6 (HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Pounded itj l Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. E. J. STACKPOLE, Pres"t & EdUor in Chirf P. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ. Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press —The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republljation of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published i herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. I Member American lishers' Assocla- Bureau of Clrcu- Eastern office. Avenue Building, •Entered at the Post Office in Harrls ' f burg. Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten centa a * t<wT' ''i.ijiSan week; by mall, $5.00 MONDAY, APRIL 29, 1918 1 would have you be like a fire well kindled, which catches at every thing you throw in, and turns it into flame and brightness. — Mabcus Auhe- Lius. GIVING FREELY IF the number of men who have gone into the regular army, the nuvy or th§ marine corps, either by enlistment or through the Na tional Guard of Pennsylvania or the Naval Reserve, were to be added to the 83,716 stated by State draft head . quarters to have been furnished for " national defense under the selective service law it would show that the Keystone State has given about 2 00,- 000 of its choicest manhood to the i , cause of Liberty. It stands ready to furnish thousands more. It may happen that before the year is out Pennsylvania may have in the armed .service more than the total of the whole American force in the seven long years of the struggle for inde pendence. It now has as many men as were In the combined armies of Meade and Lee at Gettysburg. However, It is no more than due that Pennsylvania, ever faithful, ever generous, should'be given credit for 'lie voluntary enlistments which have (been so marked a part of the contribution of its youth since the United States entered the world war. If there are to be credits under the second draft let them be worked out. Harrisburg is proud of its record of • volunteers who saved the city from , contribution to the tirst draft call. It has no desire to shirk any more than has any of the other districts of Pennsylvania whose enlistments entitled them to the starry record of exemption. This city, Lancaster and other districts which were not summoned under the tirst draft are I to send in their sons beside the men from Philadelphia, Pitts burgh and other communities. But i if there are to be credits there should be announced upon what basis. If there are to be none, let us Know so that we can get our young I men ready and readjust business and occupations which will have to give them up, because we want to win this war with as tew distractions as possible while we are lighting. The Donato statuary appears to have turned over for another long nap. THE OLEO LICENSE DAlßli and Food Commissioner James Foust is right, perhaps, in his opposition to the move i-j reduce the SIOO license fee for the sale of oleomargerine in Penn sylvania, but It is eminently proper L to inquire whether the time is not coming when the dairy cow will no longer bo entitled to protection from other animals and the tropical nut trees as producer of a "spread." Mr. Foust says that the oleomarge rine business is now well regulated and that the scandals which attend ed It for years have now been stamped out and that the product Is handled by responsible firms, in a sanitary manner and satisfactorily to the supervisory officials and the pub lic. He contends that if the license were to be lowered it would mean 1 hat the business would get into the hands of people who would not grasp responsibility under the law, who might not be cleanly, who might cheat and who might make for the police. [ At the risk of being considered revolutionary and disloyal to an 1895 propaganda, we might rise to Inquire why oleomargerine should be licensed at all. There are a lot of people who can not tell it from but ter and a lot who do not care. It is an established business. Imita tion or substitute butter is now sold as legitimately and as openly as the 9 best Elgin product; but oh. what a difference in the price. The laws of Pennsylvania contain some statutes put on to meet, conditions which have passed. Oleomargerine threat ened the butter-making industry and was hobbled with a license. Now butter is threatening our pocket K hooka. The demand for oleomarge- MONDAY EVENING, rlne has grown tremendously in spite of the license and Still butter goes up In price. Farmers say It does not pay to keep cattle with feed selling for what it is noyadays. Perhaps® that is why butter is-high. But that is no reason for keeping oleomargerine licensed. "We could put the amount we really pay for license for oleo margerine into Thrift Stamps very handily, just as the dairymen could put some of the profits made on but ter into Liberty Bonds. Have you applied for your war gar den?. It not, why not? KEEP IT UP THE Liberty Loan drive will con tinue in the Harrisburg district all of the coming week. It is not a question of having subscribed the minimum asked of us; we must do