8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded rtjz j =========================== Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO- Telesraph lliilldlns, Federal Square. / E.J. STACK POLE, Pres't 6- Editor-in-Chirf F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. OUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively en title'! 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. M \ Member American lishers' Assocla lation and Penn- Sfi9s si 9 stern Mfii. 11l Avenue Building, Finley, People's - Chicago, 111. B ' Entered at the Post Office In Harrla burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a > week; by mall, *5.00 a year la advance, TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1918 It is safer to trust your eyes than your ears when a man argues reli gion while his wife carries in the water. —"RAM'S HOBN." MAYOR KEISTER'S VIEWS MAYOR KEISTER has taken a very sane view of public im provement matters to come before council during the period of the war. In his address before city council yesterday he expressed the opinion that the city ought to go as lar toward meeting the wishes of the State with respect to Capitol Park j developments as is possible, recal ling the promises of council to co operate with the Commonwealth when tho extension proposal was be • lore the Legislature. This is in har mony with public thought. We have vatAod the Commonwealth in its I work of acquiring and preparing the land in the extension zone and now, with preliminaries well out of the way and the State about to ask the city to participate we must find a way to comply, as the Mayor says, even though finances may be a trifle short. The next Legislature must not hear that Harrisburg has de clined to play its part in this great scheme of things, and councilmen as a whole appear to be in harmony with the Mayor in his views. The Mayor is right, also, concern ing the Donato statuary, the gift of M. S. Hershey to the city, which has been permitted to gather cobwebs and dirt in a warehouse for the past several years. Dr. Hassler will add to his popularity if he takes up this matter, which his predecessor in of fice neglected. If Russia does not Intend to "listen to hypocritical peace proposals" there is no use talking further with the Kaiser's representatives. JUDGE McCARREM. IT is a proud moment in the life of any man when he dons the ermine and assumes the title of judge of the courts. The elevation of a lawyer to this position of high trust indicates that in the judgment of his fellows he Is an attorney of ability and that they have implicit confidence in his integrity. But it is a far prouder moment when he takes office, as Judge S. J. M. Mc- Carrell did yesterday, for a second | term after an election in which he! was the unanimous choice of the voters. Judge McCarrell was fully entitled to all the congratulations heaped upon him. It was an occa sion for felicitations. If Government control of the meat supply works as badly as it has in the matter of coal supply, good-by beefsteak. UNCLE SAM AND THE KAISER SO far as this particular newspa per is concerned there is no dis position to misrepresent any alien, but in the registration of those subject to the draft there is bound ' to be uncovered a considerable num ber of men of military age who will strive to escape conscription through a pretense of loyalty to the land of their birth. These men must un derstand that the time is rapidly coming in this country, if it is not already here, when those who are not for us must be classed as against us. The other day, in the course of his replies to the questionnaire of the Government, a resident of Har risburg made it clear that he is a German and owes allegiance to the government of the Kaiser. He also stated that if In Germany he would enter the military service. He was careful, however, to state that he was not under the orders of the - German government. In a subsequent explanation of his attitude. In this particular case the father of the registrant had applied for naturalization papers, declaring his purpose to become a citizen of the United States. It would seem, under the circumstances, that this partic ular Individual was under no obliga tion to continue a long distance allegiance to the Kaiser. There are too many "neutrals" of this sort in the United States to day. So long as Germany and the United States were at peace there icould be no criticism, perhaps, of TUESDAY EVENING, HARRISBURG 5* TELEGRAPH . | JANUARY 8, 1918. 