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HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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TUESDAY, AUGUST , 1918
Light is light, whoever holds the
candlestick. —E. E. HAUL
WHY NOT A "RERRY DAY?"
UNTIL the war came along "Good
Roads" Day was a very Im
portant anniversary In many
parts of Pennsylvania and was on
a fair way to become an occasion of
State-wide observance. Since that
time there have been a number of
days designated and this year what
would have been "Good Roads" day
was turned into "Garden Day." The
Idea Is a fine one and it would not
be a bad plan to extend it. *
This year there were literally
thousands of dollars worth of berries
and small fruits lost to the farmer
and the public simply because there
were no hands to pick them. In
some sections of the State cherries
rotted on the trees for the same rea
son. There are instances known
right near home where choice rasp
berries and blackberries were lost
owing to the fact that there were
no big or little hands to pluck them.
Food values have been 'lost because
of lack of organized effort In com
munities. There may be serious loss
to the peach growers of Cumberland
and to the apple growers of Adams
If the labor supply cannot be lm- •
proved and It seems hard to do so.
The point is that the idea of cer
tain days *to be given to certain
things byway of useful diversion
might be extended next year to the
small fruits. There are many farm
ers who would be glad to give people
small fruits, berries, cherries and
other things as their share of the
"picking." Let the places bo listed
in which the farmers and the tree
or bush owners have got to have
help, and the cities and towns will
supply the men and women, boys
and girls to help out.
SAVE NOW
WE may now order two sand
wiches and a piece of pie, or
one sandwich and two pieces
of pie for lunch without running
afoul of Mr. Hoover and his food
conservation regulations and we may
eat hot biscuits for supper without
our prodding consciences calling us
slackers. The wheat crop Is assured
and it Is large enough here and
abroad to warrant a slight letting
down on bread and grain product
restrictions. But, merely because
we have enough to tide us over the
winter is no reason why we should
not save Just as carefully and as
scrupulously as we have been doing.
Nobody knows what next year's
wheat crop will be. It might be a
failure. Then what?
TVe ought to carry over a sufficient
reserve to see us through any period
of short production with which we
may be confronted. The grasshop
per dines sumptuously on the plenty
of to-day and dies with the first kill
ing of frost. The ant conserves,
saves and stores and meets winter
with a full larder.
The Allies must save wheat in this
moment of unexcelled "plenty or v>er
liaps go hungry a year or two hence,
if the war continues so long.
THE "Y" AND ITS FUTURE
THE decision of Secretary Rob
ert B. Reeves of the Y. M. C. A.
to follow the very successful
boys' camp with an outing for the
boys and men of the association is
indicative of the place the Harrlsburg
"Y" Is making for Itself in the cam
mnnity. Not so long since aY. M.
C. A. picnic would have been Impos
sible.. There was little spirit of fra
ternity or fellowship In the organiza
tion. But all that Is changed. The
association has com® Into Its own
and the proposed outing was assured
%of success the momenta was an
nounced.
The Harrlsburg association is do
ing a good work now, but it Is also
preparing for the greater duty to be
demanded of it when "the boys
come home." It is making itself in
dispensable as an institution J— UM
TUESDAY EVENING,
Uvea of hundreds of men, but laj
merely laying the groundwork for
service after the war, when lt9 mem
bership will grow until It bursts the
walls of the building of to-day and
spreads Itself a half block farther
down the street. Such gatherings as
Mr. Reeves proposes help pave the
way.
MILK AND ICE CREAM
DR. RAUNICK'S assertion that
milk and Ice cream show
marked improvement In qual
ity this year over last 1B very grati
fying. It testifies at once to the
activity of the Health Department
and the co-operation of a vast ma
jority of the dairymen, manufac
turers and dealers.
Milk ought to be used freely. It
Is a perishable product and Just now
is very plentiful. To drink milk and
eat Ice cream or other milk prod
ucts is at once wholesome and
patriotic. Every quart of milk con--
sumed saves almost an equal weight
of beef or wheat.
