10 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A VSWSPAPBH FOR THS HOUR Pounded it fl Published evening? except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO., Telegraph Building, Federal Square. JS. J. STACK POLE, Pros'i 6r Eaitor-m-Chirf F. R. OYSTER, Buiinoss Manager, OUS M. STEINMI3TZ. Managing Editor. Member of the Associated Press—The Associated Press la exclusively en title* to the use fqr republication of all news dispatched credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Member American fn Newspaper Pub llshera' Asso^la^ _ Chlcago^n?^" Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents n week; by mall, J5.00 a year In advance. THURSDAY, JVLY 25, 1918 I beg you whatever 'be your suffer ing, to learn first of all that God does not mean to take your sorrow off, but to put strength into you, that you may be ble to carry it. Be sure pour sorrow is not yielding you its best, unless it makes you a more thoughtful person than you have ever been before. —PHILLIPS BROOKS. PEACE FEELERS GERMANY having put out an other peace feeler, the ailies will do well to ignore it com pletely. This is no tima to taJk peace. We are busy, too busy lick ins the Huns to think about any thing but unconditional surrender. We have set our minds to war and the best answer the allies could give the Kaiser is Secretary Biker's arnouncement that he means to raise an American army of 5,000,000 men. Germany would like to get out of the war now in order to reorganize and get ready for another great slaughter, when she could take on the nations one after another and win the world for herself. The Ger man peace terms are absurd on their face. All the Prussian gang wants is to get the nations around a peace table to discuss fundamentals which are not open to discussion so long as the allies stand tirm in the field on the platform so admirably laid down by President Wilson. The Wilson doctrine of peace is the only one acceptable to America. We have demonstrated that we can beat the Hun at his own gams and when we talk peace it will be to tell Germany just what must be done. The Kaiser's place at the peace table will be between two American sol diers armed with rifles, if he is dig nified by any consideration what soever. The farmers of Central Pennsylva nia are thousands of dollars richer to-day because of last night's rain, but the Reservoir golf crowd, which nissed its supper, never thought about that. HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IT will be well to remember that Postmaster Burleson has said that the telegraph and telephone systems of the country under private ownership have been oper ated in a "highly successful" man ner. Sir. Burleson might have said the same of the conduct of the postal department before he took charge, but he would make himself the laughing stock of the country if he said anything like that now. Heaven help the public if he does no better with the telephones and telegraphs than he has done with the mailc. He says he has in mind "improve ments and economies." In the past office department his "improvement" hus meant, for example, that a spe cial delivery package mailed in New i York in the evening does not reach Harrisburg until about thirty-six hours later. Before he took charge the same package was laid down on the desk of the man addressed the morning following the evening on which it was mailed. The "improve ment" in this case has been a delay of twenty-four hours in delivery, and the necessity of a complete chango of mailing arrangements by the business man in question. This is only one case of many. Philadel phia Is now so hard hit by blunders of the Burleson administration that the newspapers are engaged ta a crusade for betterment An "economy" of the Burleson variety has been to cut down the number of mail clerks and post office employes at a time when busi , ness has been growing rapidly and their burdens consequently on the increase. Then, too, he has seen to it that in order to "save money" the men of the postal department have not received advances in wages in anything like the proportion given to men In private enterprise. In short, he has succeeded by his non sensical ideas ot "Improvements axut IHURSDAY EVENING, economies" In wrecking a depart ment of the government that was formerly the pride of the nation *nd a model of efficiency. This is no reflection upon the working forces, who have been forced to give up life-long occupa tions in the service to go In large numbers to other lines of endeavor where their efforts are more appre ciated or to continue to work under almost intolerable conditions. If the telegraph and the telephon are to go the same way as the post office department, we repeat. Heaven save the public, and the nation, too, which just now is so dependent upon efficiency in all lines of busi ness. We pay fifteen cents for the old time ten-cent ice