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TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1918
Honesty is the first chapter in the
hoolc of wisdom . — THOMAS JEFFEBSON*.
Civility costs nothing and buys
everything. — LADY MONTAGUE.
i
THE GOOSE AND GANDER
WHAT'S that old law about thej
sauce for the goose being
also sauce for the gander?
Anyhow. Bill of Potsdam, hasn't
heard about it. Having heard of an,
allied air raid over Frankfort the
All-Highest sent a telegram to the
burgomaster stating that the em-j
peror "deeply sympathizes in the j
misfortune which has befallen the
open town of Frankfort as the re-1
suit of an enemy attack which Was
contrary to international law and
claimed many victims."
The telegram requests that the
• Burgomaster convey to the victims'
jmlatives the "sympathy of the All-
Highest." But nothing was said
about the Hun bombing squadrons
which at the same time were active
In bombarding towns behind the
Allied front, killing and wounding
women and children.
Grant that the day Is not far dis
tant when the German sky shall be
clouded with American airmen.
Senator Penrose ought to he more
careful of the feelings of the sensi
tive Democrats, who resent being
called to account for their failure to
be present in the Senate when im
portant war measures arc being de*
layed, '
PASSING OF AN INDUSTRY
THE death of Arthur P. O'Con
nor, operator of the old Watts
furnace at Marietta, is another
reminder of the passing of the once
great industry of iron making and
• forging for which Pennsylvania was
famous before the days of the
modern giant steel plants. All
through the State where iron was to
he had from local ore deposits these
charcoal furnaces apd forges flour
ished and made great fortunes for
their owners and provided good liv
ing and prosperity for whole com
munities that now have drifted back
into the forests, abandoned by the
descendents of those who knew them
as lively and thriving centers of
population. Whole "deserted vil
* lages" of this kind may be found
in the woods and mountains of this
Commonwealth, with occasionally
the "big house" still occupied and
occasionally a few of the old time
forge and furnace houses turned to
other and more modern uses.
But, so far as the production of
iron, is concerned, the industry is
dead. One wonders, contemplating
the accomplishments of these early
manufacturers and the excellence of
their products under the crudest of
manufacturing conditions, whether
in some future age we shall not
turn again to the low-grade iron de
posits of Pennsylvania for much of
the ore to feed the gigantic indus-
I tries that are now eating up mil
lions of carloads of high percentage
product from the mines of the lake
regions and Cuba
Don't wonder the American soldier
repudiates the name "Sammy." Gen
eral March tells us that "Tank" suits
him better, and so he is called in
Trance and England.
MALIGNING A FLOWER
THE beaytiful cornflower, some
times known as the bachelor's
button, has been woefully ma
ligned by ardent patriots who have
declined to wear it in their coat la
pels or grow it in their gardens be
cause of the mistaken belief that it
is the national flower of Germany.
Nothing-could be farther from the
truth. Rather, it may be said to be
the flower of the French soldier, for
the cornflower grows from one end
of Europe to the other and is a ra
vorite with the beauty-loving
Frenchman who picks it for a uni
form ornament as he marches I
TUESDAY EVENING,
through the countrysides of his be
loved Franco.
Writing to the Telegraph on the
Injustice that has boen done this
lovely summer blossom, a well-known
Harrlsburger Bums up the situation
very well, as foltows:
Investigation develops the fact
that this flower grows wild
throughout Europe and Is not
confined to -Germany, although
with characteristic Impudence,
■ the Muna misnamed and adopted
It as the "Kaiserblume."
Its proper name Is "Centaurea
and inasmuch as our French
Allies wear It na their badge on
their blue uniforms, and blue
flowers are not numerous, I do
not think we can snare this beau
• tlful and hardy plant from our
gardens; so let us not surrender
to tho unfounded claims of the
Huns or banish It, because they
too hove given it a name, but let
us rather rejoice In and continue
to wear it with the dear children,
for dally use, and term It tho
'•Poilus' Flower."
