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THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1918
True happiness
Consists not in the multitude of
friends
But in the worth and choice.
—B*;N JOHNSON.
WHAT'S YOUR IDEA?
A READER of the Telegraph
suggests that the sale of Thrift
Stamps and War Saving Stamps
might be promoted in Harrisburg
by the display of a distinctive flag
at every place where the stamps
may be purchased.
This has the appearance of a
good Idea. It ought to be adopted.
Perhaps there are many more such
ideas floating about that never
come to the ears of those In charge
of the stamp campaigns. What's
yours? If you have a pet scheme
for War Savings Stamps sales or
some plan of your own whereby
you render the purchase of them
easy for yourself write a brief let
ter to the Telegraph telling about it.
It Is now Dr. William C. Sproul, and
his friends are confidently predicting
that it will be Governor Sproul next
year.
VOICING A PROTEST
IT IS Interesting and helpful to
observe the constructive effort of
our esteemed Sunday contempo
rary, The Courier, to arouse a more
general and widespread interest
in the administration of the af
fairs of the city. Repeatedly the
Telegraph has called attention to
an apparent indifference to local
administration and the attitude of
The Courier, as well as a disposition
in other quarters to focus public
attention upon municipal activities,
will encourage all who believe that
through the co-operation of all
Sfosses of our citizens only can we
uphold the best traditions of Har
risburg.
As was Indicated by this newspa
per a few days ago, too many ex
cuses for inefficiency and failure are
based upon alleged "war necessity."
This will not deceive any consider
able number of people for any con
siderable time. It is possible, as the
immortal Lincoln suggested, to fool
all of the people some of the time,
but all the people can't be fooled
all of the time.
We are not surprised that The
Courier calls attention to enormous
increases in expenditures without
resulting benefit. Of course, there
been large increases due to jumping
war prices of labor and materials,
but these expenses are not all
chargeable to this fact alone.
The one thing in particular to
which The Courier refers, and which
has been a matter of public com
ment, is the failure of the Commis- j
sioner of Public Safety to provide a
thoroughly qualified engineer for the
conduct of the important water de
partment. It was understood, after
the grave and inexcusable break
down of the water system last win
ter, that an operating head who knew
his business would be employed. In
fact, the Council put itself on record
lr this matter. Up to the present
ti.ne, however, this has not been done
and no public explanation has been
given for the failure to do so. Com
missioner Hassler makes no pre
tense of being qualified to look
at,ter the technical details of so im
portant a utility as the water sys
tem of Harrisburg. He is a physician
and not an engineering expert. It
ought to be apparent without fur
ther discusion that he should have
an experienced engineer to operate
the pumping station and the filter
plant The people of this city will not
again excuso any failure such as as
tounded the community last winter.
There has been a tremendous
Jump in the city budget for 1913
The Courier says sl2o,ooo—and the
people will demand an accounting of
those who are responsible for the
administration. It is said that exces
sive prices are being paid in the ash
and garbage bureau for truck serv
ice and that a large increase of
cost has followed the change of sys
tem.
We are passing through a period
when individuals are conserving in
every direction. Economy is being
practiced in every household to meet
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* EVENING, ~ HARBISBURG C#B6l TELEGRAPH MAY 16, 1918.
the extraordinary war sacrifices and
needs. Individauls will not excuse of
ficials for any disregard of ordinary
care in public expenditure, nor will
they overlook indifference or care
less br incompetent administration.
More and more our citizens are
coming to believe that the business of
Harrisburg is quite as important as
any private business and that the
commission form of government is
essentially a failure because it leads
ito competition for jobs, instead of
broad and intelligent public service.
The Courier is simply voicing the
thought of many citizens and is giv
ing expression to a protest whjch is
likely to become more vehement as
time goes, on unless there is a sud
den and radical improvement in ad
ministrative lhethods.
Who says the banking institutions
of Harrisburg are not patriotic and
generous. Already one of the leading
trust companies has declared a special
Red Cross dividend.
