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MONDAY, MAY 20* 1918
I know not where His islands lift
Their fronded palms in air;
I only know I cannot drift
Beyond His love and care.
—Whittter.
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THE RED CROSS PARADE '
THE Red Cross parade of Har
risburg was one of the most j
beautiful and impressive spec
tacles Harrisburg has ever en
joyed. From first to last it was well
arranged, moved with promptness
and precision.* an! was a marvel of
spirit and enthusiasm. It was a
striking, living example of the
democracy of America, of the Amer
ican will to service and to sacrifice.
The paraders were all volunteers.
Not one of those who marched was
in line for any ether reason than
that she wanted to be there. The
parade represented women from
every walk of life, and the mistress
of the mansion walked shoulder to
shoulder with the girl from her own
kitchen, and both were proud to be ,
identified with the movement. Class
distinction was an unknown quan
tity. Only patriotism counted.
These are some of the benefits and
blessings the war. with all its sor
row and its horror, are bringing to
us. Not all the victories are being
won on the bloody fields of France. 1
But. oig as the parade was. it
ought to have been bigger. The Red !
Cross needs more workers and Sat
urday's procession should be In the
nature of a great recruiting demon-1
stration. Some of the auxiliary;
branches, we are told, are sadly In ;
need of workers. The boys at the
front are jiroing into action in ever
increasing numbers. They, and our
allies, need the surgical dressings, j
the bandages, the blankets, the pil
low cases, the sheets and the thou
sand and one other things which the
Red Cross alone can provide.
Shall it be said that our Red Cros3
workers' corps is smaller than it
should be? Shall it be said that the
spirit of Harrisburg's women is not
equal to that of its men, who vol
unteered in such numbers that the
operations of the draft law twice left
the city free? We think not. The
thousands of women who marche 1
on Saturday give refutation to such
a thought.- Witnessing what these
devoted workers have done and are
doing doubtless will spur others who
may be lagging to a fuller sense of
their duties. The Red Cross corps
should be greatly augmented as a
result of the wonderful demon
stration of Saturday.
Chicago, it is reported, acquits one
woman every two weeks on the charge
of murder, the male jurors evidently,
in their wisdom, concluding that to
kill some men is merely justifiable
homicide.
HOUSING PRORLEMS
H3USING problems are confront
ing every city of importance in
the United States, especially In
those districts where great industrial
developments has followed the ex
pansion of war projects. Secretary of
the Treasury McAdoo evidently real
izes the conditions and has made
clear that the Government does not
desire to interfere with needed
building operations. By reason of
the emphasis placed upon conserv
ing labor and materials for war
work the pendulum V the building
Industry has swing clear to the other
side and as a result the housing
problem becomes more acute. What
Is to be done In Harrisburg and
elsewhere to provide homes for the
people Is becoming more and more
a grave question.
Workmen are entitled to comfort
and what was once regarded as
satisfactory for the housing of In
dustrial workers In congested com
: munlties is no longer acceptable.
. The better class of workmen will
not live In houses that are little bet
ter than shacks— unsanitary, uncom
fortable and wholly unfit as homes.
It Is regarded as an industrial axiom
that the better the hopie the bettei
■ the workman. It Is quite as neces
sary to conserve manpower as to do
many of the other things which are
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MONDAY EVENING, ' HARRISBURG.GAM? TELEGRAPH MAY 20, 1918.
| now discussed as necessary in this
! war period.
Right here In Harrisburg there
should be to-day hundreds of homes
constructed with a view to comfort
and convenience and with as low a
rental as is consistent with the
building conditions. This city is de
lightfully located for home purposes
and care must be exercised to avoid
slum .districts.
Did you see Saturday's parade?
Well, that's one of the reasons why
we are going to fight this war to a
victorious finish.
TURN OUT
THE Dauphin County Ratifica
tion Committee, devoted to the
nomination by all parties of ""dry"
candidates for the Legislature, will
t
hold Its final demonstration this
evenlrtg.
