6 HARRISBUKG TELEGRAPH k A KBIVSPAPEX FOR TUB HOMB B Foundtd jSji W Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO, k —"~ B. J. STACKPOLE, Pres't &■ Editor-in-Chief F. R, OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, ilana e >n e Editor. Member of the Associated Press— The Associated Press is exclusively en- to th 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. I§/ Member American Newspaper Pub lishers' Associa tion, the Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Associ ated Dallies. Eastern office. Story, Brooks & Finley, Fifth Avenue Building, Finley, Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office In Harrls burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a dTtufj' - - > week; by mall, $5.00 a year in advanfca. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1918 Jt is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make men better be; Jm small proportions we fust beauties t - see, And in short measures life may per fect be. — BEN* JOHNSON. THE PASSING OF "JOHN L." DEPLORE the brutality.of prize fighting and its attendant evils as we may, it is useless to deny that its greatest exponent, John L. Sullivan, who passed away sudden ly on Saturday, was held in high esteem, by millions of his country men and thousands upon thousands of "highbrows" who shudder at the very thought of a boxing match would, if they admitted the truth, have to acknowledge a sneaking affection for the sturdy old pugilist. ' No other fighter has ever had such a hold on the American public. It la likely that no other ever will. "John L.", as he was familiarly known the world over, was more than a mere prize-ring champion. He was more even than a fair, game, honest and generous fighter. He was a good loser and above all an Intensely loyal American. He was of that old and admirable school of belief which taught that an Amer ican was just a trifle better than any other man in the world, physically Rnd mentally, and more than the match for all Europe in any old kind of a "catch-as-catch-can" contro versy that might bo devised; which, whether or not precisely true in all Its aspects, is not to be despised In these latter days of pacifists and hy phenates. "John L." was the enemy of no man except himself. He stood up successfully against all comers ex cept excessive prosperity. He ac cumulated money in wagonloads and spent it by carloads. He tried to exhaust the supply of champagne and old rye—and foiled. But just as he realized that he had lost for all time his title as champion, when he stepped to the ringside to acknow , ledge the supremacy of the man who laid him low, so he also realized the truth wflen old John Barleycorn had laid him out "for the count," and he turned on booze as viciously as in his younger days he was wont to do upon the numerous antago- who essayed to stand before him. He lost the championship, but he won his own redemption from the liquor habit. He was dropped from 'he sporting page, but never from the affections of his friends, and when the glided path had lost its glamor he returned to his old hotne to add a last touch of romance to his life by wedding the sweetheart of his boyhpod days and settling down with her to a quiet life of domestic felicity. It was an amazingly peace ful and happy closing of a turbulent life which had set out to an early course down the primrose path that ordinarily leads to disgrace and the gutter. The Germans have arrested an I Crtist who drew the picture of a ham j n a banknote. Perhaps on the ground ] that there "aint no sich anlmile." BUILDING PERMANENTLY THAT the War Department is taking no chances on the form ation of a league of peace at the conclusion of the war and the reduction of armaments by national agreement is indicated by the an nouncement that the great buildings to be erected on the old State Fair •lto near Middlotown are to be of permanent construction— concrete and steel. We aro not to be permitted to be caught napping a second time by a ruthless Germany or other predatory nation covetous of our riches or prestige, The Government is seis in* upon the present opportunity to place the country on a war foot- In* that may be continued after peace la attained—not that the peo ple of the United States are to be come professional soldiers, far from It, but that we shall be left ready t A moment's notice te repel attack •nd that we shall be in position, without further great expenditure. MONDAY EVENING. to maintain such a military estab lishment as the circumstances may warrant. In other words, we have reversed the old adage and in time of war are preparing for peace. We notice that the West Shore small boys who have been out of school three weeks on account of no coal are standing up nobly under their misfortune. . NATIONAL THRIFT DAY O many "days" have been pro claimed for worthy objects and so many "drives" have been made for funds that the average citi zen is apt to run shy on information about some of them. These "days" and "drives" have been splendid and have shown the sort of stuff