8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH 4. VBWBPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 t; Published evenings except Sunday by THE TKI.*UHAFH PRINTING CO. Telegraph Building, Federal Sguere E. J. STACKPOLB President and Editor-in-Chief V. R. OYSTER. Btuineis Uanagcr - OUS w. STEIN MET Z, Managing Editor A. R. MICIIENER, Circulation Manager Executive Board 3. P. McCULLOUGH. KOYD M. OGELSBY. F. R. OYSTER. GUS. M. STEINMETZ. If ember of the Associated Press— The j Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or 1 not otherwise credited in this paper | and also the local ncAvs published heroin. „ , , >ll rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. Member American *h Newspaper Pub § Ushers' Associa tion. the Audit Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Associ ated Dailies. Eastern office. Storv, Brooks & Flnley. Fifth Avenue Building New York City; Western office. Story. B'ooks & Finley. People's Chicago, in:" Entered at tho Post OiTlce In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a t week; by mall. SI.OO a year In advance. But for a■ line, l>e that sublime — Greatly begin! though thou have time j Time is endlessly long, and every day it a vessel into which much may be poyred, if one will readily fill it up.—Goethe. MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918 CLUBS FOR SOLDIERS WILLIAM JENNINGS, local War Camp Community Ser vice chairman, has done a good stroke of work in the organi sation of two clubs for soldiers In this city, one for white and one for colored men In the service. We have near Harrisburg two fairly large camps where men may be quartered for years, the developments at both Middletown and New Cumberland being of a permanent character. It became highly Important that these men on leave, visiting Harrisburg, should have some place for rest and recreation, a headquarters • where * tbey could meet their fellows, write letters, read or enjoy a social hour. But the clubs will lack seriously In helpfulness If Harrisburg people do not take a personal interest in thexn. For example, Chairman Jen nings has requested that through the clubs Invitations may be extended to soldiers by families desiring to en tertain n;en in uniform at Christ mas dinner. These soldiers are here In our service. It were a pity if we could not do a little something for them. The Ukrainians want the richest part of European Russia, and after the way they took up with the Germans a year ago the peace delegates will be warranted in giving their representa tives a goodNiwift kick where a kick is likely to be most effective. WHY SINK THEM? ADMIRAL BOWLES objects strenuously to the idea of tow- j • ing the surrendered German navy out to sea and sinking it, on the ground that "there can be no rea son for such a wilful waste, except sentiment, and such an act would be carrying sentiment much too far." The admiral is right. It would be the sheerest nonsense to destroy these ships in the manner suggest ed. The admiral further points out that scrap steel is at present selling for f2 4 a ton ar.d that if the Ger man ships are to be destroyed the thing to do would be to break them up and sell the material for Junk. But why do either, with* Secre tary Daniels crying for more ships?' , If wo can increase our ndvy quickly by the purchase of some of the Ger man vessels, the money to be turn ed over to Belgium or Francrf! why - n ot do so? But whatever is done tho ships should not be sunk. We have pasted enough of wealth dur ing the war without putting another billion dollars worth beneath the waves. , An airplane trip to the North Pole is planned, but Dr. Cook will not be in the party. A CAPITOL GUIDE BOOK NDW that a comprehensive plan by one of tho foremost archi tects has been gdopted for the embellishment of Capitol Park and the creation of a State civic center, In conjunction with a memorial to the Army and Navy, would It not be worth while for the State of Penn sylvania to provide some means whereby the thousands of visitors who annually go through the State House may he informed as to the art works which ornament the build ing? The Capitol ghides have en i deavorsd to remedy this deficiency and some of them have given time "and atudy to the paintings, but the •ffeot of the spoken word on a eight-seeing tour Is soon lost. Tho last Capitol guide book was an Interesting pamphlet written by a brother of Its architect, and gave a valuable article on the building. L_ MONDAY EVEHSmSfG, 1 BAmusBURO TELEGRAPH -■ r DECEMBER 23, 1918. v j£r*?SßSßw-.. ** But It was Issued before the Abbey i paintings, the Barnard statuary < the Oakley series were In place and t Is out of print and off the stalls now. Haphazard attempts have been t made to overcome the deficiency, l but every