10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1131 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Tcleirifk Building, Federal SK. E.J. STACK POLE, Prist & Edilorin-Chiei F. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press—Th® Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republljation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. . Member American Entered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. ■flTTtr By carriers, ten cent* a week; by mail. $5.00 NhariS-' a year in advance. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1918 With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right. — ABRAHAM LINCOLN. NO CHANCE TO STRADDLE SENATOR WILLIAM C. SPROUL and State Highway Commission er O'Neil have pledged their un swerving support to the woman's suffrage amendment of the Federal constitution and thus another ques tion is eliminated from the cam paign so fdr as the Gubernatorial are concerned. Prohi- *"!£lon and suffrage have been two vexing issues for years in every po litical canvass, but Pennsylvania Re publicans will not be greatly exer cised with regard to either of them this year in the selection of a can didate for Governor. Of course, as in the case of the prohibition amendment, the mem bers of the Legislature will likewise be required to align themselves one way or the other with respect to their views on votes for women. More and more it becomes appar ent that the ambitious individual who hopes to be elected to the Senate or House next fall is not going to be able to dodge either of these ques tions in the pending campaign. He must take his stand and abide by the consequences. He is going to have mighty little sympathy in any effort he may make to ride two horses at the same time. There are occasions when that feat may be performed with more or less agility and grace, but this is not the time. The audi ence comprises men and women of all parties and the fellow who falls between need hope for little assist ance from the onlookers. He has had full notice for months of what he might expect and interest in the war is so much greater than anything that can transpire politically this year that voters will not permit themselves to be distracted by quib bling, or "fourfiushing," or absolute dishonesty in the attitude of any candidate. Many prohibition leaders, such as Bishop Berry, of Philadelphia, have declared, in view of the circum stances that the temperance element should not be concerned with the choice of a Governor or Lieutenant Governor, but that they should con centrate on the election of legislative candidates pledged to the prohibition amendment. Those German "shock" troops who went up against the Americans got a new definition of the word. WE PAY THE FREIGHT AHARRISBURG Liberty Loan worker reported to headquar ters yesterday that one of the n.en assigned to him had declined to purchase bbnds because he "'didn't believe in passing the burden of this war along to future generations," and that the expense ought all to be borne by direct taxation. This is an excuse we often hear and an old, old objection to the meeting of extraordinary expendi tures by means of bonds. But in this particular Instance, at least, it is -without foundation. The present generation is bearing the xost of the war, both in blood and treas ure, for we are putting up our own money both for taxes and for bonds. It is the money of this generation that is financing the conflict. As Ir. \ing Fisher, of Yale, recently said: "Financing the war by long-term bonds does not put crushing tax burdens on future generations, be cause the taxes they pay out of-one pocket come back to the other pock et in the form of interest and prin cipal." It used to be the fashion to pay war costs by selling bonds in large blocks to the wealthy, but in this war the common peo.ple of the United States *re the great subscribers and the bonds are so widely distributed and federal taxes so arranged that the taxpaylng of the future will be done more largely by the rich than the poor. Never fear, we of this generation are "paying the freight" both in blood and treasure, and we must WEDNESDAY EVENING, HARBISBXJRG TELEGRAPH 'APRIL 24, 1918.' scrimp unci sacrifice us we liope our ! children and our children's children , will not be required to do. Spring appears at last to have thrown -winter out of the first line trenches. COURTEOUS TREATMENT WHEN' you are approached by a volunteer Liberty Bond t salesman treat him cour teously. Give him prompt attention His time is just as valuable as yours —more so, indeed, for he is working for Uncle Sam while you are mere ly working for yourself. He has laid aside his own daily duties and has gone forth to "do his blt" - ln the war. He IS not only buying bonds, but he is sacrificing his time and profits in order that you may have the privi lege of subscribing without leaving your desk, or bench, or counter, or home for even a minute. Treat the bond salesman kindly. Show him you appreciate what he is doing and send him on his way re joicing with your signed application. Save bacon in order that our