Let us always be sure that wo are
not being foolish, rather that pa
triotic. In times such as these mis
taken prejudice may do great Injus
tice. Let us be calm and reasonable
In our arguments and certain of our
facta boforo we reach conclusions
that may be ridiculous. If not ac
tually Injurious, either to others or
ourselves.
If there Is going to be a shortage
of coal In Harrlsburg next winter,
there's .no use deceiving ourselves.
Let's prepare for the Inevitable.
TIME TO DECLARE
SENATOR SPROUL, Republican
candidate for governor, having
expressed the hope that the
"Republican State Committee will
declare for the national prohibition
amendment," and having added that
no matter whether it does or not,
his personal declarations In favor of
that measure will stand unchanged.
It is time for those who will have
charge of the framing of the Re
publican platform to seriously con
sider the temperance plank. Sen
ator Sproul is so distinctly a "dry"
candidate that Judge Bonnlwell, the
"wet" Democratic hominee, is at
work on a plan by which he hopes
to organize a "wet" party in Penn
sylvania in order to attract to his
standard all voters who do not favor
the prohibition amendment. In
other words. Judge Bonnlwell pro
poses to make capital out of his
"booze" platform if he can, and the
Republican party should accept the.
challenge and place Itself on record
, as being in full harmony with the
} views of its gubernatorial nominee,
j meeting Bonnljvell more than half
way and Seating him on his own
chosen ground. The party would be
>ll the stronger for that, and the
Democracy of Pennsylvania thereby
would be lined up where it belongs
{ —in the "wet" column. ,
The desperate efforts of Bonnl
well to curry favor with the brew
erics and the bar room llement
may be judged by the manner in
which he is dragging even the
national administration into his cam
paign arguments. "President Wil
son is vested with tho power to de
clare wartime prohibition at this
hour." bonniwell is quoted as hav
i ing said in an address Saturday,
j "if in his wise Judgment it is neces
sary or advisable. Ho has not so
acted and he has protested against
any effort prematurely to do so."
Unfortunately this is all too true,
but it does not alter the fact that
the Democratic candidate is build
ing his whole campaign on the
"booze" issue and is even using the
administration to bolster up his
cause. It becomes all the more im
portant, therefore, that the platform
of the Republican party and the
platform of its leading candidate
should be in full harmony upon this
important subject
The time is ripe . for such a
declaration. It can no longer be
said that prohibition is not popular.
When two Harrisburg lodges of
railroad brotherhood men, who be
lieve thoroughly in the patriotism
of Samuel Gumpers and who sup
port most of his policies, take ac
tion protesting against his anti-pro
hibition utterances, it can not be
said that labor is opposed to abol
ishing the sale of liquor in the
United States. Nor is this temper
ance sentiment merely local. From
all parts of the country where
"booze" has been barred labor
leaders testify to the benefits that
have resulted. For example:
„. Er " est . P- Marsh, president
Washington Federation of Labor
says—"Organisation among the
hitherto unorganized has made
great strides. The prohibition law
has aided in this desired end."
John L. Donley, president Ari
zona State Federation of Labor •
"Arizona workers are certainly
better morally and financially than
before prohibition was adopted."
Otto R. Hartwig. president Ore
gon State Federation of Labor—"l
have always opposed adoption of
prohibition because I felt it was
an infringement on my personal
rights. But since it has become-a
law here the benefits derived have
been so great that I am a cham
pion of prohibition from now on."
Prohibition sentiment is growing
by leaps and bounds the country
over. Judge Bonniwell is on the
wrong side of the fence. The re
turns in November will be im
mensely in favor of Senator Sproul
and not the least of his appeal to
the voting public is his stand in
favor of the national amendment.
His party's platform should be in
full harmony with his own.
May we observe that the noisy cut
out is still very much in evidence.
Mayor Kelster is neither deaf nor
blind, and we shall not be surprised
to see somebody on the carpet before
long. ...