time anything has been t started, rival literary ambitions ] have appeared. Everything con- i nected with the Capitol seems to *1 have made men cautious and we have heard many an unpleasant and unfair comment In tho last few years by visitors from far and near. The Barnard statuary needs eluci dation, it is generally admitted, and , Miss Oakley's series in the Senate is , entrancing when the theme is un- I derstood. Similarly, the Van Inghen I paintings in the south corridor tell ! their messages, but if you do not get , a guide fce significance of Gloria \ Del Is lost. Steuben trying to drill I the Pennsylvania Militia at Valley i Forge and John Nixon reading the Declaration to the people of Phlla- ; delphla do not even have a title be- j neath the canvasses. The allegor- j leal painting of Pennsylvania In the Hall of the House Is one of the most j wonderful conceptions of Edwin A. j Abbey when you have a page of j typewriting to identify the figures ; and tell the part they played In the upbuilding of a Commonwealth that Is tho keystone of a world power. There are other art works that carry their message and which would i 1 make Pennsylvania spirits rise and there are some which will bo In stalled within a few years in the superb chamber of the supreme court and in the north corridor |. 1 where the industrial rise of the i state is to be portrayed as a com- j punlon series to the lunettes which 1 show the religious influences that | entered into the making of our home. These art works are something to , be proud of. They are better known iB New York than in Harrisburg; i more appreciated by art lovers of ; Boston than the Pennsylvanians who tread the halls on visits to the i Capitol. And it is all because the men and women who come here to , rejplce in their splendid Capitol ; have nothing to take away but the : fleeting impressions of an hour. A SEASONABLE TENET ' i WITH the world going back to J a peace basis and the sea- ' son of "Peace on Earth, 1 Good Will Toward Men" at hand, a recently enacted resolution by the 1 Reconstruction Congress of Amer- r ican Industries in Atlantic City is J particularly timely: i The purpose of industry is \ quite as much, to advance social ; well-being as material well-be- , lng and in the pursuit of that ' purpose the interests of the com- r munity should be carefully con- 1 sidered, the well-being of the employes as respects living and working conditions shoulu be fully guarded. management t should be adequately recognized and capital should be Justly com pensated; and failure in any of these particulate means loss to all. Every man is entitled to an opportunity to earn a living, to reasonable hours of work and proper working conditions, to a decent home, to the opportunity to play, to learn, to worship, and to love, as well as to toll, and the responsibility 'rests as heavily upon industry as upon govern ment or society to see that these conditions and opportunities pre vail. Industry, efficiency, and Initia tive, wherever found, should be encouraged and adequately re warded, and Indolence, indiffer ence and restriction of produc tion should be discountenanced. The provision of adequate means for uncovering grievances, and promptly adjusting them, is of fundamental Importance to the successful conduct of industry. The most potent measure In bringing about industrial har mony and prosperity is adequate representation of the parties in interest; existing forms of rep resentation should be carefully studied and availed of in so far as they may be found to have merit and are adaptable to the peculiar conditions in the various industries. The application of right prin ciples never fails to "effect right j relations; the letter kllleth and the spirit niakcth alive; forms are wholly secondary, while atti tude and spirit are all important, and only as the parties in indus try are animated by the spirit of fair play. Justice to all, and brotherhood, will any plans Vwhlch they may mutually work out succeed. That man renders the qreatest social service who so co-operates In the organization of industry | as to afford to the largest num ber of men the greatest oppor ; tunity for self-development and ! the enjoyment by every man of l those benefits which his own work adds to the wealth of civili ; zatlon. And whom do you think Is the | author? None other than John D. ' I Rockefeller, Jr., sometimes looked "j upon as a hard-fisted . millionaire i j and sometimes as a mere dreamer, i But this resolution marks him as a I ntan of practical Ideas and a very '! clear vision of the new relations ' ! that must exist between employer • and employe, if the country is to prosper. Labor as well as Industry might well adopt them as a creed. .Senator Lodge would have the United States move slowly in