6 HARRISBUKG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Pounded itjl Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEOHArH PRIXTINO CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. "E. J. ST.* CKPOL.E,PrM'f & Editor-in-Chief P. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. OCS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press —The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all newsj 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 3 iSI H Eastern office, JSE Avenue Building, Chicago. 111. *' Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg. Pa., as second class matter. g* l s w T > tr B >' carriers, ten cents a Cfjijv week; by mall. 15.00 a year in advance. TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1918 Men icho live for self never suc ceed in satisfying self, or iti quite satisfying anybody else; men who live for others in Godlike unselfish ness, have joy themselves ichile giv ing joy to others. —HEsar CLAY Tbumbull. I i " ■ ■ , ■ ■ ~ OUR CITY AFFAIRS SINCE the beginning of the year our municipal authorities have been in a constant state of up heaval, not unmixed with indecision and uncertainty, as to their proper course in certain important matters. Much of this situation has been the result <jt inability to agree on fun damentals. Before the year is a day older the gentlemen of the City Council should consider among themselves In the most serious way whether they are going to give Har risburg the best that is within them from the standpoint of administra tion. Unless and until they deter mine once and for all that the wel fare of the community is first and t he Interests of Individuals or their ) >ackers are secondary they will get ► nowhere. With respect to the several sub jects which have been under con sideration the one of prime impor tance is that involving the Water Department. Above all else this ■stands out as the one thing which should have the earnest considera tion of every member of the Coun cils Simply because the supervision of the water supply is placed under the control of Dr. Samuel F. Hassler as the head of the Department of Public Safety it doesn't follow that the other members of the Commis sion are relieved of all responsibil ity. It is up to them to see to it 'that the department which involves to much of the comfort and safety knd health of the community is given the most serious thought and Without any disposition to shift re sponsibility at any time. Too long this department had been allowed to run itself until it struck a snag. Now it must be placed in first-class shape and from the standpoint of maintenance and operation must be kept in first-class shape every day of every year. Dr. Hassler is a practicing physi cian and doubtless will give this de partment some supervision, but hp bught not to be expected to act as bperating head of a department em bracing technical difficulties. There ihould be no question of false econ omy in securing at once a capable assistant, whose duty it will be to constantly look after the afTairs of the Water Department, which as sistant must have experience and skill and good sense. Dr. Hassler realizes this and every other citi zen must realize that the operation of the department should not be left to* mere subordinates. The deplorable controversy over the disposal of the garbage and ashes which has aroused public dis trust and criticism ought never to occur again. No'further time ought to be wasted in see-sawing over the collection of ashes. Our people are not willing to go back to the village days simply because we are fn the midst of a great war. There Is enough Inefficiency In high places, without having Jt permeate pvery corner of our municipal administra tion. Let our councilmen get together and keep together with the constant thought in mind of doing those things which are necessary to the safety and welfare and comfort of the people of Harrisburg. All other matters are of no importance as compared with these. We believe that the five gentle men comprising the present Coun cil want to do the right thing. For getting their differences and the shuffling and lack of decision which have characterized the municipal activities thus far in 1918, let our Commissioners take up all the slack and lost motion and make a fresh start toward the goal of the best municipal government in Pennsyl vania. a Air rent magazine, one of the kstriking features is a page de- 1 . I TUESDAY EVENING, HAKRISBURG TELEGRAPH! JANUARY 22, 1913. voted to the Com Cob Club. This is' nothing more than a reproduction of an old-time country store where all the men of the neighborhood gathered day after day to discuss the affairs of the nation and the world. It is the progenitor of the more pretentious men's clubs of the larger towns and cities. Many of these Corn Cob Club organizations represented the begin ning: of great movements which af fected the nation. Many of the most distinguished leaders of American thought and action got their llrst in spiration around the cannon stove in a country store. We