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TUESDAY, JTJNE 11, 1918
And the Spirit of Jehovah shall
ret upon him, the spirit of wisdom
and understanding, the spirit of coun
sel and might, the spirit of knowl
edge and of the fear of Jehovah.—
ISA. 11: 2.
A FRONT IN RUSSIA
THERE is good sense in what
former President Taft says about
the situation in Russia. Either
we must create a "front" in the East
or we must be content to permit
Germany to concentrate all her
forces in the West, while she gradu
ally takes over Russia and makes It
a part of the great Central 'Empire
to which she aspires.
, Furthermore, 500,000 American
and allied troops in Russia would
be worth a million on the west
front, for Germany would have to
withdraw at least that number of
troops from the west line to guard
the numerous approaches and the
long border which the Russians
themselves in the early days so con
stantly threatened.
We must do something in Rus
sia. Instead of coddling the Bol
shevik! of that country we must un
dertake their overthrow. They are
not popular at home and they are
steadily playing into the hands of
Germany. They preach liberty and
they practice serfdom. They talk
of making their country free and
they sell it into slavery. For the
sake of the Russians themselves, as
well as for our own interests, we
must take a hand in affairs in the
East.
The English recognized the im
portance of the eastern theater of
wat much more quickly than did
any other of the allies, and but for
the victories of General Maude and
the capture of Bagdad, the German
Berlin to Bagdad railway would be
an accomplished fact, carrying
steadily to Germany countless cars
of grains and giving that country
another outlet for its submarine
warfare through the Persian gulf.
Park Commissioner Gross is doing
the wise thing in permitting the fill
ing out of the river frontage north of
Maclay street, but the dumping should
be done under supervision of a park
employe, who will see to it that gar
bage and waste paper are not thrown
over the embankment, only to be
blown back upon the lawns In that
section. Furthermore, the line of the
fill from the curb westward should be
established so that hereafter it will
not be necessary to remove thousands
of yards of dirt to extend the steps
northward.
SCHOOL LIRRARIES
IT would be most regrettable If,
through shortage of funds, the
Harrlsburg Public Library \frould
be unable to expand its work in the
State Capital district this fall. Ac
cording to the reports which have
ibeen submitted, the registration for
the privilege of taking out books,
which does not cost a cent to the
patrons of the Library, amounts to
atbout one-fourth of the population
of Harrisburg. In other words, one
person in every four takes out books
from this institution. The circulation
some months last winter ran as
high as 12,000. Ten thousand is re
ported as not uncommon. And in the
midst of all this circulation there is
notable work being done to make
Americans out of adult and Juvenile
residents of the city. The books
taken to homes of children of for
eign-born parents constitute a no
table part of the educational system
of tlio city. This has been recognized
by one resident of Harrlsburg, who
was so much' impressed with what
was beins done along this line that
he made a donation for purchase of
books orf American history and an
other stipulated that Pennsylvania
should l o given attention In selec
tions for children ot v>, '> nntlve city.
Tlie more direct rift, -er' i-i which
a?. Library is rea'.liln- e children
r.iro.igh Its seven ' branch
■.,>rarlfl3. There are requeue *hat six
. 'hi''- ! e crlabl'she \ tills f.:.'l. To
th- pupils of the <v :ai
f; •. p. ;*pvently contributed u
)i'(' iy Bond. was the sub
i .anUal hied cf bcip tiiat Is needed
TUESDAY EVENING,
and It came from those who know
what the Library Is doing in this
community.
Somehow or other there is a pop
ular conception that the Public Li
brary has all the money It spend.
Exactly the contrary is true.- The
Library, like many another institu
tion, ha been hard hit by the ab
normal conditions. Thanks to the
Lyman D. Gilbert fund, It Is assured
of money for books of established lit
erary value. But the money available
to meet the calls from the children Is
limited. There is a great field for
such work In Harrlsburg, but It can
not be cared for by wind or ink,
except in the form of a pledge of
cash or a check.
Evidently, Thomas A. Edison be
lieves that any legitimate industry
is Essential. Those who seem to
think we can win the war by throt
tling business at every turn have
had their little day and common
sense is coming to the surface.