Europe; > in other words, he doesn't want to s rush in where angels fear to tread. RIGHT, MR. MARSHALL SOMETIMES wo suspect that Vice-President Marshall knows a lot more than the jokesmithfe > who occasionally Inject 'alleged hu -1 mor into newspaper reports of his • speeches would have ua to believe. r Take his speech before the Carlisle s Chamber of Commerce, for example. "The dream of universal peace > has turned out each time to be a s nightmare," said Mr. Marshall, who 3 went on to add that "until all men s are of good will, ware will not - cease." Right you are, Mr. Marshall. r "Peace on earth" and "good will to i ward men" are Inseparably llnXed. s There can be no peace between na i tlons that do not thoroughly under stand each other. Mutual respect s I and trust are essential to harmon / ' lous relations, .and when dlsagree e J ment and suspicion step In, all the •. I treaties in the world will not nra. vent them from flying at each other's throats when tho provoca tion becomes too great. It !s for these reasons that wise statesmen would postpone the for mation of a League of Nations un? til after they see the results of the peace conference, which of neces sity must be the basis for all future delations between the nations. So, according to a Harrisburg news paper. the plan to canalize the Sus quehanna river Is a "fantastic scheme." So were the Pennsylvania Railroad and She Panama Canal, in the eyes of little men one time, but nten of vision and coiyage built them. * iKn-wLttxn&L By the Ex-Committeeman Capitol Hill is discussing with in terest a story which comes from Washington and is regarded as in dicating thut when it comes to mak ing appointments or removals, Governor-elect William C. Sproul in tends to act in concert with county leuders. and not to select people for important places without even knowledge of men of prominence in the Republican party. Tho story comes from Washing ton that at a recent dinner the new Governor was approached by a friend of an official holding a wqll paid office in one of the depart ments and asked to keep him there. The new Governor Instantly and emphatically said that in the mat ter of appointments or changes it would be wise for the man in ques tion to secure the approval of the party leaders of his own county. Senator Boies Penrose is said to have given the same advice. This situation will make an inter esting one for people from Dau phin county, especially. This coun ty has a number of appointees who were named to places on the Hill without the knowledge of the men at the heud of the militant organi zation here or of the legislators or Senator Edward E. Bcidelntan, who hus since bgconte Lieutenant Gov ernor. —The belief Is growing that April 21 will be selected as the date for adjournment of the session of the Legislature which will begin two weeks from tomorrow. The prece dent of 1900 when the House fixed a date of adjournment when it met is being discussed. it is certain say many men that there will be ad journment in time for Legislators to enjoy the first fortnight of the trout season. —Governor Martin O. 'Brum baugh is working on his farewell message to the Legislature, which will be delivered when it meets, two weeks before the inauguration. Th e Governor has secured from each department a resume of four years and is writing his own state ment on laws passed. fior is so occupied that he has re mained at the Executive Mansion most of the timo when in this city. —Philadelphia newspapers have ecu giving much attention lately to speculation uuuut the heads of departments, and it is notable that as in the case of some other news papers, they are now of the opinion that there will be changes in the Departments of Agriculture, Bank ing, Insurance and Labor and Indus try. When the prediction of such changes was made in this column, the organization of the Department of Agriculture outlined and an nouncement mage that Commissioner of Fisheries Duller weuld bo reap pointed, they were disregarded, be cause not made along the Dela ware. —lt is believed that the new Gov ernor will go slow in the matter of a change in the Department of Mines, and it would not be surpris ing to see Chief Button remain for a time bqyond what has been al lotted to him in the political gos sip. The plan of reorganizing the department and creating two bu reaus, anthracite and bituminous, is being heard of again. —Dr. Nathan C. Schaeffer, super intendent of public instruction, may rcitre at the close of his present term which has two years to go. Con trary to some reports Commission er of Forestry Robert S. Coakling another Lancaster countian, will serve out his term as commission er. ✓ —The plan of consolidating the Game, Fish and Forestry activities at least in the matter of outdoor work is being, seriously considered. The idea is to have them brought together under a board which would really constitute a council of servation. Their work would be more co-ordinated hut at'the same tjpte the bureaus would be admin istered mflch as at present. The Game Commission would have tho hunters' license for game propaga tion, bounties and similar work. —Congressman J. Hampton Moore, writiijg in the Philadelphia Evening Ledger, has this to say about a well known state official: "Cyrus E. Woods, who is to be continued as Secretary of Stata, under Governor elect Sproul, is from Grcensburg, in western Pennsylvania although he grew up in John G.