It asks all friends of the National
Prohibition Amendment to turn out
in the big parade that is to mark the
close of the campaign.
Do not hold back because you
I may not like to appear in a "political
parade."- This Is not a political
demonstration in the ordinary mean
ing of the term. Party has nothing
to do with it. Republicans and
Democrats will march shoulder to
shoulder, each in behalf of the men
of his own party who are running j
for the Legislature on the "dry"
side.
The Ratification Committee has j
taken the proper view of the situc- j
tion. Its members realize that the
fate of the prohibition amendment
lies with the Legislature end the
Legislature alone, and are devoting
their energies to the election of men
who will jote in favor of the meas- 1
ure. They present a list of candi- j
dates on another page to-day, from -
which it becomes the Jut}- of fhe
friends of temperance to elect their
favorites at the polls to-morrow.
If you favor national prohibition.'
turn out in the parade to-niglit and
do not fail to vote at the primaries, i
Say, you Republicans and Demo
crats —make it a "dry" State after i
to-morrow.
PAYING FOR WATER
THE price for water for domes- j
tic use is so small as a matter
of fact that we do not think :
much about it except when we come
to pay the quarterly water rent. The
average person insists upon pure wa
ter as a matter of course and about j
the surest way to start something is
to jockey the water supply. We have
| had some instances of public tem
! per when the water system of our
i own city has failed to size up.
But when we are asked to pay
about ten cents a gallon for water,
in milk or cream we are apt to see j
red. And yet lhat is the very game j
that reports of State Dairy and Food j
agents show is being put over on us.
The results of numerous analyses in- j
dicate that water is being liberally
used in some sections of the State
and that an unusual crop of prosecu- 1
tions for sale* of watered milk may
|be looked for. The State has set a
[ standard of butter fats in milk and
| there are instances known where
| there has been more water in milk
I than the law allows from entirely
1 natural causes, but human experi
ence has been that the pump has
I been used.
It does seem regrettable when the
[ price of milk is up and likely to go
| on that dealers or producers should
j water the milk. But when we realize
j that we are being made to pay about
; ten cents a gallon for water it is
| worse. The State chased the men
who used embalming fluid to pre
t serve milk out of business and into
jail. Things are costing entirely too
much now to stand any nonsense
from men who try to sell us milk in
which the cow and the pump have
be&i unwilling partners.
We don't believe that Hindenburg
i is dead, but we are certain that it's
1 not going to be many months before
I he is a "dead one."
VOTE "DRY" TOMORROW
WITH the parade to-night of
the ratification forces the pri
i mary campaign for the prohi
| bition amendment yill have reach
ed Its end so far as the preliminaries
are concerned. To-morrow the real
test of the interest of the people in
wiping out the liquor traffic will be
made through the casting of the bal
lots. For months the matter has
been squarely presented and it now
depends upon the voters themselves
whether the proposed amendment
shall be approved or disapproved by
the next Legislature.
Time and again attention has been
called to the Importance of electing
members of the Senate and House
favorable to ratification. Notwith
standing these frequent warnings,
there have been blundering tem
j perance leaders who threw dust Into
the eyes of their followers In an ef
fort to promote the interests of
this or that gubernatorial candidate
when they knew, if they khew any
thing at all about the situation, that
the next Governor'will have nothing
whatever to do with the amendment
It is solely a matter for the Legis
lature.
It is evident that the interest in
the prohibition amendment Is In
creasing in intensity as the war goes
on, but unless the voter casts an In
telligent ballot to-morrow the "wet"
candidates ar* likely to be nomin
ated. Partisanship has been prac
tically eliminated In the contest.
Those candidates who have chosen
to align themselves with the liquor
end of the campaign can hardly ex
pect friends of prohibition to give
them any consideration. But It
must be remembered, as a final word,
that the Legislature and not the
Governor will determine the ques
tion.
