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WEDNESDAY, JUNK 26, 1918 Qods gifts put man's best drcama to shame. — Mrs. Brownl\-g. , 1 BURLESON AND LIQUOR 1 IT is charged, and not denied, that Postmaster General Burleson . has taken time enough away from his favorite sport of throwing i monkey wrenches into the wheels of the postal machinery to conduct a secret lobby against the enactment ] of a national prohibition statute at this session of Congress. If Mr. Burleson knows as little , about the benefits of national pro hibition as he does about the proper ' conduct of the postal system it Is little wonder that he conceals his activities. But what has prohibition 1 to do with the postofflce department? Or is Mr. Burleson one of those silly gentlemen who profess to believe that the efficiency of workmen Is In creased by the drinking of alcoholic ' beverages ? , Nor did the other witnesses who testified yesterday before the com- 1 mittee bring out any convincing ar- , guments in favor of booze for ship builders. Secretary Daniels, who has 1 brought the Navy to unheard of de grees of efficiency since he put pro hibition Into effect In the sea service. \tmye that beer (r shipbuilders is as unnecessary as for ship operators, and there is no reason to believe he is wrong. Bainbridge Colby, who raised all the storm, is being used as a tool by the brewing interests who have thought so much of his remarks that they have caused them to be pub lished as a full page paid advertise ment in Washington newspapers. And this is the concluding sentence in Mr. Colby's highly logical appeal for poison to keep the shipbuilders in good physical condition: "The world wants not an Increase of rlghteous * ness; it wants victory for free insti tutions," predicated upon a merchant marine built by beer-drinking ship builders. Is the man Joking or is he simply Billy? At any rate, the fleeing Austrians still have the choice between an Italian bullet and starvation at home. THIRD TERM NONSENSE THE third term nonsense of which Vice President Marshall was guilty at Indianapolis is still go ing the rounds of the press. We do not believe Mr. Marshall spoke with authority; he seldom does. He is the bad boy of the administration, al ways saying things which embarrass the president. But like the bad boy of the family he sometimes blurts out more of the truth than is de signed for public Information. Oc casionally he drops an Innermost family secret. If the president or his friends are entertaining any such foolish ideas at this time let them get into their heads the thought that their Job at this time Is exclusively the winning of the war. That Is a task big enough to fully occupy the atten tion of any administration and the public has a right to expect concen trated attention upon It by those en trusted with it. "Politics is adjourned," and 1920 is still two tumultous, tremendous years In the future. The Austrians started out after Italian spoils and were spoiled. 89 MORE SHIPS CHARLES SCHWAB ts planning the most gigantic Fourth of July ~ celebration in the history of the country—one that will make the German Kaiser shiver in hia boots and von Terpltz wonder how he ever became possessed of the fool notion that the U-boat could beat your Uncle Samuel. Mr. Schwab proposes that at- a riven hour on the national holiday, or aa near there as may be, eighty nine hulls of new shipa ahali be launched In the yarda of the U T nlted Stataa. Eighty-pine ships added to our I merchant marine on one day—think ■ of it —and ships above all else will ■ win the war. We fooled away a mighty lot of time getting Mr. Schwab into con txol of our ahip-butmns industry— WEDNESDAY EVENING a full year after he himself offered his services—but he Is there now and Just getting into his pace. If he is able to celebrate the Fourth with 89 ships what may not Uncle Sam expect to And in his stocking on Christmas morning? Some celebration! That the printing trades have sent their full quota to the war ia shown by the issue of a booklet. "Somewhere in France," by the International Typo graphical Union, which gives the names of 4.081 Journeymen members and 60S apprentices who are in the service of the United States or Canada. Another thing that strikes the eye is that the union has invested 13,000,000 in Liberty Bonds, that last year of the several millions of dollars handled only $1,237 was spent for strike purposes, and that President Scott says "there should be no strikes or lockouts during the war." PROMPT CO-OPERATION MEMBERS of City Council have lost no time in preparing to co-operate with the State au thorities for the erection of a monu mental, viaduct at State street to con nect the Capitol Park extension with the Hill district. The resolution passed at yesterday's session in structing City Solicitor John E. Fox to get into touch with the Board of Public Grounds and Buildings at onco and