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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6. 1918
Whom the heart of man shuts out.
Sometimes the heart of God takes in. t
— LOWELL. !
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U. S. SURELY GOING "DRY"
MAKE no mistake about it —the
United States is going "dry." |
We are on the road to
national prohibition and going just
as fast as legislative approval of i "
the constitutional amendment can 1
take us toward the elimination of 1
the liquor traffic from the life of 1
the Nation.
Texas, a decidedly "wet" state c
heretofore, is the latest to be added j c
to the "dry" column. This makes 1
a total of eight states to vote onj (
the prohibition amendment, and! p
every one of them has gone onl r
record in its favor.
Unless all signs fail. Pennsylvania | "
will register itself on the "dry" list j 1
as soon as the Legislature has op-' 1 '
portunity to vote its approval ofi' s
the amendment next year. Senti- j €
ment is overwhelming throughout]
the country districts in its favor *
and many of the larger communi-! '
ties will nominate and elect "dry" | r
legislators. Indications point to the;
choice of four "dry" members in '
Dauphin county, and it is noticeable '
that the only Republican candidate 1
to declare himself in Cumberland! 1
county to date makes a special | (
point of emphasizing the prohibition
plank in his platform.
"In the spring the young man's i
fancy lightly turns to thoughts -of *
love" —and the married man's to t
housecleaning. ,
ADDED COMPLICATIONS !
WITH the Germans occupying '
Finland, claiming Russian!
provinces. juggling with'; 1
Bsnssi jEitdßO am .iq suojionajs !
massacre of the Armenians by the j
Turks for the sole purpose of add- j
ing to Turkish possessions in Eu
rope, the complications that are;
being added to the general read-!
justments and land surrenders fol- j
lowing an allied victory grow apace. •
One of the most disquieting reports
to reach the United States recently]
is that Saxony'is preparing to unite'
Lithuania and Saxony, with the 1
second son of the King of Saxony|
to be the King of Lithuania, and the]
wishes of Poland for a renewal of
her old-time union with Lithuania
entirely disregarded. It makrs cer
tain what was generally suspected
of Germany's intentions in disin
tegrating Russia.
The case of Lithuania is one of
many in Europe which must re
ceive the grave consideration of
the United States Government. In ]
his program for the safety of the j
world, the President demands "par- j
ticuliirly that It be made safe fori
every peace-loving nation which, 1
like our own, wishes to live its own j
life, determine its own institutions,]
be assured of justice and fair deal- \
ing by the other peoples of the]
world as against force and selfish j
aggression." With respect to ques-!
tions of sovereignty, he declared!
that "the interests of the popula-j
tions concerned must have equal'
weight with the claims of the gov-1
ernment whose title is to be deter-■
mined."
Russia is to have unhampered!
and unembarrassed opportunity for
the independent determination of'
her own political development and!
national policy. Italy's frontiers
were to be readjusted along clearly
recognizable lines of nationality;
the peoples of Austria-Hungary
were to be accorded the freest op
portunity of autonomous develop
ment. and the Balkan States were
to have a guarantee of their politi
cal and economic independence and
territorial Integrity, their relations
to one another to be determined
along historically established lines
of allegiance and nationality, a Po
lish State was to be erected, "in
habited by indisputably Polish popu
lations," and, finally, proposition
fourteen declared for a general as
sociation to guarantee political in
dependence and territorial Integrity
L to "great and small states alike."
The President's program touches
Lithuania in every part. She is a
peace-loving race, possessed of a
tenacity to typ which centuries of
WEDNESDAY EVENING, mRHISBURG fIHSfIU TELEGRAPH ' MARCH 6, 191.8.
oppression on the part of Prussia.