more. We must do the maximum. Lifet other loans take care of them selves; we must pile up such an over-subscription this time as will leave the Kaiser in no doubt as to wh£re the American people stand'on the war question. He is watching us, hoping that we will weaken. The more wo over-subscribe the more he will be discouraged. Let's give him the sickening knowledge that Amer ica is In this war both to the last man and the last dollar. If you have not benight a bond go to any bank and make a subscription. And if you want to do your paying on the instalment plan the • bank will be glad to help you. Only don't fail to l foe the possessor of a Liberty Loan button next Saturday evening. A Northumberland man who pulled a Liberty Loan button from a com panion's coat and insulted the Ameri can Hag, was ducked in the river and taken to jail, which goes to show how lenient a Pennsylvania mob can be. TAKE COURAGE . TAKE courage from the letters from the soldi#rs in France. Their messages home breathe good cheer and confidence. They are having a lot of good, wholesome fun out of even the serious business in which they are engaged. They are happy, hopeful and Intensely alive to the strange experiences that *re falling to their lot. It is our business here at home to write the kind of letters to them they write to us. They are smiling, smiling, smiling over there, and their smiles do not always conceal a lonesome heart, at that. They are, all told, having a pretty good time of it, even though they know there is mighty serious business ahead. And in that mood they would not like to think of the folks they left as morose, sad-faced or tearful. They want more than anything else to hear the news of home, but they do not want their letters soak ed in tears or filled with sighs. Be of as good cheer at home as the boys are in France and we shall not have to worry concerning the morale either of our soldiers or of the second line of defense on this side of the Atlantic. Register on Wednesday, if you did not do so last fall, and be in position to vote for "dry" candidates at the primaries. SPROUL'S SANE ATTITUDE IN his Lancaster speech, which again demonstrated his grasp and appreciation of the larger issues of the campaign in Pennsyl vania, Senator Sproul made no per sonal appeal in his own behalf, but in a dirgct and forceful way em phasized the importance of patriotic devotion to the things which are vi tal in the present great national crisis. "The people of Pennsylvania," he said, "are too much engaged now with the patriotic duties of the hour to pay any serious attention to those who would endeavor to divert them by parading up and down the State airing their petty factional griev ances and trying to win sympathy for miserable political squabbles." Senator Sproul referred to the great usefulness of the Republican party and rejoiced in the fact that many former Progressives are once more aligned with it in giving force and expression to the principles for which the party has stood through out its history and which have been largely instrumental in the develop ment ?nd prosperity of the country. He declared that no "political party in any country at any time in the world's history has thrown aside partisanship so readily and unreserv edly and has supported a ruling op position party so patriotically and devotedly as has the Republican party in this great crisis." Those who criticize the uniform primary and refuse to abide by its results were also given attention In the course of the Senator's remarks. On this point he said: The candidate who, when de feated by the votes of ithe people, attempts to defeat his successful opponent and defeat his party, mv only bes compared with a boxer wh, having been knocked out in a fair fight and according to thf> rules, gets up and plunges a knife In the winner's back. We cannot have party success oa de serve success unless we can play the game fairly. As the campaign progresses men of all parties are expressing their ap proval of Senator Sproul's sane at titude and his strength with the peo ple is increasing in all parts of the State. WHO IS ABOVE CRITICISM IT remained for Senator Cummins, of lowa, to say the clinching worl in behalf of Congress as a co ordinate branch of the government. Speaking on the Overman bill, he deolared that It is no more disloyal for Congress to criticize the Presi dent than it is for the President and his supporters to criticise Congress for the manner in which it performs its duties. Here is the cuse in a nutshell. The attempt has been mude to show that all the privilege of criticism is on the side of the President—per haps because he is also the Com mander-in-chief and as such might utilize military force to maintain his prerogatives; but Senator Cummins has opportunely shown that Con gress has some rights, aIW foliUc* U By the Ex-Committee man President Judge George Kunkel's decision in the Philadelphia nomi nating petition contest on Saturday in which he held that Republicans who had registered as Republicans, but who had voted Town Meeting in the Philadelphia battle last Novem ber, but had