1 the natural tendency to support the land of their birth by those who had not yet sworn allegiance to our flag. But when this country entered the war against Germany men of this type at once became alien enemies and with the unfortunate develop ments here and there It becomes more and more evident that a stricter supervision of all such per sons must be had in the interest of the United States. Germans who have lived here for years and who still prefer the Kaiser to Uncle Sam are not deserving of any particular consideration at the present time. They had almost three years before our entrance into the war to get back to Germany and participate in the Hohenzollern melee, if they so desired, but hav ing remained here they can hardly expect patriotic citizens of the Unit ed States to look upon them with favor, especially when they declare their allegiance to the Kaiser. There is great sympathy in this country for those of German birth who are torn between their love of the fatherland and their patriotic devotion to their adopted country, but these are not now divided in their allegiance. They regret the horrible war forced upon a peace ful nation by the Prussian ruler, but as between Germany and the United States they stand firm for the land which has given them a home and opportunity and protec tion. In view of thfe fact that Washington needs no "Red Rum" sermons, we sug gest that "Billy" Sunday deliver a few talks on Red Tape." CANT BE TOO STRICT. THE public will pay little atten tion to the complaint, voiced by a Southern newspaper, that Secretary of War Baker is too strict with the men of the training camps while they are off duty. Whatever may be said of Secretary Baker's administration it must be admitted that he is doing a fine piece of work in keeping the soldiers of the new army away from evil influences, or, rather, perhaps, in keeping evil in fluences away from the soldiers. The scandal of tho Texas border, so far as has been brought out, has not been repeated in tho vicinity of any of the National Army camps. The Secretary has had a large and difficult task in protecting these camps from the encroachments of vice in many forms, but it is gener ally conceded that he is accomplish ing much. The strong arm of Uncle Sam should and does extend beyond the confines of the camps.__ In this work the secretary is greatly aid#d by the War Camp Recreation move ment which docs for the soldier on leave what tho Y. M. C. A. and the Knights of Columbus do within the camp, and just as efficiently. In deed, the work of this branch of the service may be even more Important, for it is when the men are away from quarters that they are most likely to get into trouble. MOVING FREIGHT PROMPTLY IT is not likely that Secretary Mc- Adoo will have much trouble with shippers failing to unload cars promptly while the ten dollars a day demurrage charge is in effect. One of the beneficial results of gov ernment control of the railroads in the present emergency is that the government is in a position to com pel means of relief which the rail road executives were able only to suggest. For example, as. far back as August 8 the American Railway Association's special committee on national defense in a bulletin "How Can We Help Win the War?" recom mended as the best way of speeding up railroad service the prompt hand ling of freight, both incoming and outgoing shipments. Buy from the nearest place where what you require can be obtained, have the. cars loaded to maximum, in case shipments are less than car load lots consult with others and try to make up full carloads, un load cars consigned to you quickly as possible, present "bills of lading" to agent before car arrives, complete unloading of cars befor,e quitting time; these and other instructions the association suggested to receiv ers of freight, but the recommenda tions in many cases were ignored. To shippers of freight these in structions were given: Do not order cars until able to use them promptly, do not order more cars than needed, do not duplicate orders for cars on two railroads, have goods ready for shipment when cars arrive, have cars loaded so as to permit of rapid unloading when received, do not try to avoid embargoes, do not bill ship ments via a circuitous route, load heavy goods up to ten per cent, above indicated carrying capacity of car, and so on. The government, no doubt, will adopt similar rules, but they will be rules indeed, and not mere sugges tions, to be violated at the whim or through the carelessness of the ship per. If the railroads had possessed the power Secretary McAdoo has and had they exercised it the public would have been protesting to the Inter-State Commerce Commission of unjust and arbitrary methods, but there would have been no such freight congestion as we are just now experiencing. EXPERT JUSTIFIED THE new head of the city water department has ample justifica tion for appointing an expert to, take active charge of the filter plant, pumping station and reser voirs. The city has suffered greatly because of the handling of this high ly technical work by laymen and the cost of the assistant's salary would have been saved many times over if a trained man had been in charge. Just how well this idea /as worked out in other departments is illustrated by the success of Dr. J. M. J. Raunlck as head of the health bureau and of V. Grant Forrer In charge of the public parks tinder the administration of Commissioner E. Z. Gross. Both Dr. Raunlck and Mr. Forrer are fitted for their work by long training and the effect of their experience is plainly shown In their several lines. It is not to be expected that a man shall step from private life, In to public work and be at once famil iar with all the details of depart ments requiring skill and experience any more than it is that a truck driver should mount a locrfmotlve and, without previous