should like to hear tlio discussion of the Garfield decree in one of these remote store gather ings. POLITICS AND THE WAR PRESIDENT WILSON and Sena tor Stone together have plunged the country Into a most re grettable political controversy. To gether they have made It incumbent for Republicans and Independent Democrats In the Senate and House to run absolutely counter to the ad ministration In immediate plans for the conduct of the war. The situa tion, which developed yesterday, is directly due to the President's over weening ambition to be tho absolute dictator of the nation's war meth ods and policies. If 111 comes of it, the President and Stone alone are to blame. To combat Senator Chamberlain's bill for a war cabinet and a minister of munitions, President Wilson has lined up against him the entire Re publican membership of the Senate and many of the Senators of his own party. lie has broken with tho high-minded Senator Chamberlain. , whom he has to thank for the pas sage of the White House food con trol and selective draft bills through the upper house of Congress and In whom the administration placed < such reliance that he was called In to consultation with the President when the war message was In pre- paration. To save the face of Sec- ( rotary Baker, whose collossal blun- ] oers have aroused the indignation 1 of the country, he has stooped to J Impugn the patriotic motives of this s same Senator Chamberlain and has 1 been small enough to call him a liar j when in his heart he knows, as all ~ Americans know, the -Oregon man t was actuated by the most patriotic 1 desires and that he is in as good a position to judge the truth as the , President himself. i For the sake of trying to keep all the power of government within .his own hands the President has de serted the high principled Senator from Oregon to consort with the dis credited Stone, whom the President not so long since included in "the little band of wilful men" whom he intimated were acting in the interest of Germany in America, for it is be yond belief that the President and Senator Stone both spoke on the same day along lines so similar with out previous arrangement or un derstanding. As to the Stone address, little need be said. The country knows him for the miserable old' blatherskite that he is. His own State has repudiated him and until the present moment since the very beginning of the war he has stood in disfavor even at the White House. Senator Lodge, Sen ator Penrose and Roosevelt himself will attend to his tase. But the President's stand is a dif ferent matter. That is serious. He resents any interference with his policies. He presumes to tell Con gress what bills shall and shall not be introduced. He wants to be both executive and legislator, both Presi dent of a republic and military dic tator. His inexcusable attack on Sen ator Chamberlain leaves independent men of all parties in Congress but one thing to do—to fight for demo cracy in the United States govern r/ymt even as our soldiers are fight ing for democracy in France. Either that or they must admit that Con gress is a mere auxiliary to the White House, with no more real power than the German Reichstag, if as much. On that issue Congress is called upon by President Wilson to take sides. There can be but one choice for the true American. He must choose to stand for popular government, and standing so must vote with Senator Chamberlain and the other inde pendent Democrats and Republicans to curb the power of the executive and to assemble the resources of the nation and co-ordinate the several branches of war activities. The fight must be carrie 4 to the bitter end, unfortunate as it may be to have such a contest develop at a time when the entire attention of the na r tion should bo directed harmoniously to one end. But let nobody imagine that this split between the executive and the Independents of Congress indicates any difference between the two as to the prosecution of the war. On that score all Americans are as one. We are in this conflict to win and win we will, although we may find it necessary to pause at times to correct an error of judgment or scotoh a snake within our own grounds. Tho country Is so intense ly interested in. the successful con duct of the war that it will not per mit even the President to stand in the way of what it believes to be the best means to that end, and It Is so devoted to democracy that it will defend its democratic govern ment even from the hands of a mis taken patriot or a benevolent dic tator. And as for playing politics in the war, the President himself is just now getting a taste of the folly of that. The Germans, dispatches say, are wearing paper clothes, which is not so much worse than the paper shoes some of us Americans are wearing. * A COMPARISON WITII whatever grace our indi vidual dispositions permit, we have weathered the five-day period and the first of the Monday holidays dictated by Dr. Garfield. Whether or not we may agree with the declaration of the fuel adminis trator that the shutdown was a necessity, we must