to prepare legislation for the city's part in the big enterprise shows that the councllmen appre ciate thoroughly the Importance of getting under way as quickly as pos sible. When Architect Brunner was in Harrisburg recently he commented enthusiastically over the hearty co operation and perfect harmony that has always existed between the State and the city In the matter of the Capitol-Park development, and yes terday's action by Council is merely a continuation of the policy that has marked the extension project since its very inception. The councllmen realize that the city is offered such a bargain as may never come its way again and that it must be accepted while the State is in its present generous mood.' The resolution adopted Is the first step toward taking the necessary ac tion to transfer the Walnut street bridge fund, voted by the people some years ago, to the State street fund as the city's very small share toward the great structure with which the Commonwealth proposes to carry the park development by means of an eighty-foot viaduct to the people of the Hill. When Bethlehem proposed the erection of some such bridge as is planned for State street, municipal credit and private subscription had to be stretched to the limit to get it. But here the Commonwealth gener ously offers the city the vast sum which represents the difference be tween the kind of structure as could be built for the $300,000 the city has to -spend, and a sum sufficient to erect such a viaduct as Mr. Brun ner and Mr. Greiner contemplate. Council Is well Justified in hastening to accept the proffer. It so happens that the city is for-- tunate In another respect also, City Solicitor Fox having been Instru mental as State Senator In the adop tion of the legislation necessary for the Inauguration of the park exten sion improvement and being thor oughly familiar with all the steps that have been taken. He Is an en thusiast on the subject and may be depended upon to get Into touch with the State officials promptly and to co-operate with them intelligently and along lines that will continue on a broader basis than ever the friendly relations that exist between Commonwealth and city. Harrla burg appreciates what the State is doing and desires only to help. The official German press agent has not yet burdened the cables with what the Kaiser thinks of Qott's part in the Austrian offensive. Our idea is that the Italian delega tions should have first place in the Fourth of July parade. We certainty are glad that the Government haan't found it necessary to order a substitute for raspberry pie. "Two minutes for prayer Is too short a time," aays a correspondent, who forgets the possibility of con tinuing his petitions at home. OfMtUtU With the election of the whole Re publican state ticket assured and big Republican delegations in Congress and both Houses of the State Legis lature a matter of course and the Democratic party engaged in ont of its quadrennial family tights, the at tention of men active in politics in Pennsylvania is being devoted to the Supreme Court elections, nomina tions for which must be made by nomination papers. Both of the Justices recently ap pointed will 'be candidates for full terms and their friends will soon get busy in their behalf. There is pro nounced sentiment for President Judge George Kunkel, but the Dau phin Jurist is silent on the subject, and there are a number of men urged for the places. Among Demo crats who are being urged to file pa pers for Justice Mestrezat's seat are: Henry Budd, a local attorney; ex- Senator Webster D. Grim, of Bucks county; Charles B. Lenahan, of Lu zerne county; Judge Henry O. Bech tel, of Schuylkill county, and Judge Charles B. Copeland, of Westmore land county. —Judge John W. Kephart, of the Superior Court, is regarded as cer tain to tile papers and several attor neys in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh have ambitions, some of which are not regarded as likely to get very far. Judge Kephart, who is a shrewd politician and who upset tome apple carts a few years ago. will likely have something formal to say soon. —Judge Bonniwell Is in confer ence with friends in Philadelphia the remainder of this week regard ing campaign plans. He will issue another statement about Saturday. —Pittsburgh councilmen have again passed ordinances over the mayor's veto. The mayor and the council are having a strenuous time on different ideas of government. —Reappointment of Public Serv ice Commissioner Michael J. Ryan is expected to be announced within a few days. His term expires on July 1 and he will be named to serve un til the end of the next session of the State Senate. —The lawyers who are gathered at Bedford are not only discussing the Supreme Court nominations, but they are also giving attention to the tangles which now exist in the non partisan judicial selection law. This is a subject which has