we are made of. We are proud of what we have given, donated, subscribed handed out for the welfare, com fort, relief and uplifting, as the case may be, of those persons or pur poses to whom our gifts may be ap plied, here or abroad. All these contributions have been from full hearts and a praiseworthy desire to help. We intend to give more as Providence prospers us and to continue, in addition to what wo give publicly, that charity which I everyone bestows in some form or other without discussing and of which the world rarely hears. And we are also going to back up Uncle Sam to the limit of our resources. To-day comes a unique opportu nity to help the Government and to aid our neighbors—and ourselves. Public officials, churchmen, manu facturers, educators point out sav ing is the basis of National wealth; historians and economists tell us that the strength of France is due to the small savings of its people; business men say that the man with cash in harfd has the advantage in any mar ket. The War Savings stamp, the National Thrift plan, is the thing to keep in mind to-day. It is admitted to be one of the most remarkable financial projects ever conceived. But has it ever oc curred to you that it is an extraor dinary condition that has brought this Nation of ours to adopt it? Far sighted men have seen that the peo ple of tills marvelously endowed land have got to stop extravagance and to learn to save. The country is in a war that is going to be felt years after the peace congress adjourns. It now needs all the money we can loan it. And we are going to need the same money after a while, when It comes back to us in principal and interest. National Thrift Day has a signi ficance that hits you hard when you get it. The Kaiser is showing the Berlin strikers that he would just as soon kill Germans as Englishmen, if they happen to stand in his way. FOOD RULINGS FOOD CONTROLLER HEINZ has ruled that hereafter we must eat wheat on the "50-50" plan. That is, we must eat as much of any one of the substitutes per mitted as we do of wheat. Corn meal, rice flour, potato flour and the other substitutes outlined in the rul ing may be combined with wheat in a manner that is both palatable and nutritious. Let us not grumble over the small inconvenience—it can by no means bo called sacrifice —that our allies across the sea may have enough to keep them alive. A little -self-denial will by no means prove injurious to our pampered stomachs. But if we insist on the usual quantities there is no restriction in that direction— we may eat just as much as we may be inclined to, only we must not In dulge overly in wheat. After the war is over we may revel in flour if we desire, for wheat will be plentiful when southern Russia turns loose her tremendous hoardings of grain and when Aus tralia can ship her accumulation of 200,000,000 bushels. We'll have to admit that Dr. Gar field picked a coi£>le of fine days for folks to stay in bed late. NOON ORGAN RECITALS IT IS to be hoped that means will ( be found to work out the plan recently suggested for organ re citals at noon several times a week in the Young Men's Christian Asso citation hall. Hundreds of Harris burgers have leisure during the lunch hour and scores of them no doubt would be happy to employ a half hour thus enjoyably. The need of the moment is whole some relaxation. All of us, from the highest to the lowest, are feel ing the stress of the times. Music is restful to the jaded spirit and a tonic to both nerves and mind. We need more of it. We need, in addition to such or gan recitals as have been proposed, community singing. Borne plan ought to be devised whereby the people of the city could be brought together next summer, not merely to listen to band concerts at Reser voir park, but to Joining with their voices In the program of the eve ning. Now, do you believe In the Ground hog? The Weatherman also believes in "heatless Mondays." I II , foiUicg U By the Ex-Committ<*.man County Democratic leaders who have been getting word that Na tional Chairman Vance C. McCor mick may not be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for gov ernor and that Acting State Chair man and Petroleum Administrator Joseph F. Guffey is not considered as a good "take" because of his af filiations with public utilities and opposition to him on the part of the Old Guard, are commencing to talk about numerous "favorite sons." There are some men in the State whom county leaders would like to get rid of. First there are the men now holding the levers of the State machine, practically all of whom are holding federal offices. Secondly, there are importunate office seek ers. Thirdly, there are some who are "comers" and whom it would be good business to get rid of in a hopeless campaign. Mention of the name of General C. Bow Dougherty, of Wilkes-Barre, as a Democratic gubernatorial pos sibility, is causing some resentment as too much of a Palmer-Blakslee suggestion. Dougherty knows a lot of men throughout the State be cause of his military service, but his Palmer affiliations