OUR WAR GOSPEL
SECRETARY LANSING.no doubt
reflecting the sentiments of
President Wilson, is preaching
as our gospel of war that we are
fighting the whole German people,
that there can be compromise with
Prussianism and that we must ut
terly crush the German beast before
we can consider peace.
That Is most excelent doctrine. It
is in* direct contradiction with the
belief of the President at the out
start of the war £nd differs almost
as widely with the thought of the
American people at that time, but
It agrees absolutely with public con
viction now. There was a time when
it was thought In America that the
German people were simply the un
willing tools of the military party.
We know now how false that was.
We know now that the German peo
ple will be willing enough to condone
the frlghtfulness of their govern
ment and to rob the people of the
world of their liberty and their be
longings If the "Prussian hosts should
be victorious. We know now that the
only way to divorce the German peo
ple from their government and show
them the error of their ways is with
a club. Once the .German army is
decisively defeated we may look for
a revolution in Germany—something
after the manner In which a pack of
wolves turns upon and rends to
pieces one of Its number when it
falls wounded —but not before.
The American people believe this.
Their confidence in Secretary Lan
sing is increased by his constant
preaching from this text. They want
to go on to the finish of Germany.
They will be content with nothing
less than complete victory. They are .
happy to learn that the administra
tion Is in complete accord with them
on this issue.
Those who have been on the Italian
front come back full of enthusiasm
over the splendid achievements of the
Italian armies. It has been assumed
in some quarters that the Allies saved
the army of Italy in the unfortunate
disaster a year ago, but this is all a
mistake. The Italian soldiers them
selves promptly recovered and turned
back the invader. We are fighting
with the dauntless men of Italy.
Fiance and England, and whatever
the occasional discouragement there
can be no doubt of the ultimate vic
tory which is in store for the forces
of righteousness and justice.
OUR CIVIC DUTY
THE Telegraph has frequently re
ferred to the fact that there
should be no let down in our
municipal and civic activities during
the war; that neglect of our parks
anc} playgrounds and the other things
which have been created at great ex
pense cannot be justified on the
ground that these are not "war
necessities." Just the other day the
newspapers contained a story of the
dedication of a new bridge over the
River Rohn at Lyons, France. This
bridge was built since the war be
gan and parallels an older bridge
named in honor of Lafayette. The
new bridge will be named Wilson in
honor of our president.
Manifestly, the French people are
not going to neglect their ordinary
municipal activities and interests on
account of the war. Nor should
Harrlsburg be led Into error in this
respect. We have an admirable
City Planning Commission, which
should go right along with its con- j
structive work, to the end that the
period immediately following the
war may be characterized by unu
sual activity in the working out of
plans now being considered for the
future growth and development of
the city.
Too often failure to do the things
that ought to be done is excused be
cause officials prefer not to be "both
ered" with the Important work of
making a city wholesome aqd at
tractive. Their vision is limited
when they fail to realize that re
sponsibility does not cease with rou
tine tasks. ,
Most people will agree with General
Foch that the way to lick the Hun is
to go after him hammer and tongs.
When you are ready. General, go to It!
WHY THEY WIN
EVERY time the Americans
have met the Germans in
France, they have given the
Kaiser's troops a severe drubbing.
The Americans, according to all ac
counts, don't light according to the
rules of warfare laid down by the
German high command—close for
mation, solid fronts, pressure by
force of numbers and all that. In
stead, they have adapted their style
of lighting to the circumstances. In
this paragraph, from a cabled
description of the American success
at .the Marne, we have one of the
reasons why our boys drove the Ger
mans out:
The Americans fought Ihdlan
frshlon. from tree to tree. In Neu
illy wood, making good use of
tfrertßdes, pistols, bayonets and
machine guns.
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What seems to ljave been a curtain I
raiser for the big battle for control!
of the Democratic state machine was!
staged in Philadelphia last* night
when the various Democratic ward
committees held their meetings for
election of representatives on the
city committee. It is said that the
partisans of Charles P. Donnelly and
Edgar W. Lank will control the city
committee, although this is disputed
by friends of Judge Eugene C. Bon
niwell ,who has been demanding the
withdrawal of Lank and the elec
tion of J. J. Breen as chairman as
his personal representative.