*Johnson's law office in Philadelphia and practiced here. While in the Quaker City Cyrus fraternized with the then younger group of Republicans, of whom Bill Sproul, of Chester, was one. He took an active part in the disastrous Delamuter campaign and made some speeches in behalf of that candldute for Governor which "the boys" still remember. If what Gyrus then said —It was twenty eight years ago—should be treasur ed up against him It would be dif ficult to explain his present youth ful appearance. "Gebrge We Del amater!" he would say. "Why, gentlemen, we were boys together for thirty years"—and so forth. But those were the days when the young fellows had a good deal of fun among themselves when they got out on the hustings* —The Philadelphia Bulletin In an editorial prays for the close of the period of regulation because of the war. It Inquires whether some lin gering regulators can take a hint. "Due recognition will be given," says the big Philadelphia newspa per."-" But it is time to go." ' —Odell Hauser contributes a page to yesterday's issue of the Phil adelphia. Press on the careers of William I. Schaffer, the next at torney general, and Harry 8. Mc- Devttt, .the secretary to th® n£w Governor. Both are essentially self-made men, he says, and he points out that Mr. Shaffer, who never took a course In a law school. Is now the head of the lawyers of Pennsylvania, although he 'insists that he is a "plain 'country lawyer." Mr. McDevltt, he also "points out, had the advantage of newspaper training and worked after hours to fit himself for to the bar. He Is an expert on the state gov arnmant and Mr.- Mauser tails how 1 _____ ______ ' WHEN A FELLER NEEDS A FRIEND BY BRIGGS I CHRISTMAS- amd i rESik. - J THE GOLD STAR, I the remarkable report he made on the conduct of business at the Capi tol was slashed and rewritten before 't got to the Legislature of 1917, because Mr. McDevitt was too can did. Both sketches are as different from the ordinary run of newspaper articles as the subjects are from men in active politics. —One by one the roses fade. Even laurels grow irksome. Representa tive Wilson B. Sarig, who was the minority nominee for Speaker of tho last Legislature, has decided, says a Reading dispatch, that he does not care to have that empty honor re peated at the organization of the House next month. Statesman Sa rig is of a generous and open-heart ed disposition and believes the nom ination ought to be passed around so that the several other Democratic Legislators may have a chance at it. Besides, he believes the occa sion is not as momentous as it was two years ago and hence his ser vices as minority leader are not as badly needed as they were then., FOR AN ALTAR LACE I wish the little convent maids could ' trace, With delicate artistry, an altar lace, Showing that fair and lordly page- i ant when The Belgian King and Queen came ! home again / To Bruges—white thread in guilt- j less hand Weave honor to the unsullied honor of that land! Pure white the picture—colorless? 'Tls true! You must imagine jewel blue Of sky, and silver of a cloud Above a joyous crowd; And banners manifold — Blue, scarlet, black and gold— Decking a hundred towers; And cobbles strewn with flowers; And in tho midst of all. As in a tale my nurse used tell at evenfall f King and Queen so good, Riding out scratchless from the un chanted wood ( Where powers of evil sought them, i sadder than death, Brave in the sunlight—Albert and Elizabeth! And around the border would your eye be caught By symbols of the Passion, subtly wrought. Replacing old motifs of gayety— The swan, the peacock, and the flowering tree, The ribboned pan-pipes, hinting of meadows fair Inlands where little, children know , not care. Nor apple, pear, nor 'vine Within the quaint design, Nor rose, nor Illy! Instead The leaves wherewith the yeairs have graced their dead. Above: the Cross of Christ medal- Honed. And, below: / The arms pt Belgium wrought as white as snow! ANNfc W. YOUNG. In the New York Times. LABOR NOTES Several of the larger elevators lo cated In the Northwest employ women as grain shovelers. The Intern ittloivil Fire