Poland, and Russia have failed ma
terially to weaken. Her people are
of Indo-European origin, her lan
guage the nearest approaching Sans
krit. of any extant, her literature,
where its development has been per
mitted. takes high place in Europe,
and her institutions are essentially
peculiar to herself. Surrounded and
honeycombed by alien influences and
intrigues, she has struggled along
since the twelfth century to preserve
her racial individuality, and she has
succeeded. Her union with Poland
was never more than .a personal
union, arising out of the marriage
in 1386 of Jagela. Grand Duke of
Lithuania, with Jadwiga, Poland s
queen. For this he was forced to
relinquish the Lithuanian throne,
and a later personal union formed
in the Gardelis Diet, 1413, was nulli
fied by the Lithuanians. Ih 1569
the Poles attempted a real union by
force of arms, but whatever the
validity of such a union, certainly
the Russion partition of Poland and
Lithuania in 1772-92-95 dissolved all
ties between the two countries.
Lithuania has suffered long and
patiently. She has a vision of the
realization of her national ideals.
The question is, shall she not share
in the guarantees laid before Con
gress by the President, with other
"great and small states alike? Ut
terly abandoned by Russia, she is
about to become the prey of Prussia,
while Poland looks on and licks her
chops. But when the day comes
for Germany to disgorge, as come
it must, the guarantees of Mr. Wil
son must extend to Lithuania no
less than to Poland, and she will
be welcomed to the sisterhood of
nations.
Texas is the eighth State to ratify
the national rrohibltlcn amendment,
and Pennsylvania will be in line just
a3 soon as the next Legislature can
get down to a vote on it.
CAPITAL RESTRICTED
CAPITAL to-day began to
the real pressure of the war
with the circulation of in
structions by the Capital Issues
Committee of the Federal Reserve
Board, governing proposed issues of
bonds, notes, shares of stock, etc.
Securities of no kind may be placed
on the market without permission
of the committee and then only after
the issue has been fully and ade
quately described and permission
granted. This regulation has been
made necessary both for the purpose
of preventing labor and materials
going into unessential industrial
projects and to keep ready money
available for investment in new is
sues of Liberty Bonds and other gov
ernment securities.
There is no disposition, however,
to restrict issues that are necessary
for proper development of any com
munity or that cannot be postponed
without injury to vested interests,
labor or the welfare of the public
or the Federal Government. The
responsibility wielded by this com
mittee is tremendous and the fate of
colossal investments hangs UJ?Qn it§,
decisions, but it is easy to believe
that the members will act fully in
accord with their best judgment and
in an entirely impartial and imper
sonal manner. So long as they do
the people will bow gladly to the
needs of the occasion, and the com
mittee would scarcely do anything
that would detract from the confi
dence the public has in it.
An example of how capital has
been sacrificing opportunity for in
vestment is shown by the report of
Bradstreet's for building operations
in the United States during January,
which shows them the smallest they
| have been in ten years and only half
I as extensive as those of last Janu.ary.
; Part of this decrease, of course, may
I t>e attributed to difficulty of procur-
I ing labor and materials and to the
iliigh cost of each; but very much of
j it is due to the propaganda against
j unnecessary activity in any line of
I work In order that the whole
j strength of the country may be de
voted to the tasks of the war. This
self-denial was practiced before legal
bars were raised against such ex
penditures and is a very wholesome
sign. The war is slowly but surely
getting under our selfish hides, and
rich and poor alike are joining to
strengthen the hands of Uncle Sam
and back up the President at every
j turn in winning the war against the
I Hun.
DR. DIXON'S SUCCESSOR
THE Philadelphia Inquirer strikes
a popular note ifi its warning
against the possibility of poli
tics being injected into the affairs of
the State Health Department. Under
Dr. Dixon ability and efficiency were
the only qualifications recognized in
candidates for position. The Com
missioner considered the good of
the Department first and politics
afterward. Not that he was not a
loyal Republican, but that he under
stood very well that the best road
to popular favor lies along the line
of rendering the best service possi
ble. Doubtless Governor Brum
baugh will exercise great care in the
selection of a commissioner to fill
Dr. Dixon's place, so that there may
be no break in the splendid work
the Health Department Is now doing.
