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MONDAY, JULY 22, 1918
Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for
thou knotcest not what a day may
bring forth. — PBOV. 27:1.
A SECOND GETTYSBURG
WHEN the great German offen
sive started last spring, The
Telegraph, cautioning its
readers against panic over the first
successes, suggested that the battle,
then in its initial stages, might be
come another Gettysburg—with its
phases covering months Instead of
days. And now it begins to look as
though that guess may not be so
far amiss. The German Invasion has
reached its highwater mark and is
receding. Weary months of grim
fighting followed the first battle at
Gettysburg; more terrible months
must follow this. It may be even
out of place to suggest that the end
is in sight lest the impression get
abroad that with this one inconclu
sive ficht we have broken the back
of the enemy.
That would be a sad error of judg
ment. Instead of letting up for
more than a moment to toss our
taps and cheer, we should take
cou rase from our comrades in
France and settle down now more
"grimly than ever to drill our armies
and pile up our supplies and build
our ships. We have not finished;
we have Just begun. Americans are
better than Germans any day, but
one million Americans cannot beat
six millions of Germans. We must
think in terms of four million men,
at least; probably more.
We have taken the measure of our
foe; now we must go about making
his coffin and fitting him Into It. The
Job is a big one and will not be
accomplished by standing about
boasting of our prowess as a fighting
people. The boys who went "over
the top" did not pause at the first
objective to tell each other "how
good" they were. They knew they
were beating the Boche, and the
faster the Boche ran the harder they
chased him.
That s what we at home have
got to learn—the faster the Germans
run the more shells and bullets our
men will need—and the harder we
at home must work to provide them.
Meade defeated Lee at Gettysburg,
but that didn't of itself win the war!
The Confederacy even then might
have triumphed had the folks at
home stopped sending: recruits to
fill the vacant places in the Unifln
ranks, or paused in their equipment
of new regiments, or faltered in the
making of supplies for veteran or
ganizations long in the field. The
offensive that shall send the Ger
man hordes reeling headlong across
the Rhine, even as they now have
been tossed in disorder over the
Marne, will require a vastly greater
army and tremendous quantities of
supplies. To provide these is our
part. We must turn our present en
thusiasm into hard work. There are
trying days ahead.
Glad to note that the Harrlsburg
police officials are appreciating the
need of semaphore truffle signals. It
has been a continuing wonder why
the traffic officers were compelled to
take their calisthenlc exercises at
% street intersections.
SAD DAYS AHEAD
OUR rejoicing Is shortly to be
tinctured with sorrow. Penn
sylvania troops have been in
. the thick of the fighting In France.
They have had their share of the
glory and they have shared also In
the casualties.
Regiments cannot charge In the
face of artillery and machine gun
lire without suffering severely. Short
ly we shall begin to hear of our
losses. Beyond doubt they will be
heavy. We jnust steel ourselves for
the shock that is coming.
Nobody knows where the blow will
fall: what household or how many
death has entered. The slow com
pilation and publication of the casu
alty lists alone will tell the tale.
But we have this consolation, that
no matter what their losses, our sol
diers acquitted themselves like men
and their deaths were avenged be
fore their bodies were cold. The
next few days will be anxious ones
for hundreds of families la Pennsyl-
MONDAY EVENING,
vania, but they will bear themselves
as heroiely and as stolcly at home
as their boys are doing in Prance.
We haven't read anything to-day
about the church bells being rung in
Berlin.
LET US GIVE THANI£S
THE American people prayed for
victory.
Victory has been granted.
Now let us give ourselves over to
a day of thanksgiving.
Let us keep ourselves right with
God. Our cause is Just. We fight
for no principle not In full accord
with Christian teaching. Which is
all the more reason why we should
publicly acknowledge our harmony
with divine purpose arte our depend
ence upon divine aid and guidance.
"And when they began to sinu
and to praise, the Lord set ambush
ments against the children of Aitfr
mon, Moah and Mount Seir, which
were come against Judah; and they
were smitten."