•Autocracy is quite as Intolerable in
one country as another, and we must
be careful in the United States that
we do not accept political and parti
san scheming as the very essence and
core of patriotic devotion. It is cer
tain as we go on our way winning the
war that the people will insist In hav
ing something to say about it, and
without apology to the little men who
are assuming to think tor our mil
lions of citizens. ■ .
By the Ex-Committeeman
Conditions in the Democratic
party In Pennsylvania, so much ad
vertised ut Washington and from
Market Square, Harrlsburg, Pa.,
were made more acute yesterday
when the committee named by tho
state Democratic committee to draft
the platform was Ignored by all but
one of the seven nominees Invited
to meet with it. The men who foi--
row politics In tho Keystone State
say that It means the beginning' of
the end of the domination of the
party In Pennsylvania by the so
called reorganization clique, which Is
headed by A. Mitchell Palmer, alien
property custodian; Vance C. Mc-
Cormlck, Democratic national chair
man and chairman of tho War Trado
Board, and other eminent Federal
jobholders.
For weeks, in fact, ever since the
strenuous meeting of the Democratic
state committee peoplo have been
waiting to sec what attitude would
be taken by the men nominated by
the Democrats at adlrect primary.
Most of the candidates aro men who
were backed by the banded bosses
and at odds with Judge Eugene C.
Bonnlwell, nominated In splto of the
efforts of Palmer and his pals. Now
these men, nominated at a state
wide primary, have apparently lined
up with Judge Bonnlwell, who has
refused to have anything to do with
the platform makers, contending
that tho platform was settled at the
primary.
—All candidates on the state
ticket with one exception, former
Congressman J. Washington Logue,
nominee for lieutenant governor,
failed to put in an appearance. The
meeting was called for a conference
of the committeemen with the can
didates with a view to agreeing up
on a platform which they all could
recommend for adoption by the state
committee, which is scheduled to
meet some time before September 1.
Mr. Bonnlwell, who sent a letter say
ing that he had been nominated up
on a platform which he had submit
ted to the voters prior to the primar
ies and that he proposed to stand up
on that platform also Indicated that
It was not the business of the com
mittee "to Interfere with him.
—The Philadelphia Inquirer says
that the other candidates "followed
Judge Bonniwell's lead" and says the
much advertised and reorganized
Democratic party in Pennsylvania is
"split up the back" over the liquor
issue. The Philadelphia Press says
that the belief is that the platform
builders met the prohibition issue by
"passing the buck" and the Evening
Bulletin in addition to saying that
Bonnlwell "spurned" the platform
makers, engaged headquarters for his
own campaign in Philadelphia, which
is taken to mean that he will Ignore
the state windmill in this city. The
Record says: "No action of the reso
lutions committee will compel Judge
Bonniwell to swerve from his course,
and he will continue his campaign
along the lines laid out following the
historic meeting of the state commit
tee when everything possible was
done to wreck his chances of elec
tion."
—One of the members of Chair
man Rupp's platform building crew,
predicted that the platform would
be "acceptable" to every one but
Parke H. Davis, of Easton, said
frankly he did not know what would
happen. The contents of tho paper
were kept secret by the members. It
was declared that George S. McLean,
chairman of the state committee,
would be notified that the subcom
mittee is ready to report and that the
platform will be announced at a
meeting of the organization to be
held some time next week in this
city.
—The fightipg judge remained in
his chambers in City Hall during the
meeting, announcing in advance that
he would not attend and that he had
mailed the committee a copy of his
platform. In this he had the support
of Samuel R. Tarner, of Pittsburgh,
another of the Congress-at-Large
candidates, who, after a protracted
conference with Judge Bonniwell,
that he too would be noticeable at
the meeting by his absence. Judge
Bonniwell's stand is also said to have
the support of J. Calvin Strayer and
Fred Ikler, the other two candidates
for Congress-at-Large, who failed to
put in appearance, and of Asher R.
Johnson, of York, candidate f<jr Sec
retary of Internal Affairs.