ECONOMY OF VICTORY
A DOLLAR'S worth of Thrift
Stamps is worth more to the
Government of the United-States and
is a better investment than $1 put
into a Liberty Bond. The worth of
the stamp as compared with the
bond is apparent from an interest
standpoint and from the fact that
the stamp can be cashed in any time
| for face value. The value of the
statip to the Government lies in
the fact that it is purchased in a
very large number of cases out of
savings, whereas in many instances
Liberty Bonds are purchased from
money In bank or the sale of other
property. Since the war must be
won by saving and not by money
already in hand, the popularity of
the War Stamp in financial circles
can be easily understood.
President Arthur T. Hadley, of
Yale University, has issued a state
ment through the Connecticut War
Savings Committee, in which he de
clares that savings will win the war,
because "probably one-tenth of the
total labor of the country and one
fifth of its high-grade labor is being
utilized for war purposes." Presi
dent Hadley says:
To prevent this loss of pro
ductive power from becoming a
disaster, those of us who stay at
home must work harder and con
sume less. This is the only way
in which the nation can meet its
war bills. Loans and taxes may
give the Government the neces
sary dollars, but loans and taxes I
will not enable us to win the war
unless they are backed up by
actual savings. For the war is
not won by dollars. It is won by
food and clothing, by coal and iron.
That is why a man or woman who
saves money to invest in Govern
ment stamps helps the country
more than the bank that finances
the loan or "the capitalist who
sells railroad stock to convert it
into Government bonds. The bank
or capitalist V'ves the Govern
ment dollars, but dollars without
goods behind thorn mean in
creased prices, not increased in
dustrial efficiency. A man who
saves money out of current in
come saves goods as well as dol
lars. His subscription to the
Government loan represents an
excess of production over con
sumption, an actual creation of
capital which can be used for war
purposes. If he has made money
to put into the Government loan
by working harder, he has helped
to make good the deficiency in
labor power due to the draft.
This is the reason why Thrift
Stamps and War Stamps purchased
cut of current savings are even more
important to the Government in
this crisis than Liberty Bonds bought
from accumulated money.
There is none so poor that he can
not buy occasionally a Thrift Stamp.
There is none who will not be the
better for such a purchase. None
of us can dodge personal responsi
bility for this war. Everybody must
give either himself or his money.
What will be the position of the
man who refuses to purchase Gov
ernment securities when the war Is
over and he is asked, ."What did
YOU do to help save the country?"
No matter what this war costs
I the Government and the people of
the United States in the way of
money, It Is going to be much
cheaper to win this war than to
lose it.
The commercial and financial
losses that would follow a German
victory are not to be calculated.
All that we spent would be lost, in
/
demnities beyond calculation would
have to be paid, and along with
these losses would come a continuing
loss of foreign commerce that would
spell disaster.
With these material losses we
would lose our national liberty and
independence, our power to secure
our international rights, our right to
live In a world ruled by ':ho dictates
of humanity and civilization.
What are we going to do about it?
There is but one answer—support
the Government to the limit.
Just now that means, buy Thrift
and War Savings Stamps.
If it is necessary to ask the Legis
lature for authority to employ pris
oners on the ppblic highways, let the
Commissioners of Dauphin county
blaze the trail. It is the commonsense
thing to do, and might have been done
long ago, with benefit alike to the
taxpayers and the prisoners them
selves. In bringing this matter be
fore the commissioners, the Board of
P.rl*an Jnnoactojj tuive shown a proper
] appreciation of the trend of the timea
| and likewise of war conditions,
i Husky prisoners should at least be
| earning their board and lodging:.
HUGHES' APPOINTMENT
APPOINTMENT of Charles
Evans Hughes by
Wilson to assist in thiKaircraft
failure probo >s both an assurance
of a thorough inquiry and a guar
antee that' the President means there
shall be no white-washing. More cf
such nonpartisan selections for im
portant duties would strengthen the
President immeasurably in the minds
of the people.