MR. TAFT'S SPEECH
IN his Saratoga speech, ex-Presl
dent Taft clearly demonstrated
the weakness of the Wilson ad
ministration with respect to certain
policies. He indicated quite clearly
that politics was •'adjourned" only
where Democrats are in minority,
and insisted on the value of con
structive criticism as a help to the
President in the great crisis.
In the opinion of the former
President, a Republican Congress
would be a distinct help to the ad
ministration in formulating plans
for the prosecution of the war.
So, long as Congress is merely a
complacent "me-too" of the man in
the White House it is not likely that
any distinct suggestion in that quar
ter may be expected. In the opinion
of Mr. Taft, the tendency of the ad'
ministration is to allow "party con
siderations too much sway in its ap
pointment to important tasks." He
also criticised presidential interfer
ence in the party affairs in Wiscon
sin and Michigan and pointed out
the failure to call to the aid of the
government the services of those
geniuses of business organizations
"whose achievements have in the
past advanced the material resources
in this country to their present com
manding power."
The former President highly com
mended the appointment of such
men as Schwab, and Ryan,* and Goe
thals and ethers during recent
months, as types of big men who
should be working for the govern
ment. Ho also favored an enlarge
ment of war military preparations.
The people generally are coming
to realize that a Republican Con
gress would greatly aid In the fur
ther work of the war and prevent
the building up of a political ma
chine without regard to the more Im
portant duties necessary to the win
ning of the wr.
A lot of people would like to "Keep
the Home Fires Burning" without
having to use any coal.
! FOR CLASS ONE MEN
PROVOST MARSHAL GEN
ERAL CROWDER has issued
an appeal to all men of Class 1,
under selective draft regulations, to
begin now their preparation as
chosen soldiers to defend the coun
try and not wait until they are
actually called into service. This is
wise advice. The Class 1 man who
goes to camp with some knowledge
of militafy tactics and in good phy
sical condition requires only a
brief time for training, which not
only cheapens the process of soldier
making, but hastens It as well. For
the candidate it opens the way to
rapid promotion in the noncommis
sioned ranks and often leads to the
officers' training school.
"Regard your services as a select
ed fraternity of active patriots," raid
General Crowder. "Encourage those
who are weak. Inspire the indiffer
ent. Inform the ignorant Search
out the slackers.
"Have you ever thought that our
enemy is attacking us, not only in
Europe, but-at home? Have you
realized that his especial trickery
consists in seeking to make men dis
loyal here in our own country? Have
you tried to discover and suppress
the enemy's work here in the peace
ful regions of our own ho.mes?
"It will take some time to make
good soldiers out of you. The
sooner you start, the sooner you will
arrive."
x Fortunately, we have right here
in Harrlsburg just such a school as
the young soldiers need. Under the
command of Major Henry M. Stine,
himself Invalided home after nearly
a year in the training camps, the
Harrlsburg Reserves have become a
right smart military organization.
The Reserves welcome the selective
service men to their ranks—in which
there are many veterans of Cuba,
the Philippines and Mexico, and are
glad to give thom the benefit of their
leadership and experience. The op
portunity Is one not afforded by
many cities and Harrlsburg men of
Class 1 should not be slow to
grasp it.
Commissloner Gross may depend
upon the approval of the community
In his efforts to break up rowdyism
In the parks and also the parking of
automobiles along the River Front
Park sections. For some time there
has, grown up an abuse In this direc
tion which has been recognised by
many people. It is quite a common
thing for loafers with automobiles
to stop their cars and Insult girls
.and women who happen to be occupy
lng the park benches. Manifestly,
this class of offenders do not fear the
old park guards and the only way to
break up the nuisance, it is believed,
is to place motorcycle officers on this
Job.
Cotton Is still king, and will con
tinue to rule the roost so long as the
present administration remains in
power.
I>o title*:*.
'PcH.ttaiftoa.iua.
