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FRIDAY, Jt'XE 14, 1918
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Quick in a moment, infinite forever, '
Send an arousal better than I pray, '
Oive me a grace upon the faint en- (
deavor,
Souls for my hire and Pentecost 1
to-day. — ANON. '
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EAT LESS MEAT
EVERY loyal, patriotic citizen v
will adhere strictly to the gov- v
ernment's request that we eat
less beef.
And everybody will be the better (
for this latest form of self denial. '
As a people, we eat too much beef, i
Beef is strong diet, too strong for t
frequent Indulgence, unless one Is en-
gaged in constant muscular exercise,
and more high blood pressures, with f
their attendant diseases, may be t
traced to excessive meat eating than :
to almost any one other thing. But j
It Is palatable and is a constant
temptation to both the housewife,
who prepares the meals, and to those %
who are fond of the good things of 1
life. So the food regulation may be s
a blessing in disguise.
But aside from that, we owe it to '
our boys at the front not to eat the '
things they need most —and beef at i
this season must be conserved at (
home if there is to be a plentitude
of it abroad. Who would not give
up his roast or his steak to a hungry 1
soldier boy, if one should happen 1
along? Well, you give your meat \
to the soldier just as surely and just
as truly by denying yourself of some 1
of the available supply as though
you yourself handed him his dinner 1
on a platter. i
The Food Administrator, however, ;
offers the public the alternative of
pork products. Pork was scarce last
winter and beef plentiful. Now the
reverse is true, so we are told to eat 1
ham and bacon and fresh pork, and
deny ourselves beef.
We will do as we are asked, and if
next time the request comes for
"meatless weeks," instead of "meat
less days," we shall do without meat
altogether, however disagreeable
that may be. The American people
are ready, indeed, to go much farther
than such trivial sacrifices as these
to win the war. All they want to
know is what Is necessary for them
to do, and why.
Meanwhile, the President has not
bothered to explain why Presidents
Eea and Willard, two great railroad
executives who pointed out the fal
lacy of the Government's attitude
toward the transportation systems
several years ago, and Major-General
Wood, who urged military prepared
ness when pacifists now in places of
power were calling such warnings
hysteria—why these and others have
been dropped or sidetracked. But the
people will know.
FOR "DRAFT" MEN
MEN who are in the draft age
will have opportunity to pre
pare themselves for preferred
branches of the service and for non
commissioned officerships beginning
Monday next, when special evening
classes three times each week will be
opened In the Technical High School,
Instruction in radio work, carpentry
and later in other branches will be
given, and the young man who avails
himself of the courses to be of
fered will be far advanced along his
favorite line of activity when his turn
comes to be summoned to the colors.
The public schools have been as
signed this work here, very properly.
Every citizen has an interest in the
schools and Is entitled to whatever
benefits they may have to bestow, j
since they are maintained by the j
taxes of himself and others. The J
government has shown wisdom in us-!
ing these mediums of special in-j
structlon and the special corps of
teachers trained for the purpose.
And what is true of pre-war In
struction applies to the contemplated
re-education of wounded soldiers
returning disabled from the front
The public schools should be given
an opportunity to help all such to
useful pursuits where they can earn
a living for themselves and thus
maintain their positions in the com
munity and their self-respect. It
must not be said In the years to come
that any soldier in this great war for
FRIDAY EVENING,
the freedom of mankind was per
mitted to eke out a miserable liveli
hood selling shoelaces on ft street
corner. School authorities are very
properly considering the formula
tion of a proper course of Instruc
tion and doubtless before many
months wounded soldiers in the
schools will be as common as adults
attending the special sessions of the
Wharton school are at present.
Residents of South Harrisburg, who
complain with reason of the park
along the river south of Paxton street,
have the remedy in their own hands.
Why not call a meeting at once and
demand a showdown. The people of
Harrisburg never contemplated that
the "Front Steps'' should be used as a
coal wharf.