THE ASH CLEAN-UP
COUNCIL, could have taken no
more popular step than the
general clean-up of ashes and
street accumulations decided upon
yesterday. Whether the plan adopt
ed will work out to the satisfaction
of the people remains to be seen.
Whether an occasional removal of
ashes can be made to take the place
of systematic, regular removals is
a question. But that need not
concern the people now. The first
thing Is to get rid, promptly and
effectively, of the present unsightly
and unl\ealthful deposits and let
the other condition present itself
for solution should It develop un
! satisfactorily.
Lk
By the Ex-Comniittcoman
-
persistently circulated in
this city and printed in many parts j
of the state to the effect that at-1
taches of the state government com- |
ing under the Governor were being;
"coerced" into getting signatures to |
petitions for Highway Commissioner i
J. Denny O'Neil for the Republican
nomination for governor were de-|
nounced by Mr. O'Neil last night as,
untrue as far as he is concerned.!
The commissioner issued a statement!
in which he said that he appre- 1
ciated what was being done for him !
by attaches of the state government. |
but that he wanted it understood
that it was to be done voluntarily,
and out of office hours.
The O'Neil statement was much
commented upon at the Capitol to
day and held to show what the com
missioner thought about the meth
ods which have been adopted to
get him support. On Monday when
the protest against the way the
O'Xeil petition campaign was being
handled arose the commissioner's
headquarters declared that the Capi
tol end of it was being handled
independently of the headquarters.
Mr. O'Neil's statement was as fol
lows: "While I appreciate very
much the support 1 am receiving
from state employes, the report that
they will be coerced or discharged
if they refuse to circulate my peti
tions is not true. Any employe who
circulates petitions must act volun
tarily and'of his own free will. Po
litical work of this kind should be
done outside of office hours. Em
ployes of the Highway Department
are compelled to devote all working
I hours to state business and would
; not expect other departments to ob
serve any other rule. I have always
opposed the old Penrose gang tac
tics of coercion and intimidation and
1 will not be a party to or permit any
j one to adopt their methods in my
behalf."
—As a matter of fact if the old
time methods had been used in cir
culating the petitions no one would
have said a word, but the men in
charge of the O'Neil propaganda at
the Capitol played into their oppo
nents' hands by the mystery with
which they surrounded everything
and by the general denials issued.
Now the O'Neil petitions are being
freely signed, even when in hands of
men known to be favorably inclined
to Sproul, while the Delaware county
man's petitions are being passed
around on ' Capitol Hill by people
from departments not under the
Governor. It has all been a tempest
in a teapot caused by the "pussy
footers."
—Senator Edwin H. Vare has
taken the drastic step of issuing a
Warrant for John M. Nobre, the en
gineer who made {he charges against
the Senator's Government avenue I
contract. The Public Ledger says
that the warrant is for criminal ]
libel and that Nobre was "waiting to'
be arrested." The Inquirer says there
have been "rumblings" of a grand
jury investigation and the Press says
Councilman H. J. Trainer, who is
blamed by tae Vares for stirring up
the matter, declared he "hoped"
there would be other developments.
All indications are that there will be
strenuous municipal politics to di
vert the rest of the state.
—The Philadelphia Record says
that Secretary of Internal Affairs
Houck is expected to receive the sup
port of the Brumbaugh-Vare forces
for renomination.
—Senator E. W. Patton is a can
didate for renomination in the West
Philadelphia district, say Philadel
faftians.
—Five state Representatives from
Philadelphia have resigned their
seats in the lower branch of • the
Legislature to accept city berths.
The members who resigned and the
jobs to which they were appointed,
are as follows: John Mehring. First
district, deputy coroner; John E.