By the Ex-Committeeman
Announcement some weeks ago
that friends of Frank A. Smith, for
mer chairman of the Dauphin coun
ty Republican committee and for
some years Republican state com
mitteeman from this district, will ask
him to stand as a candidate for
state senator in the event of the
elevation of Senator Beidleman to
the lieutenant governorship, as now
appears certain, has been kindly re
ceived not only at home but abroad.
Mr. Smith has not yet said that he
will get Into the race but if he does
it is a foregone conclusion that he
will be the ftext senator from this
district. He is a student of state
politics and thoroughly familiar with
legislative procedure, with which he
has had long experience. It is known
that neither Senator Beidleman nor
Senator Sproul will resign from the
Senate until after the organization
of the Legislature. Both will be on
the floor of the Senate up until the
evening before their inauguration, an
occurrence heretofore unknown in
the history of the tate. Speaking of
the Smith candidacy the Philadel
phia Inquirer of yesterday said:
"Mention of the name of Frank
A. Smith, for several years Republi
can county chairman and later mem
ber of the Republican state commit
tee from Dauphin county, as Re
publican candidate to succeed Sen
ator Edward E. Beidleman, when the
leader of the young Republicans of
this Dauphin county becomes lieu
tenant governor, seems to have been
very favorably received everywhere.
Mr. Smith is recognized as a clean,
progressive businessman and his
handling of party affairs in the 1912
campaign and in other strenuous
times is recalled with satisfaction by
many Republicans, while there is a
general disposition to recognize his
work for the party by election to the
upper house.
"Mr. Smith, who has been active
among Republicans for years, is
well known from one end of the
county to the other, and was one
of the factors in the rebuilding of
the Republican organization, which
proved Us value in the 1914 cam
paign, when' it swung the city and
county against Vance C. McCormick
for governor, although he was a son
of the county and was believed by
his partisans to have a good chance
to win here. He has been a strong
friend of both Senator Beidleman
and W. Harry Baker, secretary of
the state committee."
—John V. Lesher, Democratic
Congressman, who seeks a fourth
term from the voters of the Six
teenth District, realizes more clearly
the closer he gets to election day
that Albert W. Duy, of Bloomsburg,
the Republican nominee, is putting
up a real fight. Duy is the only Re
publican who was ever elected dis
trict attorney of Democratic Co
lumbia county. The Sixteenth Dis
trict, which is composed of North
umberland, Montour, Columbia and
Sullivan counties, is absolutely cer
tain that politics is not adjourned.
The Federal appointments made at
Lesher's instance during his three
terms have raised a storm of pro
test throughout the district. Lesh
ci s activities while in Congress have
been confined to an inconspicuous
ness that distresses his constituents.
In his "wet" tendencies he does not
accurately represent the majority
of his district. Columbia, county,
usually Democratic in Ifs voting,
may surprise the Democratic lead
ers this year, because the influx of
labor to Berwick and other points,
where car works and manufactories
of different kinds are working over
time and full handed, has brought
many Republican voters into the
county. This fact is looked upon
with apprehension by the Lesher
managers.
—'The vacation season on Capitol
Hill has not prevented a great deal
of planning for the fall campaign.
Conferences are matters of almost
daily occurrence. The Republican
workers have been instructed to pay
particular attention to the Congres
sional end of the contests in all of
the doubtful districts. Little real
campaigning will be done until the
weather gets cool, but both Senator
Sproul and Senator Bendleman will
forego their regular summer vaca
tions in order to accept invitations
to speak at a number of big picnics,
outings and farmers' gatherings.
Senator Beidleman wilf also visit his
friends throughout Dauphin county
during the summer. "I've been go-
to certain Dauphin county pic
nics every season since I was a boy,"
said the Senator to-day, "and I have
more real fun and more good things
to eat at these outings than at any
others I attend. I surely am going
to be on hand this year."