not changed registra tion could vote at the Republican primaries, has become a matter of state-wide importance. The judge lays down the distinction between registration and enrollment and clarifies the provisions relative to challenge. It affects the fljfst, second and third class cities and will stand as a precedent. The decision caused much jubila tion among the Penrose and Town Meeting people, but was distasteful to the Vares. Senator Penrose issued a statement saying that it could have been nothing else under the Uw and George W. Coles, the Town Meeting chairman, declared that it meant the end of the Vares and the defeat of John R. K. Scott for Lieutenant Governor in Philadelphia, his strong hold, which drew the retort from Vare leaders that Coles would be found as wrong as he was in Novem ber. , Thp Philadelphia Ledger says editorially: "A mighty jolt has been given the impudent assumption by the Vares of the right to read out of the Republican party those citi zens whose conscience and patriotism prevented them, at the last munici pal election, from submitting to the Vare dictation in municipal affairs. The Dauphin county court ruling that voters who supported the Town Meeting party candidates In Novem ber are not to be debarred from par ticipating as Republicans at the coming primaries is based on Justice and common sense and ought to be explicitly embodied In the statutes." —J. Denny O'Neil, who spent the weekend at Pittsburgh and received many assurances of support in his campaign, will be here part of the week, but plan; to continue his campaign generally in the eastern counties. —John R. K. Scott's visit to Pitts burgh has resulted in a close com bination between Scott and Magee, which it is hoped will leave to Magee finally lining up for O'Neil. Scott will speak with O'Neil and the Gov-- ernor at several places. Judge Bon niwell's Democratic campaign in Pittsburgh ran up against Guffey snags in several places, but the "wet'TJemocrats seemed to be nu merous about his headfluarters. Guffey says he does not care and as he has the federal and state ma chines he does not need to very much. —Third class city registration day is Wednesday and tremendous efforts to get out an impressive registration are bng made. It is claimed that thousands of men will enroll. The "wets" are making drives to get big Democratic registration and so are the O'Neil men. No matter how the registration goes it will be claimed by every candidate. —James S. Chambers, writing in the Philadelphia Ledger, says that the Governor is in a dilemma be cause unless he names men to the Supreme Court who can be accepted by the Penrose people he may see them defeated. —Senator Sproul. who received a notable greeting at Lancaster on Saturday, will be here to-rhorrow for a short time on his way to Wllliams port, where he will speak Wednes day and Thursday he goes to Pitts burgh. On May 8, the Senator will be in Blair county, where he will spend two days on a tour. —Montgomery County enrollment is 28,803 Republicans, a gain of 5,000, and 9,416 Democratic. Just what is going to happen in that county will be worth watching. —The Philadelphia Press says the Brumbaugh forces are now backing Edmund Carpenter for Congress in Luzerne. County and says the county has a bitter factional fight on. —The Allegheny County Republi can organization in common with many others throughout the state is supporting Anderson H. president and editor of the Johns town Tribune, for one of the Repub lican nominations for Congressman at-Large says the Pittsburgh Gazette- Times. On the ticket with him are Congressman-at-Large M, M. Gar and, Allegheny; Thomas S. Crago, Greene, and Joseph McLaughlin, Philadelphia. —The Johnstown Tribune, owned ' by Congressman Anderson H. Wal- ! ters eays editorially: "Mr. Walters was, directly and personally, offered a place on the slate of the Brum baugh-O'Nell forces, conditioned up on his support of Mr. O'Neil for Gov ernor. Having had at least a small part in the events which honestly sought for an agreement which would make fol- party harmony, both as to the candidate for gover nor and the platform upon which he would stand, and which resulted in the condidacy of Senator William S. Sproul on a platform admirable in every detail, in keeping with every profession of progressiveiem and ex actly right on present pressing is sues, notably that of the liquor ques tion, the offer was refused." ■ —The Philadelphia Inquirer in a York dispatch says: "A sharp con test is on for the Republican nomi nation for State Representative from the York city district. The Vare- Brumbaugh-Lafean faction is mak ing a desperate effort to defeat Rob ert C. Spangler, who has served sev eral terms in the House at Harris burg. A Statement Issued in sup port of Spangler gives some Interest ing sidelights on the situation." O'Neil men claim Clearfield c6un ty as a result of the Commissioner's Dußois visit. —Those in charge of the cam paign of Senator Sproul for Gover nor have opened headquarters in Reading in the same rooms that were bcoupied by the American Par ty In its successful fusion