8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded IS3I Published evenings except Sunday by THi: TRI.EXiRAPII PRINTING CO., Telecrkr* llufldlnß, Federal Square. "E.J. STACK POL.r. Pre it Sr Editor-in-Chief F. R. OYSTER, Bufinets Manager. GVS M. STEINMET2, Managing Editor. .Member of the Associated Pre**--The Associated Press is exclusively en- to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. . Member American Newspaper Pub § Ushers' Associa tion, the Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn- Eastern office. Story, Brooks & Avenue Building, Western office, Finley. People's ~~ _ Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harrls burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a tG.Uweek; by mail, $5.00 a year in advance. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 28,1017 To be alive only to appetite, pleas ure, pride, money-making, and not to goodness and kindness, purity and love, history, poetry, music, flowers, stars, Ood and eternal hopes, is to be all but dead. —Maltbie D. Babcock. | THANKSGIVING! OCiIVE thanks unto the I.ord; call upon His name; make known Ills deeds nmonc the people. 2. Sliik unto lllm. sine psalms unto . Him 1 talk ye of all his wondrous works. 3. CJSory jc In III* holy name; let .the heart of theui rejoice that week the Lord. 4. Seek the Lord, and Ills strength; heek 111* face evermore. 5. Remember Hl* marvellous works that He hath done; His nonderi, and the judgments of Ills month; H. O ye seed of Abraham Ills ser vant, ye children of Jacob His chosen. 7. He In the Lord our God; His Judgments are in all the earth. 8. He remembered Ills cove nant for ever, the word which He commanded to n thousand venera tion*: i>. \\ hlch covenant he made with Abraham, nnd His oath onto Isaac; 10. And confirmed the same unto Jacob for n law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant; 11. £aylug, I nto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your In heritance; 12. When they were but a few men In number; yea, Terj' few, and strang er* In It. 18. When they went from one na tion to another, from one kingdom to another people. 14. He suffered no man to do them wrong; yeu; He reproved king* for their sakes; 15. Saying, Touch not mine an nolnted, and do my prophets no harm. •••••#• 42. For He remembered Ills holy promise, and Abraham His servant. 4S. And He brought forth His peo ple with Joy, and ilia chosen with gladness; 44. And cave them tlie lands of the heathen; and they inherited the labour of the people; 45. That they might observe His statutes, and keep His laws. Praise ye tlie Lord.—lOfith Psalm. THE SUSQUEHANNA ISLANDS IT is no Idle fancy that folks along the reaches of the north branch • of the Susquehanna are indulg ing in when they plan to plant wil lows to conserve the islands which aie of economic or historic interest to their communities. From all ac counts the strenuous river currents have been carving away, bit by bit, .'.ome of the Islands between Sunbury and Wilkes-Barre which are inti mately connected with the years that are gone in that region and afforded excellent fishing or amusement and. as in the case of many other Islands •in the same river, some food sup ply. In certain instances the ero sion has become a serious matter and arrangements have been made to test the value of the willow for preservation of a couple of islands which were fortified in Indian war fare days. Perhaps, this plan may be the solution of some problems be low the confluence of the Susque hanna branches and the junction of the Juniata. This city owns a couple of big islands and may have to own more in the course of a few years. Tlu river currents here are constantly changing and the appearance and WEDNESDAY EVENING, disappearance of Islands Is nothing! new. Systematic study of conditions) on some of the islands and taking of steps to prevent damage In event of some sudden notion of the suddenly rising river would seem worth think ing of around Harrlsburg, as well as at county towns farther up the stream. I'l VK CKVT BREAD MR. HOOVER would do well to j give the public more light on ; the item coming out of Paris ! yesterday to the effect that bre id in ! France henceforth by government decree shall sell for five cents a j pound. Perhaps there is good and j sufficient reason for the difference t butween the price of bread here, ! where flour is reasonably plentiful, and in France, where it is scarce, but on> the surface it looks as though the American public is pay ing more for its bread than it should. Of course, wages paid here are much higher than in France, and that enters largely into retail prices, but Just how it happens that France is able to undersell America in this manner would provide an interesting chapter in the constant flow of pub lic information that comes from the typewriters of the industrious pub licity workers at the national cap ital. The American public shows no Sign of indignation, but it cer tainly is curious. FOOD, NOT MONEY IT is not so much the saving of money that is important just now as the saving of