Mr. Hughes" record in the New
York insurance investigations staVnps
him as a fearless and skillful law
yer and his intense patriotism will
provide the motive for going to the
bottom of the wholo matter. AVe
shall now be uurs of getting the
whole truth.
WELCOME TO THEM
THE Bonniwell headquarters in
Pittsburgh are in charge of a
"whiskey Republican," says the
local subsidized organ of the Demo
cratic machine to-day. That's all
right, the Democrats are welcome
to that kind of Republicans.
T>ol£C<*tn.
"7 > e)v>voi|Co'Q,Kta
By the Kx-Commit tec man
The primary campaign for state
nominations in Pennsylvania Is en
tering upon its final stages to-day.
Men connected with the state EOV
ornment have started to go to their
homes to perfect their lines and
there are hurried conferences being
held with the leaders of the fac
tions of the two major. The re
ports are commencing to reach the
headquarters and the activity of men
who are supported io "get out the
vote" is rather significant.
The "dry" organizations are com
mencing to stir around on the leg
islative situation as it is realized!
that unless the voters are gotten to j
the polls the "wets", will nail down'
nominations which "dry" men now!
think they have cincjied. Through-!
out tho state it seems to be the idea
of Republican voters that there is|
nothing to choose between Sproul)
and O'Neil in regard to prohibition
and that they stand for the samel
thing.
The Democratic campaign is a fine
old row in which the "wets" and
the Old Guard are out taking put
shots at Joseph F. Guffey and his
colleagues on the machine ticket.
Gurte.v is very indignant that any one
should think of opposing him when
the President is for him.
—Senator Sproul will be in the
eastern counties the remainder cf
the week and his friends claim
that 110 will not only carry Phila
delphia in style, but roll up a com
fortable majority in the rest of the
state. This claim is angrily refuted
JIY tl'e O'Neil people who say that
o Nell will go to the Philadelphia
line with 4 0,000 majority and have
a nice majority inside of the city.
Mr Guffey claims a big majority arid
Judge Bonniwell says he is going to
win by 25,000.
—The whole thing In the Repub
lican fight turns on the Tares and
it is strongly suspected that wh<le
the Vares themselves will swing their
wards for O'Neil the rest of the Vare
organization will be for Sproul.
. —Governor Brumbaugh and Com
missioner O'Neil held forth at Pitts
burgh and in various towns round
about yesterday nnd the Governor
attacked Senator Sproul. At Ihc
same time Mayor 13. V. Bahcook
made a strong speech for the Dela
ware man. The Governor and O'Neil
are due at Reading to-day. Attorney
General Brown is in Allegheny coun
ty to direct the wind-up there
—Senator E. E. Beidleman is
touring the anthracite region and
meeting many friends, while lohn
R. K. Scott is busy around Phila
delphia and seeming to keep away
from O'Neil.
- —While Judge Bonniwell is In the
JT'.learfleld region the Guffey party is
lining *up Lackawanna county.
—The Dry Federation Is out with
a circular in which it denies that It
is a personally-conducted enterprise
of O'Neil and that attacks on it are
due to Its refusal to endorse Sproul.
The actions of the Federation speak
for themselves.
—Speaking of the judicial appoint
ment situation, the Philadelphia
Press joins the Evening Bulletin In
regretting what has come to pass.
The Press says: "The Governor will
appoint no judges until after the
primaries and maybe- not then. If
he were looking for good judicial
material to put on the bench the
primaries would not interest him.
There are no Supreme judges to be
nominated this year and the pri
maries will give no popular expres
sion of opinion on that point. It
may show, however, the force and
strength of the factional political
currents. For that reason, Governor
Brumbaugh will keep the Seats in the
Supreme bench vacant until he sees
clearly the political slant that from
his point of view ought to be given
to these Important appointments.