view it in the light of the first real hardship the war has brought us. The readiness with which the people made the sacrifice is indicative of the popular determination to go to whatever lengths may be necessary to insure a victory over Germany. That is the bip lesson our allies, and our ene mies. too, should take from the in cident. But there is another side to the matter. Every one of us was incon venienced to some extent by the Garfield decree, and most of us lost money. The point, however, is not how hard were we hit, but how hard Germany must have been hit by more than three years of war prlva i tions of the kind such as we can scarcely conceive. If we are Inclined to complain about a few enforced holidays, what about the Germans? If five davs of Idleness have cost us many millions of dollars, how shall we reckon the tremendous losses of the war to Germany? The thought is staggering, and In the light of its possibilities we may well wonder how much longer the Central Pow ers can hold out against the ever growing pressure of the iron ring without and economic difficulties within. IK Hy the Kx-Committecmau Democratic machine attempts to stifle suggestions of a contest for the nomination for head of the Democratic State ticket at the No vember election and the industrious manner in which certain newspapers have been insisting that the Repub lican breach is tending toward the irreconcilable and only needs to be helped along to bring the time when all good Democrats can agree upon a victorious ticket have be come so notable the last few days as to create a suspicion that the bosses of the windmill are trying to hide something. Actions of certain Democratic leaders have been a fioou bit like tho&e of men who are tr>ing to start a stampede to pre vent trouble in their own herd. In the last fpw days the arrogant attempts to set up congressional candidates in several districts have irritated men who have been loyal followers of the McCormtck-Pal mer-Wllson organization and the mess made by the National admln •®J ra tion in certain directions has added to the worries of the bosses. A month ago it seemed to be smooth sailing for whoever the bifc Wilson picked out and one day it was little Wilson and the next day McCor mick. When Sproul and O'Neil be gan to be talked of as candidates for the Republican nomination the bosses lost their heads and conclud ed out that it was-all over, but when tiey began 'to put down six and car ry two they left out some figures which have refused to stay out. Signs of the Democratic row that crop up before every gubernator ial nomination are increasing and somehow the idea of a convention to discuss merits of candidates in advance of the primaries will not stay under the snow. —Men who a week ago were will ing to go to bank on the proposition that the state administration would come out with a ringing endorse ment of Highway Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil for the nomination for governor, are said to have some doubts as to where the administra tion stands. Notwithstanding the Democratic declaration in this city lost week that the Vares were with O'Neil the South Philadelphia lead ers have been as canny as they were when they were launching Brum baugh about this time four years ago. There are some who think that O'Neil had made up his mind to-be a candidate anyway and that he started his own boom, probably giving the Governor courteous no tice, but without waiting for the ap proval of the administration war council. It seems to be generally be lieved that Mr. O'Neil will be a can didate to pretty near the finish, but Senator Sproul's continued reitera tion of the statement that he will not be the candidate of a faction has puzzled some of his friends, who ure> also being regaled by the per sirtent intimation from administra tion sources that the Chester Sena tor will retire in favor of some per son acceptable to all hands rather than he the cause of a perilous par'ty break. —Mr. O'Xeil is said to have de termined to make his next utter ance at the dinner to be given in his honor at Pittsburgh Thursday aurt sonic of his friends have been coun selling a statement more moderate in tone than that with which he'en tered the contest. The O'Xeil head quarters will be opened in February, it is now stated, although as a mat ter, of fact the Highway Commission er does n*>t need headquarters. They are wherever he happens to be. The first definite alignment of any one connected with the state ad ministration beside Highway Com missioner J. Denny O'Neil In his gubernatorial, campaign will come on Thursday when Attorney General Francis Shunlc Brown will be the chief speaker at the dinner to be tendered to the commissioner by Pittsburgh friends. Attorney Gen eral Brown, who returned to the Capitol early to-day after about six hours on a. train, said that he ex pected to speak at the O'Neil din ner and would "probably say some things." Whether Governor Brum baugh will make d direct statement for Mr. O'Neil or not is a matter of interesting conjecture at the