But with the typhoid fever epi
demic two years back a poignant
memory, hundreds of people have
refrained from partaking of milk or
ice cream. That their fears are
groundless and t'Vit ice cream made
by. a reputable dealer may be eaten
with perfect security is Indicated by
the health department's report that
there is not a case of typhoid caused
by in the whole city at this
time.
The Telegraph did not hesitate
to point out the dangers of contami
nated milk and Ice cream when they
existed. It is happy to note the
great improvement. It Is but fair
that the facts be set forth.
GOOD ENOUGH FOR US
FOLLOWING the example of
Pittsburgh, towns and cities In
all parts of the country, the
names of which end In "burg" are
reported to be adding a final "h."
Pittsburgh is entitled to wear this
additional ornament because Andrew
Carnegie, he was bossing af-1
fairs In Allegheny county, wanted
the letter tacked on to the end of his
home town's cognomen and he had
added so many other things to Pitts
burgh that nobody could object
much to a little thing like a silent
"h." So the thing was legalized and
the contagion spread. (
But let nobody. In Harrisburg at
tempt to foist another letter on us.
First place we like the spelling as it
is. Second place, It is difficult
enough now to have stenographers
and printers keep the letters In
proper order without adding more
trouble. Beside, think of the Ink
and paper wasted by dropping in an
extra letter. If anybody haa a hank
ering for spelling revision In th 6
geography hereabouts, let him begin
cn Conodoguinet.
THIS IS TOO MUCH
THE Philadelphia Evening Public
Ledger reports the latest mid
summer horror in the Quaker
City. It Is a recurrence of that
awful affliction of our early boyhood
—the homemade haircut. The war
prices of Philadelphia barbers have
driven many households back to this
iniquity of the days of barbarity,
when men paid much attention to
the curl of their whiskers, but very
little to the nicks In their hair.
The pies that mother used to make
are sweet memories to be cherished
even beyond the pearly gates, but we
! trust when we pass over a kindly
[ Providence will somehow arrange
It that we may shed forever all
recollection of those tortures we used
to undergo every time mother de
cided that our "hair was too long."
We didn't go like lambs to the
slaughter. Far from It. We re
sisted valiantly as the sons of free
men should —to say nothing of rais
ing our voices in protest for the
benefit of the neighbors a half block
down the street. All In vain! Wo
were caught, dragged into the baby's
high chair, a towel swathed about
thw neck and the orgy was on. The
family comb and a dull pair of
scissors were the only tools thought
necessary, and when they had pulled
out and chopped off a quantity of
hair sufficient to satisfy the de
praved tastes of our tormentors we
were turned loose to admire the
nicks and Irregularities left In the
wake of the improvised mowing ma
chines, and to squirm for days in
vain efforts to search out the va
grant hairs that, escaping the towel,
had found lodgment at Inconvenient
spots between shoulders and hips.
In some families there was a
handy man whose specialty was
mending shoes and cutting hair—
and he did both jobs with vigor and
enthusiasm. He it was who per
formed the tonsorlal horrots for the
cider members of the household and
beyond question he was a bad influ
ence In the community. Even the
most pious citizens used to break out
In lurid language under his ministra
tions.
Harrisburg Is a thrifty town, but
It's going to take more than a flve
cent advance In the price of haircuts
to drive it back to savagery,
ever, we can think of no better way
of working up a line, hot little hate
for the Kaiser than to have this
economy forced upon us, with the
full knowledge that he is respon
sible.
ADDING TO STATURE
THE men of the National Army
have gained from a half Inch
to two Inches In height as &
result of military training, and their
physique In general has been
greatly Improved, according to camp
statistics Just made public. >
If this isn't a plea for universal
training, what Is It?
If a few months in the Army will
add two Inches to a man's stature
and turn his flabby muscles hard as
•nails, isn't It ifti* *•> KHMA IV
life of the Individual has been ma
terially lengthened thereby, always
supposing that he eecapes the perils
of the battlefield T And If service
with the colors Increases the span
of life one or two years, why Isn't
it good for the manhood of the na
tion In peace tlmeß as well as war?