—General Harry C. Trexler and
Colonel E. M. Young were in Phila
delphia yesterday in order to com
plete arrangements for the visit of
Senator William C. Sproul and the
other candidates on the Republican
state ticket, to the annual meeting
of the Republican County Committee
which will be held at Neft's near Al
lentown, next Saturday. General
Trexler, who has for years .been ac
tively identified with the National
Guard, and is one of th£ most influ
ential Republtcons in the eastern sec
tion of the state, confidently predicts
the re-election of H. W. Schanz, who
is the first Republican to be chosen
to the State' Senate in the history of
Lehigh county, and who now aspires
to succeed himself. Senator Sproul
is expected to attend the reception
of the Sproul Campaign Club of
Chester to-night to honor Howard E.
Hannum, secretary of the club, who
has joined the United States Army.
—With the assertion that "no crime
strikes so deeply at the heart of the
people as the crime against the bal
lotbox," Judge James J. O'Neill
charged the grand Jury at Scranton
yesterday making a sweeping Investi
gation of the May primary election
fraud involving the nomination for
State Senator, and to not hesitate to
return true bills agaihs any persons
guily of perpetrating the frauds. Vic
tor Burschel, former county commis
sioner, was appointed foreman. The
grand jury went at once Into the
probe of the ward, where counterfeit
ballots were voted. John Voight.
foreman of a local printery, and em
ployes of W. W. Jones. Republican
candidate in the Fifth Legislative
District, and part owner of the Oly
phant Gazette, with Job printery at
tached, were among the witnesses.
Genuine Patriotism
Colonel Roosevelt's answer to con
dolences on the loss of Lieutenant
Quentin Roosevelt that his only re
gret was he could not fight beside
his sons is a lesson to every Amer
ican father. Whatever differences
on other matters may exist, nobody
can question Colonel Roosevelt's
genuine patrio'tism. Baltimore
American.
Only Two Classes
[From the Indianapolis News.]
In this country the women are di
vided into two main classes—those
who don't believe all their husbands
tell them and those who haven't any
husbands.
A Good Way
Keep the home business humming.
I That is the way to keep up the war
efficiency of the nation.—Pottsville
BARRIBBURG TELEGRAPH
SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE ... By Briggs
SOME rTv ,
Wr AU. <samH scissor B'll. SPOTS I i-k TT .rr
m UP with the IV IV Iti q
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GUILTY AS CHARGED
(New York Times)
After listening for four months
to evidence of the malignant and
treasonable activities of the 100
members of the I. W. W., indicted
for conspiring to frustrate the pro
secution of the war by the govern
ment and for violation of the Es
pionage act. it would haVe been ex
traordinary if the Jury at Chicago
had failed to bring in a verdict
against all the defendants of "guilty
as charged."
It was an American jury that re- ]
turned the verdict. It could, render
no other. The trial was conducted
with absolute fairness. No right
was denied the defendants. The'
court was liberal in admitting evi
dence offered in their behalf. Wil
liam D. Haywood, the eecretary
treasurer, was even permitted to
harangue the jury; to vociferate ;
that "the black man of the south
before the war was better off" than|
"the wage slave of to-day"; to!
protest that the I. W. W. had taken j
no German money. Haywood was i
given plenty of rope, but he did noti
get the hung jury that he expected, j
"That all should be convicted so I
quickly is the surprise of my life,"
he declared when the jury, which
Judge Landis had laboriously and
impartially charged, came in with
its mind made up after an hour
and fine minutes given to the con
sideration of the case.
In some parts of the country
where they were best known the
subsidized emissaries of the I. W.
W. have been roughly handled and
cast out •by vigilance committees
that found verdicts of their own and
executed sentence without waiting
for the intervention of prosecuting
attorneys. The method could not be
countenanced. It had to be repro
bated and condemned. Patriotism,
no matter what the provocation,
sullies itself by resorting to the pro
cesses of Judge Lynch. This verdict
of a Chicago jury will do more to
open the eyes of the American
people to the ugly peril latent in
the propaganda of this anarchistic
and enemy-controlled organization
than repeated acts of mob retribu
tion, which scotch the reptile in the
grass, but do not stop the flow of
its venom.