Capitol. The Governor has declined to add to his observation of last Friday. Mr. Brown's decision to go to the dinner opens up some speculation as to whether the administration will sound a call for everyone to line up for O'Neil or whether there -vill be individual moves made by people connected with state government. Auditor General Charles A. Sny der expects to have a complete statement of expenses of the State Insurance Fund and estimates of what It will cost to run the business for the next year and a half in a short time. It is intimated u com promise will be reached in the mat ter of the audit whereby the Auditor General will get all that he seeks. Ex-Speaker George E. Alter, of Allegheny county, who has been mentioned as a likely harmony can didate for Governor, was here on business at the Capitol yesterday, but declined to talk politics. Mr. Alter's friends eay that he has no Intention of becoming a candidate for Lieutenant Governor. -r-The boom from Altoonn for Representative Lex N, Mitchell, of | Jefforson, as a candidate for gover- AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELIN'? .... BY BRIGGS ' * 'I " . i ■■■■'"■■ ■ """ ■ 1 . 1.1 r ■ ■■■ ■ AF"TCR friend VJIFE AMD TV/jo C s * y > L ATeR —;AMD "Tvajo YEARS L/VTCR PRESENTS You VAJfTH A AMOThER CjIRL (VoR IM STANCE) ANOTHER , baby GIRL- - * GIRL J ~ LATER. |p 0F p, svj DD 6M T<a> OH - GlS(.s7 ( ves J another GIRL!- Ycars latpr on) The nice ain't it a OLD S)OC AWWOUMCES To R-P Alskft AmO You IT'S Tou, KJ BOYS— WR-RIWW > nor on whom all Republicans can unite, does not take well here as the Punxsutawney man was a rather ar dent critic of Penrose men. It is said that Judge John Faber Miller, Montgomery; Banking Commission er D. F. Lafean, York; Chairman W. D. B. Ainey, Susquehanna; Secre tary of Agriculture Charles E. Pat ton, Clearfield, and about nine other favorite sons are all the real candi dates for whom the Vares have agreed to line up. —Chester county's financial affairs seem to have gottrti into the courts. The former controller has an trtea that his job does not end with his term. —Mayor Smith has appointed a i detective without consulting Diree. tor Wilson. The Salus-Moore fight is to break out again and' Philadel phia will be asked to float a $8,000,- 000 bond issue because of Hog Island population. —Senator Vare and William A. Magee displaying marked abil ity to maintain silence In all Penn sylvania dialects. —M. T. Stokes. *he Potter county editor, here yesterday to see what the administration was going to do about gubernatorial candi dates, is said to bo nuzzled. He wants to "insurge" but is not sure which way to go. —The annual fight on automobile bureau management is being start ed by Democratic newspapers. FAMINES Johnnie—"Dad, what is a fam ine?" Dad—"A scarcity of anything we need .or desire creates a famine." Johnnie—"lf we had no bread would that be a bread famine?" Dad—"lt would." Johnnie—"ls there any way to end a bread famine?" Dad—"Yes, two ways. We could eat no bread and so make the sup ply of bread grow bigger, or we could increase the amount of the bread." Johnnie —"But-if we eat no bread, and save all tho bread, is not that worse than a famine?" Dad—"Yes. AVe would get hun gry, and probably sick." Johnnie —"I'm only a little boy, and don't know much about fam ines, but wouldn't it be nicer to go out and indu.ee men to bake more bread and end the famine that way?" —Dad—"Yes, Johnnie, but re member, you are only a little hoy, and not a college president, so your method of curing a famine cannot be discussed." —Girard in the Phila delphia Evening Telegraph. Room, or Company? I From the Kansas City Star.] With all proper respect to mem bers of Congress, we wish they'd quit coming home so much and give the railroads a chance to haul a lit tle coal. Preparing For War 111' preparing for winter it is al ways well to prepare for tho worst; if a cold wave does not come up to expectations it is clear gain.— Springfield Republican. RED CROSS HYMN [After the Battle Hymn of the Republic.] Let the Mercy Flag of Nations into every home be brought, With its Crimson Cross proclaiming what Son of Man has taught; "Bear ye one another's burdpns—or My sacrifice is naught;" Christ's laAv is marching on. "As ye do if unto chidlren, so ye do it unto Me;" Comes the message of the Saviour," who has died to set men free — "Clothe the naked, house the home v less, be ye full of charity;" His rule is marching on. 1 have read a loving gospel, writ In lives of sacrifice; I have seen the noblest service—not in deeds of high emprise— But in lowly acts of labor in this worldwide enterprise; Christ's love is marching on. He lias called upon His children for 'a world-embracing love, That shall heal the wounded nations and their suffering remove; He is calling to His followers, that His teaching they shall prove; Our Saviour marches on. For the saving of the pooples Christ upon tho cross has died, And the wonders of His passion tn our hearts to-day abide— As His life and acts have taught us, let compassion be our guide. While Christ's Kingdom