presented nothing but difficulties since It went Into operation and Hampton L Car son, former Attorney General, yester day submitted a report reviewing de cisions and making suggestions. To remedy this confusion an act of As sembly is recommended which pro vides that the Secretary of the Com monwealth, in certifying the names of judicial candidates to be printed upon the official ballot, shall present the names of those condldates re ceiving more than fifty per cent, of the electors who voted for such can didates. In the event that fewer nominees are thus obtained than there are judges to be elected, those candidates who receive more than fifty per cent, shall be certified for separate *nd distinct printing, and shall be printed on the official ballot as sole nominees for an equal num ber of vacancies to be filled; and twice as many additional names as there are additional vacancies to be filled shall be certified for printing as a distinct group, according to exist ing law, and said additional names shall be separately printed on the official ballot as nominees for the re mainder of said vacancies and for them only. The proposed act also provides that the names shall be printed on the ballot In the order of their respective plurality of votes, the name receiving the highest vote appearing first. —Much attention has been attract ed in state political circles by the 1 activities of the group of men head ed by William Wilhelm, who Is pres ident of the State Progressive League. These men are understood, according to dispatches from Pottsvllle, to have tentatively agreed. It is asserted, upon a state ticket which will be headed by Senator Sproul, Republi can nominee for Governor. They have selected J. Washington Logue, the Democratic nominee for Lieuten ant Governor, and Asher R. Johnson, the Democratic nominee, for Secre tary of Internal Affairs, as running mates for Sproul, and also will put in the field candidates for (Songress at-Large pledged to prohibition. A meeting will be held at Philadelphia nfxt month, when plans for the cam paign will be fully formulated. MAKE WAR IN GERMANY [Kansas City Star] "Already," Henry Allen writes from Paris, "Allied air strength equals the German." Which merely emphasizes the fact that so far there is no such thing as superiority in the air. England and France have Just about been able to keep pace with Germany in the construction of aircraft. That is the reason the success of our aircraft program is a vital mat ter. When America comes In strong with fighting planes, then and then only will the supremacy of the air be attained.,with all the advantages that this gives. . The usefulness of bombing from airplanes has been questioned by various military critics. It Is hard, they point out, to score direct hits, since the aircraft must generally fly at a great height. But there Is another effect that Mr. Allen men tions in his letter. Continued air raids get on people's nerves. A man's efficiency as a worker is low ered when he knows that any mo ment there may be a deadly explo sion in his neighborhood, or In the neighborhood of his family. When the day actually cornea, as i>ome It will, that American planes In numbers hitherto undreamed of shall flock over the cities of the Rhine Valley, life will be a veritable hell for millions of Ger mans. It is a horrible way to con duct war. But It is merely using the weapon that Germany chose. Germany undertook to bring the war to the civilian population of England and France by air raids. With American resources the Allleg ought to see to It that the war is brought home to the people of Ger many until it sickens them. Stops Outdoor Advertising "Telephone-pole advertising," or the nailing of cards, circulars, signs, etc., on telephone poles along the streets, has been ordered discon tinued in Dallas, Texas. A city ordi nance hns been placed on the statute books of the city prohibiting this nractlce and Chief of Police Ryan has issued orders to his force to see that the law Is obeyed. HAJUUSBTJRG TELEGRAPH MOVIE OF A MAN TRYING TO OPEN A CAR WINDOW FOR A LADY By Briggt -'■■ M | f ' I •ftSRDOW fAe UT MU WOMAO WAS BORIS! - "III??" VOcGto YOU e joi MUST DBfeMfi IO OOS*>TMftT. "• KlrU> AS To.OPSM STR^Th.AW*L *®<i-ITY , t MIGHT - t HY WNDOWif=OR V.MhNV iLvl tW •A< % < *1 I *"> " * Hew * seeots ■ T'BB •• aox IXL <J S T t '-iva OWNED MANY • I I J=£j ' 3TUCK-; OPew IP. 