knowledge, take the engine over the road safely and on time. Mr. Gross realized this and wisely employed Mr. Forrer, who had served for a long time as head of the city park system, with the result that he has been able to free his mind and at the same time be sure that the park system is re ceiving all the attention required to keep it up to standard. The Reser voir park is a sample of the effi ciency of this method. So, too, the new superintendent f>t the water department will achieve the best results only If he puts in charge of its active operation a trained executive, who shall be re sponsible only to himself and under whose direction the subordinates shall work. * "Germans fear intrigue," says a news Item. It's the first time. Cheer up, it's 86 degrees below sero In Alaska. By the Kx-Committeeman Pennsylvania officialdom yester day underwent greater changes, out side of the state government, than have been known for years and it i 3 estimated that close to 5,000 per sons assumed office either for the first time or by start of terms for which they were re-elected. Through tho operation of the constitutional amendments of 1909 and the various laws affecting judicial terms and tho officers cf all cities and boroughs which have been materially changed in recent years practically the whole governmental machinery of the municipal divisions of tho state was changed. County governments were j the only ones not affected to any | great extent. In most places the reorganizations of councils and boards were effected by harmony agreements, although in Philadelphia the feeling between the factions cropped out in an nt tempt to defeat a loan bill, which was passed by only one vote to spare, an hour before councils reorganized. Wilkes-Barre and York had stormy times in reorganizing, but things seemed to be harmonious in Pitts burgh and other storm center*:, al though the general interest shown m folitics ii the Smoky City probably means some strenuous campaigning this fall. Of unusual Interest was tho in auguration of the city manager plan of government In Altoona and the appearance of Bethlehem as a third class city on an announced plan of business efficiency, the development of which under Mayor Arch John ston will be followed with the great est interest. —With the city and county gov ernment" in office for another two years at least political interest now turns to the gubernatorial situation and it is believed that there will be little delay in getting the eampa.&'n for the nominations started. Sen ator William C. Sprout's announce ment *oi gubernatorial ambitions is said to be due in a day or so and may precede his visit to Pittsburgh to attend the Armstrong dinner, which will be the big gathering of Penrose men. Friends of Senator Sproul say that there will be no an nouncement from him unless he has assurance of Vare support. —On the other hand it is said that the Delaware senator can not ciurit upon state administration support al! along the line even if the Vares declare themselves favorable to him. The meetings to be held here and at Philadelphia the next few clays will show what the admin istration is going to do. People about the capitol look for appear ance cf Attorney General Brown as the candidate. Democratic leaders arc preserv ing a monumental silence until the Republican alignment is seen and then the slate will be issued. Mean while suggestions of a convention to discuss merits of candidates aro be ing choked off as rapidly as made. —Tho Cambria county bar yes terday went on record as endorsing Superior Court Judge William D. Poller for renomination. The judge's friends are getting active all over tho state, even Democrats being for hint. —Friends of Ex-Speaker George E. Alter, who has been much talked of as a possible harmony candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor, one whose nomination wouldn't leave any after effects, say that ho will neither run away from nor run after a nomination. —Kx-Lleutenant Governor Louis A. Watres, of Scranton, will ha\e some friends at tho Armstrong din ner and the gatherings to be held in that city and the claims of the Scranton man will be urged. —Judge John JTaber Miller, of Montgomery, who has been men tioned at home as a possible candi date for Governor, only smiles. It looks as though the judge was being given complimentary mention by some people In order to head off a lineup for Sproul. —According to Philadelphia news, papers Gifford Pinchot has decided that he will not be a candidate for gubernatorial honors, although ardent friends of the ex-forester here fciy that they have no such word. Pinchot had a long confer ence yesterday with William Draper Lewis, who had some experience in state campaigns, it will be recalled, and decided to save his money. —The reported decision of Mr. Lewis to stay out of the ring makes Highway Commissioner J. Denny O'Neill an Interesting figure and a statement as to his ambitions Is eag erly awaited. In the event that At torney General Brown should not become a candidate on behalf of the state administration, Mr. O'Neil would be the man put forward. However, he is just as likely to go forward on his own hook as not. —Senator