The city committee meeting will be
indicative of what will happen here
next Wednesday when the stfite com
mittee meets. There are some con
nected with the old Donnelly organi
zation,with whom the remnants of
the organization faction are allied,
who will refuse to allow Judge Bon
niwell to dictate the chalrmaij, hold
ing that he is only one nominee and
that he should not try to run the
whole show. They will make a fight
to retain Lank. Bonniwell proposes
to make a tight against Lank. Some
of the Democratic ward meetings
were held in traditional style, which
means that they were rough.
In regard to the state chairman
ship the Palmer-McCormlck faction
will be in control of the state com
mittee when it meets here. The com
mittee is largely made up of Federal
officeholders or men whom they
boss and as the Bonniwell people did
not make any fights for the commit
tee placed they are by no means sure
of where they will get In event of a
battle. Palmer, McCormick and
I their crowd are said to be willing
to give Bonniwell t£e state chairman
as a courtesy but as the rest of
the ticket seems to be of their own
faction they will insist on keeping
control of the machine and refuse
to allow Bonniwell to dictate the
platform.
All of which tencjs to another tra
ditional Democratic gathering here
next week.
—The Philadelphia Inquirer says
of th 6 prospects to-day: "Friends of
Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell, who
failed to get suport from Donnelly
at the primaries, Donnelly remaining
with the McCormlck-Palmer leader
ship, have protested against the con
tinuance of Lank at the head of the
city committee ftnd have been urging
that James J. Breen, who was cam
paign manager for Bonniwell in his
primary election fight, shall be
named to the city chairnjanshlp.
They, however, failed to elect enough
icity committeemen to dictate terms
and the chances are that Lank will
be re-elected when the 'city commit
tee meets for reorganization.
—Penrose men declined last night
to take seats on the Republican city
.committee in Philadelphia when
elected by ward committees. The
Vares control the city committee and
it looks as though the Penrose people
were determined to have their own
organization and to fight the Vares
• for the next mayor, which means a
bitter fight for 1919. One newspaper
says: "Several leading men in the
Penrose organization who have figur
ed as Republican city committeemen,
declined re-election to that body in
order that they may continufe their
activities in the Republican alliance,
the city oommittee of the Penrose
men directing the fight against the
domination of the Republican organ
ization and the municipal govern
ment by the Vare-Smlth combine.
Thomas W. Cunningham, Harry J.
Trainer, James A. Carey, Blake Mc-
Caughn and William J. Campbell
were among this number. Selectman
Trainer made probably the most ag
gressive speech in announcing his
determination to continue his mem
bership In the Republican alliance."
—Prominent Republicans from all
over the state are gathering in Phil
adelphia for the meeting of the state
committee on Friday, when the state
candidates and many leaders will at
tend. Hundreds are expected and
there will be a notable gathering.
There Is some curiosity as to what
Altitude state administration leaders
will take.
—George J. Brennan writing In
the Philadelphia Inquirer has this
to say about one of our fellow
townsmen: "Former president pro
tem of the State Senate, Edward
Beidleman, of Harrlsburg, the Re
publican nominee for Lieutenant
Governor, Is a stout champion of
home rule for boroughs and third
class cities. At the recent annual
convention of the Pennsylvania As
sociation of Boroughs, he advocated
the enactment of legislation which
shall call for a code which will en
able boroughs and third-class cities to
make their own laws for local self
government. Despite the hostility of
officials of the Brumbaugh admin
istration, who were lined up for the
Vare-Brumbaugh candidate, John
R. K. Scott. Senator Beidleman
scored a great personal triumph in
the popular vote at the recent pri
mary election In Dauphin county."
—Efforts ' are being made to
straighten out the tangle In Alle
gheny county Republican affairs over
the reorganization of the county
committee. The meeting is sched
uled for to-morrow evening and It
is believed that it will be harmonious
in spite of some rather careless ways
of arranging preliminaries.