boys may bring home the bacon. THE FINISH OF THE HUN UNCLE SAM is swinging Into his proper stride. With the selec tion of Charles M. Schwab as ; head of the steel ship building Rro gram and General Goethals as tp.e mainspring in getting our soldiers and supplies to France, a practical J turn in -the conduct' of the war has 1 been given a swing forward that is 1 not without its effect upon our own people and the enemy abroad. Putting behind all of our errors of, judgment we can now press forward j confidently toward the realization of the hopes of the American people. It I is p titanic struggle, calling for all j the energies of a great nation, but j there are evidences of a rapid culmi nation of those forces which must j win a triumphant and permanent j peace." It is now up to the people at home to do their utmost in the mobili- j zation of this force. All can have a port in the winning of the war. The task immediately at hand is the sup plying of funds, and the Third Lib-J erty Loan should be so largely over subscribed that Berlin wMI no longer, doubt that the United States is inj this war to the finish—the finish of, the Hun. The bacon you save may save your I bacon. THE HAPPY DAYS THESE are the happy days—de- j spite the war and high prices. ' It cannot be other than a glad- : some season when one can go into i the cellar without feeling that he is j either to face an empty fcoal bin or j pile a half day's .salary worth of an thracite on the furnace fire. What a grand and glorious feeling it is to go down stairs and make faces at the furnace. What a bliss full sensation it produces to realize that the fire is out and that we do not care a whoop. No more do we count the pieces as we carefully de posit each lump of fuel on the exact spot in the fire where it is calcu- i lated to do the most effective ser- j vice. No moVe do we reckon how j much of our weekly pay is repre-1 sented by the amount of coal on the 1 shovel. No more do we soil our I fingers and our tempers by digging' the unburned coal from the ashes. I No more are our waking hours at j dawn burdened by doleful thoughts j of crawling out in the cold to turn j on the draft. Happy days, indeed, but "some- \ body's always taking the joy out of life" and now comes the coal man ' to warn us that we better fill up that j empty coal bin while the filling is I good. Plant now. that you may have boiled j cabbage and potatoes next fall. IT WORKS BOTH WAYS 1?* HIS insistence upon the con- j tinuance of partisanship during' war times, President Wilson has i the active backing of Secretary of' the Navy Daniels. In a recent issued of the Raleigh, North fcarolina, News ; and Observer, owned by Daniels, ap peared an editorial comment upon > the proposed abandonment of party' contests this year, and the plan was j declared impracticable. "If the 1 Democrtic party is a good thing In , peace, it is a good thing in war," ; says the editorial, and the article i proceeds to assert that "Either the j Democrats believe in themselves or I they don't. If they believe in them-! selves the'y would stultify themselves j if they did not make always more | earnest efforts to strengthen their organization all the way from the' precinct up." This argument from a Democratic viewpoint will be interesting reading to Republicans. Either the Republi cans believe in themselves or they don't. "If they believe in them selves they would stultify themselves if they did not make always more I earnest efforts to strengthen their organization all the way from the precinct up." Upon the vigorous prosecution of the war there is no party difference. Republicans are Just as anxious as Democrats to have the war pressed to an early and victorious end. In fact, Republicans' have been the more aggressive in I urging a speeding up of war activ- j ities. The war, therefore, Is not an issue in elections. Republicans and Democrats alike realiae that, although the winning of the war is now the big task, there are numerous other problems to be solved. These are largely economic— national business problems. The prosecution of the war is largely a business task, requiring practical experience in handling of large financial matters and ability In the organizing of men and - institutions. After the war we shall be con fronted by many new and some old economic problems which will re quire the beat of business judgment to solve promptly and satisfactorily. In fact, preparedness for peace is one of the tasks which will fall upon the members of Congress to be chosen at the elections next fall. Those members will serve until March 4, 1921, and it is Altogether probable that we shall be at peace before" that time. In any event, be fore that date we should have on the statutf books the laws which will prepare this nation for the com mercial competition we are certain to meet. Both Republicans and Democrats should cast their votes accordingly. fotiUct Lk ""P t>uvs ijtcanZa By the Ex- While Senator Edwin H. Vare pro fesses to be satisfied with the result of the registration in Philadelphia, which shows over 57,000 additional names put on the lists and