CAPITOL PARK PLANS d
ARCHITECT BRUNNER'S asser- o
tion that Pennsylvania's capitol "
park Is to be the most beauti
ful In the United States is scarcely
more gratifying than his accom- p
panying comment upon the harmony! fl
and breadth of vision of those as-
sociated with him in this work. Mr.
| Brunner might make the most won-
I dcrful plans in the world, but unless
they were approved by Governor |
I Brumbaugh, Auditor General Sny
[ der and State Treasurer Kephart.
they would be merely so many prett>
pictures. The members of the Board
of Public Grounds and Buildings
mean to make the capitol of Penn
sylvania commensurate with the
wealth and greatness of the Com- £
monwealth, and the results of their
efforts to that end will stand s
throughout the centuries as a monu- v
ment to their public spirit and scope ®
of vision. t
Nor will Mr. Brunner's confidence o
in the willingness of the city to do f
its full part In the capitol develop- t
ment meet with disappointment. As j,
the architect says, Harrisburg's civic J
spirit is high and it may be depended
upon to co-operate with the State in
whatsoever steps may be necessary. \
confident that, with the City Planning t
Commission and Warren J. Manning ji
looking after its interests, nothing v
will be done in any way that will *
conflict with the development of the li
town or confuse or congest Its traf
fic arrangements. Indeed, it expects p
that the new park will help to solve
some of the local traffic problems, n
s
rather than add to them. . r
As to the plan for a monumental r
viaduct at State street, with entrances i
from Royal Terrace. Thirteenth
street and other sections below and t
above State street on the Hill, and j
with driveways and walks leading 6
. from North street and Walnut street c
jon the capitol side, there can be no c
■ controversy. Such a structure would s
be so infinitely superior to the pro- J
posed bridge at Walnut street that i
there can be no fair comparison. |
The State offers the city a real i '
bargain. Its proposal is to build ar. I <
immense, monumental viaduct fromj
a point near Thirteenth street, con- j ]
necting with the new capitol parkj j
extension on the west, and practically j i
carrying the park through by means | ]
of an eighty-foot boulevard to the J <
Hill district itself. All it asks is that
the city transfer its Walnut street
bridge fund to the new project, the ,
Commonwealth to bear the re
mainder of the expense.
In other words, for the price of a
merely commercial bridge we get a
structure the like of which the city
alone could not afford to build. Be
sides, the amount authorized by the
original bond issue would not now be
sufficient for the purpose intended,
as costs of construction have been
doubled, or nearly so, since those
early estimates were made.
Mr. Brunner believes that, in view
of the groat need of a bridge in this,
locality, no time should be lost in |
preparing for the improvement. No
doubt those who voted for the Wal- j
nut street loan, will be happy to
register their votes in favor of di
verting the fund, especially as it now
appears that the Walnut street plan
Is dead for all time. Such a transfer
was made in Steelton a few years
ago.
The State street bridge is in bad
( shape'. It is a mere make-shift.
Something must be done to replace
it, and the Brunner plan is the one
1 best calculated to produce results.
The proposed bridge being a part of
the new park development and a
, necessity as well, might be built with
propriety during the war period,
' whereas public sentiment would be
[ opposed to purely ornamental devel
. opment in the present crisis, even
,| though the federal authorities would
: sanction unessential work, which is
? doubtful. The sooner the city and
the State authorities get together on
f this project the better. No time is
to be lost if anything Is to be done
" this year.
1
3 Mayor Keister has been criticised
- by "An Indignant Mother," In a letter
i to the Telegraph, for mistaken lenl
-3 ency in dealing with boys caught red- ,
1 handed stealing from garments ut
Island Park. The tendency In too
many directions is to pity the of
| fender and Ignore the victim.
s "Let's finish the Job while we are
rJLhere, o we don't have to come buck
later." writes a Harrisburg soldier in
France. That's the spirit of the boys
over there, and must be the spirit
over here.