food. In a Phila delphia restaurant the other day one woman rebuked a waiter for putting two lumps of sugar into her cup in stead of one, and another chided an attendant because he served her two eggs instead of the one she had re quested, although the price for two was the same as for one. These women understood the condition j with which the world is confronted— which is that if one of lis overeats it means another person in some part of the world must go hungry. There is a great scarcity of pro visions. This is hard to realize, in this land of plenty, where the mar ket stalls are piled high with good things and the grocer will bring you almost anything you order, but the earth at large is living on starva tion rations and unless we do our, share to save next winter will be fart worse than the present. NEIGHBORLY GREETINGS' HARRISBURG was treated this | week to an evidence of neigh- | borliness between merchants I that is worthy of passing mention, in that it illustrates a comparatively j new note in business. When one pro- j gressive business house paid for j space in the advertising columns of the Telegraph to extend its congratu lations to another upon the opening of new and handsome quarters, it wrote large that all might read the passing of old-time ruthless meth ods of tradesmen whose prime thought was personal advantage, without any great consideration as to how that advantage might be gained. And when the merchant ad dressed replied in kind, also through the columns of the newspaper, he endorsed this new spirit of friendli ness and good feeling in a manner that caused widespread and very fa vorable comment. Business is not all dollars and cents. The Golden Rule is as appli cable to the mercantile firm as to the Individual. The corporation is not soilless. The milk of human kind ness is a nourishing, sustaining force in our everyday life. Profits are not all to be reckoned In dividend percentages. The truth of these things we have admitted for a long time, but only recently have we begun to make them active and important factors j In our daily business activities. We J may be a long way from "loving ohrj neighbor as ourselves," but we are | ; on the road. LEARNING TO GIVE MANIFESTLY the time is here! when every man or woman j who is not for us in this war ; I is against us. Pussy-footing and pac- j | ifist tommyrot should be squelched j iat every point. This war is not a j [ wrist-tapping proposition. We must put every ounce of our energy into it. A valued reader of the Telegraph writes: From present indications, we may all be "over there" before this thing is finished. It is a ter rific Job that we have undertaken, and I fear that we have not tackled it in a way to bring a speedy conclusion. This war is not going to be won by jingo talk and patriotic songs. It is going to take the best ihat is in every one of us at home and abroad to realize our war aims as an nounced at Washington. For one thing, the American people have got to learn how to give. I have just passed through a liberty Ian campaign and a Y. M. C. A. campaign,' and I am impressed with the fact that in so far as financial sacrifice is concerned, we have not yet mastered the a b c's of the game. We give what we have left over after providing ourselves with everything that we want, and we imagine that is generosity. Be fore wo are through with it, we must get down to two shirts, and give one of those. Another correspondent, an officer In one of the big cantonments, writes the Telegraph regarding the splen did work of the Y. M. C. A. and its i effect upon the troops. He says: Am glad the appeal for the Y. M. C. A has met with such an enthusiastic financial response from the citizens of Central Pennsylvania. It surely is re markable how the people are giv ing of their time and means and it Is undoubtedly a source of in spiration and a stimulus to the soldiers to know how strongly their work Is being backed at home. These comments from two entlre , ly different angles show the Import ance of the patriotic and unselfish activities behind the lines and the necessity foj supporting In every i way the things that are being done i for the maintenance of our national forces and the building up of the . morale of the troops. 'foliUci Ik By tlic Ex-Comniittccmuit j Philadelphia Independents, Town Meeting men, Penrose adherents and others Identified with the move against the Vare organization iri the Quaker City to-day contended that the election of the Town Meeting ticket was practically assured by the disclosures regarding the opening of the ballot boxes yesterday. They as serted that their contentions had been proved. In Pittsburgh and Scranton the events are being close ly followed, as there may be nota bre political results In the wake of the defeat of the Vare organization, wliose prestige has been somewhat damaged by the reduction of the ma jority. Capitol Hill is following the de velopments in Philadelphia with eagerness and chances are that until something definite comes out of the court proceedings that there will be little, done in the