Penrose will leave Phil adelphia to-morrow for Pittsburgh to attend the Armstrong dinner and the war councils. Senator Sproul will leave the same day and Senator 15. E. Beldleman, talked of for Lieu tenant Governor, will join the Pen rose party. —The oath to District Attorney Rotan and his ten assistants was administered by Judge Joseph Rog ers, formerly one of Mr. Hotan's staff in Philadelphia. / ~z Over tta (ojo uv ""peiuuu b ! w*' The Chinaman who went coasting for the first time when asked by a friend how it went, said: "Zip-whee! Walk a mile." That's what the young people of Reading thought, too, and so they havo Invented the sport of hitching a sled to a motor car and ripping over the snow for runs of many miles. The new sport lias attracted girls and it is quite tho thing now to have "hitching" parties. The picture of the unfor tunate at the end of the rope would scare off any but a brave person. Keeping his hold only by the skin of his teeth, swaying dangerously, swallowing quantities of enow thrown up by the motorcar, with many a "belly-bumper" the sport of "hitching" requires as much fortitude, as skiing. A little girl, nine years old. Is now at Jefferson Hospital in Philadel phia with one of the rarest diseases known, "progressive .myositis ossifi cans." All her tissues and cartllege will turn to bone before she is 20 years old. Even now when one touches the muscles of her neck, arms and back they are rigid and hard as stone. The disease attacks progressively all the voluntary mus cles of the body. The involuntary muscles are unaffected, death re sulting from inability to cat or move any portion of the body. Dr. Da- Cost?v places the outside limit to the age which the child may attain at 20 years. They have some distance to go, those folk living in the South Moun tains, near the Maryland line, before they shake tho thrall of supersti tion. A "love doctor" recently ar rested by the Federal authorities carried off quite a bunch of coin from the credulous populace. Hero was the formula which he foisted on young and old: "Get a fresh egg and three leaves called, for classification purposes, young man's love, and five hairs from a coal black cat, of any breed so she's black. The leaves and the five hairs from the black cat must •be put into a pint jar filled with strong vinegar. The jar containing the loaves, the five hairs of a black cat and the vinegar were to be touched three times daily with the right hand, the toucher to say, men tioning the one whose love was wanted, "This day commends you to love me.' "Six days were required to work the charm and any one not having the love leaves and the hair from the black cat were told that the 'love doctor' would supply them at an extra cost of only 25 cents. THE SOLDIER'S DIET The old idea that army diet should consist largely of beans, hardtack and coffee is no longer approved. In the present training camps meat, prefera bly beef, is served twice a da\, with white bread baked in the general camp bakery and kept twenty-four hours before serving. Where green vegetables can be obtained, they are used, otherwise canned goods are sub stituted. Coffee is served at break fast and buttermilk, lemonade, tea, cocoa or water at other meals. Meals, which in the vernacular are "mess" or "chow," are served cafeteria style. Every soldier is furnished with an outfit which consists of a meat pan, knife, fork and spoon, and a long handled cup. The cover of the meat pan serves as a plato, and the outfit is go arranged /that each man may do his own cooking in case of an ner gency. Each man takes his meat pan and passes bfore a table where he is served with the various dishes pre pared. He then goes to a table, or if there is none, drops down on the ground, and eats in absolute content ment. Don't feel too sorry for the boys, even If they do write longingly home wishing for mother's cookies or Jane's fried chicken. Belle Case Harrington writes in Ijeslie's. Men in outdoor training have good appe tites, and they are far better oft physically than if fed on the salads and ices and sodas they probably would have at home. What they miss most is sweets. If you are sending things from horn*, put in cookies, candies and Jams or jellies. Milk chocolate is one of the things a sol dier seems to crave and a jar of malt ed milk will come handy If he is not feeling well. Be sure not to send food that Is too rich. The boys are on plain diet, which extremes of cli mate, and sometimes doubtful water supply—and boys never do have sense when It comes to eating. LABOR NOTES Women are working as conductors on trolley cars in Pittsburgh. Cincinnati Clothing Cutters and Trimmers Union has raised wages $2 a week. The majority of Japanese women workers are engaged in v factories. Approximately 6,000,000 people are affected by the United States Income tax levy. San Antonio (Texas) Electrical Workers' Union has prepared a new wage scale which raises rates 12% cents an hour. An army of some 3,000 girls is to be enlisted by the Y. W. C. A, to act as soldiers' dining porters in Y. W. C. A. camp pavilions. MY BED (These lines were written by a soldier in the American expedition ary forces in France, and sent to his mother. Recently they were print ed in the Christian Advocate, for what they will mean to every moth er-heart.) I love to think of my little hed. With its whiteness, as of snow, Waiting at home for my return, Tho the years be long and slow. It's at the top of the second stair In the room just to the right, Always prepared for a weary boy, As the day gives way to night. Quite often at night, before sleep comes, I think of my little bed; I long for the whisper of the leaves, My mother's hand oh iny head. 