—ln Washington people persist in
declaring that A. Mitchell Palmer
can be the next Pennsylvania
Snpreme Court Justice If he desires.
It is said that when the Governor i
found some influential men opposed
to C. Laßue Munson that he turned
to Palmer. That was before the
primary. Since then it is said that
Palmer lias been considering the
matter, but that President Wilson
wants him to remain where he is.
—A. Lincoln Acker was boomed for
Philadelphia's next mayor at the re
organization meeting of the Thirty
eighth ward executive committee.
Following the meeting, at which Slg
mund J. Gans was chosen to sit in
the city committee, a reception was
held in the headquarters of the
Harry C. Davis Republican Club.
Mr. Acker was presented with a
bouquetof roses and heralded as the
next mayor.
Cyrus Starts the Temple
Now In the first year of Cyrus
King of Persia, that the word of the
Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah
might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred
up the spirit of Cyrus King of Per
sia, that he made a proclamation
throughout all his kingdoms, saying,
Thus saith Cyrus King of Persia, The
Lord God of heaven hath given me
all the kingdoms of the earth; and
hath charged me to build him an
house at Jerusalem. Who Is there
among you of all his people? his God
be with him, and let him go up to
Jerusalem, and .build 1 the house of
the Lord God of Israel (he is the
God). —Ezra i, I to 8.
ADAM'S LINE TO NOAH
Adam, Sheth, Enosh, Kenan, Ma
halaeel, Jered, Henoch, Methuselah,
Lamech, Noah, Shem, Ham and
Japheth.—l Chronicles 1, 1 to 4.
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More Watchful Waiting ,
[New York Post.]
"It is time to act in Russia," says
ex-President Taft, writing in the
Philadelphia Public Ledger. It is
rather more than time. It was timei
to act in Kussia long ago. The ques
tion is whether there is still time to
act in Russia, and, if there is, how
long there will continue to be time
to act in Russia. Germany is eating
the country up in great mouthfuls.
To Germany it was "time to act in
Russia" the moment the Czar was
overthrown, and Germany began act
ing then with immense skill and en
ergy and has not lost a minute or a
second since. "For want of a definite
policy," says a writer the London
Times, "we day by day are losing the
chance even to rebuild upon the
ashes of Russia." • •
"We must intervene now," says
Mr. Taft. "We should at once con
fer with our allies, including Japan,
and agree upon a plan." The Bol
sheviki will disapprove, no doubt, but
are we to murder Russia to avoid
offending the Bolshevikl? Are we
to give up the future of the world —
and its past, the democratic past, it
has slowly created out of the cen
turies—to protect the sacred Bol
shevlki from annoyance? Is history
to say that the democratic hope of
the ages was slain by Germany and
the Allies; by Germany with a award
in her hand, and by the Allies with
a fat, Micawberesque complacency
that eternally hoped something
would turn up and therefore did
nothing at all? Is Germany to kill
democracy with the sword and rhe
Allies to kill it with watchful wait
ing?
rfever Knew Luxuries
([Girard in Philadelphia Evening
Telegraph].
Shakespeare neVer drank a cup
of tea, never tasted coffee, never
sipped a glass of cocoa, never ate a
potato and never smoked a cigar.
Yet he managed to lead a variegated
life and write plays that y'ou still go
to see. *
Napoleon, who died ninety-seven
years ago, never saw a steamboat
nor a railroad train, nor even a gas
light, but he ruled all Europe.
Lincoln never saw an electric light
nor talked through a telephone, but
he freed 4 million slaves.
I doubt if William McKlnley ever
rode In a motor car. Certainly U.
S. Grant never knew of the wireless.
They both rose to fame and went
to the White House.
The finest piece of known archi
tecture on earth was created at
Athens by men who never saw a
newspaper.
St. Peter's Cathedral was the prod
uct of Michael Angelo's brain, but
he never read a book that came from
a printing press or saw a mechani
cally typed page.
Baphael painted his Immortal
Madonnas, but he never ate a corn
muffln.
Cleopatra never wore a velvet
gown, and even if Helen of Troy was
so beautiful that she caused a 10-
year war she never owned a pair
of leather shoes.