way of appoint ments of a state-wide significance. Likewise, gubernatorial talk among partisans of the state administration will be soft pedaled. —Concerning what happened yes terday the independent Philadelphia Public Ledger says: "In one of the most spectacular recounts of an elec tion ever held in Philadelphia, with the courtroom crowded with ballot boxes and thronged with election of ficials, petitioners, politicians and lawyers, the overflow Ailing the cor ridors, the Town Meeting party yes terday showed the possibility of up setting the election of November 6 and bringing about the success of the fusion ticket. On the presenta tion made by the reported figures from ten scattering divisions, it 1s quite possible, statistically speaking, to prove that in reality the Smith- Yare ticket was defeated by the Town Meeting ticket by a majority ranging from 2,000 to 6,000, wit.h the possible exception of W. Free land Kendrick, Smitli-Yare candi date for Receiver of Taxes by a con siderably reduced plurality. Judges Martin and Firtetter, of course, pre sided over the proceedings, and it was a strange sight to the old-time jrolitieian to see ballotbox after bal lotbox ordered into court for a re counting of the votes; and this over the protests of organization lawyers, who in the past have seen their pro tests avail." —The visit of Attorney General Francis Shunk Brown to Pittsburgh and Washington yesterday revived the talk that the learned chief law officer might become a candidate for Governor if his friends made him. Sir. Brown has refused to talk about the proposition and people connected with the administration have been sort of marking time until h£ does:. —One of the things which the visit of Mr. Brown seemed to evoke was considerable gossip about ex- Speaker George E. Alter as a candi date who could unite factions and at the same time satisfy the "dry" ele ment. It is well known that Mr. Brown and Mr. Alter are very friendly, while the ex-speaker has many friends among: Penrose and independent elements. —Much about gubernatorial mat ters will be discussed in Philadel phia over the weekend. Political lights will go to that city after Thanksgiving. —ln connection with the gover norship it is of interest to see what people have to say in other parts of the state. The Scranton Republican has been rather insistent that the northeast should have some consid eration and other newspapers in that portion have been putting up light ning rods for favorite sons. The Wilkes-Barre Independent, which pays considerable attention to the drift of sentiment comes right 0"t with the declaration that the time is r.t hand for Luzerne to be recog nized and points to the fact that sinca the days of Henry St. Hoyt not; much attention has been paid to! that section. This Wilkes-Barre bea con takes it for granted that the Democrats are going to name Wil liam B. Wilson and then after re jecting the Republicans thus far suggested puts forth its plea for recognition of Luzerne by the Re publican leaders as follows: "There are many Republicans in Luzerne cour.tv of gubernatorial timber. They would be a big improvement on much of the professional material so l'ar mentioned. Among our attor neys there are such men as former Judge Frank W. Wheaton, former Judge Benjamin R. Jones and for mer Judge Daniel A. Fell. Among the business element there is Fred erick M. Kirby, whose rise to mer cantile eminence and whose present position in the industrial, railroad and banking affairs of the state and nation would assure Pennsylvania, in the event of his selection, a governor who would measure up to the best it has ever had. A man of pro nounced business ability is what Pennsylvania needs for governor and there is no man in the state who meets this need better than F. M. Kirby." —Democratic leaders coming: here from Washington and from various parts of {he state this week said that .they thought that William B. Wilson had the inside track for the Demo cratic honor, although he did not like the position very much. The opinion was also voiced that Vance C. McCormiek had presidential as pirations and that he would work to make Wilson governor because if Pennsylvania goes Democratic the nation is supposed to do the same thins. . , —lt is also notable that Michael J. Ryan's enthusiasm in behalf of McCormiek, who defeated him for the gubernatorial nomination, has evoked few responses. Even some of Ryan's friends appear to be ducking to avoid being hit by the waving olive branch. —A. I. Hartman. who fought and then joined in with the Democratic machine, is the new postmaster of Lebanon. Hartman is a purely polit ical appointment as he is Lebanon's Democratic chairman of the pretzel division of the Democratic state com mittee's war map. The postmaster ship is worth $2,000 and he will of ficially divorce himself from politics but if Hartman can stay out he will have to -be tied. —The Philadelphia Record gives some sidelights on what may have been the reason for the visit of Roy A. Hatfield, Montgomery county commissioner here yesterday. The Record says: "John