'Twos never the same to sleep down stairs, A'.tho In a finer bed; 'Twas never home till I got upstairs, With the slanting roof o'erhoad. 1 loved to lie on a rainy night And hear the pattering drops; Sometimes tho pace of a racing horse, Sometimes the tick of clocks. I'm always glad of my ooldler's straw, Where'er the resting place, But I'll ne'er forget the bed at home, Nor the love of my mother's face. SAMUEL QORE. Somewhere in France, Octobar, 1317. WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND / Put YOUR \ / V IN TH.S \ / - 1 / \ Thaw OUT — / \ ! OoprrUM. *. by The Trlfcuna AjMclatlon (New fork Trtbuaa) Rank in the Army A VISITOR to Gettysburg last summer called upon an old friend whose family, includ ing several charming daughters, was at tho moment entertaining three United States soldiers. They were stalwart, manly, clear-eyed gentle men, but only privates in a ma chine gun company. Presently the door bell rang una two oillceit) ar rived, lieutenant and second lieuten ant. In the awkward confusion which followed it transpired that the officers declined to come in where privates were welcomed, and depart ing, they hinted that the family would be ostdacisert if they did not cease the practice. This incident has been multiplied a million times since America en tered the war and so obnoxious lius become this military "unwritten law" that a United States Senator, Overman, is soon to present a reso lution at Washington calling l'or in formation from the War Depart ment whether thcro is an army regulation "requiring" officers to snub or otherwise humiliate men in the ranks. That any change in this precedent will instantly overthrow all discipline In tho United States army is the notion of men High in the service. They tell you that inti macy between officers and men means demoralization and call to witness the laxity in some branches of the National Guard. Neverthe less in this land of free speech it is permitted one to raise his voice in question. At a baseball game recently be tween Army and Navy men a cap tain on the former team, very punctilious and a good hitter, was turning first base when a private, coaching, to hurry him along sang out: "Beat it, you long legged dog; make second." Tho captain stopped dead in his tracks, with: "Here, what kind of language are you us ing?" "Beat It," roared the pri vate, "an' you forget who you are; this is baseball." The captain thought it a good joke and said so. If this spirit can prevail in the most democratic game known why not in a democratic army? Ia on army any different from a news paper ofhee? A big newspaper em ploys hundreds of men who go after news., No soldier in the most seri ous crisis of battle is more prompt or loyal than an employe of a news paper. The same is true of a Schwab plant, a railroad, anV great indus trial plant, or even in a street clean ing organization. And yet a man ager, editor or superior feels no call to snub the Inferior. And further more familiarity does not breed con War Time Wit in London "What steps can we take to help Belgium?" asks the Franklscher Volksfreund. If we know Sir Doug las Halg, the steps they will take will be jolly long ones towards the Rhine. "M. Polncaire," bluffs the Vossische Zeltung, "is staking his fortunes on the last trump." But its the Kaiser who Is getting near the day of judg ment Lord Rhondda tells us that he has lost weight since he took over the food controlling job. But he wishes It to be understood that he is still capable of coming down heavily on profiteers. We welcome the decision that butchers may not weigh feet with shoulders and legs of mutton. It is an Indication that meat profiteers, at any rate, arc not to be allowed to proceed to extremities. Latest from America: There will be General Bliss at the lnter-allled war council. QUIET ABOUT IT, TOO It begins to look as if in Hurley the President has found an adequate man. A few such can save the day.