and connection with a big coal mining company rather detract from his political value. What the Democratic leaders of the State want Is a rich candidate or someone who by reason of asso ciations can command a large fund. The assessing of postmasters, in come tax collectors and other fed eral officeholders .for campaign funds is not popular for conversa tion in polite Democratic circles. —This week will likely see real moves by Republican candidates. Commissioner O'Neil will be in Philadelphia to-night and here to morrow. He is getting ready to pick a State chairman, county chairmen and three headquarters. Senator Sproul is getting ready to open Philadelphia headquarters and to make an announcement. —The Delaware senator's declara tion that the State must prepare to render still more service.to the na tion and to be the keystone of the arch in every way has made him very popular, while his hearty en dorsement of workmen's compensa tion has added to what he has gained by his principle of service to the nation in line with the best of Pennsylvania traditions. —Discussing the lieutenant gov ernor nomination the "Insider" in the Philadelphia Press says; "Pen rose men say, and apparently thor oughly believe, that Senator Vare has not put out the name of his real ciyididate when he mentions Soott. They say that the prospective nom inee is not enthusiastic over the matter himself at all and is simply allowing the use of his name be cause the senator wants it. They add that he would as readily with draw as he has advanced if the sen ator gave the word. In the mean time Senator E. E. Beidleman, of Harrlsburg, the Penrose-anointed candidate for lieutenant governor, shows no signs of any intention to withdraw from the contest. It is an open secret that Senator Sproul considers him an excellent running mate and would like to see him get the nomination." —Center and Carbon county bars have endorsed Superior Court Judge Parker for renomination and re election.' Over half the State has endorsed the judge. —The Philadelphia Ledger says editorially: "Congressman McFad den, of Pennsylvania, is right in pointing out that ill-advised and un scientific price-fixing is largely the cause of the coal famine and that It goes back to the time when Secre tary Baker overturned the Lane- Peabody agreement many months ago. Of course, the natural result of too great price curtailment was to discourage production." —W. W. George, long connected with the Allegheny county govern ment, has been appointed deputy county controller. —Pittsburgh council has increased salaries of people getting less than $3,000, says the Gazette-Times, which says union men were not in cluded. —The movement for a new clas sification of Pennsylvania cities which would do away with Scranton being hitched to the Pittsburgh plan bids fair to be much heard of in the next legislature. —The Philadelphia Inquirer says: "Representative James S. Boyd is' making great headway In his candi dacy for the Republican nomination for senator in the Montgomery county dlstrrct, to succeed Senator E. P. Croft. Boyd's definite an nouncement followed within twenty four hours after it was hinted that State Insurance Commissioner Charles A. Ambler, of Abington, might be a candidate for the sen atorshlp. Mr. Boyd issued thte statement: 'For several weeks I have been urged by many friends and influential Republicans to an nounce my candidacy, and my deci sion was reached immediately I learned that Mr. Ambler had, to an extent, confirmed the rumor that he might be a candidate. I have been in practically every district within the past ten days, and absolute as surances of support given me made it important that I should state my attitude at this time." Our Inglorious Miltons Our compliments to the unknown man.of talent and imagination who did the rechristening of the German boats that are now landing Ameri can troops in France. Wo do not accept his work without reserve. Some of his selections we distinctly question. Rut the average is high. Read the list: Covington (ex-Cincinnati), Amer ica President Grant, President Lincoln, Powhatan (ex- Hamburg). Madakaska (ex-Konlg Wilhelhi II), George Washington, Mount Vernon (ex-Kronprinzessin Cecilie, Agamemnon (ex.Kaiser Wilhelm II), Aeolus (ex-Grosser Kurfurst), Mercury (ex-Barbarossa), Pocahontas (ex-Princess Irene), Hufon (ex-Frtedrich der Grosse), Von Steuben (ex-Kronprinz Wil helm), De Kalb (ex-Prinz Eitel Friedrlch). What prettier fancy than substi tuting an American princess, Poca hontas, for a German' princess, Irene? What a subtle.ironic stroke, the substitution of two Germans; the right kind of Germans, Steuben and De ICalb, for the wrong kind, Wil helm and Eitel Friedrich! One hap py chance has been missed in put ting Mount Vernon for Kronprinzes sln Cfecilie. Obviously, this should have, been Nellie Custis.—New Yorki Post. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH! LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TRIBUTES TO WM. F. DARBY To tha Editor of the Ttlegmpli: To-day all that was mortal of William F. Darby was laid to rest. The memory of the writer goes back over a space of many years to the same William F. Darby, a bright, handsome, Intelligent, polite lad, one of the scholars under his tuition in the old Boys' ttigh School of Har risburg, located in Walnut street. For years he was a carrier for the Harrisburg Evening Telegraph, and by a special action of the Board of Control he was permitted to leave the school room each evening an hour before the time for dismission. He thus missed certain recitations. I But every one of these was r.s | scrupulously and as carefully pre ! pared as those he was called upon to recite. And In this honesty in his school work one sees the key to all his future life and his suc cess. Thoroughness and honesty were bis cardinal principles in his school I life, and by that same thoroughness i and uprlghteousness he carved his i way to success and to the esteem of I all who were associated with him. Ho fought life's battles bravely | nnd honorably, As a boy in school | he scorned all that was false or de ] ceptive, and the same qualities that ; marked the youth became tho guid | ins stars of his manhood. One by one the scholars of the j 010 "I>ancasterian" are dropping be fore the Stern Reaper; and. as I pen this tribute to the latest breach in ] the ranks, I devoutly breath the j wish, —"May he rest in peace." ! "Fold him, O Father in Thy arms, And may he henceforth be \ A messenger of hope between Our human hecu-ts and Thee." J. HOWARD WERT. 912 N. Second St.. Harrisburg, Pa. " EDITORIAL COMMENT — j If you want to keep warm, keep thinking about the Kaiser. —Phila- delphia Inquirer. t "Lloyd George puts the onus on the Kaiser." But what he needs more is the kibosh. —Boston Herald. One good way to eliminate non essential business is to cease non essential buying.—Newark News. The textile shortage does not seem to be affecting .the supply of red tape.—Nashville Southern Lumber man. Coal being the food of Industry, It isn't so strange that Industry should have to confront a meatless day or two. —Chicago Herald. If the Kaiser doesn't make haste and lead with his divine right, the Allies may swing on him witft their left.—Chicago Tribune. Nearly everybody nowadays ap pears to be in favor of Government ownership of something if it belongs to somebody else. —New York World, Germany, a Berlin paper says, will hold out to the bitter end. They know what kind of an end it's going to he, don't they?— Toledo News-Bee. No Peace at All, at All Japanese scientists have so de veloped wireless telegraphy that a passenger on shipboard can talk to his friends on shore. The advan tages of travel by sea are becoming fewer all the time.—From the New York Sun. LABOR 2V OTES Since 1909 the Scottish Miners- Federation has made ettorts for better housing conditions in the mining districts of Scotland. The Legislature of Massachusetts has provided for pioneer work in a variety of fields touching upon the subject of social insurance. The only states which have estab lished monopolistic state insurance systems are Nevada, Oregon, Porto Rico, Washington and Wyoming. Carpenters assigned to Govern-1 ment work are now receiving a minimum wage of $5.50 for eight hours, with other trades in compari son. Pennsylvania State Workmen's Compensation Board will pay double compensation where an emplove is Injured and also totally disabled. The new by-laws which provide for the early closing of all retail grocers and meat dealers In the city were passed by the city council at Vancouver, B. C. The Minnesota minimum wage lr.w, effecting women and minors in industries, has been declared con stitutional by the State Supreme Court. By amending the Texas compen sation law the State Legislature has given less protection to workers than formerly, according to State Labor Commissioner Jennings. When the huge Westinghouse plant was erected in England the Yankee bricklayer laid frtyn 1,800 to 2,500 bricks in the time a British workman took for 400. Organized labor in England sug gests a minimum wage of thirty shillings weekly as the very lowest' statutory base line for the least skiled adult workers and that the hours of labor wherever practicable should not exceed forty-eight weekly. A Cantonment Gunga Din By JERRY SHEA I've seen some sights As would jigger yer-Ughta, As they jiggered mine, in sooth; But I'm not worth a darn At tellin' a yard What wandered away from the truth. A layin' I was In the Y. M. C. A. With the rest o' th* husky boys, But nary a dime To git in line For a bit o' theater joys. ■The whole troop lay In a lazy way Mouthin* for somethin' t' do. Whin, slowly-like, young "Planty" pulls A Smileage Book or two. Savvy me lad. Sufficient he had x F' lvery b'y who was there, But whin he was done Nary a one There was—the books were bare; There wasn't one For this Mother's son - An' he shut his lips In a line. "Ferglt, go on," He struck up a song. "There's a show another time." Offer 'im one? The sonuvagun Was offered nary a "tick" Wot's that ye say, Y' know 'im, eh? • More