George Eliot never beheld a
movie, but she wrote "Adam Bede,"
which is a somewhat more import
ant thing to have done.
I presume that of all the women
who ever lived in the world nijt five
of them contributed more to the'
pleasure of a greater number of
other women and men than the wife
of a Chinese emperor. Forty-six
centuries ago that empress discov
ered that a worm could make silk
and she started the silk Industry for
this entire world.
Manpower Will Decide
[Kansas City Times.]
The June drafts which bring the
army up to two million men and
more, will help us to understand still
more clearly the nature of the great
contest we are engaged In with the
Germanic powers. It is a contest of
manpower. Premier Clemenceau
said In the French chamber: "The
Americans are staking the game on
the help, of the Americans." His
words had a literal meaning. They
meant that the manpower of France
and England was not equal to the
manpower of the central powers and
that only the manpower of America
could turn the scale against them.
The Germans have the summer
before them. Operating on inside
lines and able therefore to make
huge concentrations against the
points selected for attack, they may
be able with these superior numbers
to make continued gains of territory,
paying, of course, what price the
stubborn resistance of the Allies can
exact. This process must, in all like
lihood, go on until American man
power brought into the field swings
the balance in favor of the Allies, ,
Allied Mastery of the Blue
[From the Literary Digest]
A FORTUNATE feature of the
gigantic battle in France is
that the mastery of the sky in
contestably lies with the Allied avia
tors through superior men and ma
chines, according to European re
ports and dispatches, which cheer
various editors who see in such su
premacy one of the chief, if not the
chief, elements of victory. They note
that the western drive was inter
rupted and delayed by the terribly
destructive bombing offensive of the
Allied airmen on the enemy ammu
nition supplies and lines of com
munication. In one week in May
Allied airmen accounted for 252 Ger
man planes on the western front
alone, and, the Newark Times notes,
"one thousand German planes have
been brought down or driven out of
control in two months since, the
Kaiser's battle was begun." Alliedi
THE WORLD BULLY ,
[New York Times.]
Captain Lieutenant Franz Rin
telen, German naval officer, some
time a banker, one of the most active
and dangerous of German spies in
the United States, Is now serving a
term In a New Jersey penitentiary
for conspiring with "Wolf" Lamar
and others to cause strikes in mu
nition factories. At the expiration
of this sentence he will have two
others to serve, one for getting a
fraudulent passport from the State
Department, one for conspiracy to
destroy Entente food and munition
ships. He hajs been mixed up in and
the purse-bearer of many German
plots. He is an arrant spy, and would
be shot as a spy were he now to
commit the crimes which he has
committed. • •
Secretary Lansing's answer to this
bullying note is sharp, strong, a blow
In the face. Courage and patriotism,
resolute Americanism, ring from It.
He refuses absolutely even to con
sider release or exchange or "any In
terference with the due process of
law In this case." He reminds Wll
helmstras.se that, while the United
States does not acknowledge the
legitimacy or necessity of "reprisals
occasioning physical suffering," "to
enforce demands from one belliger
ent, to another," "if Germany acts
upon that principle it will Inevitably
be understood to Invite similar re
ciprocal action on the part of the
United States with respect to the
great numbers of German subjects
in this country." Germany can put
that in her pipe and smoke it. So
ingrained and inveterate Is her belief
in frightfulness, her habit of bull
dozing other nations, that she cannot
glve-lt up. It will be wiser for her
to bully only little nations in future. |
The United States, after a long pa-]
tience, is protecting her rights and
the rights of free civilization with all
her might of men and resources. Is
It to gull "honest Michael," worried
over the steady lnpour of American
troops into France, that Germany
makes this Impudent demand and
threat?
LIFE IN ARKANSAS
[Quoted from the DeWitt Enterprise
by B. L. T.]
Miss Katie Reed and West Wad
kins were seen riding around in this
burg Sunday.
| Ask Bantle Gilbert how he likes
his girl he was sporting around Sun
day afternoon.
Say, Martha, what got the matter
with you and Jim, that he pushed
you out of the buggy Sunday?