Fighters' Union, with its 132 locals, has a total membership of over 12,000. Organised women laundry workers In Tacoma, Wash, receive & minimum wage of *l4 per week. Tie service flag of tho United Mine-Workers of America is the largest service flag in the country. A new shipyard has been opened a: Beaumont, Texas, paying a minimum wage of 80 cents an hour. From January 1, 1918, to July 1, 191S, there were 158,659 Industrla. . workers Injured In Pennsylvania. Of the total number of workers on January 1, 1916, In the mines in France, 12,1 per cent, ware women. I | " ! Is There a Santa Clans? MANY years ago a little girl wrote to the editor of the New York Sun, saying that her friends told her there wasn't any Santa Claus, and asking him If It were true. In reply, the Sun pub lished the following editorial, writf ten by the late Frank P. Church: Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age.' They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great unlvebse of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with tlic boundless world about him, as meas ured by the intelligence capable of ! grasping the whole truth and knowl edge. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exist 3as certainly as love ;nd generosity and devotion exist; land you know that they abound and I give to our life its highest beauty | and joy. Alils! how. dreary would i be the world if there were no Santa j Claus! It would be as dreary as if j there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance, to make toler able this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with Liquor and the Uniform [New York Globe] One would suppose that as long as a man wore an army uniform he would be under control of the War Department. But such is not always the case. Discharged soldiers may wear their uniforms for three months from the date of their dur jing which time they are not subject to military regulations, j William H. Anderson, head of the {Anti-Saloon League of New York, 1 has requested Secretary Baker to | urge upon Congress the necessity of 1 immediate legislation to correct at j least one of the gross inconsistencies !of the present law concerning the I serving of liquor to' men wearing the {United States uniform. As it stands | now it is illegal to serve intoxicants | to a soldier but not to a man who | has been discharged but it still wear ing the uniform. As it is impossible to distinguish at a casual glance be tween the civilian and the non-civil ian under these circumstances, it is easy to see what grave abuses are {'possible. A soldier can tell a bar 1, keeper, for instance, that he has been ! discharged, and if the barkeeper sells i him liquor and is .arrested for it he | would have u very good excuse to ! present to tho 1 Mr. Anderson thinks all men, whether discharged or not, who wear the army or navy uniform, should be ■ untenable to military regulations with respect to intoxicants. Thiß is the only sensible view to take of the matter. An appeal to the saloon keepers not to serve liquor to any ■ uniformed man would not meet with i sufficient response, judging by the ease with which soldiers and sailors are able to obtain intoxicants. The ■ {matter should be covered by law, and I ! Congress may well suspend the usual : formalities to get quick action, j Furthermore, the law should be .'such ns to subject Hie wearer of a uniform to all military rules and regulations. It Is not the standing of the individual that counts, but the uniform Itself, and as long tft a mkn ' chooses to wear it he should bo will ' lng to conduct himself accordingly. : II Describes It Exacthj ' Perhaps nothing butter expresses the melancholia of Mr. Hohenzollern tnan to say he is as hapfcy as a king. * —St. Louis Star. i Reformed-Spelling Note 1 It's soon to be McAdieu. —Arkansas CiaratUh. which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. NA believe in SantA. Claus! Tou might as well not believe in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, | but, even if they did not see Santa I Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the \ world are those that neither chil ! dren nor men can see. Did you ever |see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of i course not; but that's no proof that' \ they are not there. Nobody can eon- I ccive or imagine all the wonders i that are unseen and unseeable in I the world. You may tear apart the baby's rat- I tie and see what makes the noise in side, but there is a veil covering the ! unseen world, which not the strong- I est man nor even the united strength 'of all the strongest men that ever : I lived could tear apart. Only faith, ! fancy, poetry, love, romance, can ; push aside that curtain and view and ! picture the supernal beauty and glory i beyond. .Is it