'I • Just a "Y" Secretary [Harris Dickson in Collier's Weekly] The first wave billows over the crest, dropping its dead as it goes. The second wave meets an answer ing storm from the Boche, a pelting of shells which converts the slope into a field of death, plowed by gi gantic maniacs. Officers order their j men to lie down in the captured trenches, in the shell craters, to lie down anywhere, everywhere, until the opposing batteries can be smoth ered. One man disobeys; one solitary figure keeps his feet. He carries no bayonet, flashes no sword, flourishes no banner. From crater to crater he gloves calmly about his work. "Who is that hero? Is he some srreat general encouraging his sol diers by such splendid gallantry?" Not a bit. He's no hero; that's nothing but a Y. secretary serving hot coffee to the men. When the smoke of the Big Push had cleared away, two secretaries were found among the slain, and ten among the wounded. And chap lains, too, were lying dead upon the field. As Tommy puts It; "If you like that -ort of sport, it's fine to go over the top with a bayonet; but it takes some nerve to go over with a pot of coffee, or a hymn book in your hand." Soon Will Be Anyway If the U-boat were winning the war Hindenburg would be fighting a defensive campaign.—From the Wall Street Journal. "MADELON" [Heywood Brown In The A. E. F.] I heard that song ("Madelon") many times afterwards and It always brings to mind a picture of dusty French soldiers marching with their short, quick, eager style. They are always dusty. All summer long they iwear big overcoats which come be low the knee. Dust settles and mul tiplies and if you see a French regi ment marching In the spring rainy season it will still be dusty. Per haps their souls are a little dusty now, but it is French dust. And as they march they sing, as the men sang to the newly arrived Americans In the train that night: i For all the soldiers on their holi days. There Is a place, just tucked In by the woods. A house with ivy growing on the walls— A cabaret—"Aux Toulourous" —the goods! The gtrl who serves Is young and sweet - as love. She's light as any butterfly In spring. Her eyes have got a sparkle like her wine. We call her Madelon—it's got a swing; The soldier girl! She leads us all a dance! She's only Madelon. but she's Ro mance! 1 We all have girls for keeps that wait at home Who'll marry us when fighting time Is done; But they ar? far way—too far to tell What happens In these days of cut and-run. We sigh away such days as best we can. And pray for time to bring us nearer home. But tales like ours won't wait till then to tell — We have to run and boast to Made lon. We steal a kiss—she takes !t"all in play; We dream she Is that other—far away. A corp'ral with a feather In his cap Went courting Madelon one sum mer's day. And mad with love, he swore she was superb. And he would wed her any day she'd say. But Madelon was not for any suoh — She danced away and laughed: "My stars above! Why, how could I consent to marry you, When f have my whole regiment to love? I could not choose just one and leave the rest. I am a soldiers' girl—l like that best!" When Madelon comes out'to serve us wine, - We always know she's coming by her song! And every man, he tells his little tale. And Madelon, she listens all day long. Our Madelon is never too severe— A kiss or two Is nothing much to her— She laughs us up to love and life and God— I Madelon! Madelon! Madelon I Adapting the Soy Bean to A merican Cookery (By ZOE BGCKLEY) ON* the top floor of 641 Washing ton street in New Tork City is one of the most interesting kitchens in the world. Presiding over its grinding mill and its stoves, its cupboards and its experl- 1 ment tables Is the only Chinese woman ever employed by the United States to adapt scien tifically to the American diet the products of the Orient. She recently spent six months in a trip to China to study and analyze the soy bean. Doctor Yamel Kin alone, her quaint blue robe and her puzzling'blend of Eastern looks and Western speech, would make the place charming. But we must, not forget the soy bean. The soy or soya or soja bean, you remember, began to be heard of about the time potatoes and rice went soaring up from the price of necessities to the price of luxuries. "Use soy beans," said somebody be longing to a food board. And as soon ac friend wife could find where to buy soy bean flour she began to use it. But instead of being a carbohy drate bean, it is a protein bean, and its uses should be figured on that basis. Hence Doctor Kin and her wonderful kitchen. Takes Pride in Soy Beans The little doctor in the sky-blue gown seems proud of the soy bean. She says it has been used as a staple article of food in her country "since B. C." "And yet," she says, "even in coun tries where the bean is used for the protein part of the people's food they do not use it as a plain boiled bean. It does not take the place, for in stance, of the white navy bean which housewives are accustomed to boil or to bake with pork. There Is too much oil In the soy bean to make it agreeable. Its great usefulness is in the manufactured forms. These forms are what I am trying to de velop in this laboratory. "It is a replacer of meat—a vege table cheese. It is of great value to persons who cannot safely eat meat. It forms no acid. It is an alkaline form of protein." She turned to a row of jars. "Here we have it