Wonder why some boys can sport
two girls around and some can't
sport any? It may be the Saxon.
Come on. Buster.
Hello! Eva, what has been the
matter with you and Harry? We
haven't seen you In a long time.
A certain little girl has the blues
because It rained. Wonder why?
Come on. Sassafras, with some
more of your good Items.
Wesley White was seen trying to
I climb a fence with his new Ford.
Lute, you had better get busy, for
a little Forks of LaGrue guy Is going
to beat your time.
The Birth of Nehemiah's Idea
The words of Nehemiah the son oI
"Hachallah, And It came to pass, as I
was in Shushan the palace, that Ha
nanl, one of my brethren, came, he
and certain men of Judah; and I
aisked themi concerning the Jews
that had escaped, which werajeft of
the captivity, and concerning Jeru
salem. And they said unto me. The
t remnant that are left are In great
affliction: the wall of Jerusalem also
I Is broken down.—Nehemiah i, 1 to S.
losses have been heavy, of course,
but daily reports show that the Ger
mans have suffered more severely.
A London correspondent of the New
York Tribune speaks of the attacks
of German aviators on a British
hospital camp as proof of their
sheer desperation, for each day the
advantage of the Allied airmen, in
which Americans share, is growing.
German fliers are active and daring,
he concedes, but slowly and surely
they are being driven to earth. The
British are carrying out their bomb
ing expeditions on a scale which
makes previous efforts insignificant,
and this writer observes that no
leader can estimate the value of
bomging ,for "it may foe that this
great weapon will revolutionize the
whole system of land fighting and
prove a decisive factor in ending the
war." '
LABOR NOTES
Dublin, Ireland, tramway strike is
over, as the men have accepted the
company's offer of $1 a week increase
in wages.
Power has been given to i the Agri
cultural Boards of Ireland to take
possession of unoccupied lands and
lands not properly cultivated.
Winhlpeg, Canada, was practically
without a fire department recently,
160 firemen having struck because
the council refused the demands of
the electricians and waterworks
men.
The Pere Marquette railroad is
making preparations to bring in a
large number of Southern United
States negroes to train for the duties
of firemen.
British women of Shanghai, China,
have sent $5,000 to the Veterans' As
sociation toward the fund for estab
lishing a national memorial for Brit
ish soldiers and sailors.
A protest was sent to the Cana
dian minister of labor by-Vancouver
Trades' and Labor Council against
the bringing of negroes from the
United States by the C. P. R. for
service on its dining cars.
Partially disabled Canadian sol
diers who have had previous experi
ence in farm work are filing applica
tions at London, Ontario, for leave of
absence to assist the farmers in
seeding operations.
Increased wages are asked by the
motormen and conductors of Brant
ford, Canada. First and second year
men ask for a st-cent per hour In
crease, and the third year men want
10 cents per hour increase, with 17
of the former and 16 of the latter.
No less than 2,500 American
women doctors have applied for
overseas service to aid the stricken
women and children of the war zone.
Mayo county, Ireland, council
clerks have been on a strike for a
war bonus of $1.25 a week.
Derbyshire, England, Mines' Asso
ciation has invested $200,000 with
Rotherham Corporation, and $9,000
In War Loan.
Quarrymen of Bethesda, Eng.,
have applied for an extra allowance
of sugar, owing to the arduous na
ture of their work.
Typefounders of England and
Scotland have, made a further in
crease in prices owing to the increas
ed cost of production.
The London and Northwestern
Railway of England, has offered
spare land by the side of its Une for
food plots.
One hundred and fifty women have
passed through the London, Eng.,
county council courses as inspectors
of army canteens.
Derry, Ireland, war hospital sup
ply depot, formerly a ladles' school,
has been acquired as a hotel for ship
yard workers.
The pay of the school teachers un-
I der control of the London, Eng.,
county council, will be almost $2,-
000,000 more during the coming
year.
The production of* coal In the
Netherlands, negligible before the
present century, has Increased yearly
until the 1917 production was 3,019,-
000 metric tons.
JUNE 11, 1918.