Look about you and notice who
are the sturdy men of Beventy and
over among your acquaintances.
Civil War veterans, almost to a man.
The men who stayed at home during
the Civil War are nearly all dead.
The veterans of four years cam
paigning ore the men who march to
day In the Grand Army parades. And
they didn't have the scientific mili
tary training of to-day.
LK
By tlio Ex-Committeeman
Indications are that the Demo
cratic state committee will be called
to meet In Harrisburg about August
28 to consider the proposed platform
and to settle the details of manage
ment of the coming gubernatorial
campaign. It was stated to-day that
the Bonnlwell men would attend the
meeting and make themselves heard.
The committee in charge of the
platform has been at work and will
have a series of meetings in the next
two weeks during which Judge Bo'n
niwell will be Invited to submit his
Ideas. The judge has told friends
that the committee already knows
his thoughts. From all accounts the
state committee will adopt a plat
form and adjourn with the least pos
sible trouble and if it is a "dry"
document or one which does not
mention the prohibition amendment
issue one way or the other it is llke
ly that Judge Bonniwell will go to
the people with his own platform as
he did just before the state commit
tee and then proceed to name, his,
own campaign committee.
There is no intention on the part
of the dominant faction In the state
Democracy to allow the judge to
boss the band wagon this fall. State
Chairman McLean will have the de
tails placed in the hands of Secre
tary Warren VanDyke and if the
judge does not like the way things
arc done there will be no interference
with any campaign of his own he
may launch provided he pays the
bills.
All the signs are that there will be
fighting between the Democratic fac
tions all ffill and that there will be
a battle for control of the machine
wfcged between now and the primary
In 1920 that will be worth watch
ing.
—Senator Sproul'B visit to Lancas
ter county yesterday was watched
with interest all over the state as
there were some Democrats who had
a fond hope that the Senator and
the Lancaster organization would not
hit it off well because of the number
of state administration mon in Lan
caster. Just exactly how such ideas
could get abroad would be hard to
say, as Lancaster was one of the
counties for Sproul from
the very start.
—Senator Sproul will make several -
addresses In eastern counties this ;
month and also plans to go on in- ,
formal tours to northern counties. '
Senator Beidleman will also make
some Informal visits before the cam- -
paign starts.
—There are some Interesting re
ports from Pittsburgh about the '
contests for Allegheny county places
next fall with possibilities of some ,
new alignments in which the Bab
cock administration will have some 1
new opponents.
—Samuel W. DiHer, re-elected Re- 1
publican county chairman of Lan
caster yesterday, hs held that place
for several years and is one of the
best knowr. Republicans of the state.
—The Philadelphia Record says
editorially that Congressman William
8. Vare has "turned on Governor
Brumbaugh."
—tip in Scranton Mayor A- T.
Connell had no more gotten things
straightened out in the matter of the
fire department Increase than the
streets department men went on the
war path. The mayor is inclined to
ward the policy of war time appoint
ments of women clerks in city of
fices.
—The Philadelphia Press, which
to-day says that Judge George Kun
kel, of Dauphin county, will not be
a candidate for the Supreme Court
this year, commends that course,
saying: "This is calculated to sim
pMfy the situation and is a good ex
ample for others who are being sug
gested, or are themselves ambitious
to enter the race and make a contest
where none is desirable. , • • *
Under the law any one can submit
himself for election by petition sim
ilar to that used for a primary. It is
easy to see to what confusion that
could lead. All chance of compA'a
tlon or confusion would be avoided by
acquiescence in the election of the
two Judges now on the bench. They
will not be improved upon."
—State Chairman William E. Crow
continues to lmrrove and will he
about ibefore the end of the month.