— Boston Advertiser. tempt for when the order comes for action the man of tho Industrial ranks is just as zealous as any ma chine gun lad who ever blushed on the wrong side of the army social chasm. It may be noted that tho Boer Army was the limit of democ racy. From Kruger, DeWet, Botha, I Joubert on down its officers asso ciated with the lowliest burgher on even terms. But when the alarm sounded and implicit obedience was imperative who more efficiently end readily responded than those saga cious lighters? Interesting indeed is this delemna from the viewpoint of the private. The scion of a well-known Pennsyl vania family, college graduate and first honor man, on leaving his home city for service was one of a com pany of privates in a moving picture show who was asked by the man ager to move to other scats because some officers were coming in. "The bad feature about this thing," said he to some of his friends, "is that it looks as though the officer did not respect our uniform, and yet the officer expects the civilian to pliow such respect. In time I should think the officer's attitude might be as sumed by the civilian and so the officer himself would not command "respect." The thousands of educated, in telligent and in every sense high class young men patriotically serv- 4 ing as privates makes our new army different from the English or Ger man service. No one in this coun try, especially now that a big per manent regular army is talked of, would wish American officers to be so arrogant that, as in Berlin, the civilian must step in the gutter to leave the uniformed man plenty of space on the pavement. No one but a boneheaded German general would question the ability of the United States of America to fight to a finish In a worthy cause, which means that the nation is behind the authority of an officer. It is related In the New Testament that twice in his ministry Jesus "marvelled." One occasion was when the commander of a Roman legion in his scarlet toga and gleaming hel met, begged him: "Speak tho word only and my servant shall be healed 1 also am a man set under authority." This soldier of the Roman eagles saw In the humble Nazarene author ity, power, dignity. None of these influences in an American officer would be invalidated were he to sit in the same room with a plain "ranker," his fellow man and fellow patriot. Official recognition and de ference to shoulder straps are neces sary but they must not be overdone. OLD APPLE FRESH Apples may come and apples rnny go, but this one goes on forever. This mliy be said of an apple be longing to George M. Reade, of St. Paul, Minn., which he picked from a tree In New York in 1868. Mr. Reade lived on a farm in Cortiand county, N. Y„ when a boy. One day, just for amusement, he climbed one of his father's apple trees, picked the largest apple he could find and stuck cloves in It, says au exchange. It was merely an experiment, he siWd. He had heard of preserving apple 3 by putting cloves in them, but thought it only a Joke. ile gave the apple to his mother, and when she died and some goods were shipped to him In Minnesota, the apple was found among them, sound and still fragrant from tho spice. "This apple," Mr. Reade said, "has been from New York to Dakota, and from Tennessee to Minnesota. It has always been exposed to the air. It Is as shiny and wholesome looking as when I pulled it from the tree. Trifty years old, It still i* flt for sale. EDITORIAL COMMENT Germany is probably more interest ed in the fact that'our artillery won't be ready until next summer than In General Crozier's explanations of why it won't be.—Kansas City Star. We might imitate Russia, which formed the famous Battalion of Death, and send to the front a regiment of ladles recently acquitted of shooting their husbands.—Emporia Gazette. The ultimate consumer was permit ted to make arrangements to dig his own potatoes, but unfortunate cir cumstances forbid his taking the same course with reference to coal.—Wash ington Star, Jerusalem. Bagdad and Mecca—the three holy cities of Islam—are all In the hands of the Allies. This is the Entente's answer to the holy war that Germany sought to foment in the Mo hammedan possessions of Great Brit ain and France. —St. Louis Post-Dis patch. "U-"pirate victims have not died in vain, for theirs is the real call for freedom of the seas.—Wall Street Journal. The only draft-resisters that meet any encouragement out this way aro the ones patriotic women are knitting. —Kansas C.lty Star. \OUR DAILY LAUGH ANNOYANCE. "I can smell that ham and cab bage you're cooking away out in the •treet." "Do you think It will annoy peo ple." "Yea. It'll make 'mm envious." HER GUESS. "What ia that 'eSKadrtlle' I see men tioned so often in th® war dls patelies." "One of the new war dances, ; presume." ALSO CURES OBESITY OF / PURSE. Mrs. W.—Do you know anythlni that will reduce fat? Mrs. B.—Yea; th* present hick cost of living. {tbrotraj flUjat 'I i Weather conditions did not even put a crimp in the coasting of young Harrisburg yesterday and in spite of the rain and slush the youngsters thronged the slopes of Reservoir park, the hill streets up town and the , slopes of the 'Thirteenth ward. The sled was king in the minds of the boys and when they could they hooked on to automobiles and sleds and thoroughly enjoyed splaalng 1 around and bumping the bumps. It's odd how the boys cling to places to coast year after year. Mention has been made In this column from time to time about the popularity of •places in the upper end of the city, the streets eloping off "the Ridge", ' Maclay street hill and the long grades out near the State Hospital, all of whjch are still in use more or less.., But there Is one place which has been a favorite for coast ing for the boys of this city for at least 100 years. It Is Harris park. Starting at Mulberry street there Is a slope which has been maintained in one form or another for seventy or eighty years. The other