cream soda and laugh about It, but" how we do yell when somebody suggests a six-cent car fare. STREET LIGHTING THE Fuel Administration Is to be commended for its effort to save lighting current and gas—which in the final analysis means coal. It is a small matter for a merchant to forego the lighting of his show win dows if all his competitors are un der the same restrictions. The brilliantly-lighted hotel may also dim its luster some>vhat without injury to anybody. But Administrator Hickok is wise in going slow In the matter of street lighting. The Fuel Administration made a grievous error last winter with its "coalless days," working needless hardship on thousands, and it would ; make another grave mistake if it rushed pell-mell into the regulation of street lighting. Doubtless, we may find it possible to get along without some of the present light, but the highway and police departments should be consulted before any steps are taken in that direction. The automobile driver must de pend within the city limits largely upon the street lamps to guide his course. He is not permitted to use j his heavy headlights. To deny him the street light would be to endanger brth pedestrians and the of motor driven cars. But even more serious is the fact that crime flourishes most in poorly lighted dis tricts. "Deeds of evil love the dark ness" is an old and true saying. Robbery unquestionably would in crease with a serious reduction In street lighting. We can stand t{ie baseball ruling if only they don't go and regulate bass fishing. A JUST PETITION V • IT is to be hoped President Wilson will heed and grant the petition of the Grand Lodge of Pennsyl vania Colored Knights of Pythias, praying that he address a special message to the country on the im portance of exercising self-restraint and preserving public order during the war crisis. The lodgemen re-1 ferred particularly to the mob law i and lynching spirit which have j flared up here and there making life j unsafe for even the Innocent and j law-abiding colored men who have been the worst sufferers at the hands of unreasonable, unreasoning mobs. The colored men do not mean that crime should be protected, far from it. t But they do believe all men should be protected in their rights and that the guilt or innocence of j the accused should be left entirely! in the hands of a jury of his peers. ' This is eminently Just and fair and j should have unqualified Presidential ! support. History repeats itself at the second battle of the Marne, which is doing pretty well for one war. AFTER THE WAR EVERY fresh issue of the illus trated journals presents pic tures of girl and women work ers in new ocupations. From railroad shops to munition factories they are taking places long monopolized by men. They are responding nobly to the emergency. They are proving their worth, and doubtless will con tinue to do so. These new activities of women have excited certain self-announced industrial "experts" who are begin ning to worry about the "readjust ment period" to follow the war. "What is to happen," they are ask ing, "when the men return and find their places filled by women?" This is shooting wide of the mark. Our problem will not be so much to displace the women workers as to find new places for the men, and that ought not to be so very difficult if proper steps are taken now in prepa ration for the coming of peace. We shall then find ourselves with the greatest merchant marine in the world and commanding vast markets that have been starved for years and hungry for our goods. Industrial and civic development and construction held back by years of war will be ready to absorb vast quantities of the things which we shall have to sell. We shall have a productivity beyond our former wildest dreams. There should be work for men and women, too. But not all women will want to continue in the mills. With the dis charge of our soldiers will come a very epidemic of marriage and in addition countless wives now work ing for wages will go back t<f their normal business of home-making. But much hinges upon our prepa rations for peace and there are few Indications that the federal govern ment is giving any more considera tion to this than ft did toward pre paring for war before we actually got into it. "The Germans rolled back the Americans with awful slaughter," says the HUB correspondent. Crazy with UM fotOUtU By the Ex-Committeeman P Mayor John V. Kosek, of Wilkes- Barre. has turned the tables in the investigation of the police on Burns' detectives and the Chamber of Com merce by causing the arrest of, Al len Olds Myers, chief of Burns' staff, on a charge of criminal con spiracy and by issuing a warrant for the arrest of Stephen J. Donahue, Burns operator, on a like charge. Myers has been held under J3,o<>o ball for his appearance at court, Les lie Ryman and C. W. Laycock, Chamber of Commerce men, qualify ing as his