—"Harmonious Artlon"—that's the
slogan of the new Democratic chair
man of Berks county, Roy E. Mabry,
of Longswamp, who will* not ap
prove the formation of a separate
committee in Berks for the election
of Judge Eugene C. Bonniwell, of
Philadelphia, for Governor, although
Mabry was elected by the antt-
Palmer faction here. As county
chairmajl, Mr. Mabry will use all his
influence to "keep peace within the
party," and as the recognized head
of the party In Berks, he says ho
will lead the campaign.
—Discussing the appointment of a
United States Commissioner for
Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Press
says: "Half a dozen men have been
mentioned in connection with the
vacancy. . Ignatius F. Qutnn is be
lieved to be backed for the position
by Charles P. Donhelly, leader of
the Philadelphia Democratic organi
zation. It is supposed that A. Mit
chell Palmer has given his O. K.
to this procedure because of the
signs that lately have been given of
a close working agreement between
Donnelly and the State organization.
However, there is no evidence that
Mr. Quinn as yet has obtained the
Inside track on the appointment.
Another rame mentioned Is that of
' Magistrate Maxwell Stevenson, Jr.,
although the latter is scarcely a
Simon-pure dyed-in-the-wool De'mo
, crat"
BOOTS! BOOTS! BOOTS!
The rest of Germany may go bare
! footed, but you can bet your last
(•imolcon the six Hohcnzollern boys
i ha £Jt ® n ° u ß h shoes for a centipede.
-—From the Memphis Commercial
HARRISBURG TELEGTtAPH
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The Democratic Donkey
[Philadelphia Inquirer]
In the midst of war we are in
Democratic politics. Just when it
was beginning to look as if his ex
istence was going to be entirely
ignored. Judge Eugene Bonntwell,
the self-made and self-nominated
Democratic candidate for Governor
of Pennsylvania, comes to the fore
ground with an appeal to his col
league, J. Washington Logue, the
candidate of the same party for Lieu
tenant Governor, to withdraw from 1
the ticket. For fear that this ex- i
traordinary request may puzzle the
uninitiated, we hasten to explain
that Eugene and Washington, while
running on the same ticket, persist
and insist upon running In'opposite
directions. One is "wef and the
other is "dry." One Is headed for
the river of unrestricted delight,
while the other alms for the desert
where a certain animal is said to be
able to go without liquid refresh
ment for nine days. One sings,
"Landlord, fill the flowing bowl,"
and the other recites, "The lips that
touch wine shall never touch mine."
All might be well If each could
go his own way, but unfortunately
both are mounted upon the same
jackass, and thus we are presented
with the spectacle of the greatest
zoological wonder of the age, the
two-headed Democratic donkey,
compared with which Barnum's
Woolly Horse and Forepaugh's White
Elephant were mere Dime Museum
exhibits.
The learned Judge, In his appeal
to his unwelcome colleague, seems to
be laboring: under unusual mental
stress. He realizes that the animal
upon which they propose to make the
Journey cannot go in two directions
at one and the same time, and that
;f they do not come to an agreement
they will never get started. It is a
long way to Harrlsburg, and if
Eugene and Washington ever expect
to get there the donkey must be
given a cue. Eugene's method of
solving the troublesome problem is
simplicity Itself. He wants Wash
ington to get down and walk. But
the candidate for Lieutenant Gov
ernor merely gives him a dry smile
and says nothing. The request is
enough to make the donkey indulge
in a sly grin, and if the situation
continues much longer the animal is 1
like to break out In a succession of
those loud and unmelodlous brays
which sometimes break the silence of
the countryside.
There are really several ways of
making the donkey move. One Is the
old expedient of building a fire un
der' the animal. Another would be
for the candidate for Governor to
alight and make way for his col
league. Evidently he has never
thought of that. But If they both
persist in holding their places and
the animal starts In two directions
at the same timo there 1 likely to be
a catastrophe, and we shudder to
think of the consequences. In the
meantime it would be well to re
mind the two men that it Is mighty
dangerous business to fool with the
rear end of a perfectly healthy
donkey. It has been tried before and
always with disastrous results.