"When I was In the West I In
spected half of the devasted section
of France." said Emperor. William.
Needless to say It was the half
farthest from the firing- line.
Mr. Creel says he is ready to accept
advice. Heaven knows he has been
ready enough to give It.
fottCc* Ck
1"~P t)wvo
By the Ex-Oommltttemu
i Leadership In the two older parties
|in Pennsylvania depends in great
measure upon the result of the pri
maries tomorrow, although the Dem
ocrats about the Market Square wind
mill insist that their party is united
and harmonious. Complete state
tickets will be nominated in all
! parlies and the Republicans and
I Democrats will have contests over
every place. The only state-wide can
t didate sure of no opposition is Judge
| W. D. Porter, of the superior court,
| whose opponent has withdrawn, but
jthe judge's friends are urged to vote
for him to make his election at the
primary.
The candidates, their managers
and their-partisans are all making
i claims to-day and if the majorities
claimed were aggregated they would
probably exceed the voting strength
of any party. The newspapers to-day
indicate very clearly that notwith
standing the claims of candidates the
politicians fear a light vote. It is in
teresting to note that tho Philadel
phia Ledger, which had refrained
from any editorial announcement on
the Republican Governorship al
though most of the newspapers in
that city are for Jjproul, comes out J
to-day for the Delaware Senator, but
does it grudgingly. It says: "O'Neil's
open alliance with Scott, the espousal
of his cause by the Brumbaugh ad
ministration wt<h its flagrant abuse!
of its power to coerce state employes ',
into partisan political activity, plainly!
makes the nomination of Sproul the i
lesser evil."
—lntiminations are given in Phila
delphia that Governor Brumbaugh
and the Yares have spilt because the
Vans refuse to endorse O'Neil and
that the Governor and his friends
are consequently keeping quiet about
John R. K. Scott. The fact is the
bulk of the Yare leaders are openly
for Soroul.
—Senator Penrose Is out in a cir
cular in which he urges Sproul,
Beidleman and Woodward with
Crago. Garland. McLaughlin and
Walters for Consress-at-Large.
—The Town Meeting people last
night gave a terrific farewell blast to
John R. K. Scott and called for his
defeat.
—The Philadelphia Record has
fun with a circular sent out from
Democratic state headquarters sign
ed by A. Mitchell Palmer in which he
announces his tour for votes for Gov
ernor. It seems that some one used
the wrong rubber stamp on Guffey's
printed thunder.
—Machine Democrats had a great
banquet in Pittsburgh on Saturday
at which Palmer lined up the place
holders for Guffey. While he was do
ing it Judge Bonniwell was speaking
in Erie.
—The Yare registration board in
Philadelphia has lost a court decision
and names must be restored to the
rolls.
—Philadelphia newspapers charge
that politics was behind the removal
of Bank Examiner A. L. Taber.
—The Philadelphia Press in its is
sue of yesterday devoted many col
umns to a review of the situation in
the Republican party and prints a
map showing Sproul sure of twenty
seven counties, including Philadel
phia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Erie,
Fayette. Cambria, York and Lancas
ter and O'Neil sure of twenty-one.
including Allegheny. In the eighteen
doubtful are included Berks, Clear
field. Schuylkill, Perry, Washington,
Montgomery, Franklin, Bradford,
Westmoreland and Crawford. Dau
phin is also made doubtful. In its
review by The Insider, The Press
says: "In the Republican contest
there are three important forces. We
have the state administration, headed
by the Governor and the Attorney
General, fighting a battle for control
of the party with the state organiza
tion, led by Senator Penrose, and,
hanging on the outskirts of the fight,
in the part allied with one force, and
in part with the other, stands the city
organization of Philadelphia, led by
the Yares. The uncertainty of just
where this organization stands and
what it really will do complicates
still further the already complicated
situation between the Brumbaugh-
Brown and the Penrose elements. In
the gubernatorial fight. Senator
Sproul represents the hopes of the
state organization and Highways
Commissioner J. Denny O'Neil the
ambitions of the Governor's group.