Charlie and the Boys
[Philadelphia Record]
Director General Schwab, of the
Emergency Fleet Service, is the
right man in the right place. He
knows how to put joy into the hearts
as well as push into the musciles of
the shipyard workers. In his recent
trip of survey to the Pacific coast
the "boys" at one of the great yards
took "Charlie" on their shoulders
and bore him to the gate, where he
harangued the throng and shook
hands. The local newspaper in its
report of the proceedings said:
"As the breezy and inspiring pro
gram at the shipyard drew to a
close the shopyard's Jazz band
struck up "Over There," and Mr
Schwab grabbed Shipbuilder John F
Craig and danced with him all over
the platform, later adding a little
Jig by his lonesome. From the time
he mounted the platform, and,
scorning to await an Introduction!
leaned over the rail and began talk
ing to the 'boys,' every one of them
felt he was a 'a warm number.' "
The force at work In the shipyards
is now 400,000 strong, making no
account of the army behind the
shipyard army who turn raw ma
terial Into shipshape. This force is
dally growing larger. Philadelphia
stands well at the front in this great
service, and it cannot be too thor
oughly Impressed upon us, as Mr.
Schwab declares:
"The workman who Is doing his
level bes't to build ships for Uncle
Sam in this great crisis In the world's
history Is doing his full dilty by his
country. He Is serving Just as truly,
Just as actively. Just as patriotically
as the soldiers in the trenches and
the sailors on the high seas. His
work makes It possible for those
others to serve the flas,
HARKISBTraa TELEGRAPH
WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND
'
EDITORIAL COMMENT
Germany is probably willing by
this time to mark down by a few)
billions the indemnity scheduled
against the United States and call it
quits.—New York World.
Mohammed V. may have been as
sassinated, but for a sultan that does
not mean that he did not die a na
tural death. —Springfield Republican.
Iron Crosses sell for forty cents in
Germany. The depreciation of paper
marks accounts for a price still ten
cents too high.—New York World.
It will be noticed that while ex
plaining that the defeat was due to
the rain, Austria none the less tires
the generals who let it rain.—Spring
field Republican.
The Antlconscriptlon Conference
In Dublin, which appeals to Presi
dent Wilson to make the world safe
for Ireland, seems to be confused
as to the meaning of its language.
What It is trying to do is to make
Ireland safe for the Germans.—New
'York World.
In the Austro-Hungarian retreat
Emperor Charles probably Is lead
ing his armies in person.-—Arkansas
Gazette.
Gov. Whitman's Steam Roller
(New York World)
Governor Whitman has adjourned.
Nominally It was the unofficial Re
publican convention at Saratoga that
adjourned, but as the Governor was
the convention, it deserves personifi
cation.
There was much opposition to the
Governor among the Old Guard, but
it seems to have been confined to
the hotel corridors. Mr. Whitman
did not permit any of it to get an
official foothold. The convention did
ns he wante_d it to do. It adopted
the platform that he had prepared]
for it. . It dodged the prohibition Is
sue, as he had planned. It cheered
the Colonel and Ellhu Root and Wil
liam H. Taft impartially, as he de
sired.' It whooped it up for winning
the war, which is always good poli
tics, and nothing marred the seren
ity of the Governor's deliberations
except an untoward militant suffra
gist demonstration against that emi
nent ex-soldier the Hon. James W.
Wadsworth.
Surely the Governor has reason to
be satisfied in spite of the round
robins of the Old Guard and the cor
dial invitations to the Colonel to
start something. The Governor may
be highly unpopular with certain
elements of the Republican party,
but he has proved that he is a boss
who knows how to boss, and that
counts for a great deal In Republi
can politics in New York. Charles
Francis Murphy himself does not
drive a niftier steam roller than the
one that Charles Seymour Whitman
operates.
One American Advantage
One of the great assets on the side
of the United States in this war is
the complete and unbounded confi
dence of all the people—soldiers and
civilians —that we are going to win.
No one for a moment has any doubt
about that. Some of us feel that
we may have to pay a heavy price,
but most of us feel also that it is go
ing to be worth all that It costs.