Altogether, we hardly expect that
any high-class selection for the Su
preme bench will be made by Gov
ernor Brumbaugh, whether he shall
name tliem before or after the pri
mary election."
—The Insider, writing in the
Philadelphia Press has this to say
on the incidents in Philadelphia and
the attitude of the Vares: "An im
partial consideration of what facts
are available, including the reports
of the canvasses that indicate Sproul
sentiment, would lead to the conclu
sion that the Vare organization
knows Senator Sproul Is the popular
candidate with its workers and vot
ers. There is hardly any doubt of
the fact that If the issue were purely
between Senator Sproul and Com
missioner O'Neil, with nothing .else
Involved, they would long since have
been out In unqualified endorsement
of the Senator from Delaware.
"But. of course, the issue is far
from being purely between Sproul
and O'Neil. As far as the Vare fac
tion Ms concerned, the issue is be
tween Penrose and Governor Brum
baugh. The Vares have put up Con
gressman Scott as a direct test of
strength in Philadelphia, if not in
the state, between themselves and
Senator Penrose. And as a wheel
within a wheel, they are tangled up
whether they will or not, with Gov
ernor Brumbaugh's feud against
Penrose, which is . separate from
their own in essence. The Gover
nor's feud is expressed in his de
termination to beat Senator Penrose
by the espousal of O'Neil for guber-
I natorial honors."
AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEEUN'? .... .- •BY BRJGGS~|
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AND THS SHFLL STRIKES Bfr
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Over tke
Many Allentown soldiers are fa
miliar with Pennsylvania German
and sometimes use it in conversation
among themselves. Since arriving
at Camp Upton strict orders have
been issued that conversation in
Pennsylvania German will no longer
be tolerated there.
A member of tha German Reich
stag vouchsafes the Information
that 100, marks, or about
$25,000,000,000 is the amount of the
indemnity the kaiser is going to levy
on the United States.TTe hee!
There is said to be luck in odd
numbers, and there are prudent
farmers' wives who are careful to
put an otld number of eggs under a
hen for hatching. Of course, the
fatal thirteen is an exception to the
rule.
A Kentucky firm of grain dealers
advertifed it had 1,250 bushels of
corn to be husked in a hurry. Im
mediately several hundred Red
Cross women offered to work at six
cents a bushel. Donning overalls,
ols dresse, kimonos, bathrobes and
even bathing suits, women, married
and unmarried, wives of bankers,
lawyers, preachers, laborers stuck to
the job, clearing $7 5 for the organ
ization. "They fairly, made the
husks fly," is the locitl report.
The Wakoville Post prints the
tragic news that Abe Pelter "gave
his horse poultry medicine by mis
take and now the critter has
scratched up the whole pasture,
looking as 'hough he wanted to find
a place to set."
After being separated for 46 years,
six children of a Civil War veteran
—Charles A. Ulrich, J. Harry Ulrlch,
William W. Ulrich, George W. Ulrlch
of Chicago, Mrs. Mary Meyers of
Lewistown, Pa., antl Mrs. William
Vincent—are united. All the family
went through the meatless and other
foodless sacrifices of the Civil War
period in Lewiston. Charles A. Ul
rich, rccaling those days and com
paring thfm with the present time,
said: "So far, people of this gener
ation do not know what war sacri
fice means. Neither will they until
our schools and churches are turned
into hospitals for wounded soldiers
brought back from over there, as
they were in Harrisburg after the
battle of Gettysburg."
"And He Called It Germany"
TH. C. Witwer, in Collier's Weekly.]
Well. Joe, we gotta lot of new
songs over here now, besides "Where
Do We Go From Here?" which same
is our favorite, and a lot more of
the old standbys, which runs moVe
to the sob. stuff. This one is all the
rage here now with the English,
and we often sing it together. It
was wrote by a English guy which
,used to be a actor and is now tryin'
to live that down by fightin' for his
country.
I'll tell you tho words so's you
can learn it before you come over
and also because the words is as
good as the music, which happens
very seldom in songs—hey, Joe?