surety. This sensation came while Dona hue was on the witness stand. He testified that he was playing the part of the "sucker" in the fake prize fight the Burns men were promoting to trap members of the police, Dona hue admitted he was supposed to have lost $4,000 in betting on the fight. He admitted sending a letter to Mayor Kosek in which he raid that the promoters had trimmed him and played him for a "sucker" in" getting him to bet on the fight. In his letter to the mayor, he stilt ed that Adam Herbert, chief of de tectives, and Patrick Nolan, police clerk, knew all about the fight and how he had been trimmed. Under cross-exantinatlon he ad mitted that the purpose of his cell ing was to get an interview with Kosek. According to the scheme, the mayor was expected to have Al len Olds Myers picked un by the police for getting Donahue's monev. Myers was to turn over $4,000 to Kosek. who in turn was expected to turn it over to Donahue for the pur pose* of shutting him up and pre venting an expose in the newspapers, and also to permit Myers to get out of town while the money was in the possession of Kosek. The plan of the Burns men, ac cording to Donahue, was to raid Ko sek's office, cause his arrest and catch him with the money in his possession. Donahue admittted the scheme would not work, because Kosek would have nothing to do with them. CAMPAIGNING BY MAIL In Kansas, now that the wheat harvest is about to be completed, and the Liberty Bond drive and the Red Cross drive are out of the way and there is nothing else to do. the peo ple are beginning to inquire as to "who's running?" Up to this time the campaign has consisted very largely of letter writ ing by the candidates, and in this •plan, it is well known. Governor Capper, who is running for the Unit ed States Senate, has all the other candidates "laid in the shade." It is said that Governor Capper's mailing list is the envy of all Kansas poli ticians. A good story Is told of how the Governor's correspondence bureau works: Frank Grimes Is one of Charles F. Scott's campaign manag ers. One evening recently Grimes went up to the Central National bank building in Topeka to visit "Harve" Motter, secretary of the Henry Allen committee. Motter was visiting with an old friend, a Swede, from Centra! Kansas. He Introduced him to Grimes. "Any politics out your way?" Grimes asked. "Ain't bane much yat," replied the Swede. "Any talk about United States Senator?" Grimes persisted. "Oh, little," was the reply. "Who are you for?" Mr. Grimes questioned. "Oh, I guess I bane for Gov'nor Capper. "Anybody for Scott out that way?" "Scott? Who bane Scott?" asked Mr. Motter's friend. "Why, he's a candidate for the Senate," was the answer. "I tank not," the Swede replied. "I got letter from Gov'ner Capper yesterday and he said nothing about Scott bane candidate."—Kansas Citv Star. LEST WE FORGET 'Leno me your wings, oh, wind," That X may fly Up through the boundless reaches of the sky And gather stars, to strew the graves where lie Our soldier dead, stilled in Death's majesty With new culled staF-dust. "Lend me your song, oh, nightin gales," That I may sing Of daring deeds, and that the world may ring Of heroism, sacrifice, the widow's wails, And echo thrill the earth and heaven through. That man and all God's angels may he true. That "golden notes from out a sil ver horn" May sound my song of songs to na tions yet unborn. Lest they forget. "Lend me your perfume, flower, leaf and blade," That I may burn A fitting, sweeter incense to these dead Than ever yet has burned or shed its light On honor's roll, that all may read aright The story of their deeds in man kind's fight For Liberty. "Lend me your tints, oh, rainbow," For the flag—*• Youi twin that floats so proudly o'er the land Where freedom and humanity go hand in hand. Where brother-love and honor, more than gold. And gentleness to weakness, ever hold Their place; lend me your tints, if needs be. to renew Our flag's proud message In its ev ery hue. And star and fold. "Lend me your gift to hate. Ye Furies' Clan," Lest I forget; May God forgive the wish, all kind ness ban. Even in thought, eke action, and in prayer. This must be banished from the creeds of man Who have what we have to avenge and bear. Teach me to hate, forgiveness to forswear. Forever, ay! and then! The time has come, has come, when the Christ's cross Must yield, its gentle message give way to the sword; When man must count love and for giveness loss. And by the wish to slay, alone be stirred. —William P. Hunter. HARRISBTTRG TELEGRAPH AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELW? .... ... .;. ... 