There are two other candidates, Rob
ert P. Habgood and Asa R. Weimer,
but they have long since been rele
gated to the background by political
observers. Conflicting claims are
made by the campaign managers of
Senator Sproul and Mr. O'Neil; as
will be seen by* reference to other
sections of this newspaper. But
the indications are that Senator
Sproul will be the victor."
—Other Philadelphia newspapers
content themselves with printing
conflicting claims and some com
ment upon the apathy of the people.
Most of them consider that Guffey
will defeat Bonniwell. Much inter
est is shown in the leadership con
tests among Republicans such as the
fights between Johnson and Ambler
In Montgomery and Long and Pome
roy in Franklin, the drives against
Lafean in York, Seidel in Reading
and the state administration leaders
in Luzerne and Lackawanna. The
Allegheny outcome Is also being
awaited with interest.
—Senator Charles H. Kline, of
Pittsburgh, former president pro tem
of the Senate, takes Mr. O'Neil to
task for his remarks about oppo
nents, especially for comparing Sen
ator Penrose to the kaiser. Senator
Kline says: "When a candidate for
office finds himself so hard pressed
that he has to elevate the German
kaiser over a United States Senator
in order to get votes, It is clearly
evident that he Is desperate and is
facing defeat. Mr. O'Neil has placed
himself on record to the effect that
the American citizen who does not
agree with him in politics la worse
than the beast of Berlin. When he
does this, Mr. O'Neil wounds every
American, because there Is not a
citizen of this republic, I care not
what his station in life may be, who
is not superior to the German kai
ser."
—The McKean County Bar Asso
ciation on Saturday afternoon
launched a campaign advocating
the appointment of Joseph W. Bou-
ton. Republican, to fill'one of the
vacancies now existing on the bench
of the Supreme Court. Judgo Bou
ton, whose home Is at Smethport,
was elected presiding judge of the
, McKean county bench on a non
partisan ticket and his present term
expires January 1, 1924. He has
been mentioned for both appellate
courts.
—Benator Sproul's candidate for
tax co.lector was elected in Chester,
defeating the McClure candidate.
Ex-Seuator V. F. Gable, a Phila
delphia reformer, in a speech at
Philadelphia recently, tore up the
condition of the Lincoln Highway
between Philadelphia and Trenton,
which is a state highway, and aald:
"If J. Denny O'Neil can present to
the citizens of this section of Penn
sylvania no better argument for his
nomination for the governorship
than his accomplishments for use
while Highway Commissioner, then
he should be fcefeated, and lie will
be. The record of Senator Sproul
shines by comparison.- He was the
father of the Good Roads bill, and
he has done everything possible by
legislation to improve the highways
of Pennsylvania. Logically he Is
the man to administer those laws
and put that legislation into effect,
as the Chief Executivo of the Com
monwealth.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Germany might have got away
with the swag if it had not awak
ened civilization when it stepped on
Belgium.—Chicago Daily News.
Russia's Heart Is Still With the
Allies.—Headline. Unfortunately, It's
her supplies that are with Germany.
—Philadelphia North American.
It must be very difficult to be a
German cartoonist and not be al
lowed to call attention to the fact
that the Crown Prince looks exactly
Jike a dachshund.—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"A shell fired by the' German long
range gun has struck a foundling
asylum in Paris." And yet some ob
servers say the monster weapon can't
be fired accurately.—Savannah News.
The German people are waiting
for the result of the Flanders opera
tions to make up their minds wheth
er they are lifelong liberals or dyed
in-the-wool robbers and imperialists.
—Chicago Herald.
RED CROSS DRIVE
[From the Living Church]
We must look ahead to the next
Red Cross war fund drive, which
occurs through the week of May 20.
A fund for 100 million dollars was
raised last spring for the purpose
and at least an equal amount must
be raised again.