It is to be noted that this sense of
confidence that fills the hearts of the
people Is not the overconfldence by
which great battles are sometimes
lost, but rather the consciousness of
being in the right and of having the
mental and physical force to uphold
that right for our own sakes and for
the sake of the world. . This calm
confidence is unquestionably a great
American advantage.
The magnificent showing that has
been made and i 3 being made by the
American soldier boys in the latest
German offensive thrills the hearts
of all loyal citizens. It is Inspiring
and it warms the heart—but it was
not unexpected.—Philadelphia In
auirtr.
The Tale of
From the Journal of the American Medical Association.
10 a. m. —Oh, dear! Another
warm day. Wonder if I'll be abused
us 1 was yesterday. If I am, I'm
going to strike. Just disposed of a
half-chewed breakfast. We ran for
the train, which meant 1 was s
jiggled about and so tired that it
took me twice as long to do my
work. Hope she gives me an hour
or two of complete rest before any
thing more comes my way.
10.30 a. m.—Two glasses of ice
wcUei have Just arrived. It will take
all the energy I can pump up in the
next hour Just to warm me up to
normal again.
10.50 a. m.—Half-chewed break
fast did not satisfy her and she had
bought some peanuts and started
again.
12 m.—Peanuts have been drift
ing along steadily ever since. Think
she has finished them, though.
12.30 p. m. —Decided she wasn't
very hungry, and Instead of a good
solid dinner sent me down a cold
eggnog heavy with chocolate. Could
have managed It all right if it hadn't
been so unnaturally cold, but that
made it terriblydifflcult to deal with.
1.10 p. m.—More ice water.
1.40 p. m.—Was mistaken about
the peanuts; she has found another
handful in the bottom of her vanity
bag, and now I am getting them
again.
2.05 p. m. —More ice water.
3.10 p. m.—She has been lifting
some heavy books, and as usual used
my muscles instead of- her arm
muscles. You see, she's never had
any proper physical education —soft,
flabby, slouchy sort. Tired me al
most as much as a six-course dinner.
STANDING TOGETHER
Lord Robert Cecil, the British un
der secretary of state, says there are
twenty-four nations comprising the
entente allies, which will stand to
gether, when the war closes, and not
allow Germany to participate in or
control the commercial and indus
trial situation of the future. The
British Minister quotes President
Wilson when he said if the German
people should still, after the war is
over, continue to be obliged to live
under ambitious and intriguing mas
ters interested to disturb the peace
of the world.," it might be impos
sible to admit them to the partner
ship of nations or to free economic
intercourse. That is no doubt the
doctrine of the entente nations and
Germany might consider herself out
of the combine if she retains her
Hohenzollernism. But that "if" Is
not needed, for this war cannot end
with Hohenzollernism intact. That
has to go. There is no peace with it,
but if its selfishness in any form re
mains, the entente nations will have
nothing to do with it, and Germany
will have to live to herself and not
expect other nations to contribute
to her "kultur." Civilization is go
ing to assert herself henceforth. —
Ohio State Journal.
LABOR NOTES
German sailors interned in the
southern states are being utilised in
agricultural work.
New York women teachers demand
a S2OO bonus. If granted It will cost
the city $4,000,000.
The National Union of British'
Teachers has decided against an al
llanco with the Labor pUrty.
Nearly 15,000 British seamen have
been murdered by German pirates
since August, 1914.
Salary incrca/es for all employes
; In first and second class post offices
are forecast by Postmaster General
. Burleson.
The Woman's Division of the Fed
i eral Employment Service has placed
. 44,471 women in Jobs throughout the
Unltad State*.
3.20 p. m.—Furtive fellow has
brought us a box of caramels, and
she has started right in on them.
4.30 p. m.—Have received some
thing like half a pound of caramels.
Just heard her say: "Oh, dear, I
don't feel a bit well. The milk in
that eggnog must have been sour."
6.30 p. m.—We played a set of
tennis before dinner, and here 1 am
all tired out and a lot of work to do.
6.50 p. m.—We were Invited by a
sissy sport with a belc on his coat to
have a soda before going home. Had
a lemon phosphate and then had to
run for the car.