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KEEP TROOPS MOVING [Kansas City Star] There should be no abatement In the movement of troops to Europe. The events of the last week have shown what it means to the allies to have enough men to take the of fensive. It would be a very great mistake for Secretary Baker to per mit the movement to slacken. With plenty of men it is possible, to overwhelm the enemy with the least loss to the attacking troops. This was demonstrated in the Ger man offensive in March when Gough's array was cut to pieces. We can turn the tables on the German if we will. That means that Congress must make speedy provision for calling additional troops by extending the draft.ages. We cannot keep up the present transportation rate without providing for the training of more men immediately. The heavy troop movements of April. May and June were made pos sible by the use of some British ton nage in addition to our own. As stated in the House of Commons something over 300,000 men, or ap proximately half of the total number transported in that period, were moved in British ships. Assurance was given that these ships would continue to be available for this service. Our own tonnage, of course. Is In creasing and some of the Japanese ships obtained in exchange for steel plates in the negotiations of last spring are now coming into our pos session, ccording to recent announce ment. With these resources there seems litle question of our ability to keep up the record figures of the past months. The required manpower must come from America. We are the allied reserve. The stage of the wnr Is now reached when the reserves have been called up. The faster they arrive the quicker the finish. Fiqhtincj the Blond Beast [X. A. Review's War Weekly] The increasing activities on other fronts than the western are to be regarded with satisfaction. Italian troops are making -ery substantial progress in Albania, other progress is being made north of Salonikl. and intervention in Russia, both In Si beria and Murmanla, is an achieved fact. We repeat pur conviction that this is sound policy. Much as we ap preciate the necessity "of throwing our strength chiefly upon the west ern front, we hold that when you are at war with an enemy you are at war with him all over, and that It is desirable to strike wherever he appears vulnerable, and to block him at every point at which he seeks to advance. Let us mass our millions, by all means. In France and Flan ders. and conduct the hunting of the Blond Beast across the Vosges and the Rhine. But still we can spare enough men to help Russia to re habilitate herself and to prevent her from falling into the hands of Hun nish ravishers. A French Schoolgirl's View "It was a Uttje river—almost a brook. It was called the Yser. One could talk from side to side without raisins one's voice. The birds could fly over it with one sweeD of their wings. And on Its banks there were millions of men, the one turned to ward the other, eye'to eye. But the difference which separated them was greater than that betweeh the stars in the sky. It was the differ ence which separates Justice from injustice. "The ocean Is so (treat that the seagulls do not dare to cross It. For seven days and seven nights tfie great steamships from America, gro in* at full speed, must drive through the deep waters before the light houses of France come Into view. But from one side to another hearts are touching." Sisters of the Secretary of State Write of Canteen Work in France MISS EMMA S. LANSING and Miss Katherine E. Lansing, sisters of the Secretary of State, have been working with the American Red Cross in France since last September. They are now con ducting a canteen in a village near the front where they are often under fire. Following are extracts of letters addressed to Secretary and Mrs. Lansing in March and April: "Thirty bombs were dropped here last night. Those of us who were not on duty at the canteen last night sat in a cave belonging to the Sisters of Mercy listening to the popping of the mitrailleuse, the roaring of the cannon, and the bursting of bombs, but feeling pretty safe so far under ground. "March 14, at the canteen, 4 a. m. —Last Saturday night the clocks were all set ahead one hour, and, I assure you, when we leave the can teen a little after 6 in the morning it is still very cold, although the weather is wonderful—full of sun shine all day. I had only four hours' sleep last night, as we had an alerte and had to stay dressed, fearing our evening visitors, who are frequent. They come about the same hour each night—a little before 9. Our orders are never to go out after the alerte sounds, except to get to a cel lar. Very near the canteen the French have built an abri for us which will hold about fifty people, and only two doors from here is an excellent cave, to which the Sisters of Mercy have given us a key. A Glimpse of the Canteen "April 11, 3.30 a. m.—l am writing at the canteen, where I am on the shift from midnight to 7 o'clock. 