marches cn. CHARLES HALL DAVIS. The Lesson From the Coal Order By WIIXIAM H. TAFT (In The Philadelphia Public ledger) iv > ONE feature of the coal situa tion is impressive. That is the widespread lack of pub lic confidence in the wfsdom of the order. This is certainly in part due to the known inexperience of Mr. Garfield in the business of coal and transportation. The confusion of priorities heretofore directed by him and his failure to take hold of the approaching crisis with a firm hand have been apparent. His advice that householders should not buy coal last summer because It would be more abundant and cheaper la ter, in the light of what has fol lowed, Is burned into their memory. All these things have strengthened the popular distrust in Mr. Gar field's fitness for his task. Making every allowance for the hard win ter that we have had, it is difficult to convince the country that a com petent and foresighted administra tor. with expert knowledge, might not, by moderate anticipatory meas ures, have prevented the necessity for the order. The suddenness of the action In dicates a desire to avoid objections by those affected. Only a complete familiarity with actual conditions and an assured certainty as to need of a desperate remedy could justify an absence of notice. Air. Garfield's evidence before the Senate commit tee does not clearly indicate either. He says he sent a Mr. Noyes, whose qualifications are not set forth, on an indefinite journey to New York and elsewhere to talk with mer chants and businessmen about the situation. Senator Reed's search ing analysis of Mr. Garfield's rea sons for the order leaves one with FOR STERN MEASURES [Henry Van Dyke in New Republic] A teyv words to make clear my position in regard to enemy aliens, pro-Gormans, professional pacifists, Potsdam Socialists and all that crowd. This is what I think we} ought to do. We should check and restrain an indiscriminate, hysterical campaign of proscription, boycottage and per- j secution against people who have j German names, a Uerinan accent, or | German blood in their veins. Many of them aro among our best citi- I y.ens. Many of them aro here just i because they or their forefathers emigrated to escape from that sys ] tem of irresponsible, militaristic au ! tceracy for which the imperial Ger man government stood. ■ But, on the other hand, in tliiSj time of war in which our country's | 1 < onsclence is engaged, we shouid be , lirni and resolute against any one j who tries to impede or cripple our country's cause. Fines, imprison ment, internment In a comfortable i camp in the South, are altogether inadequate. In many cases they are ! only rewards for treachery and en i couragements to continue the war -1 tare. We ought to bo more strict, j straight and promptly just in pun | ishing sedition and treason. For example: a man who is found I on an American transport ship with | an explosive bomb concealed on his ' person should be executed without j debate or delay. A man who by speech or action ! endeavors to impede America's effi ! eiency in this righteous war should | be judged by the law, and if con- I victed, promptly executed. Heat in Old Newspapers [From the Boston Post] Use your old newspapers to keep I cold out; out of your house; away I from your body. Put them between ! your windows and curtains cold j nightß, stop all cracks where too much cold enters. Put them un der the sheets and between the cov ers ol your bed. Cheapest blankets in the world. Put them around your I person between your under and out er garments. An extra newspaper inside your vest. Put them between your stockings and drawers and around the lower extremities when ' out in the cold, well up toward the i knees. Save coal, save wood, save I tctton, save wool. Keep heat in, i ct)ld out. Prompt Action Advisable if the Massachusetts legislature really means to control the hard ci der supply it had better take over the control before the citizenry drink any of it. Once Inside, no power on earth can control It. —Bos- ton Advertiser. a sense of disappointment that the action taken was without sufficient deliberation. Public discontent over the order must not be attributed to the in convenience anil personal losses tlie people are to suffer. They are will ing to make any sacrifice to help win the war. They would utter lit tle protest against such action by an expert acting on full investiga tion. They doubt the qualification for a supremely Important and tech nical duty of a man of no experi ence merely because he is a man of high character and ability and a friend of the President. They feel that the President's defense of the order must derive any strength It has from Mr. Garfield's advice and knowledge. A competent expert could have been found. We would not lose the willing and patriotic service of ex perts who can do things because of a suspicion that they may be biased by years of experience needed to achieve desired results. If the Ids son of the Garfield appointment is taken to heart, ahd Subsequent se lections for such positions are con trolled