like 'im we should a' had: White, clean white— Aw, shure yer right, HE was a Harrisburg lad) WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND By Briggs - * || Oh clear' I feel like sick a fool 11^ When folks come v/isitin' the school : I never git my problems well, An jest can't react or urnfre ors^e/l. % When teacher asts.me to recite Nvs H tAy both knees shake an' sweat rolls down, If ' •*' EH ? S Art' nen when teacher's ' j 4^^ ©wrrlshted J917 by Th Tri\yin Auoc. YorkTiflmJJ CITY PLANNING IN WAR TIME By Karl B. Lohmann \ CITY PLANNING ENGINEER OP BUREAU OF MUNICIPALITIES, THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY KARL. B. LOHMANN, City Plan ning Engineer of the Bureau of Slunicipaiities of the State Department of Labor and In dustry, working direction of J. Fred Knisely, chief of the bureau, is thoroughly alive to the necessity of town-planning which is ever ap parent in the boroughs, towns and cities throughout Pennsylvania. Plan ning commissions all over the state are co-operating with the Bureau of Municipalities and especially those planning commissions representing cities where at this time quick per manent extensions are made neces sary by war enterprises. The work of the town planner at the present moment assumes a very timely character and the following article by I/ihmanji, relative to city planning during wartime, is of vital interest. If city planning means city beau tillcation merely, we should not be speaking of it at the present moment. If city planning was just one of those tilings remote, dreamy and pleasant to contemplate during an April aft ernoon in peacetime, we should de serve justly perhaps the condemna tion of patriots everywhere. But city planning, on the contrary, is something different. It is a neces sity which concerns the very life blood of our municipalities. It bears directly on the present and future health and happiness of our citizens: it affects in one way or another the saving or squandering of millions of dollars. I.lght, Air nml Sunshine Such is the aim of city planning. It takes the forward look upon the probable future demands of business, recreation, housing and circulation. It anticipates In a comprehensive manner the necessities and comforts of living, working and playing. It seeks to provide residential neigh borhoods that shall afford, through all time, an abundance of light, air and/ sunshine. It aims to secure for business, whether conimereiaJ or in dustrial, appropriate districts that shall be convenient as regards pat ronage, labor and transportation. With proper regard for tho human factor, city planning strives to take into account adequate provision for rest and play—for parks and play grounds. But with special -liligence it directs itself to the problem cf circulation. It is vital that streets be properly fanned, because their correctness of solution as to position, alignment, directness and width de termines to a large extent t.io r'ze and character of blocks, lots an 1 open spaces, the location 11 sewer.? and street construction. Intelligent plan ning signifies, in short, the following of lines of economy, the elimination of waste, and the securing for our citizens the maximum "amenities" of life. As such, therefore, .town and city planning must not remain a dead issue during the time of the war. It would be absurd to advocate the spending of large sums of money at present except for purposes of vital necessity. Tet iron the standpoint of planriin of developments that are vitally necessary now and for those that are essential immediately at the close of the world struggle, town planning must not sleep. Profit I>y Kiperlenee If we are to profit by the experi ence of Europe in this connection we have but to witness after three and a half years of war the unusual ac tivity reported. In England at present there are no signs of afatement. Numerous lo calities are following ausplclouslv in tho line ct advanced planning. All of these developments are being inaug urated in such manner that each undertaking heeomes a part of an extender! development which has been carefullv studied beforehand. Of British planning enterprises, not least in Importance are the compre hensive investigations which are be ing carried on in connection with the city of Indon and environs, involv ing some two thousand square miles of territory. City planning activities are con tinuing in France also, according to Mr. George B. Ford. He tells us that the French Senate has recently passed a law compelling every city of the republic to lay out all of its future developments along modern city plan ning; lines. Also, that Paris, since the war began, has created a city planning bureau with powers, which has developed comprehensive plans not only for the entire city, but for all the surrounding area. In Limojje, the municipal authorities have just torn down six acres of four- and five-story tenements, at a cost of millions, in order to lay out broader streets and to rebuild the district along modern planning lines. Also, parks and playgrounds