PATERNALISM
(New York Herald)
The American people are prepared
to believe almost anything that is
told them of devious methods on
the part of the "big five" meat
packers, but there is danger of the
the government being hurried into
doing something which in quieter
times it might be difficult, if not im
possible to undo.
What the Federal Trade Commis
sion now recommends is nothing
short of having the federal author
ities acquire the business, lOck, stock
and barrel, operate the refrigerator
car service, cold storage warehouses
and other facilities as a government
monopoly. The government would
also establish and operate public
markets.
It is one of the most far reaching
paternalistic schemes thus far
projected and would extend govern
ment activities into new and untried
fields. Sober citizens will ask them
selves whether the government has
not already got its hands more than
full.
Is it necessary to burn down the
barn in order to get rid of the rats?
In other words, is it not possible
by wise regulation and legislation
to get rid of evil practice without
resorting to the dangerous and un
democratic step of having the fed
eral government itself undertake to
do the business?
It might prove a direful prece
dent.
LABOR NOTES
There are 3,000 union machinists in
Toronto, Canada.
Canada's railway trades represent
J50.000 workers.
Barbers at Kansas City, Mo., se
cured a 10V4-hour day.
White ad colored shoe workers at
Mobile. Ala., have organized.
San Diego (dtl.) mill men have se
cured an eight-hour day.
Electrical workers at Butte, Mont.,
get )1 an hour.
New Orleans elevator constructors
are 100 per cent, organized.
Plumbers at Burlington, Vt., have
secured 320.50 for a 44-hour week.
Union barbers at Seattle, Wash.,
| have been granted Increased pay.
Not With a A Little Handful"
[New York Times]
THERE will be universal assent |
to General March's opinion thatj
"the idea of trying to establish!
an eastern front in Russia with a j
little handful of Americans is (
simply ridiculous." Even though
it were accompanied by a civil com
mission bearing boots and shoes,
canned vegetables and good wishes,
a little handful of Americans Joined
to another little handful of Japan
ese would be like babes in the wood
in that vast area of turbulence.
Laymen should pay high respect to
the opinions of military authority,
and in support of the belief that!
the war must be won upon • the
western front we have the impres-j
sive teachings of Gallipoli and Kut-!
el-Amara.
The fear that this decision may j
l>e the fruit of political preposses- i
sions rather than of military pru
dence probably accounts for the |
persistence of the belief that the i
dispatch to Siberia of a very con-1
siderable military force, American,;
Japanese, British, and French, |
while enabling the Russian people j
to free themselves from the j
clutches of Germany, thus assuring;
to them a future of independence'
under a government of their own
choosing, which would be the chief:
and justifying motive, would also!
contribute directly and powerfully j
not only to a victory on the western
front, but to the defeat of Germany
on all fronts. Danger in the east
sufficiently great to compel tho
transfer of German troops .from the j
western armies would manifestly
A PATRIOTIC ARTIST
(Pittsburgh Gazette Times)
Madame Schuman'n-Heink has re
cently re-declared her patriotism in
a magazine article that moves one
by its sympathy and its earnest spirit
of devotion. The great contralto so
long a dominant figure on the grand
opera stage in America needed no
new declaration of principles for the
reason that she has recorded her
Americanism in deeds rather than
words. Her fourth son, George,
Washington has entered the Ameri
can service though barely 20 years
of age. Three older sons had pre
ceded their brother to the front, and
the great singer declares that she
hoped to keep her "baby" boy, at
least, until he reached his majority,
but his restlessness and great desire
to take part in the world struggle
could not be restrained. He is the
one child of the family born in
America, and he urged this as a
reason why he should go.