cam paign for City Council last fall against the Socialists. Former Judge Robert, Gray Rushong, Re publican county chairman, is at the head of the local Sproul workers. They gained a number of new fol lowers it Is said, during the past week as a result of the sensational testimony brought out at the hear ing before the Dauphin County court relative to the alleged conduct of some of the Reading O'Neil lead ers in obtaining signers to the,peti for the nomination of Secretary of tion of James Woodward of Ashland, Internal Affairs. HARRIBBURG frfUftj TEUEGR3LPH I Postal Service Demoralization It is doubtful If there ever was a time in recent yqgxs when complaints against the postal service were as general as they are to-day. And ap parently there is less excuse for bad I conditions than there ever was be fore. The government now has a wider control, complete control, of all the agencies of distribution- Yet delays in delivering mail matter are so great that the condition has been described as "terrible" by so conservative an authority as the Dl-, rector of Research of the Merchants' Association of New York, who made an investigation. Not only second class mail, but first class, letters, has become altogether uncertain as to delivery. Public confidence in the Postofflce Department is badly shak en. What is at.the bottom of the condition it is idie for the cltizAi to inquire. But it is important that the causes be discovered and re moved. A congressional investigation of delays In handling mall for the American Expeditionary Forces is contemplated. It should be thorough and expeditiously made. But the investigation should not be limited. The trouble extends throughout the country. It is harmful. "The en tire Postofflce Department is disor ganized and demoralized," is the declaration of the Merchants' Asso ciation's investigator. It would seem that such a state could arise only If the evil begins at the fountain head of the organization. For long there have been complaints in Congress against- the activities of the Post master General outside his office. If Mr. Burleson could be put to work at the country's business, to conduct which he was appointed, there might be a speedy clearing away of the congestion all along the line of mail distribution. Con gress should give attention to this matter. If the trouble is not cured business, war business- included, will become as demoralized aS is the Postofflce Department.—Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. FARMERS BUY BOND& It is hoped that records in the present Liberty Loan drive will lie kept in such a way as to show ap proximately, at least, the proportion of bonds taken by farmers. There is much loose talk on how this or that class of citizens is responding to the calls of the government. Most of this is without foundation, and in the absence of reliable figures cannot be contradicted. Occasion ally the statement of some irrespon sible individual gets into the nubile prints making ugly assettions to the effect that farmers are not doing their full share. These assertions are passed along they can not be disproved, and are Anally accepted by people whose opinions and influence are worth while. Let ters coming to us, from farmers in dicate that they are taking Liberty Bonds as freely as any other class of citizens. Their financial condi tion may not permit them to show as large aggregate subscriptions, but we are convinced that they are buy ing to a point of personal sacrifice that is exceeded by none and equaled by few. —Pennsylvania Farmer. Proud of Our Troops The' American people, who know that our men overseas are not all coming out of the war unscathed, have a right to be proud of the bearing of the Yankees in this, their first terrific action. They have also a right to be curious as to the rea sons why the official report of the battle—a document which is neither discouraging nor depressing was held overnight in the War Depart ment while Wolff's Bureau was send ing oufithe semi-official and mislead ing German version of the fight.— From the New York Sun. In ihe Manner of Nelson The attack on Zeebrugge has a suggestion of romance about it. It recalls the cutting out expeditions, with muffled oars and all the thrills of dead-of-the-night surprises, in which the old naval historians and novelists revelled. It will thrill Britain because Britain is still essen tially a seafaring nation. Its pride is in the greatest fleet which guards its shores and which has carried war into every nook and corner of the Seven Oceans. When the navy is in action Britons never think that they are lighting with their backs to the wall. —From the New York Tribune. Holland's Difficult Position Holland's position is most danger ous and difficult. She may be forc ed to take up arms against any at tempt to enforce Germany's de mands. That would,expose her to conquest and subjugation, for the time being. In view of the certainty of her deliverance when Germany is overthrown, that would be hers should she be persuaded or by any means induced to join Germany in the war. Then the vast and rich Dutch colonies would become prizes of the powers that control the seas. —From the New York Times. Stains Hard to Wash [Prom the Brooklyn Eagle.] In Manhattan a woman arrested for hanging a German flag in her Lexington avenue front window pleaded that she had washed it and hung it out to dry. She goes to prison, as is proper. Nobody can wash the German flag until a free Germany goes into the laundry busi ness. Allies' Status Is Ours Tf the British Army is at bay, so are we. If the men to whom Haig addressed his eloquent appeal have their backs to the wall, so have we. It is our battle they are fighting.