H. Rex, who was to-day appointed by Governor Brum baugh to he a member of the Norris town draft board, is a lawyer atid former member of the Assembly. Robert C. Selden, another appointee to-day, for a number of years was H member of Council. They succeed J. Elmer Saul, burgess, and A. 8. Mar tin, superintendent of schools, both resigned. Dr. R. Knlpe, the other member of the board, upon the resig nation of Saul and Martin, got Into communication - with Col. Sweeney, kt lfarrlsburg, and recommended O. F\ Lenhanlt, magistrate, and Harry P. HUtner, borough treasurer. It is said that this recommendation did not suit Charles A. Ambler, State In surance Commissioner. Ambler call ed upon Roy A. Hatfield, chairman of the Board of County Commission ers, to suggest two men. It is under- HA RRISBURG TELEGRAPH A HANDY MAN AROUND THE HOUSE BY BRIGGS r F v vou / jj L 'J/ Tme | stood that Rex and SeldeA are Hat field's selections." —The Philadelphia North Ameri can is reviving the story that State Chief of Mines Roderick is to go. It hus been predicting: that from Har risburg with the regularity of the changes of the moon. ' —The candidates for judge in Washington county now include Nor man K. Clark and 11, B. Hughes, who are closest to the fence; D. M. Mo- Closkey, A. M. Linn, A. M. Temple ton, 11. A. Williams, R. W. Knox and J. 1. Brownson. —The usual fight over the Berks county mercantile appraiser is on. LABOR NOTES Colorado State Federation of Wo men's Clubs lias a special fund out of which they lend girls money for education. Since 1914 the women employed on buses, trams and railways in Eng land have increased 326 per cent. On December 3 at Buffalo, N. Y.. International Seamen's Union of America will meet in convention. Meriden, Conn., Council has intro duced a resolution calling for the eight-hour day for municipal em ployes. Detroit Iron Molders' Union asks employers to raise wages to $6 for an eight-hour day. Kingston, Canada, Street Railway Company has started to try the em ployment of girls as conductors. Ann Arbor, Mich., railroad ma chinists have secured their first schedule and raised wages 2 M cents an hour. The St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad has finally signed an eight hour agreement with its federated shop men. The Mayor's Committee of Nation al Defense, New York City, has com pleted plans to establish a clearing house for the 50 or more free em ployment agencies dealing with men and boys. WAS NOT QUITE CLEAR Reference at a social affair was made to the young wives and their cooking experiences, when this an ecdote was contributed by Represen tative Martin A. Morrison, of Indi ana— One afternoon Mrs. Jones called on Mrs. Smith, a young friend ot hers, who had just been married, and found her in the kitchen with her sleeves rolled up, flour on her nose, and cook books and fashion books lying all around. "Ilello, Gladys!" cheerfully greeted the young wife. "I'm so glad you came. I am just beginning to make my first cake." "Yea, dear, so I see," smiled tho visitor glancing over the culinary scenery. "But what in the world are those fashion papers for?" "That is just what I want to ask you about, Gladys," responded the young wife with a perplexed expres sion. "Do you make a cake from a recipe or a pattern?"— Philadelphia Telegraph. DOING TfcEIR BIT Oh, the soldiers marched gaily away to the fray, With a '"Hy oh de, de" and a "hy oU da, da," "We'll conquer the foe, though oui hair turns gray— But come back to you In the morn ing." Oh the mothers stay bravely at home, though not gay Still they sing "Hy oh de, and a hy oh da, da" We'll keep the fires burning while our boys are away Til they come back to me in the morning. And the sisters knit swiftly the sweaters so gray. As they sing " Hy oh de, de, and a "Hy oh da, da, "We'll help all we can, and be glad that we may, Til the boys come home in the morning. And the brothers save up their small pennies a day, With a "hy oh de, de," and "a hy oh da, da," 0 And they give up their candy, and sing at their play— "Oh, brother'll come back In the morning." So all over this land folks will sing and will pray, Will sing "Hy oh de," and "a hy oh da, da," Will pray, "Bless us Lord, and hasten the day "When our boys come home in the morning!" ISDN A GROFF DEIHL. Paxtanc, Pa. THE PEOPLE'S FORUM HBG. GIRL WRITES POEM I To the F.iUlor of the Telegraph: Will you not publish the following I and oblige a Camp Meade soldier i boy? It was published in the Camp j Meade Herald and was written by I Lillian Wilensky, sister of a com-1 rade, a Harrlsburg girl and is en-! titled "God Bless You, Boys:" \ GOD BLESS YOU, BOYS (From a sister of one of the boys at j Camp Meade to the boys.) Go forth boys to the victories great, Fear not any hardships or shell, j And we here will anxiously pray and wait, For your safety, peace, and free dom's yell. 