Correspondent, writing a Philadel
phia newspaper, commends the
antl-loaflng laws and ordinances and
suggests compulsory employment for
all boys out of school. Most sensible
people will endorse tbls paragraph:
In the light of all this experi
ence. is it not regrettable that the
recently enacted anti-loaflng laws
do not include in their sweep all
boys over fourteen, as well as men
past twenty-one? But surely It
is not too late to add a clause
which will include every boy in
the country over fourteen, except
ing. of course, boys still at school.
Even these, however, might well
devote a portion of the vacation
period to the service of their
country.
After this week there will be hun
dreds of boys on the streets, and there
ought to be a place of useful employ
ment for everyone. This is no time
for loafers —men or'boys.
To-morrow night, in the hall of the
House of Representatives, a great
patriotic demand for a war to the
finish —the finish of the Hun—will be
voiced through the League to Enforce
Peace.
Some Capitol Park, brother! But
Pennsylvania doesn't do things In the
little way.
"PtKKOijttfaxla
I By the Ex-Commttteeuan
While the Republican leaders of
Pennsylvania are meeting in Phila
delphia to-day to organize their
state committee for a campaign that
will be as decisive in election of a
state ticket as the recent primaries
were in nominating it and to hear
their national chieftain, the leaders
of the rival factions of the Keystone
State Democracy are in conclave pre
paring for a bitter struggle for con
trol of the state machine. The con- „
trast between the two organizations
is very striking. The conditions pre
vailing are indicative of what will
happen in November.
The Republican meeting will be
addressed by National Chairman ,
Will H. Hays, a progressive; Senator
William C. Sproul, Senator Edward -'
E. Beidleman and their colleagues on t
the state ticket, will be present and (
men of the elements which were
lately locked in a hot party struggle 1
will be together. J. Denny O'Neil. \
State Highway Commissioner, and a
opponent of Senator Sproul, left here
last night to attend the meeting.
a
—The situation in the Democratic s
party is remarkable for storm sig- j
nals. It is the most exciting outlook
since the days of 1911 when the Pal
mer-McCormlck crowd put them- t
selves into power by throwing out i
men who in turn routed them at the
primary last month. The present con
trolling bosses declare that Judge t
Eugene C. Bonniwell is only one of '
six nominees and that while he may 1
name the chairman he must end 1
there. Judge Bonniwell and his fol- 1
lowers assert that the popular vote t
in the Democratic party last month I
demonstrated that the party needs a 1
change of leadership and that the re- s
organization bosses must undergo re- <
organization. '
—The meetings in Philadelphia <
and Pittsburgh will be preliminary i
to the assembling of the Democrats t
here next Tuesday for the state com- ]
mittee meeting on Wednesday. <
—The lovely Democratic situation i
is thus summed up by the Phila- 1
adelphia Record, the big Democratic ]
organ: "A third party ticket, with ]
Judge Eugene C. Bonpewell at the
head, loomed up yesterday as the'l
result of the brazen attempt made I i
here on Tuesday by a small group of | ■
near-Democratic chiefs, led by Na-. i
tional Committeeman A. Mitchell j
Palmer, to prevent the gubernator
ial nominee from conducting a suc-i
cessful campaign. Although the!
Democratic state committee meets i
next Wednesday in Harrisburg, it :
is certain that the delegates will i :
have no voice in the business of the!
conference if the Palmer-Guffey
plans are carried out.
—"Ex-Congressman J. Washington j
Logue won the nomination for lieu
tenant governor over Howard O. i
Holstein by only 210 votes, but he !
has been persuaded by Palmer and I
Guffey to embarrass Judge Bonni
well by remaining on the ticket. The
alleged leaders also selected George
H. McLean, of Luzerne, for state
chairman, without even learning
Judge Bonniwell's views concerning
the slated man.