Arthur, chief of the bureau of
city property; William H. Rogers,
clerk in court of quarter sessions;
James A. Dunn. Sixteenth, clerk in
the office of the receiver of taxes,
and Jefferson W. Smith, Eighth,
head of the Germantown branch tax
office. Daniel J. Nearv, of the Sixth
district, which comprises the Sev
enth ward, has been given a place In
the department of wharves, docks
and ferries. bu.. has not yet resigned.
—The Altoona Tribune comes out
very strongly for the renomination of
Senator Plymouth W. Snyder, of
Blair county. .It is not expected that
he will have much opposition in
Huntingdon county, either.
—Daniel J. Connell has been seat
ed as a city commissioner in Pitts
ton. t}ie contest against him having
been ended.
—District Attorney Rowand has
stirred up the constables in Al
legheny county by telling them It is
their duty to suppress vice and not
talk so much about what they are
doing. The Gazette-Times says that
he said that "the blind men's parade
should end."
—The Pittsburgh Dispatch says
Mayor Babcock's return from the
South will be followed by announce
ment of appointments.
—John T. Gephart, formerly with
the State Highway Department, now
county road engineer of Fayette
county, is engaged in a court suit
with the controller of that county
who refused to pay him for the win
ter months, because it was impossi
ble to do anything on the roac^j.
—Thomas L. Hicks and Col. Geo.
E. Mapes, two of the biggest inde
pendent wheelhorses in Philadel
phia and active in the Washington
party organization, have joined
hands with Thomas Robins and
others in behalf of the Sproul can
didacy.
Bruce F. Sterling's
intimation, at Philadelphia, that
Congressman Guy E. Campbell was
stretching it a bit when he said the
Pennsylvania Democratic congress
men were all for Guffey, seems to be
ringing around th* state.
YOUR INCOME TAX
Pay your income tax. if possible,
by check, money order, or draft.
This is the urgent request of the Bu
reau of Internal Revenue.
More than 6,000.000 persons this
year will pay an income tax. The
total to be collected under the war
revenue act of October 3, 1917, in
Individual income taxes alone is
$666,000,000. The vast majority of
these payments will be small a
mounts. If paid as requested it will
avoid the necessity for the issuance
of a receipt, and save much time
and labor.
Taxes paid to deputies who are
visiting every county in the United
States to assist taxpayers in making
out their returns are sent to the
collector of internal revenue of the
district In which the taxes are col
lected. Checks, money orders, or
drafts can be handled without diffi
culty. Cash has to be sent by regist
ered mail or by insured express. ,
In the conduct of the war Uncie
Sam is beset with manv difficulties.
You can render one of his Innumer
able tasks less difficult by paying
your Income tax promptly, and by
check, money order, or draft.—From
the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
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MOTHER MACHREE ! .
There's a spot in me heart which no j
colleen may own,.
There's a depth in me soul never'
sounded or known.
There's a place In my mem'ry my j t
life that you fill, i I
No other can take it, no one ever j c
will. - ! 1
CHORUS. a
Sure I love the dear silver that t
shines in your hair, r
And the brow that's all furrowed and r
wrinkled with care, h
I kiss the dear fingers, so toil-worn c
for me. I
Oh'. God bless you and keep you, s
Mother Machree. c
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LABOR NOTES ,
Schools in Hawaii are experienc-
ing a shortage of teachers. ;
Barbers at Alliance, Ohio, have *
secured a shorter workday. *
Increased pay has been granted
Beaumont (Texas) street railway (
employes. (
Brewery workers at St. Louis, Mo., 1
have received an increase of $1 a j;
week. t
Four hundred miners at Crumlin, j
Wales, struck because one man was
dismissed.
Pittsburgh (Pa.) public school
janitors are demanding higher wag
es and shorter hours. (
In most of the industries of the J
country women are receiving better j (
wages than ever before.
EFFICIESCY 1 !
The searchlight of war has j!
j brought out many interesting facts, i j
and one of these is that the vaunted j,
j German efficiency will not always;,
stand the test of comparison with j!
| American efficiency.
The German* boasted of being the !