'Go on with hearts and minds big and strong, And fight for your beloved ones and mine, Then with God's help you'll come ' where you belong. And for you peace in great glory shall shine. You can well imagine, just how great, Our misery is now, and when you will us leave, But to our hearts will answer the results of fate, For your freedom, and the great blessing to live. To you the dearest sons of our na tion, We give our earnest blessings and love, Help your country in each obliga tion, The rest we leave to the Good God above. Good-by boys, God bless you one and all, And may the love of heaven and dear ones true, Follow you everywhere our great country calls, Returning, home, love and life are awaiting you. —HARRISBURGER. | Republicanism in Pennsylvania The Ilarrisburg Telegraph sug gests that there is a lesson for Penn i sylvania Republicans in the recent | elections. It has compiled figures which indicate that while there was no state election this year the party vote In counties, cities and town ships exceeded the Presidential vote of 1916, reaching a total of 750,000. The Telegraph cites Ilarrisburg and Dauphin county as fair exam ples of conditions in the state, say ing that city Republicans have won every one 01' the nonpartisan offices and the school board, while in the county, without exception, Republi cans won by decisive majorities. It j adds: "In nearly every case through- I out the state contests which devel oped were between Republicans rath er than between Republicans and Democrats. The Democratic party was alpiost eliminated a.s a political factor In many counties." In the opinion of our contempor ary the lesson of this is that Re publicans have a bright outlook for decisive victories next year in . the gubernatorial and congressional elec tions provided inexcusable factional- Ism is frowned upon. The leaders and members of the party must unite their energies and not permit a Democratic minority to get a hold upon power in the state. The Telegraph is right in saying that the great rank and file of the Republican party In Pennsylvania will expect harmonious action and will resent any other course. Wise leadership will look to the compos ing of such differences as now exist so that in 1918 Republicans will pre sent a united front not only In main taining themselves in the state but in Increasing the Republican repre sentation at Washington so that even tually the national administration will pass into the hands of the party | of Lincoln, Grant and McKinley.— Scranton Republican. END OF THE WAR In the fall of 1864 the Democratic parly was Injudicious enough, and sufficiently discouraged with three and a half years of war, to declare in its platform that the war was a failure. The Democratic party was mistaken, as was proved six months later by the complete collapse of the Confederacy. The able observers who are now Informing us that the war lias so far been a failure, that it may have to be compromised, that It may drag along for a series of years, that It Is a stalemate, that something new must be Invented or It is all up with the Allies, would do : well to ponder on the rapid changes in the American civil war between tho fall of 1 864 and April, 1865. J Philadelphia Record. DEPLORES FACTIONS To the Hditor of the Telegraph: May I commend you 011 the edi- j torial in the issue of November 23rd, I 1917, entitled, "Get Together." |' There is no subject in which the ' Republicans of Pennsylvania are, nor should they be more interesting subject than the one you have just written upon, ever been taken up by 1 your paper than the one you have just mentioned in your writing. I may say that I thought of doing just what you have done for some lime back, thinking that no one was | awake to some of the methods that| is being pulled off by a dirty set of j men who look to nothing else than ] to disrupt the Republican Party, as j well as the Democratic party. I have been trying to get this im- j pression before the right party for 'some time back, but it appeared that | no one at that time realized the} danger that both parties was facing, I may say that I have put before some of our best citizens of Harris burg all but your same thoughts, and at that time they were perfectly fearless, until election time came when they all felt just as* I told them they would. And again may say I believe that yon see the move that is just on over a newly elected Socialist. X believe | you see that these same men mean to corrupt all parties, and can fur ther say if the time comes when our leaders get together to eliminate the factional differences and to casjf aside the different feeling now ex isting, that when that time comes that you and I can be present, and be heard upon the floor. It, I muy say, is my best intention to uphold the parties in every respect, believ ing we should have the best of gov ernment always, believing that we have men these days that will sell all the party rule for the sake of an office, irrespective of harm or obli gation that these same men are pledged to sign. And with your ideas the same as mitre, I can only believe you are awake to what is really a benefit to | all of ys. And again commending j you tor your editorial, and for more of it to follow, I wish you all the | success and for better government: in