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THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1918
Never deliberate about what is
clearly wrong, and try to persuade
yourself that it is not. —Fbedebick
Temple.
■
THE LEGISLATURE
IM view of the nomination of Sen
ator Sproul on a" distinctly "dry"
platform for Governor of Pennsyl
vania and the fact that he will be
opposed by a pronouncedly "wet," i
candidate on the Democratic ticket j
the temperance issue in this State at'
the November election is apt to be
more closely confined to party
lines than would have been the case
had Mr. Guffey been the Democratic
nominee. It goes without saying that
the liquor interests—an always over
rated and steadily dwindling in
fluence—will be aligned with Judge
Bonniwell, while the temperance cle
ment will support Senator Sproul.
Any division of party, strength by the
appearance of- "wet" legislative can- ,
didates on the Republican ticket at i
this time would play directly into the
hands of the Democrats and injure
the interests of the Republican
nominee.
It is highly Important, from a na
tional standpoint, tj>at Pennsylvania
at this time maintain her rock
jribbed Republicanism ancr to that :
end the majority by which Senator j
Sproul is to be elected next >">11 j
should be made so large as to be at j
one and the same time a discourage-!
ment to Democracy and a signal of
encouragement to Republicans every- I
where who are looking toward a vie-,
torious national campaign in 1920.
This can be accomplished, but only J
by a thorough union of the party!
along all lines at the coming elec-i
tions. Harmony is the essential fac
tor and since upon the only issue
that is likely to receive serious con
sideration at the hands of the voters
the Republican sentiment is "dry,"
party loyalty alone ought to be suf
ficient to bring all unpledged legis
lative candidates into full accord
with the head of their ticket on the
subject of national prohibition.
There is also the popular and
economic side of this great question.!
Congress is unmistakably "dry,'' as j
the vote In the House only a few j
days ago, calling upon the President l
to forbid the use of foodstuffs in >he
manufacture of alcoholic liquors
during the period of the war, plainly
Indicates. State after state is going
"dry." Even liquor men themselves
realize that the traffic is doomed.
Pennsylvania should stand on the
right side of this great reform. She
should assert her leadership on this
as on other important queations.
What we do at the coming elections
is not likely to affect the eventual
* adoption of the national prohibition
amendment, but it will greatly affect
our prestige as a commonwealth In
the eyes of people everywhere who
are praying and working for the day
when traffic in strong drink shall be
abolished.
Furthermore, in Harrisburg and
Dauphin county, at least, alignment
with the "dry" forces at this time
ought to be distinctly advantageous
to the unpledged legislative candi
dates. The temperance vote was
widely divided at the primaries, the
strength of the prohibition voters
being distributed among many favor
ites in all parties. But it will be
concentrated on these offices in No
vember, with the result that openly
"wet" or unpledged candidates will
make their campaigns under very
distinct disadvantages.
It Is currently reported that at
three of the four Republicans
nominated may be counted upon to
▼ote for the national amendment, if
elected. But there should be no
doubt about it. They owe it to them
selves. their party and the voters at
large to make their position abso
lutely clear. The time has come
when they should declare them
selves.
Ceftainly. in view of the fact that
the Democrats In this county have
nominated four candidates for the
Legislature pledged to the pro
hibition amendment, the Republican
nominees have nothing to lose and
everything to gain by a prompt an
nouncement of their purpose to
stand with Senator Sproul in his
manly and straightforward attitude
THURSDAY EVENING, HARRESBtrRQ C&tftt 11XEQRAPH MAY 30, 1918.
on this question. If they will do
this an overwhelming majority is
assured for every Republican on the
ticket from top to bottom In Harris
burg and the county this year, and
the campaign may be regarded as a
mere formal canvass. If they do not
they may find themselves outside the
breastworks when the balloting ends
in November. Of course, the Repub
lican candidates in this county must
have observed that the Republican
nominees for the Legislature in York,
Cumberland, Franklin and other
Central Pennsylvania counties are
pledged to the amendment and enter
the fight with absolute assurance of
popular support. Such a stand on the
part of the local candidates would
not only make their own election
sure, because any hope of the elec
tion of Democrats in the city and
county, is predicated on a failure by
Republicans to properly align them
selves on this issue, but as has been
said, would strengthen the whole
ticket.