makes the total number of persons qualified to vote in that city more than 322.000, some political observers say that it means the Vare organization is up against the fight of its existence this year. The Senator declares that the big increase is due to .the growth of prohibition sentiment, but his oppon ents point to the fact that the great est increases were in the so-called reform or independent wards where the Town Meeting party has its strength. The announcement of the Phila delphia registration has been await ed with interest all over the state. In the counties generally there has been an increase in enrollment in boroughs and townships, which al though not very heavy; has been significant and when added to the registration which will be made in the third class cities on May 1 will furnish interesting material for study. Allegheny, which is .second only to Philadelphia in state inter est. furnished an increase of only 5.000 in its enrollment, of which 3,- 000 was in Pittsburgh. This increase was promptly claimed' by leaders' of all factions, but the truth is that the liquor people have been very | active in getting names on the lists. 1 —The Philadelphia Ledger says! that the registration means "a rec ord breaking vote, brought out by the issue of Prohibition." and re marks that the Vares claim that 73 to 85 per cent, of the qualified elec tors will vote their ticket, while the Town Meeting leaders say it means the end of the Vare regime. The North American says that Republi can Alliance men see the defeat of the Vares and the Philadelphia Rec ord gives prominence' to claims by anti-Vare men that John R. K. Scott will be defeated for lieutenant gov ernor. —The Inquirer 4 in its summary says: "The returns from the vari ous wards show that a total of 07.- 264 registered on that date, which with the total of 275,159 voters reg istered last fall, brings the total number of names on the registration list up to 322.423. There will be the usual percentage of names dropped on account of deaths and removals and to this list must be added many of the men who have responded to the call to the colors. The present figures exceed by 28,839 the total registration for the Presidential elec tion of 1916 in this city, which was 305,584, and which was the largest registration up to that time." —Final figures on registration April 17 in Pittsburgh were an nounced yesterday by the Board of Registration Commissioners as fol lows: Republican, 2.908; Democrat. 344; Socialist. 22; Prohibition. 39: not enrolled. 26; total, 3,330. Voters registering last fall were entitled to vote in the spring primaries without registering again. The fall registra tion, totaling 8.".352, and the 3,339 registering last V "dnesday, make the total number entitled to vote May 21, 88.691. —Mayor Connell's declaration for O'Neil is regarded as the start of a new fight for control of the awanna county Republican organiza tion. —Republican ward chairmen of Pittsburgh on Monday launched the work of organizing the Republicans of the city for Senator William C. ,Sproul, of Delaware county, for the Republican nomination for Govern or. The meeting was called and was presided over by Senator Charles H. Kline, general chairman of the Sproul campaign committee here, who stated after the adjournment: "Every ward chairman in the city was present in person, sent a repre sentative or notified us he could not come." —Democratic candidates and bosses here to-day were very much interested In reports that Eugene C. Bonniwell was to be in Pittsburgh this week to have a meeting of his friends. John R. K. Scott is also due there the latter part of this week to met with William A. Magee and his friends. ■— The Philadelphia Press twits the Vares about taking up the "police out of politics" movement. —One of the striking things about politics this week is that except for leaders no one seems to be thinking much about who is running any party. —Fred W. Scott, who Is contesting the claim of Guy E. Campbell, the Democratic incumbent, for the Re publican nomination for Campbell's seat in Congress, was warmly in dorsed at a well-attended Republican mass meeting in Duquesne, the Alle gheny county iron town. —One of the humors of the Alle gheny situation is the outbreak of the Democratic machine against Re publicans seeking Democratic Sena torial nominations and the industri ous manner in which the Magee peo ple afe backing Democratic Con gressmen for Republican nomina tions. —Up in the Hazleton districts Asa K. DeWitt, present. Senator, can scarcely miss being on a ticket. He is running on four of them. The Old Loveliness Old books, old friends are best. Old things are loveliest: Old houses, and the glamour of old days. The olden peace, the olden, quiet ways. Old gospels, and old dreams! With new delight life teems When these are read, when these are told: All youth at last grows old. In bleak December, lo! A whirlwind of white snow. O heart! lost April then Seems wonderful again. Yet dream new dreams, be glad For all the soul once had. Old books, old friends are best— Old love is loveliest! Charles Hanson Towne