all real? Ah, Vir ginia, in all this world there is i nothing else real and abiding. >. ,i No Santa Claus! Thanl; God. he 1i lives, and he lives forever. A thou ! sand years from now, Virginia, nay, i i ten times ten thousand years from i ■ now, he will continue to make glad : I the hearts of childhood. ( Astonishing Negligence \ .From the Wilkes-Barre Record) i As the boys come home from ! abroad and from camp many of them • are loud in complaint of the treat ,' ment they have had from the gov i ernment, and careful investigation ' i shows that it is by no means duo i to a quarrelsome desire to have ■' something to kick about. There : [ might be some excuse for delaying ' the monthly payments to men in the s j front lines in France,* shifting from , ! place |p place or conveyed from one > hospital to another, but even under ! i such conditions there seems to be II inexcusable negligence somewhere i when the boys do not receive their s puy for as long as six months at a i t'me. These complaints are not few ! and far between but they come from i: so many of the boys as they set foot > on these shores that they are worthy . j of more than passing attention. > ] What is more uncxplainable is tho . i fact that boys who never left the . home camps to which they were f called—thousands of them —have j gone along from month to month . without a penny of *he dollar a day 1 1 promised them by the government. , Some boys in a company received j ; their full pay, some part of it and , 1 some none at all. In tho meantime I they were compelled to send home j for funds. As the boys were lined up J on payday and found that there j were no remittances for many of \ them, it is no wonder that they come 1 , back discouraged -and resentful, f Congress made ample appropriations and the was in the treasury. ~ r \ The fault was somewhere in tho , process of administration, and it v should not have existed, with all the , facilities for promptness available. It 3 ; should have been the purpose of the j ! government to have the soldiers and . sailors fully contented with the serv ice, as an inducement to future en -1 llstment, biit as they come back with " such stories, and also find that their , dependants in many instances did 1 not receive the monthly remittances * due them, they are not in a mood J to be very complimentary about tho way affairs were conducted. Will Have to Be Born Again All we see left for the high school I seniors is to come back next year and 8 Join the third-grade geography class. ■>, —Knoxvllle Journal and Tribune. Willielm 1s Lucky Instead of plotting to regain his crown, Bill ought to be glad to :-e --s tain the place where the crown used *ito be.—Washington Post. , Crying Need For Budget [Will Payne In the Saturday Even ing Poet] Every other civilized nation, as far as I know, has a budget. Certainly every government to which we should look for any qprt of good example tins one. The form and character of . the government have nothing to do ( with It. Extremely democratic Swltz- , erland has a budget. The autocratic j German Empire had a budget; Japan j , With its curious graft of very limited I , constitutionalism on a trunk of;, medieval absolutism, has a budget.:. Nominally monarchical England and |, republican France have budgets. :, The form and character of the ' j government have nothing to do with ) , It. Every intelligent government lias,, a budget as a matter of course—Just • as every intelligent businessman, | whether he is an American or a! ( Chinaman, has a set of books. Unl- |, versal experience and plain common j sense dictate It. Only the United . States among Important and ad- | ] vanced nations goes without a! , budget—to Its great and undisputed , loss. , There must bo some organ of tho ] go v ernnient which is in Intimate and constant touch with nil the exccu- j tlve departments that spend tho pub lic s money. In England and Ger many this organ is called the Treas ury Department, but the name Is im material. This supervising agency must have general knowledge of the i needs of aM- departments and bu- J reaus and understanding of their purposps, so as to be in a position to pass Intelligent judgment on their claims for public money. It Is im portant that this agency bo In con stant touch with the departments and not just step in once a year to look over their claims In a lump. Say the Forest Service wunts new roads or any other work that re quires an appropriation. It should take tlie-mattcr up with the super- j vis-ng agency at the timo it sees the need, talk it over, arrive ut an un derstanding. Every spending department bu reau, and so on, should submit all its claims upon the public purse to this < supervisor—by whatever name it might be called—and the supervis ing egency s veto should