Madame Heink is also in the
American service, for she is singing
in the camps and contonments all
over the country from California to
Maine and declares sheds willing to
go abroad and sing for the soldiers,
or, as she puts it, "nurse the
wounded, scrub the floors or do any
thing that might be required" of
her. The singer relates with en
thusiasm her experiences as an en
tertainer in the various camps.
'The courage and enthusiasm eff
the boys." she says, "wring my
heart, and to have thousands of
these brave fellows join me in
singing 'The Kosary,' Ethelbert Nev
in's beautiful hymn of devotion and
sacrifice, is worth all the labor and
travel involved." Madame Heink,
by thß way, declares that she finds
the Nevin song by far the mcjt pop
ular wherever she goes and it is
always first of the "request" num
bers called for.
A Pretty Kettle of Fish
(Baltimore News)
We shall have a pretty kettle of
fish if the electorate should take it
into his head to rebuke Presiden
tial interference with its privileges
by returning to Congress the men
the President has asked be kept at
home. They have been bad enough,
but with an indorsement from the
homefolk they are apt to become
even more obstreperous.
The Raincoat Frauds
Apropos to the raincoat frauds, it
will always be found that a slick
slacker makes a slack slicker. —
From the Washington Post.
A Sable Philosopher
[From the Atlanta Constitution]
De hymn tells you 'bout being' "in
Heaven a thousand years," but dar's
some folks what couldn't stand sich
long time prosperity. J
I make victory there more prompt
I and certain. It would be less costly,
j These views are known to be held
!by military authority in Europe.
They appear to be rejected at Wash- 1
I ington. But no "little handful of I
Americans" in Siberia will force the;
withdrawal of German soldiers from!
the soil of France and Belgium.
There has been some apprehension I
at Washington that allied intorven-1
tion in Russia —for the sending ofj
troops is intervention, disguise it as|
we may—would alarm the Russian
people and provoke them to make
common cause with Germany against
j the intruders. Recent events must
have dispelled that illusion. Clouds
I of obscurity overhang a great part
I of Russia, but if there is any one
j thing of which we can be certain it
; is that Germany has now no .friends
j there save among the Bolsheviki.
] The Soviet government has been an
) instrument of Germany, it depends
I for its life and - continuance upon
| Germany, and it is tottering to its
i fall. On (he shores of the White'
! Sea, throughout Siberia, on the Cas- j
| pian and in Tprkestan, where the
'presence of a British force from'
: India is announced, the "invaders"
are welcomed as deliverers. At!
I Baku, strangely enough, the local
: Bolsheviki with the Armenians are
! helping the British to fight the
I Turks. Reinforcement of the
Czecho-Slovaks by Russians in
Siberia who have joined them is re
ported. The picture is everywhere
the .same —the Russians desire and
i welcome allied help against Ger
many.
HEADGEAR FOR THE ARMY
(Army and Navy Journal)
Every now and then somebody
publishes a _ statement that the
overseas cap is likely to supersede
the campaign hat throughout the
Army. While the value and adap
tability of the overseas cap for the
service for which it is now the
authorized headgear is recognized,
there is no possibility that the cam
paign hat will be abandoned at
present. The campaign hat with its
wide brim was adopted after long
years of study and experience as the
best available hat for Army use
generally in the United States and
in the Islands. It is unnecessary to
remind anyone of the unfitness of
the overseas cap for use by our men
in--the hotter climates of the United
States especially in the desert
country of the southwest where a
very large part of our Army now
in this country is likely to remain
for some time to come. Discussion
of the Army headgear question has
brought out a few advocates of the
adoption of a helmet somewhat
similar in type to that worn by
British troops in tropical countries.
It will be recalled that some ex
tensive experiments were made with
helmets during the earlier years of
American occupation in the Philip
pines but the consensus of opinion
was finally against the use of the
| helmet and the campaign hat was
retained. There is every reason to
I believe that the overseas cap which
is being made in quantities for use
j in France by the A.E.F. will be re-
I tained for that service, and it may
1 be issued to troops immediately de
| stined for service abroad; but the
! old familiar and useful campaign
! hat is likely to remain with us in
most sections of the United States
as a part of the American soldier's
uniform for a great many years to
come, or until something that will
prove a material improvement upon
it is found.