In Good | Housekeeping * THE DAYS OF REAL SPORT BY BRIGCS • • 1 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR THE PRICE OF COAL To the Editor of the Telegraph : I arrived at a friend's house at; Lewistown. Pa., last week at the j same time one of The Hoffman Co's. ! coal wagons of Lewistown did. I in- i quired of my friend what she paid j for her coal, she answered my ques- | tion by stating that the people of : that town are paying $9.45 for a ton j of red ash soft nut coal, net weight | 2240 lbs., which was also marked on her bill "one ton 2240 lbs." Two weeks ago I ordered from one of our Harrisburg dealers red ash nut coal 1 and paid $9.15 for 2,00u lbs. Now; what I would like to have our Fuel Administrator explain is, why do the j coal dealers of Harrisburg still force ! our citizens to accept 2,000 lbs. when j the dealers of Lewistown are giving i their customers 2,240 lbs. which is ! a full ton, and only costs them thirty: cents more for the additional 240 : pounds. I cannot understand it. j Kindly publish same, and oblige. A SUBSCRIBER. ] TRADE BRIEFS Spain's total imports in 1917 amounted to $239,110,098, as against! $230,664,231 in the previous year.: There was an unusually large impor tation of gold and silver bullion andj coin. The exports for 1917 totalled! $234,602,052. A Brazilian firm which has a rep-i resentative in this country wants in-! formation about hardware, leathers,! portable railway materials, electrical I supplies, sawmill and textile machin-; 'cry. dry goods and drugs. There is a market in the Domini-: can Republic for earthenware, ena mel ware, china, toilet goods, tex tiles and watches. Machinery for vaporizing salt is needed by a South African salt! | company. Tn a few weeks the commercial li- i | brary in Bradford. England, will be opened to the public. Consul Augus tus E. Ingram suggests that the pres ent is an opportune time for pub lishers of trade papers to send their publications to the library. There is an especial need for sample copies cf trade papers devoted to textiles, dyestuffs, chemicals, machinery, au tomobiles and motor trucks, electri-l ral goods, hardware and foodstuffs. Publications intended for the new reading room should be addressed to the Bradford Commercial Library, 58 Market street, Bradford, Eng land. A bankers' association has been formed by twelve modernized finan cial institutions In Shanghai, China. This may result in the development of a market for American bank sup plies, as several of the members have already installed safety deposit vaults and other equipment of Amer ican make into their places of busi ness. Other Chinese banks are ex pected to join the association. THE DEVIL'S PHONE CALL The Devil had a 'phone call. Not so very long ago, And he said "talk lively, I'm busy here below. A weak voice faintly answered, "Have you a private room? Things up here are pressing— I'll be coming down there soon." "It's the Kaiser now that's talking, I'm in an awful fix; They say there is an army coming. From a place called Camp Dix. I never was so frightened; I have really got a spell, They say those boys from Jersey, Are a whole lot worse than Well! "You are very much mistaken, | The Devil calmly said; You'll get no rest while living. You'll get less when dead. I I've got no place to put you. Devil though I am; You'll have to take what's coming, When you tackle Uncle Sam. I've got no time to -listen, To the talk you want to tell, YOU think you're Boss up yonder; I KNOW I'm Boss in Well! —Mrs. Martha Clevenger. Important Question Another unanswered question is: Why are low shoes so high.—lndian apolis News. ■ 1 THE HOMING PIGEON "Venus, for a hymn of love, t Gave me to the bard away; See me now his faithful minion; To his lovely girl I bear i Songs of peace through the air." —AN AC R ICON. B. C. 600. ; "A bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings j shall take matter."—ECCLESlASTfcsi. ■ • "Intuition is the clear perception oX i I the whole at once —knowledge not ] ; taught, but received by intuition— ; Anon. GERMANY'S ambition for world j power has at last awakened the American people to a sense of j ■ their individual responsibility; yet there are some who, just because the I : battlefield is three thousand miles 1 away—amidst a hades of trenches,' i it is difficult to convince that the | noble army of Americans, many of | : whom are now in the front rank, | I and hundreds of thousands more on! I the way, are just as truly fighting! j for the preservation of the United j ! States as though they were massed } j and in deadly conflict with the en- i ] emy on the Atlantic seaboard. Our ! j country, Congress, courage and cash j j will defend and maintain America's] . honor! Wherevfer the battle may : I be fought, the war must and will load to a triumphant victory, to per- ! ] manent peace and freedom. The common use of homing pig i eons in this unparalleled war as! messengers has attracted particular ! j attention among newspaper readers. I ilt is this fact that prompts the | writer to say something upon the | history and usefulness of this ma j jestic bird. Messenger