continue to be created, because the war has shown that success in war or peace depends largely on keeping both men and women in the best physical con dition. The experience of Europe In this regard becomes a very important precedent for our activities in Amer ica because gradually we are coming to face problems to which England and France have already given much serious attention. War camps, industrial towns and extensions In manv of our cities, re sulting from population congestion— all these are matters with which the United States, as time goes on, is becoming more and more familiar. Careful Planning: It is, however, in the extension and expansion of communities allowed to pursue the desultory tenor of their way where we should exert our spe cial care. Abnormal growth alone of cities indicates an immediate neces sity for systematic forethought. This becomes necessary as a present expe dient to make sure whatever the im provement entered noon shall con form as far as possible with future development'. Many improvement operations In our cities will be held up tempo rarily because of the war. This means for certain activities a period of inaction —which is no excuse, how ever, for not prosecuting more vigorously than ever. The city that has planned its necessary future construction, as well as that for the present, on lines with later develop ment wisely considered will have a verv great advantage over others that do not so plan. For. if we are not in this manner properly prepared at the close of the war we shall be compelled to do our thinking with a rush—and manv of us have observed In the past that to plan in haste often means to a community, as a result of inadequacy, error and inef ficiency, what corresponds to "re pentance at leisure.'* At the arrival of peace times also, millions of our men will be released to Infernal industrv, and will be di rected to the task of making up loses, waste and nostnoned activities as a result of the war. Tndeed at ♦ bat time we shall ow it to our men to inaugurate structural Improve ments. So that It h"omes our duty to anticipate these things now—our natrlotic duty to plan now as never before. This is the time to avoid the natchwork developments and slin sbods of the pest. We must prepare now for our future cities, to make them more efficient, convenient and healthful, so that living In therj we hone, in the davs to come, will he rendered decidedly more worth while. The Married Man; His Way At ter below zero it takes quite a J.ero to rise In the morn with tho lark. So, being no hero at ten below zero, I let my wife fuss In the dark, Till, glum and unwilling, and shaking and chilling—of course, she has reason for ire— She hops from the feathers, and dratting such weathers, she kindles a comfortable fire. I vowed, e'er our wedding—l'd had sorao hard sledding to win her, reluctant and shy— Heard the Cold Day saying and crying, but never said for her I'd die.. —From the Buffalo Evening News. FEBRUARY 4, 1918 A Message For Miss Spring For her I was sighing and yearning "I'll soon be taking wing; There's a grapevine telegraphing A metpage from Miss Spring! 'l'm coming!' says the message, And looking iny very best; I've kissed a rose for Winter, And 1 11 pin it on his breast! •'Oh, I shnli warm the woodlands And make the valleys ring; "ve told the birds my secret. And soon you'll hear them sing!" Vhat was the very message The Cold Day said he heard; It camo by grapevine telegraph— The Lady Spring's sweet word! —Frank L. Stanton in the Atlanta Constitution. OUR DAILY LAUGH AT THE RE CEPTION. What strange manners that Mil'lSwCdl"V, author has. *'■!!|||) J Yes. If you didn't know he ~ t was a literary : W'A/ Jy.Vj , liar you'd mis- |jl take him for an Ljili| educated pig. PISACK. What's th matter old man? Got a weak back. Well, T/ ell, how long have you had it? Oh, about a week back. GENERAL RE- What's a dia- 4&JI mond. Jubilee? ,t. Jg?jK Whatg a girl Pnf starts when she OF LITTLE VALUE. "Talk Is .cheajp." "Yes, nobody Is tryin* to conserve It." f&ntbtg fltyat "War and weather are getting: blamed for a good many things these days and while eome of the conditions unloaded on us are the result of failure to plan for them last summer there are certain places where the suffering public can help itself and also where the men who run public utilities, for instance, can help the public to help," was the re mark of a student of local condi tions, who has enough money to note things without the stress which falls upon the man who has to hus tle for a living and to wonder how to keep warm. There is something to the comment of this observer. His phrase, "When the stream runs low the mill does not run full time," is applicable to shortage of steam heat, gas, coal and light. Harris burg is shy on all of them and wa ter may again be added to the list day. We have Just escaped. The winter is of unusual severity and that makes reduction of use doubly hard. Yet, after all. it is what will eventually have to bo done. One of the authorities on the food and provision business