the end. P. L. SMITH. I CAN'T CONQUER j The German has lost his. three! I great offensives —the Marne, Verdun | and the submarine campaign. He i pinned all his remaining hopes on j the last and risked getting us into | the war, because he expected to win 1 before we could become effective. His i real foe now is Britain, still aided by France, but carrying the burden |of the fight. Tomorrow he will have 1 a dangerous enemy in the United i States. Ho can't conquer Britain in j Italy—he can't conquer Britain >n ! France. He can't conquer the United States in Italy and he can't j conquer France in Venetia. Neither • can the British conquer Germany at I Jerusalem or in Mesopotamia. If he I can't conquer the British or persuade them they are conquered uie Ger man will lose the war, even without Intervention, because the British con trol the sea and the German cannot live permanently without tho use of the oceans. If he can't force the British to abandon their blockades and let his merchant ships out he must persuade them, and for this he will diave to pay. His sole currency !is the territory of Britain's allies | which he holds. He lias no British i territory, while the British have a million square miles of his. j Napoleon won Austerlitz, Jena, j Friedland, Wagram, but he lost his | tight against Europe. He overran all j of Austria and of Prussia and far more of Russia than the Germans have overrun. He made a vassal state of Prussia, a mere recruiting field of Italy. He dominated Spain from the Pyrenees to the neutral strip facing Gibralter, but ho ended his days at Bt. Hllena. When you compare the Napoleonic achieve ments which preceded the final de feat with the German achievements you see how incomparably less im i portant are the later successes. Yet 1 all the early successes did not give [ Napoleon permanent hold on that | for which the Germans have been , lighting for three years without ever I attaining, even for the moment—the mastery of Europe. These are considerations which ought to be borne In mind when the German makes his next peace offen j t-lve, as he very soon will. —Slmondn in Philadelphia Inquirer. A PLACE PREPARED Siberian rebels are said to have named the former ciar emperor. Well, it can't be denied that Nicho las did a lot for Siberia while he was in power.—Chicago Herald. NOVEMBER 28, 1917. Otfer Cta IK ""peiuuu James E. Horton, of Ashland, X. Y., had the humorous impulse on Hullow'een of soaping the front steps of a citizen named Ward and then ringing the bell.. Ward slid down the steps as per schedule and the trip has just cost Mr. Horton, by a supreme court decision, something over SI,OOO a step. He hail recently been left $75,000. Thousands of Pennsylvania far mers are profiting from the enter prise of the early Spaniards who found alfalfa in Asia 4UU years ago and imported it to South America. The word is Spanish. • • There is one city in Pennsylvania where air hopping will never bo popular, and that's Pittsburgh. A Canadian officer of the Royal Flying Corps undertook the other day to skim through the fog and smoke and gave it up as a bad job. "Hot air from the mills makes traveling so bumpy that I don't think any one would risk his life air-shipping around Pittsburgh," said he. OUR DAILY LAUGH SUSPICION. J "You suspect the new waiter o) j bciifk of a German agent?" j "Yes. The other used to receiv* ; a tip with polite gratitude. This ione acts as If he was collecting ar j indemnity." THE STAMP OF HIS PROFES SION. "What does he do for a living?" "He designs coffins." "No wonder he has such a deathly pallor on his cheek.'" * THE PERFECT FOOD. "There are five classes of food, proteins, carbohydrates, fats, miner alsand water." "You get 'em all In hash." XM AS THRIFT. "I'll do my Xm&s shopping now Said Mr 3. I. M. Onns, • It won't be very hard I Mow With mjr trading stamp coupons." I Stating dptf 'f* rather funny to obaerve popM go Into a cafe or a hotel dlnlngrooiri these meatless daya and hear theiri order. And it's funnier to see th< way they take It. More than half ol veoP l . gracefully accept thd '. a quarter look puzzled it dcld ® to make the be*J nhi.flJ ? L he rest Ket P taln madl •v themselves. leJ e di e v da^ Was Tuesda y and meat, less oay. There was an unusual number of strangers In the city bn the'iuiini aP L toI H,U mattera an< ? r °f Harri,b ur* inert wenr to cares for lunch. Hers arJ some of the ways It worked * mtrt ma .?r W f 11l . ed lnto on ® o f th 4 down food P'aces and aal down. He was tired and he waj ready to eat. "Waiter* Ud be*' nfnnt g t me * fl ,n e bl ® steak and lot* of potatoes. The waiter said It wai Ind nrrt 8 2?