The tune is "A Little Bit of Heaven."
(Remember how John McCormack
used to make that baby lay down
and roll over?) This one Is called
"A Little Bit of Hell." It goes like
this:
Have you heard the tale about the
land that lies beyond the Rhine,
And who it was discovered that home
of Huns and swine?
One day old Satan felt distressed,
the sparks flew from his eyes,
And he Bald: "I'll find another home
somewhere beneath the skies."
Chorus:
So old Satan found a spot on earth,
all steeped In blood and crime.
And he hollers out with all his might
"This bit of earth is mine!"
'Tis thi land of Huns and Kultur, is
this little bit of hell,
Where they butcher babes and moth
ers,' as they murdered Nurse
Cavell.
They sent their Imps in submarines
to murder on the sea,
And the rotten Kaiser never thought
what would the harvest be;
So the\Devil sent for all his mob and
shouted out with glee:
"I am going to move my Demons
here," and he called It Germany!
Some ballad, hey, Joe? The Eng
lish sing it more than we do, hut
we got a new line for the end of the
chorus:
"When we get through with Kaiser
J"ll. they'll be no Germafly!"
History of An
[FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES]
(Prom the New York Times.)
"The Liberal Frankfurter Zeitung,
though admitting that the treaty
with Rumania is not in keeping with
that resolution, greets it with satis
faction." George Renwick's dis
patch in yesterday's Times.
The resolution Mr. Renwick re
fers to is the Reichstag resolution
solemnly disclaiming any intention
to make annexations. That reso
lution is as dead as Julius Caesar
now, and it never was alive In Ger
many; yet what a life it had outside
of Germany! A pernicious life; it
throve lustily among pacifists and
dullards in the united Sthtes, Eng
land, France," Russia and Italy; it
had the growth of Jonah's gourd
among the traitors and seditionarles
in those countries. Everywhere it
was pointed to as proof that we
needed only to stop this wicked light
ing and get comfortably around- a
table with Germany, and all mis
understandings would be smoothed
away. For awhile it was uphill work
for commonsense to get her word
in, to make men hear that the reso
lution meant nothing, that Germany
could not be negotiated with until
she had been beaten.
Life! It had a lusty life, outside
of Germany. It lived stalwartly In
Russia. It was on July 19 that the
Reichstag adopted that resolution,
and it was on July 23 that the All-
Kussian Soviet", then under Keren
sky's control, issued to its armies tho
proclamation beginning: ,
"Fellow-Soldiers: One of our ar
mies has wavered, its regiments have
lied before the enemy. Pari of our
front has been broken. Emperor
William's hordes, which have moved
forward, are bringing with them
and destruction."
It had a great life, for a time, in
Italy. The glad news that the
Reichstag had pledged Germany to
make no annexations, that the Kaiser
had accepted the resolution through
Chancellor Mlchaelis, went through
the Italian army in the Alps like
quicksilver. The pacifist and the So
cialist went along with if, saying
everywhere, "Why go on fighting?
The Germans don't want to light any
more than you do. Lay down your
arms, the Germans will do tlte same,
and then there will be an honorable
peace, with no annexations on either
side." On October 24, in the Alps,
the resolution of July 19 completed
its fatal work, and, in the form of a
German army, swept like a whirl
wind through the Italian soldiers
and down into the plains of Italy,
carrying with it the usual atrocities,
the usual slavery of the old men,
women and children it encountered
in its path.
It had a brave life in England,
France and the United States; no lie
ever had a braver. But in these
j countries there was always a steady
! majority which kept its head. The
LABOR NOTES
Peterboro (Can.) city teamsters
will receive $5 a day.
An agreement between Springfield
(111.) Teamsters' Union and the Team
Owners' Association provides for a
wage Increase of $4.50 a week.
Total membership of Canadian
trade unions at the close of 1917 was
204,360, or an Increase of 44,223 over
the previous year. Local unions in
creased 132 to a total of 1,974.