—"lt is certain, however, that the
Palmer-Guffey-McCormick outfit will
have no voice in the framing of the
platform upon which Judge Bonni
well will conduct his fight. Last night
the nominee entertained at his home
! two Democratic candidates for Con
gress-at-Large and several friends."
! —The county committee of the
always interesting Democratic party i
| in Schuylkill county was reorganized!
! at Pottsville yesterday by the elec
tion of Dr. L. C. Robinhold. of Au
burn, as county chairman. Dr. Ro
binhold is a member of a family
which has long been prominent in
county politics. He will have as
his assistants M. J. Fleming, of Tre
mont, and A. P. Tabor, of Shenan
doah.
—Republicans polled 532,087 of the
717,856 votes reported cast in the
primary of May 21, according to of
ficials of the State Department and
the statement of the total vote polled
in Bedford county is expected to in
crease this figure according to of
ficials of the State Department, who
have been working on the official
computation. This is stated to be
; the largest number of primary votes
known.
1 —William C. Sproul, who received
j 353,711 votes had 203,252 votes over
J. Denny O'Neil and also won the
. Washington party nomination. Mr.
s O'Neil was the Roosevelt Progres
sive party choice because he got its
■ 11 votes. He will withdraw. Sen
, ator Edward E. Beidleman and
James F. Woodward are also Wash
l ington party nominees for the offices
to which Republicans nominated
them, while Fred E. Lewis was
1 nominated for secretary of Internal
affairs on the Roosevelt Progressive
1 ticket.
3 The official count was finished to
day and the totals checked and is
-5 sued.
—Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh,
who has been reported as having
picked upon a western Pennsylvania
1 attorney for supreme court justice,
r declined to make any statement
- about the matter to-dky. Reports
- that an appointment was Imminent
t were heard, but nie Governor had
, nothing to say. Neither would he
discuss the appointment to the va
cancy on the Public Service Com
mission. which it is understood the
commissioners wish him to fill as
s soon as possible, or the vacancies on
t the State Board of Public Charities.
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Under the German Veneer
[Kansas City Times.]
Like so many things German, the
kaiser's yachting trophy, won by an
American some years ago and now
broken up by the owner for the Red
Cross, turns out to be bogus. What
was believed to be solid gold and
worth $5,000 is revealed as pewter
and worth about S4O.
Probably this represents about the
average discount at which the world
should have taken all kaiser things,
kaiser treaties, kaiser promises and
kaiser protestations of peaceful in
tentions. Had the world been wiser
it would have scratched the surface
of all of them before accepting them
to make sure what was beneath.
And we now know what it would
have found. But if the lesson of the
plated trophy is illuminating it is
valuable to us only if we remember
that this habit of thrift is under per
fect control at Berlin. The kaiser
knows where to save and where to
spend. A bogus article was good
enough to give an American for
winning a yacht race, but the kaiser's
cannon are all genuine. No economy
enters into his shell making, even
though sawdust is cheaper than
powder and doesn't show from the
outside. What the kaiser saved on
the spurious cup went to build a sub
marine, just as the time he gained
by making spurious treaties went to
perfect his army for the blow he was
preparing.
It is the German method. Shiny
tin where show only is sought, solid
steel where the impact falls. The
world has learned to be deceived by *
neither. i
THE PITY OF IT !
Where can a more treacherous, '
more venomous reptile be found than 1
in the person of the German born ,
! man, who to. escape the oppression .
!of the autocracy of the beloved (sic) 1
I fatherland, flies to America, seeks i
! refuge in the haven offered here, en- ,
' joys his liberty and peace and free- i
i dom and opportunity here, prospers ,
I and attains moans and spending
! here, and then, when the test comes,
) turns against the country that has
sheltered and protected him and al
legiance to which he has taken oath,
and aligns himself with the auto
cracy from which he ran away?
Such a man is unfitted to be al
lowed to remain a citizen of this re
public. He is without honor, without
character, without principle. He is
beneath even the contempt of true
j men.