combined with tomato," she said "Here again is one canned with mushrooms. This pretty red one contains Spanish sweet peppers. And here we have a sort of fish chowder, ft !s delicious! "To those who do not object to meat, it combines splendidly with cMoken, ham or beef. An economi cal and palatable dish Is made by taking one cupful of any sort of meat leavings—'hash'— and three LABOR NOTES Amsterdam, Holland, will increase the pay of all municipal employes. A special law is in force In the Netherlands for the protection of longshoremen. Street railway mep in St. Louis, Mo., have been increased 10 cents an hour. • There are now almost 260,000 British women enrolled in the wom an's land army. County Dublin. Ireland, roadmen, who were on strike, have accepted the county's offer and returned to work. Three Chicago banks have raised wages an average of from 10 to 15 per cent. Six hundred employes of Lewis town. Pa., concerns have opened a co-operative store. , A recently created Ministry of Public Welfare in Austria has con trol of industrial and protective la bor legislation. Six girls have signed as oilers on tjie steamer Franstand, which sailed recently from Tacoma, Wash. Women have replaced men as ele-l vator operators at the Waldorf ■ Hotel, New York. Springfield, Mass., labor union is asking the City Council to regulate rents during the war. . To Philemon I thank my God, making mention ■of thee always in my prayers, hear ing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and to ward all saints; that the communi cation of thy. faith may become ef fectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.—Philemon 4 to 6. cupfuls of soy bean curd flavored as in any 'made' dish. This makes a j perfect meal. As the curd contains no starch it is a wonderful food for diabetics." This "curd" Is peddled about the . streets of China, fresh each morning. ( Chinese housewives buy it In such quantities as they need for Immedi ate use. It Is adapted in that form for Chinese cookery. But as It does not "keep" that way, the idea would be to adapt it to American uses by < canning it so it could be bought in any quantity and kept for any time, like any other tinned product. Soy I&AII Sauce When you eat chop suey, chow mein and similar dishes at Chinese ' restaurants the salty black sauce ; served with the food Is made from j soy beans. It Is by no means simply | a condiment. It is as nutritious as ; meat gravy. i "Soy beans contain 10 to 20 and even 30 per cent of oil," Doctor Kin resumed. "More than half of this can be extracted under pressure. This oil Is used commercially In paints, oils, etc., and is something like linseed oil. "The soy bean flour Is of two kinds and can be bought at most large gro ceries. "One Is the whole bean, ground, but this has a high degree of oil and is strong in flavor. The other is the bean 'cake,' which Is the form bf the flour after the oil is expressed. It bears the same relation to the other that milk does after .the cream has been taken out." This bean "cake" Is what Doctor Kin is trying by various processes to adapt to American uses. So far as I can make out by looking at it and tasting it in diherent forms, it is a sort of food "stock" from which anything can be built. With meat juices It takes on the fl'avor of meat, though I do not think Mary will ever be able to fool John Into, thinking It Is a steak. Com bined with meat or vegetables, it becomes as they In general taste. It "ekes out." Further, the doctor says: It Isn't a Cereal "Excellent cheese is made from oy beans and everything that can be done with cheese made from animal milk can be done with soy cheese. It has the same reactions. It has all the advantages and none of the faults of animal cheese. "People have failed with it hereto fore because they have attempted to use it as a cereal. This cannot be done. It would be like trying to use cottage cheese to make biscuits with!'* FIRST IMPRESSIONS' [A French Officer in Paris Temps.]" Infinitely Interesting Is our con tact with the American troops. They have occupied the sector'immedlately beside ours. We have seefi them at work, and could form an Idea, and it should be told and retold that they are marvelous. The Americans are soldiers by nature, and their officers i have the desire to learn with an en thusiasm and an idealistic ardor very remarkable. There Is the same spirit among the privates. They absolutely astonished us on a morning of at tack. The cannonading, suddenly becoming furious, had Just thrown me out of my bunk. No doubt about it. it was a Verdun attack. Taking time to seize my revolver, put on my helmet, and gather up several docu ments, I descended to the streets. When I arrived there they were al ready filing by with rapid, easy, de cided steps, marching in perfect sil ence with admirable resolution, and above all with striking discipline, to their fighting positions. It was fine. You can have no Idea how cheering It was to my Pollus. THE TANTALIZING IDEAL My only Love Is always near— In country or In town I see her twinkling feet, I hear The whisper of her gown. She foots It ever'fair and young. Her locks are hid In haste, And one is o'er her shoulder flung, And hangs below her waist. She ran before me In the meads; And down this world-worn track She leads me on; but while she leads She never gazes back. And yet her voice la in my dreams, To witch me more and more; That wooing voice! Ah me. It seems Less near me than of ypre. Lightly I sped when hope was high. And youth beguiled the chase; I follow —follow still; but I Shall never see her face! —Frederick Locker, JUNE 26, 1918. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR DRAWS A LESSON To the Editor of the Telegraph: Please read the following clipping: "Is Mrs. Glithers a snob?" "She's what you might call a lim ited snob." "How's that?" "While she considers a great many people beneath her socially, she is willing to join them in a little Red Cross work." — Birmingham Age- Herald. The above appears In a morning paper and while It is supposed to be a Joke Is there not a lesson many could learn from? The awful war has forever erased the line between the north and the south, it has done much to bring the various churches together, showing that all are working for the com mon good and all creeds have done a wonderful amount of good, teaching and giving to know the brotherhood of man. The ladies of the Red Cross are giving much in service and means to help along the same line, but we have to wonder if the good God of Peace will ever bring about a lasting peace until the ladies of the Red Cross here and everywhere from their faith in the equality of all deserving people. If a co-worker is good enough to work with and talk to in the Red Cross room are they not good enough to be treated with common politeness in the street and in public places. Of course they do not have to make companions of any one not of their taste and financial and social standing, but if we want to see the world become "safe for Democracy" we must first realize all .have the same right in this land of freedom and all, so long as they follow the path of right, must be treated with consideration and respect not only In the work room but wherever met. Heaven grant the day may dawn when there will be no more "snobs" "limited" or full grown for not until then can we expect the world to be what the Master would have it be. A MALE MEMBER OF THE RED CROSS. I OUR DAILY LAUGH I THE WAT. Said the crook: _ Let me give you a tip. TW When detectives •jik are trailing A you, skip. |-Ma'., IB I go down to the \*^|| And there find It (ll I Convenient to ijj give them the slip. A PRECAUTION P Patient (who has been In an automobile acci dent): Am I hurt very bad? Nurse: Tour wife seemed to think so. She \eft Instructions that you were to be kept here un ( til she returned from her vaca tion. UNREST. v I found a place / this summer Where I could 'J rest In perfect quietude. ) ! Did you enjoy \ V No. I spent <\< 17^ half my time on is the cars getting J 1 to a place where u l they had moving y r' 0+ 4b— pictures and a ban<£ , STIMULATING HIS EFFORTS. The Doctor — I'm glad to see your husband so busy with the ex "> erclse I pre fyaM scribed. He told L iQSL- m * 119 couldn't fore* himself to WW ,-JS ***■ H# F W couldn't at first v _ but he had mam ma's portrait painted on his punching bag and now you can't keep him away tmm it lEbenittg (Eljat Few people have any Idea of what stirring days have fallen In the end of June In Harrisburg from the time It was a settlement about John Har ris' Ferry almost to the present day as the State Capital of Pennsylvania. This is the second anniversary of the mobilization of the National Guard for Mexican border service, a tour of duty which was the pre lude to the war with Germany and on this day in 1916 the citizen sol diers entrained for Mt. Gretna. In •1898 about this time Company I of the Fourth Infantry was being re cruited to go to Porto Rico with Miles, the expedition in which Cap tain H. L. Calder and Lieutenants J. B. Fisher and H. M. Stine com manded the Harrisburg men. Com pany D of the Eighth baa previously gone to Dunn Loring, Va„ and the Governor's Troop was preparing at Mt Gretna to move to Camp Alger, being busy recruiting to war strength under command of F. M. Ott, now lieutenant colonel. But It is also interesting to note that to-day is the fifty-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the first camp for the defence of Harrisburg. It waa on this dav that Captain Brlsbin es tablished the camp of the regulars on Brookwood farm about where Sixteenth and Berryhlll streets are located. This was the first camp to be established in preparation for Lee's invasion and two days later there was skirmishing within sight of Harrisburg. These were stirring