Last year the impelling motive
was largely to make provision for the
care of allied soldiers and their fam
ilies and for comforts of our own
boys in American camps. For the
coming year it is rot difficult to see
that the fund will be chiefly for the
care of our own boys in service at the
front. We have given them, but we
intend that everything possible be
done for their protection w"hile they
are fighting our buttles. We can fol
low them only through those organ
ized efforts of the American people
of which the Red Cross stands first.
It is our arm, extended for their
care and protection. It is the expres
sion of the spirit of the American
people upholding the soldiers and
caring for their families.
Whatever the Red Cross asks of
the American people, in money and
in service, must be given. Let every
community, however small, overrun
its quota with the greatest cheerful
ness.
Must Settle It Now
[Pittsburgh Gazette-Times]
The question of prohibition, so Jar
as Pennsylvania is concerned, must
be settled by the Republican voters
in the primary election one week
from to-day. It is the people's chance
to vote as directly as is possible un
der our constitutional form under
this subject, and probably the only
chance they will :iave. No candidate
should deny them the privilege of
making their wishes known through
his failure to take a stand squarely
on the subject. The seven candidates
who made evasive answers to The
Gazette-Times' question conceal their
real intentions and leave the people
whose votes they solicit in doubt as
to what they will do if elected. They
are guilty of tergiversation as un
worthy as that practiced by J. Denny
O'Neil, in his declination to tell
whether or not he will abide by the
result of the Republican primaries
in the contest for the gubernatorial
nomination. They hold out a prospect
to the "wets" that they will oppose
ratification, and to the "drys" that
they will support it. One or the other
group will be cheated if the evaders
are nominated and defeated. The
same may be said of those candidates
who failed to make any answer. As
we have said before, ratification is
to be assured only by the nomination
and election of Republican legisla
tors pledged in advance of the pri
maries to support the amendment.
BRAVE.ONES AT HOME
Captain John W. Morrison. Dep
uty State Banking Commissioner,
sends the following:
"The following beautiful poem by
Thomas Buchanan Read is worthy
of being reprinted at this time. The
heroes and patriots are not all found
on the battle-line. It will appeal
to the wives, mothers and maidens
who, these days, are saying their
sad good-bys and tearful farewells
to their loyal ones who are going, or
have gone, to follow the flag.
The maid who binds her warrior's
sash
With smile that well her pain dis
sembles.
The while beneath her drooping lash
One starry tear-drop hangs and
trembles.
Though Heaven alone records the
tear.
And Fame shall never know her
story.
Her heart has shed a drop as dear
As e'er bedewed the field of giory!
The wife who girds her husband's
sword,
'Mid little ones who weep or won
der.
And bravely speaks the cheering
word.
What though her heart be rent
asunder.
Doomed nightly in her dreams to
hear
The bolts of death around him
rattle.
Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er
Was poured upon the field of bat
tle!
The mother who conceals her grief
While to her breast her son she
presses,
Then breathes a few brave words
and brief.
Kissing the patriot brow she
blesses,
With no one but her secret God
To know the pain that weighs
upon her,
Sheds holy blood as e'er the sod
, Received on Freedom's field of
j honor!
WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND ' BY BRIGGS
MO'IHER'S, '
HAIR CUT •
Copyright, 1918, by The Tribune Association (New York Tribune) "
THE PEOPLE'S
„ , A FIXE PARADE
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
Wasn't that a fine parade of '.he
Red Cross hosts? It seems every
body was surprised and you wouli
hear exclamations, "Where did an
the women como from" and "They
look businesslike enough to lick the
Kaiser themselves," and "Who is
going to get to-night's supper?"
Fine marchers, fine lookers, well or
ganized, and well trained, certainly
mean lots of efficient work and
thought. The first thing I look for
in a parade is the keeping step and
the position of the feet, whether in
going south tlve feet are pointed
south or southeast or southwest.