by fitness only, it will save us from popular discontent in these trying times and the Administra tion from avoidable criticism. The country will survive this or der and the loss entailed, and we shall muddle through the difficulty into an ultimate lifting of the rail road and coal embargo. If the Ad ministration then shall claim a vin dication of this order and shall per sist In unbusinesslike choice of im portant agents, like troubles will re cur and public coAdemnation will be even more severe. LABOR NOTES Hertfordshire (Eng.) War Agri cultural Committee has raised the wages of war prisoner* pne penny an hour to prevent the undercutting of pay of English laborers. With the aid of Federal media tors, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad telegraphers have secured an eight hour day and Increased pay with pay for overtime. Satisfied with its experiment with women guards on its subway trains, the Brooklyn Hapld Transit Com pany will use women as conductors on its street cars. Wage increases of'lO to 13 cents an hour have been secured by or ganized boilermakers employed by Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. rnaton (Ohio) printers, pressmen and bookbinders have signod new contracts with employers. Wage In creases average ten per cent. A str ke among the iinotypists and compositors of Clonmel (Ireland) lasted 'only six days, the men ac cepting the employers' offer, which they had formerly refused. Rathmlnes (Ireland) District Council at a special meeting decid ed to make a general increase in the wages of their workmen. ABOVE THE DARKNESS Deep In the dusk, Dear, the roses are sleeping; Down from the hills. Dear, the low wind comes creeping. Creeping and whispering, "Dreamer—good night— Dream of the morning And God's world of light—■ Dream —O Little One—dreams that are true, Dreams of the starlight, the dawn and the dew, Safe In your nest, Dear, Sleep, Dear, and rest. Dear, God In His heaven keeps watch over you." Over the world, Dear, the twilight is falling. Low through the dusk, Dear, the south wind comes calling— Calling and whispering, "God give you rest— God in his goodness Keep guard by your nest; Dream—O Little One—dream of the light, Dream of the morning that he shall kiss white— For while you sleep, Dear, His care shall creep, Dear, From the far skies to your cradle to-night." :—Grantland Rloe, "Songs of the Stalwart," (Appleton's). Otfer tkc IK ""Puuuu A campaign started this week to maltf "Allentown 100 per cent Amer ican." This is admirable, but it may take a long time, yet, still. "The holidays were greatly en- Joyed by all," relates a county paper. ' Dentist Tweedy was probably the " aU bus y """I In town. Mrs Will Emery had twenty-two teeth yanked at one sitting and Will Ward twenty-five, all the same day. \Vil. had to have a breathing spell, but Mrs. Emery hung on for the whole lot." • • Lolly pops are expensive over In Allentown—for the man who sells them. Mike Sofia sold a detective two cents worth last Sunday and yesterday he paid $8.95 for violat ing the Sunday ordinance. Three others were fined. • • • "IJ'hy don't you study color har •"fX ' ohidod the well-known art ist Henry Turner Bailey, addressing a woman's club. "It is a shock to a man with trained taste to see what is worn. You must learn to dress so that your costume holds togeth er—not broken up in a white waist, black skirt, tan shoes and cerise hat Not ono woman in 10,000 looks e l*. in cerise. Not one in 1,000 in light blue or one in 500 in pink Lavender and sea-green also bring out all one's imperfections." I OUR DAILY LAUGH PROFEB - Lieutenant r ■£> //*"■' Yes sir, I'm go drive the Ger- 'yC ft mans out of H Belgium and v \ France. ijV, A, Counselor You soldiers are /* making a lot of v/ l\ fuss about It. -%T r ' Why don't you / f\ try a writ of /,;jS§£; •Jcot JlMt ? HEARD IN AN OFFICE. "How do you account for the sugar shortage." "Dunno! There are as many fel lows raising Cain as ever." SETTING A HIGH MARK. First Artist—Did you ever make any pot-hollers? Second Artist—No, success has never crowned tnjr efforts, ENOUGH SAID. "What sort of a fellow is he?" 'Til tell you In a fqw words. He's one of those [ *ar' kind." Bmtbtg (ttljat If one does not mind the sweep of the winter winds over the snow of the fields and the hills, sunset from the summit of Reservor Park's highest knoll is worth while. The Idea of a late afternoon observation of the country round about from a point 32 7 feet above the Susque hanna river may not carry much appeal beside a radiator or the base burner, but it is something to talk about. It la not hard to get to the top of Oak Knob. There have been a good many automobiles run up that way lately and the young sters have pre-empted the slopes of the park for coasting. The snows cover fields and hills, ravines and mountains as far as can be seen and the Susquehanna is a broad white ribbon curving about Harrlsburg. It is winter landscape on every other side; snow white fields, marked by fences, trees and buildings; Pen brook nestling under the Reservoir ridge; Paxtang