in the country said recently while visiting 1 luladelphia that the trouble with Pi\° v. foC)l1 . s 'tuation was In the kitchen. "We have the producer, the manufacturer, the Jobber and the retailer lined up, but we have not got the Pennsylvania housewife with us yet." This is rather strange talk to be given to men familiar with a State whose housekeepers are anions: the thriftiest in the land The trolley situation here, which is not as bad as in Philadelphia or Pittsburgh, between Allentown and Bethlehem or in Wilkes-Harre, but somewhat worse than other places which might .be mentioned, is-In a measure caused by failure of the public to help. • • • This latter statement may be a rather startling one especially in view of the fact that most of the trouble, on the managements' sides, is due to an idolatrous regard for schedules of midsummer in mid winter. But the fact remains that if people at large used their heads cars could make better time and there would be less .discomfort. Everyone wants to get home quickly •in the evening, even if there is less eagerness to get to work with speed In the morning. It is human nature to grab the first car that comes along. And, notwithstanding the fact that there may be a nice, warm hair-filled car a block behind, tho average man and woman will dive Into a crowded car for Middletown, Kockville, Linglestown, Steelton Hummelstown or Carlisle when he or she probably wants to go seven blocks. Most people really need the exercise, but they want to get home so they elbow the suburbanite or tho man who lives up in the Tenth ward or out in State street and get themselves overheated and in the end probably save two minutes, be cause the "next car" is often 500 feet behind the crowded through T! 1 I J as t0 stop many times to let off local passengers. The failure to establish express service on some lines and to make it a rule for dispatchers or conductors to call attention of passengers to "the next car is to blame in part for the con -5m .IVi People are not told they will pile into the first car. There sirtL " mes a d *iy when a River side car will go up town, packed to the doors, carefully'in advance of a Seneca street car. while the car fol lowing at a short .interval will have a normal load. A Paxtang car will S°,/ a^ twa '' d 100 passengers half of whom leave the car before it reaches Twenty-third street while the car that runs to Twenty-third street only and is intended to haul . tral jmms alortg block behind probably a third filled. Tho bulk of this situation is due to the fact that the operatives are not trained to help people to think. Traffic experts say that express serv ice and tactful handling of crowds are helping to solve problems in other cities and they claim, more over, that the good will of the puo ic can actually be gained bv boss ing it around a little. And after all the thoughtful gentleman whose chance remark about the necessity ot the public helping some started these observations was not far wrong. There is need for a little mutual understanding in Harris burg between the men who have Hat stomachs in tho evening, empty coal bins, feebly burning lights lukewarm radiators, frozen kus pipes and maybe only gurgling wa ter spigots and the men who supply various utilities of life. "Harrlsburg people are good natured; just watch them nnd see," says the observer of conditions. ♦ • * The worst part about the trollev situation is the humorist in a .crowded car. Once in a while there is a real wit. Generally, it is aggra vating The other night one of these funny men got into a car and when it was stopped by an automo bile which had developed acute meningitis ho began. He suggested buying "gas," sending for a doctor telephoning to mother, havinur the trolley lead the auto home and pull ing the hell. The motorman had a warm supper in his box and wanted to eat. The conductor was trvinir to make sure of his record in a Jam med car. The humorilt made a few girls laugh and finally began a monolog And what ended it was the single Jab from a colored man He only said: "Hey, boss, use dat hot air on de auto an' we'll all irft home." i | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —C. B. Spatz, who is making a noise like a legislative candidate in Berks county, used to be in the leg islature. Henry S. Grove, prominent in Plilladelnhla shipbuilding, has gone to Florida for a vacation. John F. Lowers, former legis lator, has Joined the patriotic speakers in Allegheny county. • —Rabbi S. H. Goldenson, of Al bany, has been called to the plaoo of the late Rabbi J. Leonard Levy, of Pittsburgh. , —Ray Patton Smith, Johnstown lawyer, has been appointed United States commissioner for Cambria. —James E. Roderick, state chief of mines, has been on a western trip. DO YOU KNOW —Tliat Harrisburg's committee plans tho Liberty. Loan have been followed In a number of cities? , HISTORIC HAHRISnURO Harrisburg women worked all through the winters of the Civil War preparing supplies for military hospitals.
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