There was very little criticism on
these points. I saw the procession
at its start and wir.dup and the
same spirit and swing characterized
both places. The bands took their
turns in playing for their sections in
front of the reviewing stand. Some
times the music in the substituting
would change its tune, to the con
fusing of the step, but the leaders
were on the job and immediately you
would hear the "left," "left" all
along the line and .In a few seconds
the rhythm would bt restored. At
one time in the changing of the
bands both stopped playing, while
the Yerbeke contingent was passing.
Miss Ryan with her voice and mega
phone started her well-trained girls
to singing with the result of restor
ing the step instantly.
But, Mr. Editor do you remember
the talk not so long ago about'he
United States authorities request
ing that our national hymn should
never be u%ed in a medley? I think
in Baltimore and other places there
is a fine and imprisonment for this
desecration. No band at any Army
post would thing of doing such a
thing. Yet it seemed to me that the
different bands tried to outdo each
other in the hash they made with
other tunes and variations in tune.
If the faid request has been with
drawn or modified will you please
let me know. If, on the other hand,
It Is true that the Star Spangled Ban
ner should be played as a sacred
piece commanding our thoughtful
attention, won't you please take a
baseball club and forcibly interview
the leaders, so that in the next pa
rade when wo hear the opening
notes of the national hymn and sa
lute we won't find ourselves doing
THE STATE PRESS
From an humble country lawyer
to the custody of $280,000,000 in a
few short years is a considerable
rise in life for A. Mitchell Pal
mer. If it were his own money he
would rank as one of the rich men
of the world. As a fact it belongs
to enemy aliens, and the custodian
has a good deal of responsibility
and small pay in caring for It.
By the time peace comes around
Uncle Sam will have a nice lot of
German property In his possession,
and if Germany shows a disposition
to be nasty about settling for Amer
ican losses in that country Uncle
Sam can pay off our citizens—Phila
delphia Bulletin.
Two-thirds of the • Republican
membership of the United States
Senate will vote for the submission
of the Federal Equal Suffrage
amendment, but only one-half of the
Democratic Senators favor submis
sion. The managers of the Equal
Suffrage Congressional campaign are
delaying a vote on the resolution,
hoping to secure the additional votes
necessary to adopt it, President Wil
son reversed himself at the last min
ute before the House voted on the
resolution, but the records do not
show that he succeeded in changing
a single vote. His advice is unheed
ed by the Democratic Senators.
Looking forward to the campaign of
1920, Democratic party leaders are
urging the adoption of the resolution,
u as its defeat at the hands of the
homagre to "Yankee Doodle" or
"Ke>ep the Home Fires Burning"
or most of all, looking solemn at
the "Old Gray Mare." I have never
seen one of our policemen salute Ihe
flag or the national hymn. They re
flect the Mayor and other officers;
seventy-flve per cent, or more of the
men never salute, caused -by ignor
ance or dislike to do something
first..
We had no difficulty In our crowd.
There was a soldier from iCamp Up
ton with us and he had the snap.
When the colors passed or the hymn
was played conversation ceased, lip
went his hand to a salute and he
stood rigid as stone till the flag or
band was well passed.
I believe if everyone of us would
have the courage of our convictions
and do our duty promptly under the
circumstances, we would hearten
and teach many.
J. H. FAGER, SR.
PRIMARY ADVICE
Tc the Editor of the Telegraph:
It occurs to me that very often
i the question of "What might havo
t been" comes to the politician as
well as to the businessman, or the
old girl who was left.
If the Bull Moose party had not
defeated the Republican party in
1912, President Taft would have
gotten the honor of a second term,
whfch the people of the- United
i States so justly owed him for his
j intelligent patriotic administration.
It was his wise and careful control
, of affairs that brought the country
] back from a most turbulent and lin-
I restful condition to a sane constitu
| tional administration. If a second
I term had been given him, §it its close
iin 1916. there would have been
' a united Republican party, and to
! day the Presidential chair would
i lie occupied by a noted enthusiastic
Republican citizen. Who might this
most likely be?