I greatest farmers on earth. Investi- ■
gation shows that inefficiency in ag- ,
I riculture, measured by the produce
; per acre, America being graded 100,
| Belgium leads the world, at 205; .
! Great Britain comes second, at 164;
and Germany third, at 155; Amer
ica comes fourth.
But the better test is the man test
rather than the acre test, and here
America leads the world by over 2 j.
to 1. Again, grading America at L
10 per farm worker, Great Britain ;
produces 43 and Germany 1. The i
American farmer cultivates 27 acres. !'
the German farmer but 7. With the !
aid of vast quantities of fertilizer
the German produces more per acre, j
but he produces at a much greater j
cost per bushel and he produces|
much less than half as much per j
man.
"WET" STATES RATIFYING
Texas is the eighth state to;
ratify the prohibition constitutional;
amendment, and, as in the case ofj
Maryland, the action of the Legisla- I
ture is of special significance because
the Lone Star State is among the ]
commonwealths classified as "wet." j
Of the eight states which have act
ed through their legislatures, five are
already "dry" territory, while Ken
tucky. which also has ratified the
amendment, is "dry" in sentiment i
but has not entered the prohibition
column. So far, consideration of the
amendment has resulted most grati
fyingly. The gains that have been
made for the amendment seem to
presage Its early adoption by the
country as a whole. If the ratio Is
maintained, as a confirmed election
returns "flgurer" would say, the
1 vote will be unanimous for ratifica
tion. Anyway, "wet" states have
acted favorably In such a large pro
-1 portion of those that have acted at
all that it is certain no difficulty will
be experienced in securing the nec
essary 3. It Is evident considera
tions which sometimes defeated lo
cal option or statewide prohibition
are not obstacles to National prohibi
tion. —From the Pittsburgh Gazette-
Times.
Insist On It
The Tribune is for both prohlb!-
• tion and local option. It hopes the
Republican leaders will agree with
it. They will unless they are willing
to see the party wrecked. In the
> meantime let us get behind those
candidates for nomination or renom
. ination who are known to be against
f the license system. Let us insist
r upon concentration of effort in the
! case of the enemy.—Altoona Trib
une.
Somebody's
MRS. HENRY P. Davison, treas".
urer of the War Work Coun
cil of the Y. W. C. A., tells in
the current Good Housekeeping of
the practical war work that that or
ganization is accomplishing. &Ie
cites the following incident as an
illustration:
"In an Illinois prairie town lives
a widow who laundries seventeen
baskets of wash a week and every
night thanks God for having put
pity into'the hearts of women. To
her came one day a letter from her
only son. He was then at Camp
Funston, Kansas, learning to be a
soldier. The letter begged her to
come and see him before he was sent
to France.
"The mother opened the tin bank
in which she had been hoarding her
dimes and quarters against this day.
The money was scarcely enough.
Nevertheless she started. She walk
ed the first eighteen miles. Then her
strength gave out, and she took a
train.
"She did not know that visitors
to Camp Funston stay in Junction
City, eleven miles away. So she got
off the train at Fort Riley. An offi
cer set her right and she reached
Junction City after dark. Somehow
she found a rooming-house. Some
one there stole five dollars from her
—five of the precious dollars she
had earned over the washtub and
RESTLESS LOS DON
London—The war seems to have
done away with the difference be
tween night and day. The period of
rest and the period of exertion seem
to have merged themselves into one
long period of exertion. I look out
on the river at 2 or 3 in the morn
ing and it is as busy as the river at
midday. Barges are being towed up
and down and goods being shipped
from the wharves. Huge vans rattle
along the road beneath my window
and the streets are as full of people
at night as they are in the daytime.