But what about his son? Is not the
son even more of a reptile than the
| father? —Kingston Leader.
T. R. WOULD HIT HARD
"Don't hit any man if you can
' avoid doing so honorably," he said.
I "But if you have to hit him, put him
to sleep. The same way with a war.
Any such war as this must be fought
through to a finish. If we do not
fight this war through to a finish we
will have to fight again. If our
boys do not fight overseas they will
have to fight later at home without
our Allies.
'A united nation, a unified Ameri
canism, a national strength prepared
in advance, not for war, but against
war, is my plea."—Exchange.
Vashti Affronts the King
Now it came to pass in the days of
Ahasuerus, he made a feast. Also
Vashti the queen made a feast for
the women. On the seventh day
when the heart of the king was
merry with wine he commanded the
seven chamberlains to bring Vashti
the queen to show her beauty. But
the queen Vashti refused to come;
therefore was the king very wroth.
—Esther i, 1 to 12.
Flagrant Deception
Queer, isn't it, how fashions;
change? But a short time back and
there was all sorts of an outcry
against nature-faking. Now we have
government courses in camouflaging.
—Louisville Herald.
Keep Up the Work
Now they are going to perform
• surgical operations on the vociferous
donkey so that he can no longer
. bray. The feat is said to have been
: successfully accomplished in France,
t Why not also apply the treatment to
, vociferous cats that make the night
t hideous and sundry gentlemen very
i profane.—From the Oregon Journal.
i CLEAR TO THE END
>
Secretary Lansing declares that
. the only way to peace with Ger-
many is to go on with the war. To
i go on with It clear to the end of the
i way —and then some.—Kansas City
, Star.
Our Great Merchant Marine
EDWARD M. HURLET, chair
man of the United States Ship
ping Board, in an address this
week declared that in 1920 America
will have a merchant marine of
25,000,000 dead weight tons. He
said:
"Paradoxical as it may seem, the
fact is that during the years when
Germany was making her vast mili-!
tary and naval preparations, hjer [
businessmen were engaged in a sys- ]
tematic propaganda to cultivate good
will abroad for German products. l
Germany's businessmen knew well I
enough that among their best cus-!
tomers were the United States, Eng-j
land, France, Italy and Russia. But]
they were assured that the war would
be short and Won by a quick rush of
overpowering forces. They had
thought they could localize the con
flict without Great Britain coming in.
and they did not have the faintest
idea that events would bring the
United States and many other coun
tries into the war.
"Their theory was that a speedy
victory would enhance their prestige.
But what is the result?
"The result is what might have
Justice For Gen. Wood
[The New York Times]
"Oh, Mr. President," exclaimed
Senator Johnson, "the cruelist thing '
in all this world is the humiliation ,
of a brave spirit. If it were neces- i
sary to humiliate a brave spirit as 1
Leonard Wood was humiliated, for J
the love of God ought not the people
of the United States to be told of
it? I criticise no man: lam saying
naught of hostility to any Adminis
tration; I recognize the right of the
Commander-in-Chief to select whom
soever he pleases for official com
mand; but there is one thing that
the American people have a right
to ask at this juncture, one thing
that I have a right to ask and every
other man has a right to ask whose j
blood is in France to-day, and that I
is, why do you keep out of the fight- i
ing line a man whom we believed
to be a soldier of ability and intre
pidity, a soldier who could render
valiant service in this hour? In ask
ing that, I do not ask that he be
permitted to go; I do not ask that
any decision be changed, but I say
in this democracy of ours why should
not the people be entitled to some
explanation?
"And I say further, without the
possibility of contradiction of the
facts, yiat to-day there is not a gov
ernment upon the face of the earth
that would treat its ranking Major
General or its former ranking gen
eral in the fashion that General
Wood was treated, without an ex
planation to its people.
"I iterate and reiterate that I am
indulging in no hostile accusation or
criticism. I ask, just as I have a
right to ask, that when an extra
ordinary order of this kind is made
when a brave spirit be humbled at
the very time that he expects to go
across the water and fight for his
nation that there be forthcoming to
the American people some kind of
explanation."