Von Tlrpitz says; "We must retain
Belgium after the war." After the
war. Tirry, old chap, you will be as
obsolete as your U-boats and Just
about as popular.
OUR SOLDIERS
HARRISBURG should now be
giving serious thought to its
duty with respect to the sol
diers from this city and vicinity who
are serving with the colors when
they return home. It can hardly be
expected that all will escape* wounds
and disability. Many will come back
unlit for the positions which they
filled before leaving for the front
and the reclamation of the crippled
and disabled should be the subject
of careful investigation and study, to
the end that these brave men shall be
able to resume their ordinary activi
ties without too great a handicap.
England and France and Canada
and other countries at war havo al
ready organized for this duty and
Harrisburg, which has been fore
most in every patriotic way, will not
falter in providing for its disabled
boys on their return home from the
battle lines.
This may be a proper matter for
the consideration of the Chamber
of Commerce and now is the time
to start an investigation of what is
being done at Toronto and elsewhere,
so that we may be able as a com
munity to approach this irtiportant
phase of war activities in a practical
way. We want to do everything that
is possible to make our soldiers feel
that the interest at home Is not con
fined to sending them into battle
only, but also to adequate support
while they are at the front and res
toration to civil life with as tittle
handicap as possible.
America is getting into full swing
for the winning of the war. We may
have been slow, but the speeding up
is characterizing every department
of activity. One In every five or six
American citizens subscribed for the
last Liberty Loan. The Hun is at
last beginning to see that your Uncle
Sam is in earnest.
MILITARY TRAINING
SINCE universal military training
has become almost a national
policy may we not hope that
some of the red-blooded leaders of
education in this city will make an
effort to do something In the high
schools and academies here. The
Telegraph was Instrumental some
years ago In having a cadet corps or
ganized at the Central High school,
but a mollycoddle physical Instruc
tor permitted the organization to
languish and finally die. He thought
he was overworked. Now high
school cadet organizations are being
formed in many cities.
A course of military training in
the Philadelphia High Schools as a
necessity brought about by the Na
tion's entrance into the war will be
urged upon the joint committee on
high schools and the Board of Edu
cation by T>W John P. Garber, su
perintendent of schools, at its
monthly meeting to-morrow. It Js
considered possible that the com
mittee will recommend military
training to the Board of Education
at its Junemeeting. At the same time,
prominent Philadelphia civic and
patriotic organizations continue to
clamor for a consistent system of
military training for the schools.
In Harrisburg we could easily have
a battalion of cadets, as outlined by
the Telegraph three or four years
ago. This battalion might include
the high schools, ti:e Harrisburg
Academy and St. Patrick's parochial
school. It ought to be easily pos
sible to organize four full companies
and it would not be a difficult mat
ter to obtain the services of a com
petent military drill master for the
battalion.
Considerabe data on this subject
was gathered by the Telegraph and
finally turned over to Superinten
dent Downes, but at the time the
movement was allowed to languish
on the general presumption that too
many patrons of the schools were
fearful of Inculcating militarism.
These were forgetful of the tremen
dous advantages growing out of mili
tary training In the way of disci
pline, obedience to law and physi
cal betterment.
In the public schools of Wyom
ing a system of military training has
been adopted and is said to have the
endorsement of the War Depart
ment It is spreading to the public
schools of the country. This is
known as the Steever plan and is a
definite effort to correlate military
training for high schools with the
educational system. The plan of
military Instruction is at present In
stalled In more than forty of the
largest cities in the country, includ
ing Chicago, Cleveland, Denver,
Kansas City, St. Louis, Detroit and
Louisville.
The cadets under the Steever plan
are In uniform for all drills, and are
furnished with rifles and proper
equipment by the United States g<>v.
ernment Military discipline la at
all times enforced. The boys are
given the fundamental training of
the soldier. They are taught use
and care of a rifle, the care of their
own bodies on the march and in
camp, squad and company move
ments, and the art of handling small
bodies of troops on the map and
on the ground, or the rudiments of
minor tactics. Target designation,
signaling and trench maneuvers are
also taught. Overnight hikes are
held in the spring, and. If desired, a
camp of at least seven days' duration
during the summer.