day boys were coasting down Into the park and going close to the grave of John Harris as they did thirty years ago and ris men who were boys during the Civil War say they did and as their fathers said that they coasted. On the other side of the river there are some places which have been used by boys around West Falrvlew and New Cumberland for many, many years. ♦ • A man can't get gay In restaurants and similar places these days with comments about Uncle Sam without being called pretty sharply. There are some One-Minute men or less than One-Minute Men instead of Men around these days. Yesterday afternoon a colored poli tician with spats and a cane pro ceeded to announce in a restaurant that a certain publication was where I ncle Sam made a blanked fool of himself. "Now you cut that out and cut it out right now," roared a six-foot young American. "What you got to do with It? Cut what out?" sputtered the spatted one. "That damning your Uncle Sam. It don't go. Buy a bond or should er a gun, but don't roost-around in the warm and throw rocks at your Uncle." Six feet towered over the first speaker, who declared that lie meant no offense. "No, but your example was bad" came back the Half-Minute man. * * * John S. Ritenour, the Pittsburgh newspaperman, who is now devoting his time to humane work and who is well known to a host of people in Central Pennsylvania, has sent to friends in Harrisburg a holiday greeting in the form of some line 3 on Fayette county, his boyhood home. It is a tribute to a section of Penn sylvania rich In fine men and a splendid example of what progress industry cart make in a few years. Throughout the poem brims with a love for Pennsylvania that Is too little heard In these strenuous days, and the writer takes his friends back to the wooded hills where he hunted when he was a boy. • ♦ • D. M. Smith has made trouble in Wayne county and in the State Cap itol. There were two men of that name elected justice of the pedes in Wayne county. They lived in dif ferent townships. The prothonotary certified but one. The other went around to lift his commission and the prothonotary passed the buck to Harrisburg. Harrisburg passed It back. Then the prothonotary form ally certified and the state sent a . commission. The Interchange oost sixteen cents In postage and much: lieart burning. • • "Everybody reads the HaiilstauF Telegraph," said Josie Magaro, elerifc 1 to Manager Fackler of the Union' • News Company at Union Statiorv. Then she proceeded to prove it. From a cigar box back of the counter she ' brought a bunch of letters and clip -1 pings, and explained: "There you i ure, clippings from the Telegraph. • There was a at org printed about me • in the Evening (fhat column of the Telegraph Saturday. Today fourteen customers handed me clippings. There are four postcards with clip i pings pasted on them; and here is • a bunch of letters, each containing a clipping. It is only 12 o'clock, I guess there's more to come." • One does not have to go far from the mines to find the coal situation rather puzzling. On Sunday a well known Pennsylvania railroad em ploye visited relatives in the Dykens Valley. A brother-in-law, foreman in one of the mines, resides two blocks from the breakers. Ever since cold weather set in this miner notwithstanding there were hun dreds of cars loaded with coal near the breakers the cold period paid $9.75 a ton for coal, and has not been able to get more than a bushel or two at one time, except on one occasion, when he was al lowed a half ton, and paid $5 for U. A boy hauls his coal daily from the mines in a small wagon. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE~ —Ex Congressman J. Washington Logue, of Philadelphia, well known here will make speeches against se dition in the coal regions. —Albert R. Granger, the new * sheriff of Delaware county, is a bus iness man In Chester. , —Col. John C. Groome, on leave as head of the State Police, has tak en up his residence at Washington for the present. Ho is In the United States Army. —Dr. Talcott Williams, former editor of the Philadelphia Press, is writing a series of articles on Ger many's ruling caste. —George B. Geliret, burgess of Bridgeport, has given up his home affairs to take charge of govern ment work at a shipyard. | DO YOU KNOW —That Dauphin county steel has been built into army trans ports? HISTORIC HARRISBIRG, . 1 A company of Harrisburg rltlemen helped cover Washington's march on ; Long Island when he retreated to New York. MISSOURI SHOWS U¥* (From the Fresno, Cal., Herald) Now comes the state geologist of that commonwealth in his report for 1917 to show that Missouri is one of the chief mining states of the Middle West and that the mineral wealth in seventeen years, from 1898 to the present, has in the value of outputs Increased over 450 per cent, or about 20 per cent annually. And the "show me" state has, moreover, the figures to show that it can make thfe claim. HOW DO THEY GET THAT WAY? > There must be boche inspiration back of that report from Pasadena that tour persons attending a 'oot i ball gurre there on Tuesday were overcome bj heat.—From the New ~ York Herald,
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