have pretty much the same effect as the Preri dent's veto of a bill passed by Con gress. That is to say, an appeal could be taken to some higher authority, such as the cabinet or a Joint fiscal committee or whatever body tho gov ernment agreed upon for that pur pose. Put the arrangement mu§t be such that only In some plain case could an appeal from the super vising agency's veto be successful. Congress must bind itself not to consider any claim upon the public purse that does not come to it with !he O. K. of tne fhial authority which has been agreed upon and set up to consider such claims. A SONG FOR HEROES By Edwin Markham [The New Church Messenger.] I A song for the heroes who saw the sign And took their place in the battle line; They were walls of granite and gates of brass; And they cried out to God, 'They shall not pass!" And they hurled them back in a storm of cheers, And the sound will echo on over the years And a song for the end, for the glorious end, And the soldiers marching up over the bend Of the broken roads in gallant France, ' The homing heroes who took the chance, N Who looked on life, and with even breath Faced the winds from the gulfs of < death. Their hearts' are running on over the graves— Over the battle-wrecks —over the waves— Over the scarred fields —over the foam— On to America—on to home! II And a song for the others, the he roes slain In Argonne Forest—in St. Oobnln— In flie flowery meadows of Picardy— In Belgium—in Italy, From brave Montello to the sea. A song for the heroes gone on ahead To join the hosts of the marching dead — A song for the souls that could lightly fling Sweet life away as a little thing For the.sake of the mighty need of earth, The need of the ages coming to birth. All praise for the daring God who gave Heroic souls that could dare the grave. Praise for the power He laid on youth To challenge disaster and die for truth, What greater gift can the High God give, Than the power to die that the truth may live! * Glory to the Lord, the Hero of Heaven, , He whose wounds in His side are seven — Glory that He gathers the heroes home, . . Out of the red fields, out of the foam — Gathers them out of the Every where, , Into the Camp that is Over-There! Europe's Richest Ruler [From the Dotrolt News.] Wilhelmlna, queen of Nether lands, is the only woman in the world who is a reigning sovereign In her own right,a position she has held since 1890, when, at the age of ten sho ascended the throne nt the 1 death of her father. Trfe dominating female figure of 1 Europe today Is a large, heavily built woman, who Is indifferent to the arts of licr dressmakers and finds ; thorough pleasure in personal charge 1 of the affairs of her country. She displayed her will on tho oc casion of her ipaciaß® when she re ' fused f number of princes of royal blood and made her own selection of ' a husband, choosing for her consort the German duke, Henry Mecklen -1 burg-Schwertn, who was soon after creatod tfie prince of the Netherlands 1 by the qfieen herself. Her majesty is the richest sover eign- In Europe In her own right, her Income being enormous from thrf crown lands and from her vast col- I nice. i An Alibi For the Doctor _ Monday, November 18, 1918, a Mexican by the name of Braujlc Hermandez, aged 23 years, died in a l little carhouse down by the depot. ■ The man never*had a doctor and so I no one knows whnt killed him.— uSaa Miguel (Cal.) Examiner. <Et}at "There is no Aced for any man who is laid off by a works or factorj curtailing its activities now that tho war is over and munitions and sup ply contracts are being canceled to worry about a Job," said a man con nected with tho employment servici which the nation, the state and many of tho corpdratlons have weld ed together in thfe last year. This . remark was caused by a referenca In the Harrisburg Telegraph to the reduction of the shifts at Steelton and at various works in this city. "Those men' will bo taken care oi . In their plunts if they go about it w the right way and if there is no room for v them the Pennsylvania and Bending railroads are hunting men and there are various manufactur- I ing establishments which arc adver tising for help." The remarks of this man seem rather paradoxical when one considers the situation in Harrisburg with people walking j round with wads of money In their pockets, buying more for Christmas „ than ever before and not having any Jobs. The fact is that there 19 plenty of work, but it is not at the ( pay which has prevailed under the pressure of war. The problem of getting men placed around again and caring for women is going to be as serious as placing them a year or so ago. And it will be further complicated as men are released from the army. It is an interesting coincidence that fit the markets on Saturday