1 wish I could give you an idea of the atmosphere here at night. In front of me a group of French infantry with one Zouave is playing cards. Near by is one of the blackest of negroes I have ever seen, in the blue uniform of the French, walking up and down to keep himself awake. An Ameri can ambulance man is playing the piano; an Italian is sitting at a table .eating bread and cheese; and the whole large salle is tilled with sol diers sleeping, talking or listening to the music. My letter has been inter rupted a number of times; once by an American soldier who wanted to tell me how he happened to enlist, all about his family, and 'the girl,' and he wished to show me their photographs; and again by a French soldier, who wanted to tell about his family. "April 24.—1 have been out buy ing a wedding present for one of my 'filleuls.' Did I tell you that I have now about 45 soldiers to whom I write more or less often? I am very unhappy about some of them, from whom I have not heard since their part in the big battle. SLEEP, LADDIE, SLEEP [The War Department announced that on recommendation of General Pershing no bodies of deceased of ficers and soldiers would be sent to this country until after the close of the war.] Under the lilies of France they lie. Silently taking their last, long rest; And the soft breeze murmurs in passing by. While rivulets echo the tender behest. Sleep, laddie, sleep. While onward shall pour the vic torious band. And the Teuton be crumpled behind his frontier; .Though the hoarse shout of triumph shall fill all the land, And an eagerly listening world shall hear. Sleep, laddie, sleep. When .our boys shall at last sail back o'er the deep With freedom established forever and ay, They shall not be unmindful, O lad, in your sleep, But tenderly stooping shall bear you away. So sweetly sleeping. And under the lilies of home you ?hall rest e nature seems poised In tenderest prayer; And the thought of a land who Went over the crest Sl)all render that mound surpas singly fair While you sleep, laddie, sleep. —Elbert Robb Zarlng. • "The 'poilu' who is being married has gone into aviation and is readv to begin his flights now. He had three days in which to be married. He brought his fiancee to see me, and I have letters from her. Because I could not go to the wedding just now they proposed to postpone it. "May B.—l have just finished a letter of condolence to the widow of one of my 'poilus.' He was married on the 23d and on the 26th fell in his aeroplane and was killed. Rhcims Cathedral "May 10.—Yesterday I made a visit to Rheims. We approached it from a hill; so long before we reach ed the city we saw the cathedral out lined against the sky, majestic and apparently perfect. We approached over camouflaged roads and through a city forsaken—a city of the dead. The cathedral is still lovely in its state of semidestruction. The beau tiful outlines are there and the tow ers are still standing, although badly weakened Two large shell holes are in the roof, while the altar is com pletely destroyed. As we drove away we got out of the car and mounted a little hill by the roadside and look ed back, and out of a mist that was filling the valley we saw the city, so beloved by all France, rising like a dream city. I shall never forget it." A Well-Equipped Hospital "East week 1 went all over the hospital here. It is wonderfully 'well equipped and has accommodation for 1,000 beds. There is a fine corps df surgeons in charge who all use the new apparatus of the war. I have done a good deal of visiting in the hospital in my spare momftits and r love it. The soldiers are so happy to see us and so grateful for every lit tle gift of paper, a flower, or a cigar ret. One of the doctors I found care fully cherishing a postcard picture of President Wilson and he is anxious for a better picture. Will you get one for me to give to him? Another sur geon wanted a map of the United States. He says he meets many doc tois who tell him where they live in America and he would like to study a map." Work In the Canteen Kitchen "May 23.—We have had very hot weather lately and several nights in the kitchen it was 85 degrees and ex tremely humid. At night we have to Have all the doors and windows closed to keep out the light, so jiot a breath of air comes in, and working in such an atmosphere is exhausting. With cooking vegetables and meat and an oven for heating water for the dishes, and a seething mass of hu manity, it is a little torrid to say the least * * * I wrote you of the nice little garden back of our house, where we rat out and had our meals. We found browntail caterpillars on one of the trees and so now we must keep out of the garden." The Twenty-Eighth in Fray [Pittsburgh Gazette-Times] Secondary in importance to Pltts burghers and all other Pennsylva nlans only to the news of continued allied success yestertlay was the statement of General March, chief of staff, concerning the identity of the troops engaged, for in the list of divisions appeared the Twenty eighth, Pennsylvania's own and for merly the National Guard state. Nothing, unless it were the announcement that the Eightieth, composed of selectives from this im mediate district, was in the battle, too, could bring the war home any more sharply. It Is as.though the firing line were only a few miles away and all our sons and brothers were out on It. No longer is the western front a mere expression, re mote in its implications. The boys, who a little while ago were patrolling the Mexican border, in canip on Schenley Oval or !