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Probably the Kaiser would con
sent to pick out a king for Ireland
along- with the rest.—Npw York
World.
Germany won't say she's licked as
long- as there's a church left stand
ing In Belgium or France.—Savannah
Press.
In view of the success of the first
concrete ship, Faith, they might call
the sjecond one Works.—Providence
Journal.
Every time Germany says the
U-boats will win the war her voice
gets a little weaker.—Memphis Com
mercial Appeal.
"Our whole struggle is In God's
hands," says the Kaiser. And if he
only knew what that means!— Wall
Street Journal.
There are two countries that will
never forget the Americans. One is
France and the other is Germany.—
Kansas City Star.
The Germans have one claim to
renown; they're the only folk in his
tory the Irish have declined to fight.
—Philadelphia North American.
Sixteen sheep are grazing on the
White House lawn. The White House
goats are penned in the Senate
chamber.—Peoria Transcript.
Ballad of Bards and Aces
I wonder in what star-flowered nook
Young Alan Seeger sings his song—
In what Elysium Rupert Brooke
Breathes forth his music alt day
long.
Far from a world that fights with
Wrong
Does Byron dream of Freedom's
sway,
And Keats and Shelley join the
throng;
Where sings each bard of yester
day?
Say where does brave Resnati soar
Above the haunts of earthly men;
Or where, beyond the cannon's roar,
Great Guynemer rides forth again?
Docs Lufbery sweep some heavenly
glen
Like Phaeton of ancient day,
And Vernon Castle meet them then;
Where flies each ace of yesterday?
—John H. McGough.
I OUR DAILY LAUGH
A PUZZLE.
I say, old man.
that dog of mine
is a perfect won
der. I raised him /S
from & puppy,
and he's got Jf
most human in- '' "1(0)1
You don't say
so! I wondor
where he learned
fINHARMONT-
How are thlngi
at the wife'i
AIL right. Every
thing they under
take is thorough'
ly misunderstood
and disagreed
TIME FOR
PEACE. rjf-
Little boy, little K-,
boy, you should
not fight that
Hold off with]
your peace talk, | 4st
lsdy. One moro JBE
punch on the nose
from me and I'll :
have this kid
ready to listen to
you.
NO WIND-UP.
What's happen.
\ed to Mugsy'a
j|j®' ( I pitching staff?
' Ift iJsßri J club own cr
\ hired an efflclen
' ' 1 mRI 1' cy e *P° rt an( * he's
I flflj made them ellnil
nate all waste
fEhnting (Wjal
The East End seems now to be the t
section of the city wherein the circus
exhibits. Somehow or other all cir
cuses are "the" circus and they are
spoken of collectively. In any event
Twenty-lirst street is now the point
where the circus crowds converge
and where the cars head along: about
l and 7 o'clock in the afternoon
when the lemonade la commencing to
u°°i an( * Peanuts to get
heated up. For many years uptown
was the local habitat of the circus.
It showod so continuously in that
part of the city that when anyone
spoke of the various mammoth ag
gregations and' most stupendous
shows on earth, etc., coming to town
the thought was naturaHy of Sixth
and Maclay or some point up Sixth.
Hut it is interesting to trace the mi
grations of the circus in Harrisburg.
Captain Charles P. Meek, who never
missed a circus when ho was a boy
and for some years thereafter, says
that the first circus he remembers
coming to Harrisburg was the world
famous Dan Rice shows and It spread
its tent In the old Eby coal yard sec
tion not far from the present Phila
delphia and Reading Railway sta
tion. There are not so many about
town who recall attending that show,
but the .captain says that there was
some great bareback riding and the
clowns were clowns. Then the circus
for a time held forth on the old "cot
°n lot," which to the memory
or old I-larrisburgers means a plot
near where the Harrisburg Silk Mills
stan,J - From that vicinity—and it's
odd to think of a circus showing on
i rashionable Front street—the circus
moved out to Seventh street and held
forth until the Brelsford plant was
punt. It was a f?reat occasion when
the circus went over there and
Hickok, "Hot Pot" and railroad
shopmen took the whole day off.