Warnings From Gerard
It may >be of Interest now to
call extracts of letters forwarded to
me by Ambassador Gerard from Ber
lin, says a correspondent of the New
York Times. He says:
"I do not expect to see Germany
'outhungered.'"—November 9, 1916.
"There is absolutely no chance of
peace. The war Is going on for a
year or more." —November 23, li>ls.
"I tell you forcibly that if I were
dying and could send but one mes
sage, 1 should warp America to be
ready."—December 28, 1915.
"Germany will undoubtedly last
through, especially with grain from
Rumania, and copper from conquer
ed Serbia and a large mine in Sax
ony. There is enough rubber in hand
for military purposes. * * * I don't
think that the blockade, however un
comfortable It may make Germany,
will decide the war."—June 21, 1916.
"Hope this Mexican flurry has so
bered you and shown the need for
real preparedness."—July 26, 1916.
lie of July 19 was not yet done with
its work in Russia; even after the
fall of Riga the deluded Soviets went
on trusting to it, believing that they
had the clue to what was going on in
the minds of the German people,
that all they had to do was to lay
down their arms, and then, if the
German militarists should give the
order to fire on them, the German
people would rise and enforce its
declaration of July 19. So they gave
the supreme proof of their trust'by
disbanding the Russian army; and
German troops have been cutting
Russia's arteries ever since, to the
j accompaniment of joyful applause
from all Germany.
And now the resolution, which
never had a life in Germany, but had
such a glorious life elsewhere while
it lasted, is as dead everywhere as
in Germany. Ukraine and Rumania
slew it; there is none so dense as to
give it the pretense of belief.
"Democratic journals like the Tage
blatt," says Mr. Renwick, "register
their approval of this use of force,"
in Rumania. No one objects, in
-Germany. As for Ukraine, there are
•uneasy voices in Berlin, but only on
the ground of expediency; It is, per
haps, unsafe to goad the Ukrainians
too far into madness.
Why was it so sure, from the first, I
that the resolution of July 19 had
110 real life in Germany, could only
have a life outside? Because, even
if the Richstag meant it, the Reichs
tag's declaration was worthless.
Civilians have ceased to have any
part in the decision of Germany's
policies, except what the generals
let them have. The decisions of
pivilians, of lawmakers, of states
men, mean nothing unless they
please the soldiers and are approved
by them. Constitutional government
is becoming only a form in Ger
many; the absolute despotism of the
Middle Ages is returning there, and
it makes 110 difference what Reichs
tags may resolve or say or do. t It
may "resolute till the cows co'me
home," and still its resolutions will
mean nothing unless the Vehmege
rlcht of Potsdam stamps them
"O. K." When an agreement on any
thing W reached between those two
factors" (the nominal government
and the generals), "It is only
achieved by the government giving
way." So said Noske, Socialist
deputy, In the main committee of the
Reichstag, last Wednesday; and he
added; "There is no getting away
from the impression that Germany is
under absolute rule." Let us
pay the Reichstag the compliment
of agreeing, for argument's sake,
that the resolution of July 19 was
not an intentional fraud, that the
Reichstag really meant it at the
time, and then comes the inevitable
question: What difference docs that
make? What has the Reichstag got
to do with It?
THE STATE PRESS
The history of the present conflict
shows that nations have profited lit
tle or nothing by the teachings, the
discoveries, the inventions, the
science and the literature of many
1 centuries. They still .continue to de
termine the quarrels of rulers by
the cave dwellers' method of the
of the property and lives
of individuals, and in the present
war the military propagandists of
German kultur have excelled their
ancestors only in atrocious cruelty.
The soldiers of Attila, however, did
not make a practice of raping wom
en, of impaling infants on spear
points and of murdering prisoners
and' noncombatants. If the soldiers
of Germany were asked what they
are fighting for they would reply as
did the German soldiers who deso
lated Africa or Invaded Gaul, "We
know not, save that It is the will of
Caesar."—Lebanon Dally News.