{j training at Camp Hancock, are now fighting, actually fighting, for us. They have reached the last stretch of the long road that led out from home when they beard the call. From now on the Twenty eighth—with Its glorious old Eight eenth and Tenth and will be pointing toward-victory and the transports that will bring them home again. No Nonsense "I shall stand no nonsense from the United States," the kaiser said to Ambassador Gerard. The boys from the United States were guilty of some rank "rfonsense" around about Solssons last week. The kais er's men did not "stand" the "non sense." They ran.—JohnstownTrib une. J JULY 25, 1918. BOOKS AND MAGAZINES ] The Putnams announce that they have in train for immediate publica tion "The Devastation of Europe," by Dr. Wilhelm Muehlon. This is the American copyright edition, the volume being issued by special ar rangement with the Swiss publish ers. Dr. Muehlon, himself a German, and formerly director of the great Krupp works, in this remarkable volume has bared the German plot to despoil Europe. The book, com ing from the pen of one who, th6ugh now in exile, was until recently most intimately connected with the rul ing gr<4up in the empire, is an his toric document of the first import ance, containing revelations that even a public surfeited with sensa tions will read with woiidwr, accord ing to the publishers. Judicial Investigation to determ ine the Identity of the anonymous author of two widely circulated anti-German books, "J'Accuse" and "The Crime," has been ordered by the Swiss government. A cable from Paris states that a dispatch from Berne to this effect has just been re ceived by the Temps. The book "J'Accuse," published in this Country by George H. Doran Company under the title, "I Accuse!" was suppressed by the Swiss govern ment in March, 1916, and it became a capital offense In Germany to have a copy of the volume In one's posses sion. The author was simply given as "A German," and he was the first to bring a scathing Indictment against his own country as respon sible for the war. The book has been attributed to various sources. "The Crime," which followed by the same hand, was a work of even more vig orous character. OUR DAILY LAUGH 1 THE SCORE. f What's all this? li \ That's the golf VI ncore of a newly jKL- jib engaged couple. *i They went around lp -45 kisses and y HIS LIITTL.H joke. I V' ♦£? IWWi Th® one above ' ¥\ —Hey! where are 3 A fjUjmm The one below —Oh, just taking a Btro jj around m the block! WHT NOT? (Jj Hey, boys! Come on in out of fir the rain! ATi /> UeS POOR MONK! barber, I -want mj n * C ' t B^ ave< " THE CAUSE. Mr. Fish: What ras the cause of U J. •our husband's Widow Fish: lie hookworm!. \rZfLc\ PREPARED. C .££ The pen is fflMr M mightier than the jC"" That's good [iJ news. I think It Is t , 'jf i- --**> agreed that. our It:! /' pens are about Jr ' th ® b ®* t lu th * ..... Bmtttuj (Eljat "Williamsport has an institution that I wish Harrisburg would find it possible to copy," said a returning traveler yesterday. "I refer to the Red Cross booth at the railroad sta tion. Williamsport Is well situated for this, better than Harrisburg, In fact. There is an open plaza in front of the station and a broad lawn along the side. On this the Red Cross canteen branch has I erected a trim little frame build ing, in the rear of which is a tent |to store the supplies. The frame structure is used during cold or wet weather, but during days like these little tables are spread under trees. Not a soldier passes through Wil liamsport these days who is missed by the bright-eyed, prettily-uni formed Rod Cross girls, who are al ways on hand with a cheerful word and an Invitation to have anything from an ice cream cone to a sub stantial lunch, with hot coffee or iced tea on the side. "While waiting for a train the oth er day—trains being late in Wil liamsport as well as most every where else these times—l amused myself by observing how the canteen worked. A train came in over the Lehigh Valley. Immediately the two girls in charge at the time ap peared with ice cream cones. They sold them to the perspiring passen gers, even the "candy butcher' and the conductor taking one each. The profits, I learned, went into the up keep of the canteen and the girls said that mpst people gave them from ten cents to a quarter and didn't ;wk for change, although they charged but a nickel for the cone. But