— Savanah News. Jugs Empty in Maine It is said that there are no new tin cans for the new maple syrup. Well, there are quite a lot tff jugs in this state which aren't' working just yow.—Portland Press. Ain't It Fine Today? What's the use of always weepln', Makin' trouble last? What'# the use of always keepin' Thinkin' of the past? Each must have his tribulation. Water with his wine. Life it ain't no celebratibn Trouble? I've had nine— But to-day is fine. Sure, this world is full o trouble I ain't said it ain't. Lord; I've had enough, and double, Reason for complaint. Rab an' storm have come to fret re>e, Skies were often gray; Thorns and brambles have beset me • On the road—but, say, Ain't it fine to-day! It's to-day that I am livin' Not a month ago. Havin', losin', talkin', Kivin', An time wills it so j Yesterday a cloud of sorrow Fell across thfc way I It may rain again to-morrow, j It may rain—but, say, Ain't it tine to-day! I —Douglas Malloch. I - Hotv Long Before Sands Will Run Out? _ —■■ MAN IT'6 STILL" _ Q V V' R , TOUGHER THAN BOL^ ED OWL AXI> IF Tin-: <;oosi: is NOT COOKKD HY THAT TIME— -DCNNER-WETTKR: For the Downfall From the Springfield (Mass.) Republican OF suggestive interest in the mid§t of the prosecution of the Geripan purpose of rule the world are passages in a speech by Lord Macaulay, delivered at Edin burgh in 1852, on liis return to Par liament after an absence of five years. That period had covered the French Revolution of 1848 an4_all that it involved of European over turn, and to those turbulent happen ings he did not fail to refer. Here is a striking passage in Macaulay's reference: "For myself, I stood again; and though naturaHy of a sanguine dis position, I did not for one moment doubt whether the progress of so ciety was not about to be arrested, nay, whether we were not doomed to pass in one generation from the civilization of the Nineteenth Cen tury to the barbarism of the Fifth. I remembered that Adam Smith and Gibbon had told us that the Dark Ages were gone, nevermore to return, that modern Europe was in no dan-, ger of the fate which had befallen the Roman empire. The flood, they said, would return no more to cover the earth, and they seemed to rea son Justly, for they compared the immense strength of the enlightened part of the world with the weakness of the part which remained savage; and they asked whence would come the Huns and Vandals who should again destroy civilization? "It had not occurred to them that civilization itself might engender the barbarians who should destroy it. It had not occurred to them that in the I very heart .of great capitals, in the neighborhood of splendid palaces and churches and theaters and li braries and museums, vice and ignor ance might produce a race of Huns THE STATE PRESS The way to get peace is to make war so terrifying that the Germans will cry for it. —Johnstown Tribune. In tens of thousands of German homes the brief of bereavement is present, but the Kaiser's six sons are yet hale and hearty.—Exchange. We laughed at Henry Ford's peace ship and his "getting the boys out of the trenches by Christmas." But by the time the Kaiser has to call quits we may yet give Henry credit for being instrumental in getting the beys out of the trenches —'by the far better peace propaganda of building airplane motors and subdestroyers on the same scale that he built his little automobile. —Lebanon Daily N>ws. The time for leniency with German spies is past. "I have the honor to inform you tha.t I have caught one of your command within the Amer ican lines," wrote Israel Putnam to a British commander. "He was ar rested as a spy, he will be tried as a spy, and, if convicted, he will be hanged as a sfry." P. S.—"He was hanged at 4 o'clock to-day." We need a Putnam on the job.—Amster dam (N. Y.) Recorder. Of course, the German fleet may come out, but what bothers the All- Highest, alias Gyp the Blood, is the tnought it may never come back in again.—Macon Telegraph. One of the German hopes regard-j ing the submarines was that they wpuld scare America out of sending troops to France, and if yye ventur ed to send them, the transport would be sunk. We are pouring men into France at a great rate, and npt a transport eastwardbound has been sunk. One of the deputies says mournfully: "America is not show ing the least inclination # to yielrf." That Is one of the comparatively few true things that have come out of Germany. The submarine is having no effect whatever upon the courso iof the war.