Will our hot-headed Republican
"party busters" continue this un
patriotic selfish condition in cur
state elections. Let us hope not?
If the primary vote gives a decided
majority it may end this insane is
sue.
Let every pood, genuine- Repub
lican vote for the very best man
who Represents an undivided Repub
lican party.
REPUBLICAN.
Democratic party may mean no
votes for a Democratic candidate for
President from the Equal Suffrage
States of the West. —Johnstown Trib
une.
• • •
Eddie Rickenbacher, Ohio athlete,
and Captain Norman Hall, famous
American flying men, by their united
efforts brought down a Roche plane
behind the German lines, "each
modestly 'giving the other entire
credit for Jhe feat." After the war,
the flying game will bo the great
world sport. It must thrill the heart
of every American lover of fair play
to know that American aviators, like
Hall and Rickenbacher, are already
fixing the standards of the sport to
accord with the finest traditions of
English-speaking people. Sharon
Telegraph.
• • •
An American soldier, who was In
the of Seicheprey, asked by a
reporter If he was frightened, made
this reply:
"I didn't have time—l was too
busy fighting. I.had two green men
with me, so I had to set them an
example. They were scared at first,
but I saw them watching me. Soon
they were fighting like veterans. We
stuck until we were all wounded."
The terse sentences of this un
named soldier form the best,defini
tion of the word morale we have
seen. They ought to be passed along
to every young officer, every squad
leader, in the training camps.—
Bradford Star.
LABOR NOTES
The Canadian government has
passed an order in council reducing
the pay of civil servants serving
overseas to their military pay.
The cost of maintaining a family
in this country has doubled since
1900, according to the United States
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
To popularize paper clothing is
the object of a national exhibition
just opened in Berlin under the pat
ronage of the Imperial Clothing
Office.
The grand total of Canadian trade
unionists who have volunteered and
been accepted for overseas service
since the outbreak of the war is
26,416.
OUR DAILY LAUGH
IT PAYS SOMETIMES.
"I've fallen In love with my wife."
"What, again?"
"Yes, her family's estate has just
Hpttied uu."
LUCKY.
"Johnny Green's a lucky kid."
"Why?"
"He's got parents that don't car*
iiow often he goes swlmmlnY'
GOING AFTER THE REWARD.'
The Boss—Be careful there, you'll
un over that smull car ahead of usl
Chauffeur —That's all right—it's a
oad louse—there's a bounty on "em.
"Money talks."
"How about bush money."
Abetting (Eljat
It would be making a very Inter
esting record for the future for some
one to take photographs of the
streets and buildings of Harrlsburg
this year. We all know how Inter
ested we are In seeing pictures of
what the state's capital looked like
during the Civil War and photo
graphs of our city during the Span
ish War now attract attention. Boys
and girls who were kicking up thel
heels In baby carnages when Dewey
sailed into Manila Ray and Cervera
sailed out of Santiago Ray will b
shouldering guns or taking up
Cross work very soon. Timo fries
and Harrlsburg has changed much
in the last few years. So it will be
a very Interesting thing some thirty
years hence to see some pictures of
the way this town set out to help win
the war. The men and women who
recall the days of the Civil War say
there was much stir and much doing, -
but the use of advertising was some
thing that did not occur to the folks
In charge of affairs then. All prece
dent was shattered when the stat
put up billboards in Capitol Park to
call upon the people to buy Liberty
Bonds and while Uncle Sam has been
rather active in recruiting advertise
ments the big sign on the hitherto
sacrosanct lawn of the Federal
Building is an object which will be of
more than passing interest in 1936.
And when such staid institutions as
the Dauphin Deposit Bank blossom
out with "Food Will Win the War"
signs and plaster pillars with War
Savings ads and the Harrlsburg Na
tional puts placards in Its windows it
is a matter of local record. Similarly
the sight of our churches flying na
tional flags and service flags will be
something to cherish in the years to
come and the sight of the Pennsyl
vania railroad yards fluttering with
flags, from end to end and every mill
building sporting an emblem of unity
is something wo do not want to for
get and which we would like those
coming on after us to know about.