Industrial production is a science
and In the world competition we
must meet nations who conduct it on
a scientific baslb. We have in the
past worked on a traditional and
haphazard basis. If a mechanical or
agricultural method was handed
down by the fathers. It became fixed
for many years. There were not
many producers who would analyze
■it to its elemental principles to find
if it was correct. This spirit of pa
tient, indefatigable investigation qf
detail, of research for complete in
formation about processes and ma
terials, is necessary to any national
efficiency. The people who are win
ning to-day are those who have
caught this idea of patient intensive
study—of all sources of information
about their work, —Kaston Fret
Press.
He Saw Two
[From the European Edition of the
New York Herald]
He was a convivial old soul and
in the small country village he
missed the delights of town.
So he consoled himself at the vil
lage inn and next morning he was
up before the local j. p. at the
neighboring town.
"The constable," observed the
city man to the magistrate, "seems
wonderfully certain about the details
of my case. How is it he doesn't call
his fellow officer to corroborate
what he says?"
"There's only one constable in
Peddleford," explained the magis
trate.
"But I saw two last night." in
dignantly asserted the accussed.
"Exactly," said the magistrate,
smiling broadly. "That's just the
charge against you."
Kindness to Enemies
The American government is wel
coming the relief work undertaken
in this country through the auspices
of the legations of Switzerland and
Sweden in the interests of the needy
alien enemies in the United States.
It is the intention to supply relief for
the families of interned aliens. This
is the Christian spirit. It is the spirit
of civilization* and whether it is of
reciprocal operation in Germany
matters not. The United States does
not pattern after Germany, but it
can set an example in the care of
humanity for the balance of the
world.—Charlotte Observer.
I OUR DAILY LAUGH
AT THE
CIRCUS.
Then the tat
too artiats does j
not merely dec- I
orate the sur
deep designs.
iT7>( PUZZLED.
Vl } J/l\ frih) Ant — l don't
| ( jM. L'/AjJnL see why folks
don't put a
guide post so a
'/J feller'd know
■■/ i .... which one of
r ° ads to
TUNATE.
Miss Cigar—
I Oh, horrors, Y/Xw jBl
there's that } \
fresh Willie
Cigarette, Just 4sp/lv/h<.
when I'm loos- / /M\
tag my wrapper.
"Aren't you one of the men who
married a short time ago to keep
out of the army?"
"Yep, I'm one of 'em. But then
i a guy can't be scrappin' all the time.
1 So here I am."
lEbenmg (ttlfal
Men who have been connected
with the three Liberty Loan
drives" and the campaign for the
Red Cross subscriptions declare that
their experiences this week in re
gard to the War Savings Stamps,
commonly known as "Thrifties" or
"Babies," according to the value,
have been the most interesting and
they are of' the opinion that once
Hai risburjj gels a chance to recover
its breath and to.get down to syste
matic saving after all the strenuous
things of this month it will buy
stamps at a rate that will surprise
many people. The simplicity of the
idea is all that William M. Donald
son, chairman of the committee
which is in charge of the War Sav
ings campaign in the county, claims
for it. And it is astonishing' in spite
of all the signs that have been dis
played and the yards and yards of
"publicity" that ha\e been put out
by mail and printing press that so
few people have become savers. And
this is all the more remarkable be
cause Harrisburg some years ago got
used to the stamp idea through the
Dime Savings Fund, which the late
James McCormick launched in this
city. Perhaps, It has been because
there have been so many appeals for
funds and prices for everything havo
been going up so that the stamp sav
ing proposition has not become more
general. Some of the men who are
canvassing say that when the scheme
is explained many housewives
promptly agree to start saving and
that one of the drawbacks appears
to be that people hcve an idea they
can only buy the stamps at the post
office. "What should be done is to
print a list of the pTaces where War
Stamps can be bought," said a man
who is active in the present week':,
work. "X understand that requests
have been made for such informa
tion, but the people in charge do not
either seem to have a list or to
realize the importance of it. I think
that if we could get people to under
stand that our big stores are all cell
ing the stamps we would have many
more bought."