The situation is not only amus
ing, but instructive as well. It illus
trates in clear.-cut fashion one of
tlje absurdities of the popular pri
mary election system which has been
evolved by well-meaning political
reformers.
AMERICANS CAN FIGHT
The course of General Bullard
nnd his command at Chateau Thier
ry makes one's heart beat high. Ho
was ordered by his French com
mander to give gTound. He de
clined, on the ground that his troops
did not know how to retreat. He
ordered them forward. The check
of the German offensive on the
Marne began with this sharp coun
■ ter of his men. His act savored of
' insubordination. Only a brilliant
i success could Justify It. He took
the chan<*, and report makes him a
1 lieutenni* general.
The nsost interesting and amusing
evidence of the wonderful work our
men are doing on tho battlefront in
■ France is to be found in the Ger
■ man military reports. They first
ignored the presenco of American
\ troops. Then they belittled their
numbers. • Then they reported as
1 killed more than they have said
could the, seas. To be a suc
; cessful liar a man must have some
1 sense of humor. The German Is
; without It. The sense of real hu
- man proportion it Implies he lacks.
• A German lie can only fool a Ger
-1 man.
The contest on the Ourcq has been
Ultter. We are driving the Germans
back. The true fighting edge of the
Americans has Btlffened the morale
of the whole allied army. The
French and British know what tney
may count on In the five millions
to come If the first two hundred
thousand thus stand the gaff and
wield it. —Ex-President Taft, In tke
PuXiL* Teaser.
Silver Haired Nurses
With Golden Hearts
V. E. Whish In the Continental Edition of the London Mail.
WHAT should we do without
our white haired nurses?" the
speaker waa a young soldier,
who had been "convalescing" some
weeks In the cottage hospital.
' "They do not tire like the young
■ones," he said eagerly to me. "You
don't know the grit they've got. Why,
Nurse Emma Is a grandmother. At 4
o'clock In the morning she makes tea
for us all. You don't know what a
cup of tea means to a chap that has
been lying awtke all night In pain.
"I think," and a wistful note crept
Into the boy's voice, "silvery haired
nurses like to mother us. The young
'ones look upon us as patients. To the
older women we are 'sons.' "
How true this was!
Are we just to the woman of 50?
She who has borne the hurden of her
day and in this war is bearing ours.
Our silvery haired women! It
awoke an echo of pain. These women
who apologize so sweetly for delaying
the omnibus In getting In and out,
who are so anxious to do work of
some national Importance. "I quite
understand," said one of the women,
"age is such a ibar, and in an office
Don't Be a Fool
You hlame some one else for the
harm you have done—■
A fool can do that!
You grouch when yourself is the butt
of the fun—
A fool can do that!
You criticise others who try things
and fail;
You say "Had I tried, 'twere 'a dif
ferent tale;" .
You sit down and rest by the side of
the trail—
A fool can do that!
You say you'll "get even" for In
juries done—
A fool can do that!
You say you are envied your "place
In the sun"—
A fool can do that!
You always are scenting an enemy
plot,
If there should be any foundation, or
not;
Full half you suspect Is the veriest
rot—
A fodl can do that!
You listen In silence when slander Is
rifle— •
A fool can do that!
See friends robbed of that which is
dearer than life—
A fool can do that!
You wait till your personal Tights
are disturbed
Before you are anxious or even per
turbed;
You think for no other the wrong
should be curbed—
A fool can do that!
Try thinking of others Instead of
yourself—
No fool would do that!
Think more about service and less
about pelf—
No fool would do that!
Just don't do a thing either night
time or day,
For pleasure or some kind of prac
tical pay,
Of which any person can truthfully
say:
"A fool can do that!"
—Strickland Glllilan, in Jhfe Ro
tarian.
The 'Gratuitous Insult
In turning over the files of
Hearst's New York Evening Journal,
we find in the issue of August 6,
1917, the following:
"THE ROOSEVELTS ARE 'LINED
UP'—COMFORTABLY
all his kin who
were eligible h<td 'lined up' for mili
tary service, 'and It Isn't my fault
that I'm not over there now.'