At Woolwich Arsenal there are j
two 12-hour shifts, and as much I
work is done at night as by day. The i
other evening I motored from the
Manorway Gate of the arsenal to the
entrance of the danger buildings
and returned just as the night shift
was going in to work. The chauf
feur had to go at a snail's pace,
blowing his horn continually. The
broad rgads which run between the
buildings were crowded from side to
side, swarming with workers, prin
cipally women. They had to crowd
together at the side of the road to j
make room for the car to pass, i
These women were going in on a
12-hour night shift —some whose
work would be purely mechanical,
others who would have difficult ope
rations to perform, and many who
worked in actual danger.
Those whp were going to the
buildings from which I had just
come knew that unless they took the
utmost care there was danger of an
explosion, and had a night and a
succession of nights and days to look
forward to when they would he
I breathing in yellow powder in spite
! of veils and all the precautions the
| government can provide. I knew
; them by their yellow hair and faces.
! Occasionally a head in that vast mob
j of faces nodded to me or a hand
| waved, for I have friends among
I them. —Grace Boynton Monks in the
I Outlook.
JUST AND LASTING PEACE
The essential principles that must
underlie peace, as stated by Presi
dent Wilson, should be constanly
kept in mind. They show the great
ness and unselfishness and justice
of America's war aims. Briefly they
are:
(1) The final settlement of this
war must be based upon essential
justice and each particular case so
adjusted as will most likely bring a
permanent peace.
(2) Peoples and Provinces are
not to be bartered about as if they
were mere chattels and pawns ip a
game.
(3) Every territorial settlement
must be made in Cue interest of and
for the benefit of the populations
concerned and not byway of com
promising claims of rival States.
(4) National aspirations must be
accorded all the satisfaction possi
ble, without introducing new or per
petuating old elements of discord.
Not Our Doing
No hungry soldier or civilian in
i France is going without tripe on ac
■ count of our Insatiable appetite.—
i,From the Kansas City Star.
saved by walking. Terror-stricken,
she crept out of the house when no
one was looking.
"Later in the night a soldier found
her trembling in the street, and took
her to the rooms of the Young Wo
men's Christian Association, rooms
which the War Work Council had
opened • as a clearing-house for
troubles. The poor frightened wo
man was put to bed, but she was too
miserable to sleep. The matron got
up at daybreak, built a fire, and com
forted her. The son's commanding
officer was reached by telephone
early in the morning, and the boy
came to his mother on the first trol
ley-car he could reach.
•'The two spent long, low-voiced
hours together, perhaps the last
hours they will have this side of
heaven. Every moment was as pre
cious as a month had been last year.
The old lady had still one present
worry. The boy's bad cold might
turn into pneumonia if she left him.
But she had not money enough to
stay another night and buy a ticket
home. When the matron told her
that her bed was free, she broke
down and cried and cried.
" 'I did not know there was so
much pity left in the world,' she
sobbed.
"She stayed till her boy's cold was
better. Then she went back to her
seventeen washings and her mem
ories."
MUST GIVE UP RUSSIA
Germany must be compelled to i
withdraw from the Russian provin
ces she has seized. That is an aim
of war which the Allies cannot too
promptly proclaim, it is a purpose
they must inflexibly adhere to. It
is not alone the rescue of Russia that
is involved, it is the safety of civili
zation. The clearing out of Ger
many from Russia is imperative be
cause it is demanded by every con
sideration of international interest
and safety, it is demanded for the
security and permanence of the
world's peace after the war. By her
conquest of Russia, for undeniably
it is conquest though secured by
the foulest means, Germany would
be able to establish her future pow
er upon a foundation vastly broader
and deeper than that contemplated
in her domain of Middle Europe.
Profiting by that conquest, she will
have been checked merely in the
execution of her monstrous purposes
not balke'd; she will emerge from the
war victorious beyond even her own
plan and imagining, for she will be
in a position to build up an irresisti
ble military power and enforce her
will upon the world. —From the New
York Times.
ST A Y-A T-HOME ST ARS
Our Service Flag has just one star.
But mother said, "Of course you
know ,
That you and I, like father, are
In service—but the stars that
show
| Are for the ones that have to go.
Father will know that ours keep
bright
Even if- other folks don't see."