days for Harrisburg, indeed, and some of the old-timers then recalled how twice in the War of 1812 the people of this community were called upon to prepare against invasion lust about this time. But most interest ing of all is the fact that the Pax tang boys, Harris Ferry's first con tribution to the American republic mobilized here under command of Captain Matthew Smith the last week of June, 1775, and before July 1 had started for Cambridge to join Wash ington. Some of these men cfled be fore Quebec, some on Long Island and others at Germantown; some were victorious at Trenton and Mon mouth and some fought through to Yorktown. The end of June has al ways been a notable time on the banks of the Susquehanna. • • War activities about Harrisburg have called forth such vigorous re sponse from native sons that many a one even works in his sleep. It is authentically related down at Middle town that "Charley" Hoffert, at the uncanny hour of 3 a. m„ was siezed with a vivid nightmare wherein he thought he was directing his hoisting ( shovel which he handles down at the big government plant. "Up with her now boys" he shrieked in the still night air in his home, 617 North Second street. There was authority and action in his raucus yell which i alarmed the whole family. It also got the ear of a pedestrian who was amazed to see a pair of bare feet I protrude from the second story win s dow as Hoffert, half way out, en couraged his loyal workmen to "treat 'em rough." The pedestrian • very thoughtfully picked up an empty milk bottle and crashed it against the wall, instantly awaken ing Foreman Hoffert to his hazard ful plight. • • • As showing the patriotic impulse of the average Harrisburg young businessman we quote from a recent ' letter issued by one of the insurance i representatives of the city to his ' clients in which he says: "I take 1 advantage of this occasion to advise I you that my country needs my ser i vices and I expect to be called upon to report for duty in the Immediate t future. In view of the fact that my firm contemplates appointing no im -1 mediate successor I am depending upon you for your loyal support dur ing my indefinite absence." ♦ • ♦ Just how completely the knobs at Reservoir Park dominate the land scape about Harrisburg is not rea i lized by many people, but the fact remains that from the crest of the ■ city reservation every point of Im • portance between the Kittatlny Gap and the Conewago Hills for five miles on each side of the Susquehanna can I be swept by the eye. Even the build -1 Ings and tents at the Marsh Run operations and the buildings at Her -5 shey can be made out while on clear Jtt days the Manada and Doubling Gaps w can be seen ant} the successive ridges ■ In York county made out plainly. * At night the faint glow from Corn wall furnaces can be detected on the clouds. | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ~ —Senator Charles H. Kline, of Pittsburgh, who was here yesterday, has ambitions to be a judge. —Attorney General Brown says he Is going to his Maryland farm to do some real work for the nation next month. He says he knows .how to harvest. —Highway Commissioner O'Netl will make an Inspection of the Na tional pike the latter part of this week. —Emerson Collins, deputy at torney general, delivered the oration at the opening of the Spanish War Veterans convention at Williams port. —Arthur E. Newbold, head of the finance committee of the State Coun cil of National Defense, will be host to members of various committees of the slate body at a luncheon at Philadelphia to-morrow. —M. Hampton Todd, former at torney general, is one of the figures I at the State Bar Association meeting this week. Federal Judge C. B. Wltmer, of Sunbury, is a devotee of fishing. | DO YOU KNOW —That Harrisburg has become a center for distributing of road mak ing materials under state direction? HISTORIC HARRISBURG The first state arsenal was author ized to be built here in 1816. John Harris' Workhouse was an arsenal in the Revolution. SOUL OF THE CHURCH We would like to put into the pul. pit of the church a man who can preach like Chrysostom, Bourdaloue or even Gabriel, and put Into the ' choir loft or chancel a choir that can sing like the anfcels. But It Is not In that that the power of a church resides. It resides primarily in the , souls of the men and women who occupy the pews. There is nothing • to be gained by all this painful up -1 setting of present arrangements un less by this means there is going to i be created an Institution so alive with the power of God that it shall put an irresistible spiritual stamp upon the community in the midst of which it is placed; and that Is to be ' done not by your amalgamated pas. 1 tor as your representative and proxy, t but by you who will be inherent con r stituents In the body of the church. —Dr. Parkburat,
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