"A cable dispatch to the same
newspaper says:
" 'Mr. and Mrs. Kermlt Roosevelt
have arrived here. They were met
by Joseph E. Willard, American am
bassador to Spain. • • • • Kermlt
Roosevelt has accepted an offer to
serve on the staff of General Maude,
commander of the Mesopotamia
forces.' We have a great admira
tion for the courage of Mr. Roose
velt and his 'kin,' But It makes
quite a difference whether you 'line
up' as an ordinary, unknown Sam
my. to be quickly shot and more
quickly forgotten, or as a member
1 of the staff of General Maude, trav
-1 eling with your wife and met by an
1 ambassador."
Quentln Is dead.
Theodore, Jr., is wounded,
i Archibald has been gassed.
Kermlt has Just transferred to
active service with the American
i expeditionary forces. New York
Tribune.
one must be so businesslike. Besides,
•young girls can learn so quickly."
' Are we fair to the women of 50?
They are perhaps now and again
somewhat tiresome. They are some
times at pains to remind you that
they are parents themselves. But how
keen they are upon the work before
them, thp determination to db the
best thfy can, their submissive
docility and frank openness when
they do not understand the Intrica
cies of a double cash entry in a led
ger. Their quiet "If you will explain
it to me a little more, I shall under
stand It then."
Their hearts are golden and their
loyalty priceless. Their willingness to
persevere in any work they are put
to, their punctuality and generosity!
Their obedience to younger women
who hold superior positions over
them! Their neat braided hair and
quiet attirement! No absurd low
neck blouse or orange jumper with
tartan kilt, or string of pearls flt*for
a Red Cross charity!
May generous hearted employers
who realize the valuable work per
formed by the woman of 50 come
forward and place her as a candi
date on work of national Import
ance.
The A. P.—A Great Institution
[Louisville Courier-Journal]
Twenty years ago the Pennsyl
vania Railroad was pointed out as
a corporation whioh advanced its
men regularly, took care of them,
through the administration of a
benefit tund, during periods of Ill
ness or disablement, and retired
thein upon pensions at the end of
their days of usefulness. Nowadays
the list of corporations which could
be so mentioned is fairly long, but it
will be surprising to many newspa
per leaders to learn that the Asso
ciated Press has taken its place
among them as the offerer of mone
tary inducements to employes to re
main for lite in Its service. The
man whose father directed his at
tention to certain advantages of em
ployment in the service of tho Penn
sylvania lines may advise his son to
consider the Associated Press. It
calls young men to interesting and
educative service which may send
them anywhere in the world, the
ambassadors of readers of tho news.
The organization will not enrich
them, but it will pay them respect
able salaries and retire them at 60'
upon pensions "not loss than S2O a
month or mure than $5,000 a year."
The modern newspaper is to all
classes a necessity, like a public util
ity, and to all desirable classes a
public servant. The future of the
press is the future of republican in
stitutions. Journalism is not, yet,
though perhaps destined to become,
a profession with exact requirements
for admission and its code of prac
tice, but as a call'ng It is upon a
more substantial base than formerly,
with an outlook for an increase of
advantages. ,
Americans Not Foolish
Berlin correspondents are telling
the public that the Americans are
good fighters and not to be under
rated, but that they are so impressed
with the fulsome flattery of the
French they are recklessly sacrific
ing themselves and that their dead
are piled up. Very likely the wish
Is father to the statement, as tho
Americans have sense as well as
valor, and their commanders Would
not allow them to sacrifice them
selves so foolishly. But, of course,
the German public could not be ex
pected to take that into account. —
Baltimore Ameflcan.
LABOR NOTES
There are more than 150,000 war
workers at Washington, D. C., in va
rious Government departments. Be
fore the war began the total number
of Government employes there was
about 40,000.
A resolution recommending & uni
form wage scale for aIV crafts mak
ing up the metal trades department
of the American Federation of
bor was adopted at a meeting: of the
metal branch.