pigeons have ,; been kept for pastime, use and profit , from the earliest ages, and their history in reality is contemporary I .! with that of mankind. .i There are records of these swift-: , winged messengers in the Fifth • Egyptian Dynasty, three thousand] (years before Christ, while the ever "j interesting account of the return of. . j the dove to the ark is familiar to all. j . Ancient patriarchs in their searches' . for fields of pasture are said to have! . taken carrier pigeons with them to . carry bac khome the results of : . their explorations. In Europe, they j , were frequently employed as love- j r letter carriers under circumstances; of danger and difficulty for thou-! sands of years. Not only in love but : j in war, as at th£ present critical period, these faithful birds have al-i \| ways played a conspicuously active! ,'part. Long before Rome was built j j homing carrier pigeons were popular! II air messengers. At the Olympian! games contemporary to Joshua, they | ( j carried the names of victors to dis- j ! tant parts? of the empire, there being I no telephone, telegraph nor wireless! i| service to spedily convey news, i . Scores of similar stories might be ,j related; such as of their use during I t :the Holy War, etc., etc., and wheth-: . er carrying messages of love or war, .'joy or sorrow, it is only when they l .! the killed or crippled while flying! j by ruthless sportsmen or over-! j come by hunger and thirst that they j surely fall short of a performance! of the duty entrusted to them. I Much misconception prevails in I the public mind a* to the habits of j these birds. For instance, it is .an | erroneous notion very generally en-i The Direct Primary [The Philadelphia Press] The direct primary system appar- | ently can no longer read its title j , clear to an untroubled existence. It j is no longer regarded as something supernatural and above the reach of crjticism. In many parts of the coun- j try there are rumblings of discontent , and threats of change in states, which have had years of experience 1 with the system. In Massachusetts,! the present Legislature has approv- i ed a bill restoring the old party : convention for the nomination of j all state officers below Governor and | Lieutenant Governor. In New York, i It Is n© secret that it is only the veto of Governor Whitman that will prevent the passage of a law that j would restore in some fashion the meeting of party delegates for the selection of nominees. The theory of the direct primary Is that every voter is prepared, will ing and able to express himself af firmatively or negatively on every public question. Rut this theory as sumes that this state of mind can be brought about without conferences, without exchanging views, without location of responsibility—that it mus be done spontaneously. The opponents of the system declare that It disregards entirely the character of the Government itself, that is representative in form and opera- r tertained that all that one has to I do to send a message by a pigeon i* to catch the bird, tie a lettei j no matter how bulky—to its body — j no mater how clumsily—and then j send it off to the desired destination. , from its home or to its home. This] ! appears so absurd to the amateur | j us to scarcely need refutation, the i ! plain fact being that homing pig- j ] eons fly to their home only. It is; j their innate love of home which j j causes them to seek their old habi-. j tation as speedily as possible when j taken or sent away from home, I ! after being liberated or given their • freedom. It is for this reason that! they are very properly designated as j j "homing'' pigeons. His merits are : i his wonderful intelligence, accom-} | panied by a finely developed body. : j According to the many miles flown j J while being trained, or in prize, i flights with hundreds of competing! I pigeons, the birds are proportion-1 i ately valued and honored by the j j owner. New York, Philadelphia and other J large cities have regularly organ-! j ized pigeon flying clubs, the mem-1 ] bers of which contribute valuable > ! prizes. In some of the larger races, j hundreds of pigeons are sent to j i points from one hundred to a thou- j sand miles distant from their homes j ! ftnd all of these ate liberated at one • time for the homeward race. Time j I and distances necessarily are calcu ' lated with exact mathematical accu j racy, in close competition. Writ ten messages are usually written.