St. Matthew's Lutheran congrega
tion which has established its homo
at Green and Sencca streets, has a
Thrift Stamp plan working that
ought to commend itself to every
one. This congregation, which is a
new one comparatively speaking, but
composed of livewires, has an an
niversary coming the latter part of
June, and the officers have asked
each member to save enough for one
Baby Bond between now and the an
niversary ajul donate it to the church
toward its funds. People who have
heard of the plan have highly com
mended it and there are many hopes
in Harrisburg that this practical
means of combining patriotism, thrift
and religious work may work out in
the best possible way.
There are a lot of youngsters in
Harrisburg who are making garden,
keeping pavements swept and help
ing around the house these days to
save for Thrift Stamps and some of
the youngsters have tine cards. \V.
Brooke Moore, the railroad official,
who was here the other day from Al
toona, told with a lot of quite justi
fiable pride how a grandson did some
work in a store and put what he got
into Thrift Stamps. "And did I
match him?" askccl Brooke. "Well,
I guess."
One of the schemes to popularize
the War Savings Stamps in the city
which was talked of a short time ago
and then put aside because some one
had his head full of something else,
was that there should be a War Sav
ings flag adopted which could bo
hung outside of stores or offices or
places where the stamps are to lie |
bought and also displayed over the
counters or booth inside of a depart
ment store or building. This flag
could be reproduced in the newspa
pers until everyone would know it as
the place where War Stamps could
be bought just like when you see a
blue bell on a sign you know that
an indispensable public utility is at
i vour service there.
* * *
Another idea which went to the
"canning factory," and which it is
understood the Harrisburg Railways
Company, always prompt to do its
share in a safety movement or any
thing else of a public character, was
that the street cars carry "W. S. S."
signs on their fenders for a week.
The street cars advertise Paxtang
Park ar)d picnics and other things
and the celerity with which Frank
B. Musser would help along War
Stamps by such means can be imag
ined.
• •
Millers Bros. & Co., has utilized
the Thrift Stamps idea in a novel and
very sensible way. This firm has some,
attractive pictures of homes on dis
play and a sign which reads:
Thrift Stamps make
Foundations for homes.
• • •
John F. Dypp, who has been de
voting weeks to the War Savings
work in the city without any brass
band attachment or leading citizen
sign, has been complimented by
many people for what he has done.
Mr. Dapp does not regard himself us
indispensable to any movement, but
has gone along quietly, getting the
Thrift Stamp idea firmly into the
heads of the plain people and there
is many a well-filled card to-day that j
is due to his energy and his sacrifice
of his time, while others,may have
been parading.
[_ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Mayor E. V. Babcock, of Pitts
burgh. was one of the first to buy
War Stamps in his city.
—Adjutant General F. D. Beary
considers Thrift Stamps one of tho
best of investment*.
—Dr. J. P. Ker/, Pittsburgh coun
cilman, has had his service in the
war approved by his colleagues In a
formal resolution on the minutes of
the council.
—James H. Mauser, who is having
•a fight for re-election as president
of the State Federation of Labor,
has held that place since 1912.
—The Rev. R. N. McDonald, Pitts
burgh clergyman, will take a charge
in Chicago. .
—Judge John G. Harman. who de
clined to order a "dry" week during
a G. A. R. convention in Danville, is
a former legislator.
1 DO YOU KNOW
—That Harrisburg will have to
hustle to beat some smaller
towns in tlip sale of Thrift
Stamps?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
This city furnished almost two reg
iments of men in the War of 1812,
In Other Countries
We have been making pets of
spies by interning them. There is
a less expensive method of handling
tuples In use in all countries engatrad
in war. —Memphis AW>tJL