In addition to the undeniable phy
sical benefits in the Steever plan, the
modified plan of military and physi®
cal training outlined above has also
a definite moral value. It teaches
not only the respect and courtesy
which is a part of military life, but
also, through the keenness of its
competitions and the constant em
phasis of the officers incharge, the
necessity of training, of clean living
and clean thinking. It teaches re
spect for authority and the habit of
obedience; the ability to give an
order and to execute one.
A FINE EXAMPLE
FTI HAT was a fine thing which
I John S. Davis, well-known hotel
man of Mechanlcsburg, did for
the Red Cross, and worthy of emula
tion. Mr. Davis, who has contributed
two sons to the army, in addition to
his personal support of the Red
Cross movement, turned over to the
treasurer the proceeds of a turkey
dinner which he gave at his hotel,
the American House, the tickets to
which brought $1 each. Mr. Davis
also gave 30 bushels of potatoes
which were sold and the money
turned over to the Cumberland
county fund. Personal thought and
service of this kind are worth more
than mere money, for they bespeak
the spirit which prompts the gift.
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By the Ex-Commltteeman
The time and place of the meeting
of the Republican state committee
and probably some tentative candi
dates for the two Supreme Court va
cancies will be determined upon
within the next few days by Repub
lican state leaders who have been
conferring with Senator Boies Pen
rose. The Senator is at Atlantic City
where W. Harry Baker, secretary of
the Republican state committee, who
may be the next state chairman, if he
wishes, has gone.
There is a move to have the state
committee meet somewhere else
than Harrisburg. Lately it has been
meeting in Philadelphia or Pitts
burgh, and both cities are said to
want It. Some of the upstate men
want to come to this city. The Demo
cratic leaders will announce in a day
or so where their meeting will be
held. It will In all likelihood be In
Harrisburg.
The gubernatorial candidates of
both parties will have a good bit to
say about the chairmen of the state
committees, in each case their per
sonal preferences will be consulted.
Both the leading candidates are
taking a rest after the strenuous
campaign work.
Ihe sorrow In the Democratic
state windmill over the rout of the
Guffey faction continues to be in
tense and the bosses as they scan
returns can find no comfort and if
Holstein should turn out to be the
nominee for second place there
would be deep mourning. Judge
Bonniwell has sent word that he
wants his own state chairman and
that is taken here as notice that he
does not want any of the reorgani
zation crowd around. The judge
comes right from the rank and file
of the party with and
the leaders who hold all the party
offices have nothing to do but accept.
Their conduct at the state commit
tee meeting, which will probably be
held here, will be well worth watch
ing.
—Philadelphia now is furnishing
some interesting developments,
which Indicate that the Vares and
Mayor Smith have received the re
sult of the election with a chastened
spirit. The Mayor has ordered a
number of men to quit politics or
quit city places. This action, how
ever, was superinduced by the Com
mittee of Seventy which threatened
to start something.
< Government people
in Philadelphia have also inaugu
rated moves to show the Vare work
ers that they cannot defy the Dau
phin county court, warrants having
been issued for a/rest of over 100
who tried to stop Town Meeting
voters from voting Republican.
Judge Kunkel decided that the Town
Meeting was a local party and that
men could continue to be Repub
licans.
—The reappointment of William
A. Magee to the Public Service Com
mission by Governor Brumbaugh has
been expected ever since he was de
feated for mayor of Pittsburgh in
November. Magee held off for h
long time, but finally the pressure
for more commissioners to h.mdle
the work became so strong that
last week he was called and asked
what he was going to do about It.
He accepted and the Governor yes
terday announced the appointment,
but Mr. Magee did not come here
to be sworn In although men at the
Capitol waited until nearly 6 o'clock
•last night for him to arrive.
—People at the Capitol are en
deavoring to discourage talk of op
position to Justice Alexander Simp
son, Jr., but there is a disposition
to wait and see what Governor
Brumbaugh does about the other
vacancy. Mr. Simpson is backed r>y
many lawyers, but the appointment
was held off so long and announced
under such peculiar circumstances
that It has not been as well received
as might have been.
—Returns from the Seventeenth
Congressional district primary show
that Congressman B. K. Focht car
ried all counties, but Huntingdon.