*- upon very light paper and inserted within a quill, which is then securely tied or fastened to a tail feather of, the pigeon in a manner that will | not interfere with its flying. Horn- j ing pigeons are usually found with i ' aluminum bands on their legs, bear- i j ing registry numbers. Many fan ] ciers also mark the wing or flight | feathers with indelible ink, using a ] I rubber stamp giving the owner's i ■ name and address. I Ex-Judge Hargest, of Harrisburg.' I whose long-standing interest in the] i care of the pigeons and squirrels in j I Capitol Park. Harrisburg, is well i known throughout the state, has at I various times reported the arrival ■ of splendid specimens of the homing I pigeon among the large flock of j common pigeons frequenting the ! Capitol. However, such "guests" 1 >vill not mate, neither are they ac-! ; customed to making a prolonged | istay; and after feeding, resting andj Irecuperating, they resume their i I homeward journey. These birds ! might have been on homeward j flights from the west to New York I and vicinity. I The intuition and knowledge of ! the homing carrier pigeon is won ; derful and makes thousands think. ! Truly it is as easy for God to supply | the greatest as the smallest wants of | his creatures! Birds once more are | doing their full service to mankind In the present conflict of nations as j they did many centuries ago. OLIVER D. SCHOCK. Harrisburg, Pa. ! . NOTE:—The author was formerly | an ardenjt breeder of homing carrier I pigeons at Harrisburg. The air-line | distance between that place and New , York. 105 miles, was frequently- cov j ered by homin* oigeons in two hours J or less.—EDITOR. tion; interjects the element of in creased expense; precludes, the am | bition of the poor and capable seek i er for office; emphasizes the oppor j tunity of the man of means able to secure publicity; and puts upon the! ) nominee no declaratio/i of principles i representative of the party for which jhe is supposed to stand or of the : electorate.from which he finally re ! ceives his commission. I In a number of states there is be i ing attempted a plan to combine the ] good points of both the convention and the direct primary. This is to hold a party convention to make I nominee selections, then to submit j these selections to a party primary i at which others can try for the nom ination along with those w"ho receiv ied the approval of the convention. In this way, it is figured, there can j be deliberation and discussion in con vention over the making of nomi j nations. If .the nominees of this convention are not- representative of the party and not up to the stand ard as interpreted by the voters themselves, they can be rejected at the primary and others chosen in their place to receive the party vote at election. The direct primary system Is bound to become a very live issue in many states In the very near future, and the result is very llKely to be a less comprehensive use of it. a frestrlctlng of it to the larger offices upon which the citizen use of the convention and primary has a very settled opinion, and a wise together as a means of securing the real verdict of the voters of a party. t —— I Over tfwc |ojo IK 'peKivcu ■■ "If it swims we have it" advertised a fish store proprietor. "I don't see Annette Kellerman in your window," complained the town wit. "German in the public schools will eventually be eliminated, for a mighty sentiment is growing against it," said Supt. Eli M. Rapp, of the Berks county schools, whe ( n asked for his view on the movement started in Pennsylvania by the P. O. S. of A. to have German eliminated from the school curriculum everywhere in tills stale. Who said the Keystone State has gone back in cattle raising? H. B. Gingrich & Bros., dealers and buyers at Lawn, sent forty-two carloads of live cattle to Philadelphia the other day, value, $160,000. The cattle were all in prime condition, from Lebanon, Berks, Dauphin, Schuylkill and Cumberland counties. They are telling the story of a young lieutenant, just packed up comfortably in a base hospital with a nasty wound. "Anything I t;an do for you before I leave," asked the sympathetic and lovely nurse. "I should like very much to be kissed good-night." said the suffering but inspired officer. "All right," smiled the nurse comfortingly. "Just wait until I call the orderly. "He does all the rough work hei'e." OUR DAILY LAUGH THE BAIT. "I wonder what they bait with to I catch swordfish." "Army worms, I suppose." | LOOKED LIKE IT. Bug Traveler —Goodness I must be in Egypt. There is the Sphyruu VARIETIES OF PROMINENCE. "So you are married, congratula tions." "Yes. Married a prominent grirJ, too." "Society Or chorus?" A GOOD REASON. "Why don't you take a house per manently instead of carrying that house on your back?" "Cheaper to move than par rent, my boy!." lEbttttng (Et?al Few people realize what differ ence in the skyline of' Harrisburg is made by the big building which will be the state capital's new hotel, the Penn-Harris, in the next six months. From the west bank of the Susque hanna either on the Northern Cen tral coming up from York and Balti more or one the Cumberland Valley trains after they pass the bluff at old Fort Washington the new hotel looms up higher than the courthouse cupola, while from near West Fair view it seems to top the spires of Zion Lutheran and Market Square. The view from Oak Knob in Reser voir park shows the new hotel aV the central figure in the business section, bulking large compared with other buildings south of the State Capitol. But where to get the best view of the skyline is from the east ern entrance to the Mulberry street bridge just about sunset, preferably in the seven or eight minutes after the orb has gone behind the Bluf Ridge. Then