The sky is full of stars to-night—
Is it God's Service Flag, maybe—
And one for her, and one for me?
—By Amelia Josephlfß Burr.
VICTORY
"V" is for Vice, that stretches her
hand
To young and to old throughout our
fair land;
"I" for Intoxicants, handmaids of
Vice,
Against which our rulers seem 'fraid
to arise;
"C" is for Courage to deal the
death-blow.
And lay for all time John Barley
corn low;
"T" for Together, united we stand.
To deal this death-blow and free
our fair land;
"O" is for Omen the liquor men see;
It's their day of judgment ,the peo
ple go free;
"R" is for Race DRY candidates
make,
In helping the old Rum Fortress to
0 take;
"Y" for the "Yell" the victors will
give
When the fortress Is taken and
drunkards may live.
B. E. P. Prugh,
Prohibition State Chairman.
EDITORIAL COMMENT"]
Of course the German spies can't
be executed, as there is always a
comma or a semicolon missing in
the indictment against them. —Pat-
eison Press Guardian.
That our Government is still
friendly to Russia is evidenced by
our refusal to send Emma Goldman
and Alexander Berkman back there.
—Nashville Southern Lumberman.
Hindenburg is still taking that
great Western offensive out in talk.
The more he studies it the more he
is convinced that Germany's destiny
lies in the East. —Wichita Eagle.
Those submarine-chasers ' Henry
Ford is planning to make and send
over to the North Sea will probably
do more to brir.g about peace than
the other ship he sent over there.—
Nashville Southern Lumberman.
The Allies demand a just peace;
the Russians, just peace.—The dif
ference is just 180 degrees.—Chicago
Tribune.
"Lenine Separates Church and
State." From every ruble he can
lay his hands on, we'may believe. —
Savannah News. "
Coal situation makes it only rea
sonable that the President be grant
ed his request for "blanket" legisla
tion. —Wall Street Journal.
Abdul Hamid is dead, but he
came near outliving "the Sick Man
of Europe" at that.—New York
World.
The Test of a Man
The test of a man is in what he
is able to do. Rhinestones sparkle
but they can't cut glass.—From the
Milwaukee News.
11 OUR DAILY LAUGH
DIRTY
well Is not fli
men ought to be •
too. wed
IN LUCK
I thought you •'•'jfrfjjjlS
couldn't get
, since scientific
sales manshlp
[ came in I ram
' salesmen sell
mo some de- |l||tf*__ . Till
' b " lB * Y K ***** _
' WHY HIS
HEAD IS
. BANDAGED.
Wlfey: Henry, *
if some bold, \\
s bad man wera
to kidnap me
' would you offer ■H' .
a reward.
1 Certainly, I
always reward TC iIL-r
I those who do
me a favor. rA
Barring ffllptf
War conditions, new occupations
for many people and numerous
chariges brought about by the en
trance of the Nation into the world
struggle In the last nine months,
have not diminished the activities'
of the Harrisburg Public Library,
and like the city's schools and Its
hospital and charitable institutions,
this establishment has been going
right ahead doing its part. The re
ports of books circulated and other
branches in which the library takes
a part show that there has been
no neglect of the educational facili
ties and that, moreover, there is a
big demand for more serious read
ing. Notable in the requests for
books are those written by American
authors and there has probably
been more reading up on United
States history this winter than ever
before in the history of Harris
burg. The report of the library
for the month of February, as com
piled by Miss Alice K. Eaton, the
librarian, shows a circulation of
11,081 against 10,634 for January.