Negro Troops Fight Well
[Philadelphia Inquirer.]
It is not only the marines who are
fighting well on the French front.
Owing to a relaxation of the censor
ship we are getting some informa
tion as to our units in the fighting.
It is known that the Rainbow Divi
sion of National Guard troops, com
posed of regiments from various
states, has been heavily engaged as
i disclosed by casualty lists. It is
further known that some of the old
• Regular Army colored regiments
i have been fighting and have ac
quitted themselves well. Early this
spring two colored soldiers were dec
orated by the French Government,
which has not the slightest prejudice
in the matter of color, since it has
i used many thousands of African
s troops from Tunis and Algiers.
1 Experience Teaches
) The Kaiser knows better this time;
t he hasn't ordered another dinner to
' be served in Paris at a specific date.
—Savannah News.
Consistent
t The fact that hundreds of thou
- sands of Russian husbands and wives
> are separating 'shows that the Rus
e sians cannot even agree among
V themselves. Rochester Post-Ex
press.
been foreseen. The Prussian mili
tary leaders, in their failure to see
the truth, brought about the very
condition which they predicted
would never arise. They brought
about the isolation of the German
empire from the rest of the world.
They multiplied the number of na
tions fighting against Germany be
cause they refused to recognize, or to
permit their people to recognize, the
inherent selfishness and cruelty of
their cause. They caused the ma
terial forces of the rest of the world
to be vitalized against them.
"Out of the clearly expressed fears
of some of the German businessmen;
fears expressed publicly and which
only recently have reached this coun
try—there can be found ample proof
of the causes of war and the possi
bility of applying a cure in the
future.
"A writer in the Vossische Zeitung
recently said that Germany "will still
be suffering want when those of the
Entente have returned to, compara
tively speaking, normal conditions.
Our industry will be at a standstill,
while that of our opponents will be
running full time. The industry of
the Entente will, therefore, be first
upon the markets of the world'."
The Two Parties Now t
[From the Ohio State Journal.] (
If there is any politics in this war }
period it will not be the fault of the
Republicans. They will do every
thing they can to keep politics out of
the fight, and they sincerely pray
that the Democrats will do the same
thing. It is fortunate for the coun
try that the Democrats are in power,
for the Republicans can be just as
loyal to the country under a Demo
cratic President as they would be
under a Republican. And they are
showing it now. In a long article in
The Forum Senator Smoot said there
had been more opposition to Presi
dent Wilson's ideas from the Demo
crats in Congress than from the Re
publicans. So, if there is really any
partisan question just now, it is
which party has been most faithful
to the President. Some day this
question will change, but it will not
be by the Republicans while the war
lasts.
Praying and Believing
[Washington Times.]
At a gathering of citizens, which
crowded the board room of the Dis
trict Building, it was determined
last night to inaugurate a daily mo
ment of universal prayer in the
Capital.
The noon hour was settled upon
as the time when the ringing of bells
should summon all to a devout
thought and a supplication for
strength and success for our govern
ment and our men in arms and our
allies.
Some of us are going to find our
selves a little rusty in our suppli
cations. The prayers out* mothers
taught us have grown a little in
definite in memory and indistinct in
form.
This, however, should not prevent
any person from joinjng in this pub
lic and universal appeal for those
things which are for the greatest
good of the whole world.
Christ speaking to his disciples at
Jerusalem as chronicled in Matthew
xxi: 22, said:
"Whatsoever ye shall ask n prayer,
believing, ye shall receive."
In this daily prayer let us bear in
mind the word "Believing;" and seek,
knowing that we shall find.
GENERAL WOOD'S FATE
[From the Detroit Free Press.]
The fate in store for General Wood
still remains obscure. He has had
an interview with the President, and
many rumors have resulted there
from, but meantime he has "gone
back west" after taking a half tear
ful leave of the division he hoped to
lead overseas.