one can get the sweep of the city with the splendid struc ture of the Capitol dominating the town, the gilded figure far above the streets. Then the spires are to be seen pointing upward, the the tower [® ,_ the new hotel, the courthouse, the business buildings and sweeping on around to the big gasometers anil then on down to the tall chimneys at the South Harrisburg furnaces, the stacks at the power and indus trial plants and then Steelton. Above the Capitol there is a note of color in the green tiled twin towers of the new synagogue in Capital street which interposes between the Capitol and the red brick mass of the Central High School and then before the smoke of the railroads comes into the view there is the white and gray of the new Messiah Lutheran church with glimpses of the red cupola of Augsburg Luthe ran church, the clock tower of Camp Curtin school with steeples and chimneys and stacks in between. And behind all the dark mass of the Cumberland shore and the di viding ridge that comes down to the Susquehanna near Marygville. • * * One of the Reading railway offi cials yesterday applied a good name to the thirty or so government en ! gines which are helping out on the | rush of traffic here. These "U. S. A." ! engines as they are called because of the letters on the tenders, are very, very noisy. They liave a system ' exhausts which works when the en gine is asleep or awake. It is noisy at all times. "Those engines are pretty rackety, why is it ? asked a man. "Oh; you mean the Bolsheviks" re marked the railroad man. "Why that name ?" * "Oh, - they're bound to be heard," was the answer. • A statement that farmers of .Penn sylvania can make hundreds of dol lars and do much toward replacing the shortage of sugar with honey if they embark more extensively in bee raising and beekeeping is made in the bulletin of the State Department of Agriculture by George H. Rea. state apiary inspector. "There is more net profit in beekeeping, in proportion to the investment, than in any other rural business and on the average thirty colonies of bees may be kept where one now exists, says the state Inspector. He says that the high price of honey is sure to continue until the sugar condi tions become normal and that where combs remain in the hands of own ers because the bees were killed by, the severe winter they should not be wasted. A state campaign to inter est farmers in beekeeping is being started. • • • There' are human interest stories galore told by Red Cross workers who assisted in the sale of Chewing gum here last week. A dirty little newsboy brought a penny to one of the girls selling the gum. "Please I miss, may I give this to the soldier??" j he asked. Another girl tells how n I man followed her from booth to | booth. His question was always, 1 "What kind of chewing gum do you like?" She would name a brand, and accept a number of packages of gum. When the man had passed on, the gum would be thrown in the basket for tfte soldiers. A sailor on furlough from the United States ship Arizona, assisted in the silo of gum for two days of the cam paign. • • • It's funny the way some men of foreign brtta are affected by Amer ican customs. On Sunday evening a couple of boys in a soda and candy establishment which was doing busi ness without much regard for "Blue laws" made a good bit of racket its they sat at the fountain. They were squabbling over some candy they had just bought and their ar gument aroused a clerk who was a Turk if he was anyfhlng. In fact he needed oiily a fez to make him l a subject of the caliph. "Heh, heh," called out the youns Mohammedan, "doan you know dis Sunday. Cutdout." I WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Charles M. Schwab has about given ut> the idea of spending his vacation at Loretto where he has been building his summer home. —District Attorney F. P. Slatterv, t of Luzerne county, welcomed the state dentists when they met yester day at Wllkes-Barre. —Samuel F. Houston, prominent Phlladelphian, has gone to Augusta to vlst his son who Is a lieutenant. Dr. H. Edward Wells Is the third member of the Washington and Jefferson college faculty to go into the ordnance department. —Mgr. Bornemann, prominent Reading clergyman and fifty-five years a priest, has Issued a call to his people to buy Liberty Bonds. He is German born. | DO YOU KNOW —That Erie. Wllkes-Barre, Johnstown and other third class cities are watching what we arc going to do with the Third Lib erty Loati ? HISTORIC HARRISBURG This city backed up every loan the s government made even when it was " only a ferry station and its owner John Harris. Write Letters That Smile A plea has been made for more ' letters to the men In uniform. "Write often to your men in the Army and Navy, and make*your let ters smile," says Roger Daniels, of the Army and Navy Department of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. "Don't delay your letters, for there Is an untold amount of cheer and com fort created by the word pictures in these home messages. When vou write, smile, and keep on smiling!"
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