re
aouivcs reported by the state in
five months?
HISTORIC IIARRISBITRG
—lron nails were among the fir
Iron and steel products of this cl
which now makes tons of steel eve
hour