General Wood is a capable officer
with a genius for organization. He
is liked by the men in the army and
he has the confidence and admiration
of the country.
If Woodrow Wilson, commander
in-chief of the armies of the United
States, with power of appointment
and assignment of all officers, will in
' the near future give General Wood
a place commensurate with his posi
tion and ability, he will perform an
action that will have the unqualified
approval of the whole Nation.
Gets the Spotlight
Investigate till the cows come
I home, then investigate the cows.
■ That is the spirit as it manifests It
self in Congress.—Toledo Blade.
JUNE 14, 1918 L
LABOR NOTES
Woman suffrage was endorsed at
the annual convention of the Penn
sylvania State Federation of Labor.
Omaha (Neb.) Sheet Metal Work
ers' Union has advanced wages from
60 to 65 cents an hour.
The convention of the Internation
al Union of Journeymen Horseshoers
will be held in Pittsburgh. Pa., be
ginning July 15 next.
Railway shopmen of Winnipeg,
Can., want wages Increased from the
present rate of 38 cents to 54 cents
for a nine-hour day.
About 10,000 lots will be cultivated
in Montreal, Canada, and district
this summer, five times as many as
were cultivated last year.
Congressman Garland, of Pennsyl
vania, before he reached the height
of his ambition, was an iron, tin and
steelworker.
Louisville (Ky.) stove mounters
have secured an agreement which
changes a ten-hour day and $3 to a
nine-hour day and $4.50.
An arbitration board has awarded
Ro.chester (N. Y.) organized paper
hangers 75 cents a day increase and
painters J1 a day increase.
Guelph (Can.) firemen recently
tendere.d their resignation over a
question of wage increase, and all
were accepted by the Council excejf
that of the chief.
OUR DAILY LAUGH I
PROVOKING.
"How do you like Mr. Dubbs,
dear?"
"1 hardly know. He's so pleased
■with himself that he doesn't seem to
notice my good all "
NO LAW TO REACH HIM.
"Uncle Sam Is about to become ft
I bigamist."
| "How so?"
I "When he starts to take care of
his soldiers' -wives."
HER IDEA.
He —How would you like to live ta
1 i cottage by the sea?
She—By the sea, yes, but why •
sottage?
NOT AT ALL.
I "Do you think It silly to wear fun
Iln the summer time?"
"Certainly not. Don't we weal
lojt*a#ek4jpwQla Dm wlmt#*Jf
lEbnttng (Htjal
Arnold W. Brunner, the distin
guished architect who was here this
week In connection with his plans for
the beautlflcatlon of Capitol Park,
has the idea of making the Capitol
the center of the state, as far as
highways go, as it Is the govern
mental center. During his visit here
he made a number of automobile
trips about the city and Its environs
and then asked for a map showing
the state highways. "Why, it's a
regular web with Harrisburg aa a
center" said he. "Well, that will
make the Capitol Park something
to which all roads will lead In truth."
Mr. Brunner, who yesterday com
pared th Capitol Park project to a
double handled frying pan, says that
State street is admirably adapted to
'be a center of travel. "It is a mag
nitlcent highway and well named,"
said he. "But I think that there
should be a bridge across the Sus
quehanna at State street and it
should be the place where the roads
on the other side of the river should
converge. That, however, is a mat
ter for the future. That bridge
would form one handle of'the pan.
The other handle would be the
bridge to the top of the Hill, the
Capitol Park with its garden being
the center."
• • •
Few people have any Idea of the
magnificent scale on which the archi
tect who made Cleveland and Denver
famous for civic centers is planning
the Harrisburg development. He
told friends here yesterday that it
was his idea to make it the finest
state park in the country and that
he had the material to do it. Mr.