7 p. m.—Fried tatcrs, cucumbers,
veal cutlets, catsup, cookies and
canned blueberries. What do you
know about that?
7.4-5 p. m.—We are strolling down
to the corner with a knock-kneed
guy In a sport shirt and white pants
for a pineapple walnut college ice.
8.20 p. m.—Got home and found
somebody had made some iced tea.
She drank two glasses. I tried hard
to keep the tea and 4he college ice
separated, but they mixed it in spite
of me. I go on strike.
8.30 p. m.—Have sent back the
college ice and the iced tea.
8.40 p. m.—Returned the blue
berries.
8.4 5 p. m.—And the peanuts.
9 p. m.—The devil to pay—can't
get the doctor.
9.17 p. m.—Doctor found at the
movies. Mother thinks it is a weak
stomach she inherited from her
father. Knock-knee suggests it is
the beastly weather —the big boob!
9.45 p. m.—Doctor says it is from
a bilious temperament. Good night!
War Dignifies Bachelor
[From the Ontario Post]
"The somewhat pathetic figure of
the bachelor Is wonderfully dignified
by the advent of war," stated the
rookie, placidly rocking back and
forth on the porch of the hotel.
"I'm a bachelor," confessed the
rookie in well satisfied tones, "and at
present 1 rejoice in the fact. War has
given the unmarried man some of
the prestige which he lacked in times
of peace. Ordinarily the bachelor is
tolerated for what he may become
rather than for what he is. Mothers
would not welcome him into society
nor girls take pleasure in his .com
pany if it were thought that he would
always remain a bachelor. The hope
of converting him into a married
man furnishes one of the main in
centives of all social activities.
"I intend to wed after the war, of
course," continued the rookie, "for
as the hopes of fond mothers are dis
appointed, the bachelor becomes
more and more a misfit in a world
which prides itself on finding an
exactly shaped corner for everyone
of its inhabitants who is worth troub
ling about.
"For certain adventures the
bachelor can be depended upon for
dash and enthusiasm," the rookie
affirmed, "but for the steady, monot
onous grind of everyday life he Is
inferior to the benedict. Summed
up," the rookie concluded the argu
ment with a flourish, "civic progress
relies principally upon the man
whose interests carry over into the
next generation and are not confined
to his corporeal welfare. But in war
the demand is not for men who have
found their places in the world but
for those who have not"
Some Day We Shall Know
[fPhiladelphia Record]
Some time we shall be allowed to
i know what American general it was
who reported to his French superior
that it was "unondurable" that the
i American flag had been forced
i backward, that our soldiers would
I not understand it if they were not
asked to retrieve a humiliating sit
uation, and "we are going to coun
■ terattack. For the present we must
I be content to know that this is the
i spirit of all our ofllcors and all our
men.
JULY 22, 1918.
NO TIME FOR OPTIMISM '
IN. Y. Times]
No sooner does General Foch be
gin a smashing attack in the Sois
sons sector and take prisoners and
guns with the co-operation of hard
hitting American divisions than his
movement is welcomed by our im
pressionable optimists as the be
ginning of the end for Germany. The
note of elation rises to a crescendo
of triumphant faith in victory. It is
said that the French strategist has
regained the initiative; that he will
not lose It again; that Paris, Amiens
and the Channel ports are safe now;
and that with a million American
troops in the line the Germans will
soon be driven from French terri
tory. It is unfortunate that a gleam
of success turns the heads of many
of our people so, and that they see
in it the growing dawn of victory
and the sunburst of peace. The
enemy is less imaginative; whatever
his successes are, whatever advan
tage he obtains, he continues to plan
a military triumph in the west—
in the east he considers that he has
won the war.