His total vote was 6,982 against 5,-
300 for R. W. Williamson, the state
administration choice. In the scat
tering vote Williamson got fourteen
Washington and Focht eleven and
Williamson received six Prohibition
and Focht two. A most of this scat
tering was done m Franklin county
It looks as though 'backers of Wil
liamson had been preparing for
something.
—And the Philadelphia Brand Jury
declared against the liquor traffic.
■ —Montgomery county will have a
woman aspirant for election to the
legislature. She Is Mary Culvert
who, by a single vote given her at
the primaries last week, bpcomes the
Socialist nominee for the
from the First Assembly District, j
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
Kaiser Wllhelm has accepted the
crowns of Livonia, Esthonia, Lithu
ania and Courland. Also the half
crowns, florins, pfennigs, centimes
and copecks, in all probability.—
Pittsburgh Post.
Some particularly diabolical form
of punishment will probably be
devised for Prince Lichnowsky, who
has been deflected red-handed in
the act of telling the truth. —Nash-
ville Southern Lumberman.
English will have no near com
petitors among the languages after
tne war, for while we are obliterat
ing the German language over here
our boys doubtless are murdering the
French language over there.—
Caruthersville Democrat.
Comrades of the Men
(From the New Republic)
To call on women to conduct
propaganda, to sell Liberty Bonds,
to occupy Important positions, to
undertake hard and steady physic xl
labor, to share In every responsibil
ity and every activity except that of
actually carrying arms, and then to
deny them the opportunity of vot
ing, would be one of those acts of
fundamental inhumanity and Injus
tice which would In the end Involve
in disaster the nation which con
sented to it The women of Amer
ica are the comrades of the men in
this fight. They have just as much
to gain as the men have from the
successful achievement of American
national purpose and Just as much
to lose as a consequence of failure.
Any man who has seen the parade
of American nurses and of the
mothers of the drafted men, and
who ref:ies to allow to women
their share in the responsibility for
the political policy, whose burdens
they are so cheerfully carrying, is
callous to the moral realities of
what is now taking place almost to
the point of being defective.
OUR NEGRO SOLDIERS
(Lieut. O. E. McKaine in Outlook)]
The traditions of the negro sol
dier may be traced in the history of
the great Chaka in the Valley of
the Nile, thousands of years ago;
Hannibal, "greatest of tacticians,"
in the war between Carthage and
Rome; L'Ouverture in the Haitian
rebellion against the mighty Napol
eon; Attucks, as the first casualty in
America's first battle against the
tyranny of George 111 on Boston
Common; black sailors with Perry
cn Lake Erie; Black Sampson at
Brandywine; Peter Salem at Bun
ker Hill; Carney at Fort Wagner;
the 24th and 25th Regiments of In
fantry and the 9th and 10th Cav
alry at El Caney and San Juan in
Cuba and during the insurrection
in the Philippines; and the feat of
the 10th Cavalry at Carrizal while
with the punitive expedition in Mex
ico. The place of honor held by
the negro in the profession of arms
is predicated upon the enviable and
cherished facts that he has never
had a traitor within his ranks und
has never had the blot of cowardice
upon his spotless escutcheon. His
prestige is based upon the high re
gard as a fighting man In which
he is held by nil fighters whom he
has opposed, whethy they be white
men, black men. or brown men.
THE CRIPPLE WOMAN
[War Time In Kentucky Mountains]
A cripple woman has a sight of time
to grieve and fret,
With nary thing to do but watch the
Bunbail rise and set.
And nary soul a-passing by the
whole enduring day.
Hit's lonesome up the holler now the
lads are gone away!
They useter lope along the trail,
thetr beastes all a-rare,
A-shoutlng out the good old tunes
and shooting Jn the #.lr;
And whether they was drunk or dry,
they'd alius stop and say,
"Well, liowdye, Aunt Lucindy, how're
you comln* on to-day?"
Loretty 'lows they had to go;, she'll
pot have got hit right—
I never heared of forcing mountain
•men to jlne a fight.
Hit mought be known down yander
they're right handy with a
gun,
And they'll be laming level country
;lads how shooting's done.
The maids have quit their weaving,
and they've quit their singing,
too.