Brunner in working out his ideas
has been indulging in what he calls
"dreaming." In the course of this
employment he goes to various cities
and studies the layouts. Then he
drops into Harrisburg and applies
them and goes away to dream out, as
he savs, the details. "The bridge to
the top of the Hill" said he "was one
of the things which struck me as
essential to compfcte the park. It
certainly should be taken up
promptly."
When M. S. Hershey, millionaire
chocolate manufacturer, learned of
the action of the conference of
Brethren at Hershey, pledging
loyalty to the government, he did not
attempt to conceal his jubilant
spirits. "I'm tickled to death," he
told a Harrisburg Telegraph re
porter, and there was a broad grin
on his face as he boarded his huge
white automobile and started on his
daily inspection tour of the plant.
Mr. Hershey was doubly pleased be
cause it was through his efforts the
action was carried through. In b.
rousing patriotic appeal before at
least 10,000 people Sunday morn
ing he stirred the conference to ac
tion and more than $2,000 was raised
for the Red Cross. "I've never
heard anything better in my life,
than this news," was his comment.
While speaking of Mr. Hershey it
might be well to say that while he
is the founder of "chocolate town."
he Is quiet and unassuming. When
he appeared on the convention hall
platform Sunday morning, it was the
first glimpse many people of the
town had of him. "Why that s the
man who helped me across the icy
street last winter," a gray-halrem
woman said. "Gracious sakes! I
never thought it was M. S. Hershey.
Many comments were heard on nis
modest appearance. But he made
dollars talk for him. contributing a
dollar to match each dollar contri
buted for the Red Cross.
• • •
From all accounts the attendance
at the Ringling show on Tuesday was
a record breaker and it is astonish
ing the small amount of damage
done to nearby properties. Gener
ally when a circus alights any place
there is more or less harm done to
garden plots in-the vicinity. The
East End, where the circus dis
played, has numerous "war gar
dens" and very few of them suf
fered to any extent because of the
crowds. There was one large po
tato patch near the "main top ' and
it was virtually unharmed. while
smaller patches had paths worn
around them. The damage done,
averred one man, was less than when
the French flier landed out that way.
• • •
It is alwavs interesting to watch
the people who go to circus grounds
after a show. They have basket*
and what they gather up Is worth
while. A good many small pieces of
money were found, but such statis
tics are naturally unavailable. But
there were knives, doorkeys, garters,
handkerchiefs, gloves, hat pins and
buttons among the articles salvaged.
• • *
•E. Clark Cowden. the engineer,
says that in spite of reports about
some Paxtang flickers that changed
their hours of banging against tin
roofs to meet the requirements of
daylight saving there is one which
holds to his old schedule. This
flicker starts in at 6 o'clock in the
morning. He has been doing it
regularly for some months and he
does not vary two minutes. He has
become so proficient that he can
play tunes on the roof.
\ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Senator Charles H. Kline, elected
Allegheny county Republican chair
man, served as chairman of the
Pittsburgh city committee for sev
eral years.
General C. M. Clement is making
a series of patriotic addresses in the
northern part of the state.
—Dr. Joseph Kalbfus, secretary of
the State Game Commission, is tak
ing a short vacation in the woods of
Bradford county.
—James Hale Stineman, the new
adjutant at Camp Meade, is the Lan
caster publisher. He is a major in
the National Army.
W A. Dver, new cashier of the
Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank,
used to be a banker in Delaware
county.
—Joseph D. Hicks, new depart
ment commander of the G. A. R., is
a former congressman and promi
nent Altoona attorney.
—Senator Henry Washers, of
York, is one of the earnest workerfe
for extension of the Susquehanna
Trail to Washington.
| DO YOU KNOW
—That Harrisbnrg will get many
more automobile parties after the
new hotel opens?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Harrisburg has been a road center
for white men for 250 years. It was
a center of Indian trails long before
that.
Everybody Salute
The Star Spangled Banner skrt Is
said to be the latest for the patriotic
summer girl. 'O, say, can you see?"
—ißnatna Glob®, _