Hard Work
{From the Baltimore Evening Sun]
"I want you to understand that I
got my money by hard work."
"Why, I thought it was left you by
our uncle."
"So it was, but I had hard work
getting it away from the lawyers."
Rapidity of Retreat Explained
The report that the Germans re
tired from the Marne under a smoke
screen may be true, but most likely
their coat-tails were afire;— From the
Dallas News.
She's Hhd Her Chances
A girl of Brighton, England, boasts
that since the war began she has
been engaged fifteen times and has
■broken every engagement herself.—
From the Indianapolis News,
AUGUST 20, 1918.
Lincoln's "Lost Speech"
(The New York Sun)
President Lincoln assisted the
British Prize Court last week.
Sir P. E. Smith, attorney general,
irf the $20,000 coffee case was ar
guing that Germdn owners codld
not claim the protection of the
Declaration of Paris for goods in
neutral bottoms, when the President,
Sir Samuel Evans, drew his attention
to a legal dictum of President. Lin
coln that nobody else in court ap
parently had heard of.
Sir Frederick had Just pointed
out that the Germans had sunk
neutral ships containing enemy
goods when Sir Samuel, examining a
law book, came upon a manuscript
npte. He said:
"I have, here a note from Presi
dent Lincoln's lost speech. Presi
dent Lincoln was not only an Ameri
can President: he was also —what
is more to the point in this Instance
—a lawyer. He stated: 'lt is, I be
lieve, a principle of law that when
one party to a contract violates it
so grossly as to destroy the object
for which it is made the other party
may'rescind it.'
"The speech was made in 1856 and
is called 'the lost speech.' The
record goes on: 'So carried away
were the hearers that the reporters
present forgot their notebooks, and
but for a young lawyer who kept
his head sufficiently to make copious
notes the speech would have been
lost to history and gone opt of human
knowledge."
OUR DAILY LAUGH
PRETTY SOFT.
Turtle—Tee, hee, whenever I see
one of my creditors, I Just pull in
my head!
A NEW RULE.
"Are you a tramp?"
"No, mum, I'm a food conserver.
Have you got any old food you don't
want wasted."
SECURED A LAUNDRY BUSI
NESS.
"Rastus, I hope you are doing
lomethlng to provide for the future."
"Yessah, I sure is. I done got
married yesterday."
EXPERT.
"Is your wife practicing food econ
omy?"
"She doesn't have to practice, she's
an expert at It."
foentng dljat
Owing to the fact that the ex
pansion of the work of the Harrla
burg Chapter of the Rsd Cross has
necessitated the Harrisburg Public
Library giving that splendid or
ganization more of the space in the
library building plans are being®
made to carry the story telling
feature of the Institution's activities
to the children of the city Instead
of having the boys and girls gather
at the Library. This idea of Miss
Alice R. Eaton, the librarian, will
mean a greater development of the
community scheme and it is hoped
to get the use of such places as
parish houses, schools and the like
for Saturday mornings after the
first of October. Ever since the
Library was opened hours have been
set aside for talks and story telling
on Saturdays and some of the city's
best-known men and women have
given their time, while Army and
Navy officers and state officials
have contributed. The assembly
room of the Library is now used for
the Red Cross in addition to the
old Eager 'school and it is the
scheme to seek the use of such well
located buildings as the Shimmell,
Foose, Lincoln and Steele schools,
parish houses up town and on the
hill and other buildings where
members of the Library staff, who
will work in conjunction with the
energetic and enterprising Story
Tellers League of the city in telling
stories to the children. This work
will start in October and continue
throughout the winter.