'Twill be a lonesome valley that
they'll be a-travellng through:
And sorry help are cripples, who can
only sit and pray,
"Christ comfort maids and mothers
now the lads are gone away."
—Ann* Cobb la the Outlook.
KANSAS, 37 YEARS "DRY,"
SCORNS RETURN
From the Kaimit City Star
THE interesting communication
printed in The Star of yester
day from the New York
Tribune, reciting the history of thir
ty-seven years of prohibition in
Kansas, was a reminder to Kansas
itsolf of the fact. The anniversar*
of the date was May 1. Prohibition
has become so thoroughly establish
ed in the state that Kansas pays
little heed to the number of years
It has been In effect.
Prohibition is no longer a matter
of discussion in Kansas. There was
a time when you could start an argu
ment as to the merits of the law
almost anywhere, on the train, In
the hotel lobby, in store, office or
even in the homes. For many years
there always was some one to take
up the question on behalf of booze.
But that day ha 3 passed. One could
get Just as far with an argument
that typhoid fever is a good thing
for a community as he could with an
argument that the saloon should be
brought back Into the state.
Every time prohibition is made
an issue in some other state, the
saloon interests print circulars and
posters to point out the havoc pro
hibition has wrought in Kansas, but
Kansas does not even know that it
is under discussion, not to mention
its ignorance of the "ruination"
wrought by prohibition.
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES
French in a Nutshell.—Two books
for the study of French which E. P.
Dutton & Co. are publishing will
command themselves at once to all
who are taking up or planning to
begin the study of that language.
One is "French in a Nutshell," by
Jean Leeman a&d the other "Col
loquial French" by William Robert
Patterson. The former is a practical
phrase book designed especially for
the use of the American Red Cross,
the Army and Navy, and is the work
of a Frenchman who has been teach
ing for years in America. Mr. Pat
terson's book has been written with
the needs In view of those who want
a conversational knowledge of
French either for business or pleas
ure. It contains extensive exercises
In the form of conversations under
changing conditions between a cen
tral character and the people he
meets In his wanderings.
Feed the Soldiers
(Pennsylvania Farmer)
Reports of shortened rations for
the allied soldiers emphasizes the
urgency of the European demand
for flour. The American people
have done really wonderful thlnga
in the conservation of the most
needed foods. People of whole areas
have pledged themselves to eat no
more wheat flour until the next ns.r
vest. More and larger bodies of
people have curtailed wheat con
sumption to the minimum. All of
these efforts have been necessary
to stretch the limited supply over
the urgent needs of our fighting
men. And there are still six weeks
to two months before the new crop
will be available, and still longer
before wheat flour can move In con
siderable volume. This means that
farmers must sell all wheat on hand
or our soldiers and those of our
allies must go without. There is
nothing to be sained by holding on.
The needs are so great that the Food
Administration urges selling oven
what has been held for seed. The
possibility of short supply at seed
ing time is so remote and the pres
ent needs are so great that all farm
ers are urged to sell all the wheat
they have. Each bushel sold now
will provide bread for a little more
than one soldier in Europe until the
new crop supply Is available. It
is unpatriotic not to sell. It Is only
humane to let it go. Sell now.
Not Hopeless
[From the DallA News]
As long as a man retains hie sense
.of shame he's got somet>--g.
Aa a matter of fact, there never
has been a day In the thirty-seven
years of prohibition in which Kansas
was inclined to go back to the soloon.
The overwhelming sentiment of the
state has been on the side of pro
hibition at all times. The people
were too patient for many years
with lax methods of law enforce
ment, and allowed the pollticans to
"play the game" in order to get the
"wet" vote. But when the people
spoke, the joints were closed.
One of the early forms of political
entertainment In Kansas was the
movement in every campaign to re
submit the question. The joint
keepers and the brewers would hold
conferences in Topeka and Wichita
and other towns to "formulate
plans" and to "take steps." They
would employ "smooth pollticans"
to make the campaign for them.
There would be much "whispering"
among the initiated as to how the
movement was "coming on," and
then —
When the candidates for the Leg
islature made their campaign among
the people they would be asked this
one question: "How do you stand
on resubmission?" The man who
tried to sidestep the question would
be defeated. It is doubtful If the
resubmissionlsts ever mustered as
many as twenty votes in any session
of the Legislature.