—Phldadelphia Record. fiercer than those who marched un der Attila and of Vandals more bent on destruction than those who fol. lowed Genserlc. Such possibility was not detected by Adam Smith and Gibbon, or oth er historians and statesmen, but how far easier the projection of what came in that time than the realiza tion in our day .that the kultur of Germany would produce what we have seen and are seeing. Macaulay rooted the peril of his time in vice and ignorance; we have found it in perverted education and arrogance that is not of Christ. The disorders whereat Macaulay stood aghast are less revolting and more in the na tural order of things than the brutal excesses and ordered cruelty that ac company and mark with savagery and slaughter unsurpassed the scheme of conquest in which Em peror William glories and for which he seeks partnership with his God. "Whence were to come the Huns and the Vandals who should again destroy civilization?" They have come to us out of Germany and threaten to reach the United States. What a staggering chapter of his tory is being made before our eyes! Again the challenging question has come. Is( civilization to be saved? "A war between Odin and Christ," Elihu Root says this is, and as "by their works ye ehall know them," so it is. "It is a struggle for the overthrow of the maintenance of all the progress that the civilization of a century has made toward Chris tianity." In the light of what has happened in this war, there is pos sible to the fair-minded no otfcer 'conclusion than that. In this situa tion, infinitely more disturbing than that which Macaulay reviewed, the United States has taken its (dace with Christ for the downfall of Odin. LABOR NOTES On June 4, at New York city, Amalgamated Lace Operatives of America will convene. It costs New York state $282.60 to maintain a criminal in a correc tional institution for one year. Nova Scotia steel workers have se cured a membership of 3,200 in less than live months. In 1909 of the 47,231 erpployes in the "cotton industry in North Caro lina over eighteen per cent, were under 16 years of age. Girl pupils of the Cleveland schools will be taught the same trades as the boys in the trade and technical schools If they desire. More small towns in Norway use electricity than in any other country, owi-ng to the abundance of water power. , An increase of ten per cent, in wages has ben granted the workers by the Dominion Textile Works of Kingston, Canada. < A reasonable supply of farm help at $65 per month 1s being looked for by Alberta (Canada) Department of Agriculture. Oakland (Cal.) branch of the Boilermakers' Union has decided to expel'any member found to be slack ing on war work. • A girl cannot live on less than $11.70 a week in New York, accord ing to figures furnished by the State Factory Investigating Commission. A chain of 100 small municipal stores to sell butter, eggs and pota j totfs at cost to New York's poor [planned by * the market commis sioner. London City an<* Midland Bank has on its staff throughout England and In Lohdon 3,600 women who are doing clerical work. APRIL 29, I9TB. EDITORIAL COMMENT Germany rejects , Mr. Wilson's league of Peace proposition as fantastic." It certainly would be fantastic, if Germany were to be ad mitted in her present govermental garb. But that riot Mr. Wilson's color scheme.—Kansas City Star. The enemies of the Germans in this countrjl knew that the Germans would be given the credit for the dis loyal Socialist votes in Wisconsin and elsewhere, so they went and voted the Socialist ticket, and thus brought dishonor on the thoroughly loyal Germans.—Chicago Abendpost. Any person who ever tried to cross an American street in the rush hour will know immediately how useless it will be to attempt to operate German submarines on'the sea after Mr. Ford's destroyers are there in force. —Kansas City Star. Our mathematical artist has fig ured out that every discharge of that seventy-flve-mile gun, at a cost of $5,000, kills on an average one French mother and child by shell fire and a dozen German mothers and children by starvation. New York Evening Post. OUR DAILY LAUGH JUST SO. Vv Adam was 1 y first. And men have been waiting for their wives ever since. y a < i llL,^:sTloN • QgjK/ Professor Bug says there are VT over 10,000,000 / germs on a dol- I• W W lar t>ul - That sounds lmaginar | ! It does. Where gAilgaj did the pro i fessor get a dol lar bill. ADVICE TO 4. I don't blame V • a girl for mass- ing a -wad of glp j hair over each m/\W / 2T oar, if she has ■ 1 f r *V. 