On the recommendatton of the law
committee each member of the
American Federation of Labor will
be assessed 1 per cent, during the
period of the war. State bodies $5
and central bodies $lO.
Eager to take advantage of the
Supreme Court's Invalidation of the
i child labor law, hundreds of mill,
mfne and factory owners' are prepar
; ing to recruit minor children where
uxuwotected by state laws.
' AUGUST 6, 1918.
Where Bundy Held the Road
Where Bundy held the Paris road,
The morning battle flamed <fnd
flowed.
"The Marne Is passed; the line Is
bent!
Heaven speed our succor, heaven
sent!"
And Europe gazed with eyes that
glowed
Where Bundy held the Paris road.
The patient Frenchman coiMisellcd:
"Wait!
The Hun but hurries to his fate,
It was but now the battle broke —
Tomorrow—and the counter stroke!"
But pale the star of patience showed
Where Bundy held the Paris road.
Said Bundy to the High Command:
"None of our men would under
stand!
The Stars and Stripes are driven
back?
Impossible! We shall attack!"
And forward line on line they strode
Where Bundy held the Paris road.
Artd when night (brought the long
day's end
The dead that filled the river bend
Were German dead. And Europe
„ knew!
And Freedom all her bugles blew.
And once more French the river
flowed
Where Bundy held the Paris road.
Willis O. Robb.
1 OUR DAILY LAUGH
/WB T OO HONEST.
T 7 He's altogeth-
J/ cr to ° honest.
IH wouldn't even
TO BE AN- *
SWERED.
Mother, is
grandma grand- V /
pa's wife? asked \\ '
• little Agnes. TLV'
Yes, of course, \v\
answered the Wl, \\V\
mother. ffll ° .) V\ \
A few minutea I VW
elapsed and the 'f t''
child said:
Why did he
marry such an
, old woman?
30OD IDEA-
The ladies keep / V'
cooi (/\\ <={WZ4t
When solar iw \\A\ i /
rays beam, "3P
For thy dress
in tulle
And live on
• Ice cream. jm '\
;
' M . ) WHAT HE
Aa I V* TELLS.
sU■, I ,jii)4f\ 1)0 you tel>
1 V*\ \ your wife every-t
M* A WSM) thing?
i ([' y iw/& Not exactly^
ril tell her evJ
er ythlng I want
5 mamm *° know
! • and everything
• | f w '/yj I feel sure she'll
> Vl' " M And out
burning (EJjat
The great war lis not only groins
to make great changes In the life of
the people of Pennsylvania and In
many ways of doing things, but In
opinion of men who have come here |
from various sections of the state on
business at the Capitol it is likely to
leave m<Jre enduring memorials to
the men who bore arms than even
the Civil War. When the struggle
for preservation of the Union ended
I there were numerous movements for
mopumerits and there is scarcely a
county seat In the Keystone State
that does not have an expression ot
the gratitudo of the people of a coun
ty for the boys in blue In stone or
bronze. There have already been SOI>-J
discussions of memorials, but th
are taking different form from tlft
monument. In Pittsburgh there are
some communities which will erect
tablets giving the names of the men
who have gone into service and thi*
plan has also been discussed in Wil
lianisport and Erie. In other places
it is planned to line streets with trees
and to give each tree the name of a
soldier. One up-state town which
has given many sons to the army
will honor any one who Is called
upon to make the great sacrifloe by
naming a tree in the town park.
The tree idea was much talked of at
the Capitol to-day. In Reading
the mayor and councilmen are study
ing a means to show appreciation
of their men in khaki and as a start
er will name some of the streets in
new sections of the city which are
being opened in honor of generals.
Naturally there will be one named
right away for General Hunter Lig
gett, who first saw the light in Read
ing according to late evidence, which
takes the honor from Birdsboro.