No optimism could be more fool
ish than* the auto-intoxication of the
Americans and their allies when a
German thrust is parried, a "drive"
checked or stopped, in Flanders, Pi
cardy, or the Champagne. There is
reason for elation when General
Koch turns on the foe and throws
him back with heavy casualties and
accumulating losses, as he has done
in this, his first real offensive since
he assumed command, of the allied
forces on the western front; never
theless, his success should not be
hailed as an assurance that the
worst is over, and that henceforth
the Germans will have to fight a
defensive campaign that must end in
defeat and disaster. The rcvad to vic
tory will be long and toilsome, how
ever brilliant the strategy of Gen
eral Foch, however valiantly the
allied troops acquit themselves in
the field. As that master of war
has said, this is a stuggle between
peoples as well as between armies.
It might be just as fatal for the peo
ple of the allied nations to be vic
tims of overconfidence as for their
armies to suffer from it. There is
little danger of the latter; the allied
soldiers know their foe, they do not
make the mistake of underrating his
genius for war, his fighting ability.
But. there is a real danger that the
allied peoples, and particularly the
Americans, will be deceived by over
confidence to the point of relaxing
their energies when the situation
calls for a supreme effort, if a vic
tory is to be won and a democratic
peace secured.
The British Ambassador
What is striking in the Reading
face to Washington eyes is the am
bassador's resemblance to Mr. Mc-
Adoo. There is the same eagle look,
not merely in the angle of the nose,
but in the depression under the eyes.
It is possible they are natural; often
they argue concentration over long
hours. But Lord Reading differs in
that his eyebrows have a higher
arch, over eyes that ate not as clear
a blue as those of the Secretary of
the Treasury, but with much the
same clarity of expression, if possibly
less Intense. —New York Tribune,
Mr. Roosevelt at Saratoga
[New York Times.]
Theodore Roosevelt is a repre
sentative American, representative
of what is best and soundest and
most enduring in the principles to
which the country owes Its great
ness. In any assembly his presence
is inspiring, his voice never fails to
sound a high note of courage, of
patriotism, or unswerving loyalty.
When ho is to speak, the public is
never disturbed by a nervous fear
lest he disappoint by weak and irres
olute counsel.
1 OUR DAILY LAUGH
tA REAL, ART-
How is your
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with his art
career?
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ticular line he
has no peer.
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Drawing
checks—oh he
beautifully!
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choly days.
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person worse
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K / understand.
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listens obsequi
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my last winter's pNJt \
furs made over ' j I
and wear them
all summer. \V
the idea.
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"The next step in railroad conser
vation, I believe will be the joint op
eration of freight and passenger la- j
cilities in points like Harrisburg,"
said a prominent Harrisburg ship
per the other day. "I have recently
received notice that at a number of
small points, where formerly two
freight stations were used by rival
railroad lines, some times in the
same building, the two depots have
been merged and are now operated
as one. This has a tendency to keep
down overhead And to prevent du
plication of effort by clerks, transfer *
men and others. Of course, it would
knock to pieces many well-con
structed and useful organizations
which couid not b© easily reassem
bled at the close of the war."
"For example," he continued,
"there is in Harrisburg a large
freight station only partly linished,
it is true, that could be made to take
care ot Heading as well as Pennsyl
vania freight. Just how much this
would save in the course of & year
I do not know. But X believe that
with the joint operation of the rail
roads under government control it
will not be long before a general in
quiry will be started along this line,
and what could be done with freight
depots could be applied as well to
the passenger stations, although I
am not so familiar with this end of
the business."
Inquiries at local railroad head
quarters concerning the considera
tion of such a plan brought no In
formation, but it is believed that the
management is giving thought to the
idea, which is being tried out at a
number of less important points.
• • •
Harrisburg has annexed to Its
permanent population in the person
of Heywood Butler, the new Boy
Scout national commissioner, a noted
football authority and one in con
stant demand as referee aV big col
lege matches. Mr. Butler could oc
cupy every Saturday afternoon and
holiday during the fall season refer
eeing big .college games had he the
time, and already has >been engaged
lor as many afternoons next fall as
he can spare from his work. Mr.