farmers who had read that men wer e being released from mills were asking where they could get some to help them take advantage of th e open weather and clear up work on farms and that inquiries were made by men who have farms - close to Harrisburg as to when sol diers were to be discharged. • • * Commenting upon the criticisms of the employment service by offi cials in shipbuilding concerns, one t>f the men who gave much time and thought to patriotic service here during the war says that he got dozens of men to respond to calls for shipbuilders, some of them me chanics and skilled workers. They were all listed, forms filled out and various other things done. "And how many o( the list do you think got Jobs?" he asked. ."Not one." He said h e did not know why. The state authorities say they do not know, either. • • • Tho response of the local draft boards of Pennsylvania to the re quest of the provost marshal gen eral of tho army for chronicles ol the operation of the draft law in the Keystone State so that the history of the part played by th e state in tho building of tho army may be compiled has not been, what was hoped for. Major W. G. Murdock, the state's chief draft officer, has suggested that everyone associated with the ndmlidstration of the drafl shall contribute and in a circulai issued to boards has asked them to give attention to such work. Local boards have also been informed thai if any of them hav e original pass ports of registrants In their filet they should be returned to the reg istrants and also that where mem bers of boards have been acting at chief clerks they can not, under a - ruling of the comptroller of tha treasury, receive double compensa i tion. However, it Is hoped that a modification can be had whereby th men who bore the brunt of the work i can be amply paid. • ♦ Some interesting, and entertain ing remarks were made upon th< subject of getting more lime foi * fertilizer among farmers at tin t city markets .on Saturday. "As I matter of fact," said one farmer, "This section of the state has beez ' using all the lime it can get. Thii , is a limestone country and while de termined efforts were made som years ago to use German potask mixtures there are many around here who prefer lime, just as theii ■ grandfathers did and which the soil takes up. The trouble is that ther i are not enough hands to cut ston and burn lime." Another ventured the opinion that at the prevaillni rates of labor it would bo exceed ingly hard to revivo the lime burn - ing industry because farmers would nwt pay what it would cost per ton - It all comes to the wage basis in a . district filled with choice limestoni and with inany farms that need it • * * People who pass and repass th I Barnard groups in front of the Stat! , Capitol and wonder what they ari ' all about will he interested to know I that the British authorities have re jected tho Barnard conception oi Lincoln and will place St. Gauden'i . statue of the great president it Westminster Abbey. The Barnard statue will he sent to the shlrl ' whence Lincoln's people came, it ii said. —— •. • • ' Bishop Philip It. McDcvltt was it Philadelphia yesterday to preach al the services in St. Patrick's in honoi of the completion of fifty years ir i i the priesthood of Mgr. William P Kieran, one of the noted clergymet • of Eastern Pennsylvania. The tw< are friends of many years' standing 1■ ■ ■ 1 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE f —W, D. George, prominent ii Pittsburgh affairs, has accepted tht , place of receiver of the Pittsburg! Railways. —Game Commissioner John M Phillips has been presented with thi gold medal of the association foi protection of game. —C. Willing Hare, new assistant " director of munitions, has been ac tively connected . with gas interest! in Philadelphia. —Sheriff W. S. Haddock, of Alle gheny, has been nominated foi president of the National Baseball " Federation. —John T. Laedleln, Williamspor , man well known here, was presents ed with roses by the Templars 01 . the fiftieth anniversary of his be- J ing a Mason. : —John T. Dempsey, leader amoni 3 Lackawanna miners, will havi charge of the organization In thi r anthracite field. i I • DO YOU KNCyy —Tjfat Harrisburg can get 1 many new smnll industries In [ the readjustment which Is ' bound to occur in the next few r a years? HISTORIC HARRISBURG . r Limits of Camp Curtin will b| i marked after the new memorial t - erected in the upper end of the city Our National Anthem [The Philadelphia Public Ledguj i The doughboys at Brest who tanfh c the chlldfen to sing "Hail! Hailrthl i Gang's All Here!" as the America! • national anthem prepared a surpria 9 for the President which must at laaa - have appealed to hia sense of humof
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