clustering about the historic church some distance over on the other side; then over the hills to the smoking stacks at Steel ton. You can see miles farther in the clear winter air than possible in •pring or summer and you can trace the Reading: railroad clear through Rutherford yard on to Hura melstown and Hershey, while the trolley goes out through Penbroolc toward Linglestown. The sweep of the fields Is rigfft up the base or the First mountain, fields and farms white and glistening, reaching to the Gap, through which glimpses of snow-covered Perry county moun tains are to be had. Cumberland county seems a stretch of fields after the line of the railroad and the houses of Enola are passed and the half-circle made by the county line mountain, Iron Stono ridge and the South mountain ends in the York hills, towering even higher than Oak Knob. Harrlsburg, dark, smokv and suggestive of activity, slopes from the edge of the parlc to the river. Snow fills streets and covers roofs, but is dirty and unsightly compared to the pure mantle of the fields. The sun's disappearance be hind the mountain is followed by red skies, then -pink, greenish-blue, then night with the bridges the Susquehanna becoming outlined tn twinkling lights and arc lamps ap pearing like jewels on city streets, high over railroad yards near I-<uck now and about Enola, over at Ruth erford and picking out the line of the Cumberland Valley railroad as far as Shiremanstoxvn. The golden shower of sparks from the Besse mer converters at Steelton makes you think of profits in the steel bus iness, but the dull red flames from the blast furnaces bring you back to the sinister remembrance of war time. Lights gleaming from the hundreds of homes at your feet tell of nightly family gatherings and you slip down the hill and hustle for your car because you're late for sup per and even the silvery light of the rising moon on snowy landscape can not hold you longer. The city's parkways, especially the two that stretch from Lochiel to Paxtang and then from Paxtang to Reservoir Park show winter in all its beauty Just now. Last fall read ers of this column wandered In the paths of the Cameron Parkway In a series of chats and strolled up through the ravine above the old Ice dam toward the Reservoir, watching the frogs and squirrels and noting the changing color of the trees. Now the roads and paths are almost untouched snow except for some tracks of a rabbit or the marks where birds have been gathering around. Spring creek Is ice cov ered, here and there an open spot telling of spring water with bushes and low-hanging branches of trees covered with frost. Snow on every side and not a living thing In sight. The crunch of your shoes carries many feet and you see winter the way it is painted. And it is all with in half an hour of your home. You can get into the depths of winter by Ave minutes' walk from a trollev car and all on your city's own prop erty. And if you have time you can plunge into the depths of Wildwood and feast on the charm of the un disturbed woodland while storing up a. mighty appetite for the evening meal. • • • "We are having hard enough times, said one of a group of trav eling men who had gathered in the post office yesterday morning to mail letters telling their firms why thev were not doing business, "but. there's one consolation. The man who used to love to tell of the 'turrible times' 11 l?JY U , W W ar days and in th ® Panio of <3 is knocked out of the box. We can all volunteer for his S'lace/' WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Lester Davis, elected head of the big Scranton pump works, start ed in that establishment as a ste nographer. —Samuel Wilson, of Clarion, named as food director for that, county, comes of a family long prominent'in its affairs. —Ex-Mayor Joseph G. Armstrong, of Pittsburgh, is incorporator of a new realty company. —John R Strauch, Pottsvllle's engineer, who was replaced, has been stirring up things in that city by refusing to retire. ■ —Ex-Mayor John Weaver, of Philadelphia, has been spending a short time at the seashore. 1 DO YOU KNOW —Tliat pnrrlsburg pig iron is being sold to a dozen steel works? HISTORIC HARRISBURG One hundred years ago there were seven high roads that centered in Harrlsburg. COMRADES As I was marching in Flanders, A ghost kept step with me— Kept step with me and chuckled And muttered ceaselessly: "Onoe I, too, marched In Flanders, The very spit of you, And Just a hundred years since. To fall at Waterloo. "They burled me In Flanders Lpon the field of blood. And long I've lain forgotten Deep in the Flemish mud, " B " t now you march in Flanders The very spit of me; To the ending of the day's march I 11 bear you company." —Wilfrid Wilson Gibson. A Little Bonelessness? [From Pittsburgh Gazette-Times] Before it can hope to make the rifih boom a success, the food admin istration will have to see its friends the fuel people. Nobody wants to be engulfed In darkness while dis secting a war portion of bones and tails.
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