the moment a tired, drooping soldier with a big satchel in tow hove in sight the girls forsook their customers and headed straight for him. " 'Thirsty?' asked one. " 'I should say YES,' replied the soldier, mopping his brow and smil ing. " 'Well, come right over here and sit down,' added the girl, leading him gently toward a table, and you can Just bet that young private nev er made the least resistance. "Before you could say Jack Rob ison the girls had dished up for him a tall and clinking glass of lemon ade and he wound up with the sec ond glass. About that time another overheated soldier in heavy O. D. uniform came lumbering up under a heavy load and was towed into the cool cilm of the same table beneath a tree, where he chose Ice cream cones—three of them. "Then came the next part of the program, and by far the most inter esting to me. The first soldier fin ished his drink and asked the price. " 'Not a penny from you,' replied the pretty waitress. 'I have a brother in the Engineers and I hope some girl will do the same for him.' •The other lad got a similar answer to his query as to price and both went away happy over the little at tention shown th%m and the better for this contact with the Red Cross, "I was wondering as my train pulled in," added the observer, "if we in Harrisburg couldn't do some thing like that on our depot plaza." "Good night, Germany," sing the vaudeville artists. Vaudeville peo ple don't stop at elimination of Ger man ideals and the German lan guage, but sauerkraut, hamburg steak and German cheese have been hoycotted to such an extent that the Hotel Columbus doesn't serve these dainties any longer. The demand for hamburg steak isn't satisfied, but the waiter will sell you an order of Harrisburg steak, which is the same thing. At the Bergstresser House in Walnut street an actor was offered some mustard the other evening. Ha was about to use some on his meat when he chanced to see that it was called "German mustard." "Ntithin Jdoin'! I'll use ketchup!" he said. • • The park benches in River Front Park had a good bath yesterday morning, when V. Grant Forrer, As sistant Superintendent of City Parks, commandeered some firehose and chased the dust from the seats. It was refreshing to see how clean and 'nvlting the benches were after their shower Jiath. "That bath was need ed," said a member of the River Front Park fraternity. "When T wanted to ait on the benches I had o carry paper with me. Without naper, T'd have been covered with 'lust from head to foot." • • • < Right In line with the Telegraph's move for better housing conditions imong the poorer classes of the city, "omes a little story of how one man 's trying to do his part In making bis own surroundings more attrac tive. "Brother Jeems" is quite an enterprising colored resident who has built him a new "bungalow" in the much-congested district, cover 'ng the outside with tin flattened from cans of all sorts. Inside, the walls are papered with the dallv nress and dozens of photographs of movie staes cut from magazines. "Why doan yo' have some fotv irrafF of preslduns and sich?" asked -i neighbor. "Well. I s'pose I should have some of T.lncum and Wash'n'ton." said he. "but me. I hasn't mucH beauty in ma famblv, and me, Tse a great lover of it. an' so T takes the olcters of the pretty 11T gals and nut 'em up whar I c'n see 'em all de time." • * Senator William C. Sproul, beside) being a newspaperman and poll, tielnn. is an antiquarian, too, re sembling the late Governor Pennv. nacker In love of research into his. torlcal state affairs. In the Senator's home, near Chester, there Is a I'. hrary of fine books on statecraft nolltics, history, etc., and the collec tion Is numerous and cost'v enough to please the greatest bibliophile Ir Pennsylvania. Since there Is everv prospect that Senator Sproul will serve a term as Governor of the state, this experience. will serve to In- 4 crease his antlnnarlan knowledge! and American literature may on< day he enriched by a valuable work —bearing on the archaeology of this state or of the nation, written by him. * • * Un in Yiewlstown. the biggest to-vn in the Juniata valley, many thrifty citizens are doing "their best" rather than "their bit" to help the land of their nativity In Its efforts to aid in bringing* the haughtv Hun to his knees. Hundreds of youths from this section are doing military ser vice, but (he folks at home, too. nr busy. The eight-hour railroad law permits employes much time to themselves, but many.of these rail roaders are working six and eight hours dallv at other employment to help relieve the acute labor short age. prevalent In the numerous es. sentlal Industries operating In Dew's. Niwn and its Immediate vicinity, Th ftnnpclal benefits accruing to th"<i patriots are high, but Just a* vabt. able are their efforts to the Unita<| States.
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