* J Vhe man grumblej and ordered oysters. i J UI ? ther man walked Into a Mar, ki . e ; m P° r ium and golnti ?v* table established proprietary fne tand . , .? B beside 11 and hail-, Inw t, .!'; 1 want a n'ce steak, ' 'hnt V Sorry> Boss - 1 ran 't gel that. You see—" The mad wheeled and darted out with "shorl of meat again." biu'e- mni hfr establishment a Harris, ,iif ™ ordered chops. "NothlnM doing, was the reply. He ate spaghetti. a Into 13 t0 l? °' a man who flew ' " a , ra f® when turned down on bark hoif ° F a i. end erloin who came with an . h ,? ur later and said with apology in his voice, "Say, next Ymn- h-° next to meat 'ess daya L"" 1 *i ub so good I came back places." SCt meat at ,ivu The hotel men say the people fhit believe them when they say erVe H° m f at Tuesdays and that the waiters have to turn down tips, which must hurt. , • * "The soil of Lancaster countv is not any richer than the earth that covers the coal of Cambria and it the people of Lancaster county had not been putting back into the soil properties needed to keep it pro ductive for the last 150 years it would not be the garden spot of the country," said Lieutenant Governor F rank B. McClain yesterday after noon at the Capitol. This apostro phe to tho fertility of Lancaster was evoked by the observation of one troni a western county who had re marked in commenting upon the ag ricultural wealth of Lancaster thai it had better soil. "Not a bit of it." f a ' d t,le Red Kose of Lancaster. The soil of Lancaster, Berks, and Lebanon, like the soil of York and the valley has been taken care of. The people work It from morn until night and they look after the soil conditions as carefully |as the crops. They have been do ing it for generations and they have I prospered. It is because of hard i work and intelligent work on the part of our people that Lancaster county leads." • • • "If the food directors want to control tho price of turkey and chicken during the holiday season in this city let them put some of the government's secret service on the trail of the turkey rafflers," said a citizen to a Telegraph man on a street car today. "To my know ledge three of these raffling matches have been operated this fall within street car distance of the city, one of them near Penbrook on Sunday and others in Cumberland county near Lemoyne, and in each case 1 have asked the district attorneys to look up the offenders. These fel lows go into the country districts, buy up turkeys, chickens, ducks and geese at any old price and then chance them off at from 100 to 200 per cent profit. If, as I have sug gested, the government agents put these fellows out of business I feel sure prices will come down. It is natural for the farmer to take all he can get for his products and if a turkey offers more than an ordinary consumer he gets the bird and the price to th next man is higher. And I might add that it wouldn't require a very expert se cret service man to locate these gamblers." • * * "This sale of Liberty Bonds and $3 certiiicates by the government Is teaching a lot of people to save," said a downtown banker who has a largo number of bond accounts on his books. "When the war is over it will find a great many people with the habit of saving. These, I take it, will look over their accumulation of bonds, large or small, and will take pride In their possessions as just,so much laid aside for a rainy day. They will reason with themselves that having learned to save in war times there should be no reason why they should not continue in times of peace, with the result that savings will be greatly increased. It was the liablt of saving accniired during the Civil War that left so many of the passing generations thrifty and prosperous. The young er people are just learning, but they are doing very well. I anticipate a. great run on the new $4.12 certi ficates which in five years will be good for $5.00. These will give the small investor a chance to get a share of the good thing passed around by Uncle Sam. They are really better than Liberty Bonds and It is well that Uncle Sam has de creed that nobody may have more than 200 of them or I anticipate many rich men would lay In large quantities. It is right that they should be better in their way than Liberty Bonds because the little fel low should in my estimation ho given not only his share of a very good investment but he should be provided with an inducement -for saving." • • • It is rather a sad coincidence that two of the veterans of Capitol Hill, Thomas M. Jones, tho newspaper man, and Sergeant F. P. Rohm, who were laid at rest this week, wer taken ill within an hour of each other and died within the same hour. They were warm friends through many years. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~| —R Scott Ammerman, the for mer legislator from Danville, who was here yesterday, used to be a famous baseball player when at col- C. W. Sones, of Wll liamsport. who was here yesterday on business at the Capitol, retlrod from business, but Is as busy as ever. _ —Ex-Representative W. K. Swet land. of Coudersport, / was among men here this week. Ho came on Public Service business matters. —Adjutant General Beary Is de veloping quite a taste for hunting and says It takes him back to boy. hood days. | DO YOU KNOW ~ That a dozen plants in Harris burg are manufacturing war materials or supplies? HISTORIC lIARRISRURG Shooting matches used to be held on Thanksgiving Day along the Rival Front 100 years ago.
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