The figures lor both months are
only slightly behind those for the
same months of 1917 which is all
tho more remarkable, because of
changed conditions, the severe wea
ther and other factors which would
naturally tend to lessen the demand
for books. The February circula
tion was obtained on twenty-three
days, it being a short month, and
on one day 1,102 books were cir
culated and on another, 951. Twen
ty-nine per cent, of the books taken
out were by school children. There
were 3,469 readers at the library,
that is, people who spent more than
half an hour reading. Of this num
ber 1,016 were school children. In
addition to this carc for the chil
dren the library has now seven
school libraries in use. These li
braries are under direction of prin
cipals and there are requests for
seven more. The Forney, Shimmell,
Riverside, Camp Curtin and Melrose
buildings are asking for these school
libraries, but owing to lack of neces
sary funds for this extension the
library can not install them this
year.
• * *
The activities of the folks in tho
neighborhood of the Shimmell school
building in South Seventeenth street
ought to be noted by the rest of the
people of Harrisburg. The people
tin that section are making real
community use of the building.
There are similar community pro
jects under way in the neighbor
hoods of the Camp Curtin and
Cameron buildings in the uptown
district, but the Shimmell is the*
liveliest on the Hill. There is an
active club, a committee which gives
entertainments and the people have
the advantage of being able to meet
in one of the most up-to-date build
ings. Much valuable war work has
beet* done in that section, too.
• • *
Some of the Incidents reported
by men who have had charge of
nominating petitions appear to bo
amusing to many people, but the
men in charge take them seriously.
The petitions are commencing to be
numerous. The men in charge aro
very much in earnest. They are
getting the papers signed up, that is
the main business. Yesterday a
man dropped into an office and re
quested a signature.
"Sorry, the colored brother just
went out with mine," said t{ie man
addressed.
"Well, who else is there that can
sign here," was the answer.
Two men were dug up and one
man then wished to withdraw his
name, declaring that he did not
intend to vote for the man for whom
he signed, saying also that he had
signed as an "accommodation."
"You're signed up on this; but
you can vote any way you please,"
was the remark of the first man
asked to sign.
"Say, is that right?" inquired the
man who had the paper. "Gee, I've
missed a lot. But watch me."
* *
The Philadelphia North Ameri
can, in the course of a Cumberland
county review, mostly about Frank
lin county, lias this to say about a
man well known in Dauphin county:
"The commissioning by Governor
Brumbaugh of Dr. 13. Frank Royer
to be acting head of the State
Health Department following the
death of Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, Is
of interest to Cumberland valley
people, for Doctor Royer is a na
tive of Montgomery township.
Franklin county. He was raised on
one of the good farms of that fer
tile section. He left home as a
young man to become a' physician
and has claimed Philadelphia as
his residence during his professional
career. His brother, Jacob F. Royer,
is a former commissioner of Frank
lin county."
♦
These are days when the clerks
in the State Treasury are having
their own troubles with the pay
ments. Many townships and bor
oughs are receiving annual stipends
from the State Treasury and some
of them get absurdly small sums.
There are some which get a little
over a dollar and the postage and
bookkeeping are expensive. Others
run into the thousands. But the
worst of all came the other day
when lor the second time in a
short time some payments by coun
ties were ordered and the list was
Allegheny, Montgomery and York
counties, the first, middle and last
on the list.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~~
—State Treasurer Kephart has
been confined to his bed at liia home
in Connellsville tho last few days.
The Rev. Henry Strickland,
Cornwall rector, has become a chap
lain at Camp Hancock.
II. R. Lehr, the eastern Penn
sylvania traction magnate, will talc®
up his residence at Easton again.
p. A. Bell, strongly endorsed
for the Legislature from the Al
toona city district, was a member
of the Altoona school board for
years.
H. W. Doiglass, McKeesport so
licitor, will have charge of that
city's appeal to the Public Service
Commission for rebates for excess
fare. Heis well known to many
people here.
| DO YOU KNOW ~
—That Harrisburg is steadily
expanding Its railroad yards?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
The first railroad roundhouse
was built just above North street.
Not What She Expected
Mr. Brown —I had a queer dream
last night, my dear. I thought I
saw another man running oft with
you.
Mrs. Brown —And what did you
say to him?
Mr. Brown —I asked him what ha
• was running for. —From Blighty* t
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