• • •
Harold Brown, who was one of the
spry young colored men at the state
draft headquarters and who is now
in France with a field artillery regi
ment. has sent Major W. G. Mur
•dock a letter which is an interesting
view of the way the average young
Pennsylvanian regards his war tra
vels. IJrown Is getUng to be a real
soldier. He says that his second
Sunday in France found him 300
miles from where he was the first
Sunday and he was still going, doing
everything himself, including "cook
ing, washing, sewing and general
housework," and finding the people
mighty congenial and without any
race prejudice. However, young
Brown can not understand why they
call creeks rivers and misses the
corn fields of old Dauphin. In de
scribing how he flt when some peo
ple appeared vexed that howould
not drink wine when on a ramble he
and some comrades struck a farm
house he says: "I could not ex
plain as my French is a cross be
tween French, English and deaf and
dumb signals." He urges "Mike"
and "Jim" at headquarters to con
tinue to study their French, they be
ing men who may go next because
the draft docs not respect even those
at headquarters.
• • •
The war seems to have started
things moving off with a rush since
the reopening of the Harrisburg
Public Library because over half of %
the books asked for have a war fla
vor. The fiction built upon war is
much in demand and books dealing
with Normandy and Picardy are
much sought. There is hardly a
day passes without some requests for
books which describe the Marne re
gion of Franco and the Saloniki dis
trict.
• • •
Heber, Dr. Cherrick Westbrook's
battling tomcat, has established a
dead line at the city limits. Heber
is a black cat with a front line of
trenches disposition and the accu
racy of a grenade thrower in hand
ling his claws. There used to bo a
time when dogs from Paxtang would
roam over the city line intp nearest
Harrisburg and those in the Thir
teenth ward would ramble out into
the dusty streets of Paxtang. But
they do not cross the dead line when
Heber is around and when he is on
patrol duty the barking of the Pax
tung dogs sounds far away.
• •
Just exactly how the railroads are
going to get their cars unscrambled
after the war Is ended is hard to say.
Yostcrday there were cars from ten
different railroads from beyond the
Mississippi river in Union station
and locomotives which are far from
home hostlers are to be seen here
abouts every day. Some of the vet
eran railroad men of the Pennsyl
vania system declare that they can
not see where the cars are going.
to end up the way they are being
shifted around. Some huge Nor
folk and Western engines, larger
than any seen hereabouts, are now
being used in this neighborhood.
• • •
Some of the big western soldiers
are bound'to be comfortable no mat
ter what the weather. The other
day a train came in with the win
dows decorated with legs. The men
had gotten tired of things inside of
the cars and stuck their, feet out
side quite regardless of what they
might hit. It made the men in the
Harrisburg yards nervous, but the
mn only wagged their feet when
called to pull in their "hoofs."
| WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—General Charles W. Kutz, wha ,
will have charge of Camp Humph
reys, where the engineers are sta
tioned, is a native of Reading.
-ACaptain T. H. Lynn has taken
charge of the drilling of drafted men
at Williamsport by an arrangement
made in that city.
—Dean Josiah H. Pennisan, ol
the University of Pennsylvania, 1
thinking up some new ideas at tho
seashore during August.
—William Wayne, former legis
lator and prominent Chester coun
tian, who has been In France on Y.
M. C. A. work Is spending a short
time at his home on a. furlough.
—lra E. Freeman, the coroner Of
Carbon county, has gone Into the
service as a captain and gets a leava
of absence.
—Captain L. A. Tafel, one of th
Guard officers tor yours, is now in
franco with a pioneer regiment.
—Captain Ellsworth Gregory, ol
Pcttsville, who has been at the front
in France for months, is home on
special duty.
—Major David B. Simpson, forme*
Philadelphia newspaperman, is no\*
postmaster at Camp Wadsworth
where Pennsylvania boys are goinft
this week.
DO YOU KNOW
— l That Dauphin county Is go
ing to- liave a tremendous oats
crop this year If It can all be
handled?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Early newspapers tell of various
taverns along Market street beintf
used as temporary courthouses dur.
lng tho days when the Leglslaturt
needed the temple of justice fo_
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