'J*' plenty of hair. But I wouldn't leave the back of my head as H TOT 17 bare as a cocoa- f J nut, if I were a 3^^ t EXPERIENCE. How long have you been Long enough to know that whenever any thing goes Wrong at our house it's my Abetting Qlljat Quite gratifying In the statement made by many members of teams I which canvassed the city last week for *he Third Liberty Loan that they found the people waiting 1 for them. It had been said for a month I in advance of the time set for be- 1 ginning the drive for this loan that ] it was going to be the hardest of all. J Men who had experienced no difTi- fl culty in obtaining subscriptions in M the first two loans had misgivings fl übout the success of the third cam- ■ palgn and while there was no falter ing at the start some of the can-fl vassers went out with their made up to win a struggle. It to have been the general rule they were agreeably surprised. trlotic Harrisburg that does shout its sentiments in the section or discuss its financial fairs-in Third or Market streets pears to have been "just layiniH back" to show what it could do. it did it. The folks up town, town, out on .the llill, in the streets and on the narrow fares have just put over the flnrfl little surprise party some of young men active in business here have ever run up against. whole city is full of stories about ing after liberty Bond subscript that are pleasant to listen to. number of Incidents in which men from the volunteer teams, gave up business and pleasure even sleep to make the Capital "go over the top," were turned - or "bumped," to use the slang was small and they have been ported for consideration this by the "persuaders" or the ing squad," as may be It is not the intention of any the men who so loyally worked week to make the loar) a force anyone who honestly can afford to buy this time a bond, but the man who has in the bank or in his sock or has "It" out at eight per cent. does.not want to disturb "it" or will not go to a bank to get when his credit is glittering on surface and solid all the way is going to get attention. As for men who seem disloyal their will be studied. This commutH has not shown any dispositional take matters into its own handsel has been done in various Pennsylvania towns. It Is and it has been long suffering, i fl it wants colors shown. \IH * * * fl Speaking about the Loan men's experiences they may be med up in the story told by one "I had a street up town, a had never been on but once in my life," said he. "I went to house and while I was there a came out of the next house and ;isl if I was not going to stop there As a matter of fact, I did not that house on my card. I had one else, but there had been a I said I would be there 'But,' said the girl, 'Can't you this subscription now. We've waiting for you.' In the next I was asked 'if the neighbors taken bonds and when I said they all wanted to know how so as to go a few better." • • • "I had a little house on my and I wondered what in the of sense they ever gave it to me said another man. "It was outH bletown way. I was going to it up, but I saw the old woman lived there eyeing me across street. It was the second trip I made in that street. I went and she handed me ten notes with her subscription. hat's hard to get off, but I took subscription with my hat under arm. A. subscription coming that home beat some of the sands I heard about." ' • • • A friend of mine who works a vengeance at anything ho takes said he signed up a man the back of a trowel for a write a name. "I just went to they were building and asked about bonds?' and they all They were waiting," was the ho put it. Another man went with a check from almost 'bank in Harrisburg in his pocke* "expedite matters" as he put it. man gave a particularly cranky on his list a ride to Rockville car and landed him. * * • The stories that are being about the bond subscriptions well worth getting together. I experience gained by the men were on the teams will be Iramerß valuable, but best of all is the zatiort by everyone that is patriotic with its money just is with its voice. This war is <!(■ a good many things for and not the least is that the ■ ward and the Fourth and enth have been lining up when necessary to send men or fl I * * * The. posters which have adorning the city, public buUH and residence, street corner aucH cant lot, stfffe window and bllllH the last week have stimulated* lection of them for the future. are some collectlcfns in which number dozens and be a very interesting illustrations the way this city felt in war ■ The recent display at the HarrljM Public Library was an eye for many people. WELLJCNOWN PEOPLM —Walter George Smith, pres® of the American Bar was speaker at-the big Day celebration at Carnegie tute, Pittsburgh. —Lieutenant Colonel Crum, head of the plants at Rock Island, is a I town man. —Mayor Louis Franke, of town, has taken personal alien registration In his city. —Dr. Joseph P. Hutchinson™ Philadelphia, hija been decoraft e <M the- French government for in France. —The Rev. Dr. John R. DavH Presbyterian pastor of has returned from Florida. 1 DO YOU KNOW —That Harrisburg's newer resi dential sections arc giving mnch attention to trees, while the older ones are letting thcui die? . _ * HISTORIC HARRISBCRG | Many Harrisburg lirpis used to have their own cars to haul mer chandise" from Philadelphia and New York in the early days of the two railroads. No Body For Absorption Mr. Hoover does noi approve of doughnuts because they soak up so much fat. So far as has been ob served here, the very large hole of the contemporary doughnut is not tak)ng uu muyh fat.—Newark Ad i vocato.
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