We hung our banners on the walls in
1898, but now we are displaying flags
everywhere and ns for signs they are
making their calls now where such
things would never have heen toler
ated a minute In times of peaceful
business. And so, too, is the most
commendable spirit of business Arms
in giving up windows to displays that
will awaken patriotism and in con
tributing for advertising space- in
newspapers to summon for national
service. Pictures and papers of 1918
will be worth while in two decades
more, although in the swift rush of
things we scarcely realize it now.
In the language of one of the
city's veteran policemen, "It's going
to take the automobile owners to
keep the automobiles oft the streets
where parades are to march," to
bring about an Improvement in a
condition which at times was fraught
with danger on Saturday. This city
has had so many parades, during
and since the days of "Tom" Moran
that one would have thought that
owners of cars would have kept away
from the route of the procession or
at least refrained from traversing
streets In which formations were be
ing made. But the truth is that
notwithstanding the fact that the
paraders on Saturday were women,
the vast majority of them never in
a parade in their lives before; that
the day was hot and that the task
of organizing and starting a proces
sion of that character was fraught
with hard work. Front street and the
side streets where the parade was to
form were literally overrun with
automobiles, some of whose drivers
resented requests for them to slow
up. As for keeping clear of cars the
streets over which the parade was
to march clear for the paraders and
for the thousands of people who
were eager to see the procession and
to contribute to the patriotic spirit
of the day it was next to impossible.
On some highways women marchers
had to thread their way through cars
to get places in line and to make
detours in streets given to the line.
It was ungallant, to say the least.
One of the reasons for the conges
tion of cars along the parade and
for the interference in the forming
fberiod was explained by an automo
bile owner to-day as due to lack of
system. "Last week when the "Blue
Devils' were here Captain Thompson
said that automobiles would not be
permitted in streets where the pa
rade was to pass, but the police let
them stay," said this man. "And
there were not enough policemen
along the route of the preliminary
marching to turn people off," chimed
in another. "If the police depart
ment had detailed enough men or
given people in charge of the parade
authority to designate men to pro
tect the formation area some of the
narrow escapes on Saturday |youid
not have occurred. It's unfair to
jump the motorist when there is no
one to flag him."
• • •
The military depots being estab
lished in the vicinity of Harrisburg
are commencing to loom up as Sun
day attractions and weekly there are
hundreds of automobile parties to
visit the construction. Unfortunately,
the road conditions are not what
they will be after the state and Uncle
Sam get their heads together. The
permanent character of the buildings
is what attracts much attention.
Many men here for the weekend and
between trains have been going to
see the plants, although a pretty
close watch on anyone getting near
the establishments is maintained.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—George S. Oliver, son of the
former senator and head of the com
pany publishing two big Pittsburgh
papers, has been elected head of the
Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce.
—E. T. Stotesbury, the Philadel
phia banker, has been out making
Red Cross speeches.
—B. F. Jones. Jr.. big Pittsburgh
manufacturer, presided at the big
Red Cross demonstration in that city.
—The Rev. F. B. McAUuster,
New Castle clergyman, just home
from service as a chaplain, will
preach to New Castle students.
—Congressman H. W. Temple, of
Washington, Pa., may become mod
erator of the United Presbyterians.
—Theodore Eichhorn, one of the
vice-presidents of the State Federa
tion of Labor, is a city commissioner
of Erie.
DO YOU KNOW
—That Harrigburg'B Y. M. C. A.
was among the first in the coun
try to have dormitories?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
This city made iron Tor govern
ment supplies in the Mexican War.
A Good Beginning
In all schools where elementary
svtf)ffects are taught they should bo
taught In the English language.
Substitute for "should" "must."'
I There Is the beginning of Ainerl-
I c&niam. —New York Times.