In spite of the fact that circu
lations of libraries all over the state
are reported as having been affected
by war time activities the circulation
at the Public Library started off on
August 1 after a suspension of a
month for painting and renovating,
at a faster pace than any previous
August. The demand for books of
a serious nature and for studying
has shown a remarkable jump and
the children's service has expanded.
Plans are being made to add ma
terially to the stock of books for
little folks and some will arrive next
month. It is the hope of the Library
whose staff has been established for
the winter affter undergoing many
changes because of resignations of
members to go into war work to
launch its school library work
promptly. A meeting of principals
will likely be held soon to discuss
the facilitation of the work. The
Library has six libraries in schools
and has had requests to establish
seven more which can not be met
owing to the heavy expense attached
under present conditions.
Collection of books for soldiers is
to be resumed at the Library under
the direction of the state headquar
ters established by the American
Library Association and State
Librarian Thomas Lynch Montgom
ery. The Library is asking for volun
teers to gather and prepare books.
Last winter the Library bore expense
of collecting the books in the city
and thousands were forwarded to
Camp Hancock for the Pennsylvania
soldiers. The books will be as
sembled here, arranged and sent
where directed by state headquar
ters. Director Thompson, of WilA
liamsport, was here in conference
with Miss Eaton about the way to
handle the books and magazines.
Live material, not junk, is wanted
for the men at the camps and at
the front.
• • •
Men connoted with building and
loan associations in this section say
that they haw had no troubft in
regard to the Liberty bonds in which
the associations had invested funds
because the stockholders in many
cases came around and wanted to
buy them. The bonds have been
very much in demand.
* •
Under the caption of "For the
Duration of the War." Arthur J.
Anderson, editor of the Pennsyl
vania Farmer, writes this interesting
bit: "We recently shared a car seat
with one of the 'boys' in Uncle Sam's
Army. He had worked his way
through a college course in mechan
ics and was now a proud top ser
geant in the artillery division.
Among a lot of other worth-while
things, he said: " 'Uncle Sam is the
best father a man ever had'. My
own father was a railroad section
hand, but that didn't prevent me
from getting an education. Uncle
Sam gave me free schooling and
practically a free college training.
I am asked to fight for humanity's
rights, but not a woman or child
will be wilfully injured U Uncle
Sam's fight. Npt a hospital will be
bombed, not a Red Cross station In
jured, not a legal or humanitarian
trust broken. And look at me. I
am well cared for, well fed and well
clothed. These shoes, this uniform
and this entire equipment is the best
that money can buy. It is all Uncle
Sap's and until this war is over, the
man inside this uniform belongs to
Uncle Sam.' "
• • *
The manner In which the young
men of draft age are listening to
descriptions of the Army insurance
plan indicates that the idea is mak
ing great headway. Next to want
ing to know how to handle them
selves when they get to camp, the
draftees are asking about insurance.
Flavel L. Wright, the insurance man,
who has been making addresses
about it at various gatherings, says
he has to give more time to eluci
dating than to speaking in public.
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—The Rev. R. V. Dunphy, of Wil
more. has become a chaplain in the
United States Army.
—Judge Charles B. Witmer, who
held court here last week, is at his
country home along Buffalo creek
in Union county.
—Dr. J. P. Kerr, president of
Pittsburgh Council, and now a major
In the Army, has been named to
command the base hospital at Camp
Sherman.
—Dr. W. J. Holland, of the
negie Museum, Is being congratulat
ed on reaching his seventieth birth
day.
—L. W. Jones, the Johnstown
health officer, has stirred up that
city by telling people to boil drink
ing water.
—T. DeWitt Cuyler, prominent
Philadelphian, who ts active in the
m!litary service end of the National
Defense Council, is a wealthy man
who .has given up most of his time
to war work.
DO YOU KNOW
—That one-half of Harrlsburg's
products these days are for the
nation's use?
HISTORIC HARRISBTJRG
—Friendly Indians came to John
Harris' home before the Revolution
for advice as to what to do In the
impending struggle.
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