;Lhe march of building forced the cir-
CU f. j°,. moVG up t0 what we then
called the stockyard district." That
was Sixth and Maclay and the shows
were forced up bit by bit to Camp
street, then to Curtin, to Seneca and
finally to a point above Reel's lane.
Once or twice Wild West shows dis
played on the island, but the island
was never popular for such shows,
albeit a great baseball center for
many years after bricks and mortar
crowded it from North Sixth. Once
the circus went out on the Calder
farm, near the Reservoir, but there
it did not take well either. Of late
it seems to be at home around
Twenty-first and Greenwood. And
we 11 stop now because we've got to
catch a car.
• •
One of the most energetic and will
ing to serve of Harrisburg's men of
affairs' is C. Linford Scott, superin
tendent of the Harrisburg Boiler and
Manufacturing Company's plants
where big government orders are
now being turned out. The other
day he was ordered to report to a
large government plant near Balti
more, where Important inspection
work was under way. He drove
nearly all one night, to get there,
worked all day, spent the next night
on the road getting home, spent the
day catching up with his work in ,
the mill and then cheerfully ac
cepted the request of the Rotary
club committee to lead the com
munity singing at the recruiting
committee In Market Square Friday
night. And after it was all over hip,
was the most chipper man in the
whole bunch..
• • •
Ehrman B. Mitchell, who when hi
Is not Indulging in Boy Scout work,
hejping sell Liberty Bonds, gather
ing money for the Y. M. C. A. war
service, collecting for the Red Cross
or attending Rotary Club duties,
looks after the management of over
1,000 acres of farm land along the
mountain east of Rockville, is turn
ing the acres his father cultivated
for pleasure and recreation into a
real business enterprise. Returning
from college he determined to make
farming a busineas and went to Rut
gers and Columbia to get the tech
nical side of it. Speaking of his ex
periences the other night before the
Rotary Club he said that he soon
learned that scientific farming means
applying the principles of successful
business to agriculture. Mr. Mitchell's
office is as well kept as that of the
average business firm and he knows
down to the smallest detail Just
where every penny goes'and whence
his profits come. His farms are well
organized under competent heads on
salary and profit-sharing basis and
every one of the employes is a Red
Cross member and an owner of Lib
erty Bonds or War Stamps.
The French "Blue Devils." who
had such a great reception here and
whose visit to Harrisburg was one
of the events of the war year, seem
to have captured Pittsburgh. They
were given a welcome in that city
which was strenuous even for the
iron and steel city. One of the funny
incidents was that one of the fore
most engineers of that city, Paul
Didier, was so entranced by the
chance to talk to men in his native
tongue that he went around with
them all day and clean forgot a com
mittee of noted experts who had
come to the city to discuss war work
with him.
• •
Judge 8. J. M. McOarrell, who was
presented with a beautiful loving
cup by Market Square Church people
In recognition of his forty years of
service as superintendent of the Sun
day school, has received a number
of congratulatory messages from
friends about the state. Judge
McCarrell was for years one of the
most prominent men In Sunday
school work In the state, and Mar
ket Square, which was first in this
part of the country to organize a
Sunday school, has been long an ob
ject of great interest in the Synod of
Pennsylvania.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—The Rev. Dr. F. P. Mayser, Lan
caster clergyman known here,
is celebrating his fiftieth year as a
minister.
—Emerson Collins, Deputy Attor
ney General, has been invited to bo
Flag Day orator at Lock Haven.
—Judge John Faber Miller, of the
Montgomery county courts, was one
of the speakers at the dedication of
the Swenkfelders' memorial at Clay
ton Sunday.
—William Decker, senatorial can-
dldate in the Williamsport district,
who Is in a dispute over his expense
account, Is a wealthy furniture man
ufacturer at Montgomery.
■—Rollin H. Wilbur, Lehigh coal
chief, will spend part of the summer
at Thousand Iskinds.
DO YOU KNOW
—That Harrlsburg furnished
many riflemen for the American
armies in the Wnr of 1812?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
In early days Harrlsburg got the
bulk of Its coal from the Lykena Val
ley by barges.