Butler is a Brown University man
and was formerly engaged in college
and university physical work. He is
a former college athlete and is con
stantly in fine trim. He is an en
thusiastic Boy Scout advocate and is
much pleased with the work now
being done in the Pennsylvania field
which he regards as an important
war work, the national government
having found many uses for the or
ganization. Already a large number
of Boy Scouts have entered th<s ser
\ ice and if the age limit is lowered
more will do so. The training they
have received in Scouting has been
of great servico to the boys already
in,/the Army, according to a large
number of letters received at head
quarters. One of the crying needs
or the period is scoutmasters. Hun
dreds of these were among the first
to respond to the call of the Army i
?h ♦ i With the greatest difficulty
that their places are being filled.
Men of 45, uO or even older, with a
liking for the open, some knowledge
of outdoor life and a love for boys
can do a wonderful service during
the War by getting into touch with
hcout headquarters and volunteering
to become scoutmasters.
•
When Ross A. Hickok, county fuel
administrator, enforces the lightless
night order in this city next Wednes
ald ever y Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday night
thereafter there will be one class of
citizens who will not raise a kick or
even notice the inconvenience. Th"v
are the frequenters of the dark cor
ners in the park systems, the fond
young couples who hunt out the se
cluded nooks of Wildwood, and
River Front and Island Park. where
they spend a couple hours every
evening telling each other to listen
to what the wild waves say, or what,
ever they talk about.
The benches most frequented
along River Front and Reservoir
and all the rest of the parks at
night are those where the light of
the street lamps never shines. These
young couples are perfectly ready to
place themselves on record as favor
ing the fuel conservation program,
and they're hoping that the situa
tion gets so bad that all the lights
have to be turned out in the region*
where young people like to get to
gether and pretend the benchea
aren't big enough to hold two with
out crowding. Mr. Hickok doesn't
need to grant the city permission to
allow the park lights exemption
from the ruling; the people who fre
quent the parks say the lights draw
mosquitoes anyway,—draw mosqui
toes and what's worse, draw glances.
Besides, they say, what's the use of
street lights In parks, especially
when you're with someone whoso
eyes are light enough for anybody?
• • •
Frequenters of the numerous bath
ing beaches situated along the is
lands in the river opposite Harris
burg, are wondering if the. powers
that be think Harrisburg people who
swim don't like to dive. "What' 3
swimming without diving?" asked a
swimming devotee who frequents
one of the municipal bathing beaches
every day. "Gee, It's no fun to crawl
along a sand bottom to reach
place where It's deep enough to
swim. And it's no fun to go In where
it's deep unless you can go oft a nlc®
spring board." t
Hundreds of people who go In
swimming every day, and thoroughly
appreciate the advantages the nu
merous fine beaches along the Har
risburg stretch of the river offer
bathers, decry the fact that at not
one of the beaches is there a real
spring board. "For a few dollars
the Park Commission could put up
a twelve or flfteen-foot spring board,
or make It any height they desire,
that would make the river a swim
mer's delight," one of the batheretf
declared, as he stood ruefully on the
beach of an ifcland and wondered ift
it would be safe to dive off the tot<
of the ferry that brings passengers
to the beach for swimming. "Ca
noes and boats are utilized for div
ing, but anyone that really likes div
ing could tell the Park Commission
that one diving board is better than
a dozen canoes for real sport," the
swimmer asserted, and all old "wa
ter dogs" will agree with him.
1 WELL KWm PEOPt£_J
Major James A. Dewey, who ha a
been called into the Reserve MIUMiu
service as an Inspector at Camt
Stewart, was formerly an offlcar InJ
the old Ninth Pennsylvania,
v Kfn ® ar ' Pittsburgh attor
new, who has been in Prance, is de
livering a .series of addresses in the
churches of his city In furtherance
or the war work.
J - C. Rell, Wilkes-Barre banker,
has retired after thirty-two years
of service with one bank and will
remain in an advisory capacity,
—John H. Mason, named to have
charge of sales of treasury certtfl
this state. Is a prominent)
Philadelphia banker.