LABOR NOTES
Canadian trade unlonsi increased
their membership 44,223 last year.
Carpenters at Niagara Falls, Can.,
have been granted a wage scale of
55 cents an hour.
Sixty per cent, of all workers In
munition plants are women.
More than 1,000,000 girls have en
tered new and hazardous occupa
tions.
Women coal miners are working
beside men In some parts of West
Virginia.
Many octogenarian ship carpen
ters In the state of Maine are vol
unteering for war work.
Hannfbal (Mo.) plumbers have se
cured a wage Increase and union
recognition.
Since 1911 women clerks have in
creased from 52,000 to 894,000 in
England.
Winnipeg (Can.) teachers have se
cured Increases of from fifteen to
twenty-flve per cei^t.
AFTER THE WAR
I What will you say. when the boys
come home,
When this cruel jvar is done?
Will you say, "My boy, I have stood
by you
' i And helped in the victory won."
will you hang your head In shame
I And say, "I have nothing done,"
After the war?
WJiat will you say to the crushed
. and maimed,
Who must struggle through life,
l in pain?
Will you say, "My boy, I helped bind
\ your wound,
Berit aid to the fleld where you've
Main."
Or you pass by on the other side,
With your head bowed low In
fthame.
After the war?
What will you say to the lads who've
died.
For you, on the fleld of war?
Will you "My boy, In my coun
try's name.
I,have wpt as you crossed the
bar. j
Or will you }ln selfishness, void of
shame,
Oo down to your grave with a
tarnished name,
I After the waq?
I MULFORD,
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Many people in Reading are advo
cating the change of the name of
"Sauerkraut" to "Kapusta," the
Polish name for it. It Is claimed the
Poles made "Sauerkraut" long be
fore the Germans ever heard about It.
What has become of the old-fash
ioned village postmaster who used
to have nothing to do but walk up
and down the railroad platform, sign
the payroll and look for the coming
of the post office inspectors? Now he
Is not only subject to the rules of the
Civil Service, but acts as recruiting
officer for the Army, Navy and Ma
rine Corps, sells Thrift Stamps,
runs a postal savings bank and has
a score of other duties.
Two employes of the Reading
Chain Block Works, earning S3O a
week each, and one at the Carpenter
Steel Works were run out of the
plants because they refused to give
to the Red Cross.
"She's got more nerve than an
aching tooth," shrieked Joel Rump,
in a Lycoming county court, where
his wife, Pomerania, asked for sls
a week alimony when Joel is only
making sl4.
Another Change
(From Birmingham Age-Herald)
While we are about it, why not
change the name of pretzels to 'lib
erty biscuit?"
OUR DAILY LAUGH
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ysgv I shall never
take my vaca-
V JtM °a In July
s t (A> CZi * again.
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fere with other A
people's affairs. |jV* fth
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when I checked llr OjL ill
up and found wW SjjS II *
that all the IX.rr' IB .
money I had IWf IBOSj
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from minding II All
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RAH GARDEN.
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"It's the business man and the re
tired man who know how to farm
that I'm after. We want him to help
Uncle Sam, the farmer and him
self," said F. R. Stevens, the agri
cultural expert of the State Chamber
of Commerce, who has been annex
ed by the government and the state
to get the problem of farm labor
nearer solution. Mr. Stevens comes
from New York state originally byt
has been working among farmers of
Pennsylvania for twenty-one years,
having been part of that time with >
the Lehigh Valley railroad which
started as a coal road and ended
up by making many tons of freights
come out of the fields along its lines.
Mr. Stevens was the man in charge
of that work. "My plan Is to help
the businessman who goes away and
spends a lot of time doing nothing
reduce his waistline and get his mus
cles into good shape. That is provided
he knows how to farm and a whole
lot of our successful men started with
the soil. The farmers of this state
need help. And if some of them can
get help of just one man for a couple
of weeks it will be their salvation
and add that much to the food sup
ply. Take a man who goes away for
a vacation or who does not work
because he is well-to-do. After
he is forty his waistline becomes
dangerous if he sits around too much.
Now if he will go back to the farm
for a couple of weeks he will be able
to better enjoy life this fall. And
if some of the men who are playing
golf and know how to farm would
do some driving with hoes and put
ting with rakes their score would
rank away up. And when they came
back in the fall they would be able
to chase old Col. Bogey all over the
course. Really, this is a serious prop
position. Many farmers are up
aguinst it for want of help and with
young men going to war and into
mills we feel that men who have
come from the farm and have time
or can take time should help on the
farm. It will be helping your old
uncle down at Washington too."
A tin roof opposite the Orpheum
isn't exactly the place where you
would look for a nest. But that is
where a pair of night hawks are
raising a family or preparing to.
These hawks, which Dr. Kalbfus says
are eroneously called whip-poor
wills, are the birds which sail about
collecting bugs at night. They are
the ones which dart and dip and
loop-the-loop and rival the bats A
pair of them have leased the roof of
Dr. Henry M Stine's property on
Locust street and have a nest in a
corner. They are very busy these days
and have not time to call upon the
other members of the family who
live on the roof of the Donaldson
building.
• • •
Residents of the Hill section of
Derry street, especially in the Thir
teenth ward, are getting ready to
ask the City Council to provide some
means of preventing flooding of the
pavement and of the sidewalk every
time there is a heavy rain. Several
times this year the wash from the
sloping portions of Eighteenth, Nine
teenth and Twentieth streets as
well as out on Twenty-third has
covered the street with mud and
dirt and lately rubbish has been
strewn over car tracks. The sug
gestion has been made that the gut
ters on the side streets be deepened
and larger catch basins installed.
The problem is commencing to an
noy people in that part of the city.
• ♦
Samuel L. Long, of the State De
partment of Mines, sent to Governor
Brumbaugh the other day a magno
lia that looked like an umbrella
when the accompanying leaves
held out. It was a huge white sped- • *
men, of rare stock and attracted
much attention. The leaves looked
like a big Lancaster county tobacco
plant.
• • •
A bulldog does not always run true
to form. Yesterday afternoon a
large dog with much pedigree visit
ed Capitol Park. He started to chase
squirrels and a misguided man tried
to chase him. The dog turned and
the man ran. So did a couple of
other men. A Capitol policeman
ciMiie along and seeing the dog en
gaged in bullying men, treeing squir
rels and making pigeons soar, care
fully aimed at his head with his club.
It was a good shot and landed right
on the end of the dog's nose. Instead
of holding on to the job he had set
out to do the dog steered a straight
course for Third and Walnut.
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Ex-Representative M. C. Watson,
of Indiana, who ran for another
term, did not make it this yme.
—Fred A. Godcharles, Deputy
'Secretary of Agriculture, was Me
morial Day orator at Milton.
E. E. Hatch, one of the
Camp Meade generals, will return
to his rank as a colonel in the Reg
ular Army.
—Benjamin H. Engle, Susquehan
na county farm agent, is a State
College graduate and has been form
ing associations among young peo
ple.
—Congressman L. T. McFadden,
one of the directors of the new
Sheep Association, comes from Brad
ford county, and owns a couple of
farms and many sheep.
—Oscar L. Davis, clerk to Lu
zerne commissioners, will go into the
Army. He had given up his place.
—Judge Thomas F. Bailey, of
Huntingdon, has two Memorial Day
addresses scheduled for to-day.
-DO YOU KNOW
—That Harrlsburg pretzels
are being sent to men In the
Army?
HISTORIC HARRIS BURG
Anthony Wayne, who surveyed the
Susquehanna, was one of the men
impressed with the location of Har
risburg.
THE SILENT ARMY
No bugle is blown, no roll of drums.
No sound of an army marching;
No banners wave high, no battle-cry
Comes from the war-worn fields
where they lie.
The blue sky overarching.
The call sounds clearer than bugle
call
From the silent dreamless army,
"No cowards were we, when we
heard the call.
For freedom we grudged not to give
our all."
Is the call from the silent army.
Hushed and quiet and still they lie.
This silent, dreamless army.
While spring to their
■ side.
And the bugle call and the battle
cry
Is heard as dreamer and dreamless
lie
Under the stars of the arching sky,
The men who have heard from the
men who have died
The call of the silent army.
—lan Ailao in th u Dally
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