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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1919
ANOTHER STEP
WARREN J. MANNING, the
city's expert, having approv-
cd the City Planning Com
mission's proposal for the acquire
ment and development of the Ital
ian park area in the northern part
of the city, another step has been
taken In the process of developing
the present swamp into a beautiful
recreational and residential center..
It is a good influence that can
change a frog hole into a lake, a
swamp into a boulevard, a wet mea
dow into a charming homo sito. This
is the work of the Planning Com
mission. Harrisburg fifty
hence will bo a much finer, better
place in which to live because of the
commission. Would that it might
have come into being a half century
ago.
W. R. Hearst is apparently not the
most popular citizen in the United
States. Many of the prominent men
of New York City have refused mem
bership with him on Mayor Hylan's
committee of reception to welcome re
turning soldiers because of Hearst's
record during the war. Those who per
sisted during the hqetlllttes in a more
or less pro-German attitude aro not
going to escape public scorn , now
that peace has come.
A CONSTRUCTIVE YEAR
WITH the opening of another
year Harrisburg is going to
take up the many construc
tive things which have been held
In abeyance during the war. These
Involve the welfare and prosperity
of the community, and with one ac
cord the people favor a go-ahead
policy. Fortunately for rll con
cerned, there is a disposition on all
sides and among all classes to co
operate in this new and greater era
of the city's development.
After eighteen years of steady ad
vance we can all Join in the for
ward movement which will mean so
much for every man, woman and
child in this community. But unless
all pull together there must be less
of achievement than would other-
be the case. It ought to be
the ambition and desire of every
one of our citizens to be a part of
the new day and to contribute In
every possible way to the better
things which are in contemplation.
What are you going to do about
it? Discussion and exchange of views
wilt get us nowhere unless we re
solve planning Into action. Many
admirable things have been done
during the eighteen years since that
early time in 1901 when the city
determined that the old order must
pass and that the city should take
its real place among the municipali
ties of the country. Harrisburg has
done more than simply keep up In
the progress of events; it has led
In many respects.
It is now for all of us to bend
our energies and devote our thought
to the upbuilding of a still better
city—better In housing facilities for
the people, better In the conduct of
our municipal uftalrs, better In pro
viding educational facilities for our
children, better in doing those things
which make for a happier and mort
prosperous and contented people.
The year which has Just passed
Into history was one of great events
and it may prove the turning point
lit the development of a new world
—a world largely divested of selfish
ness and greed and Indifference of
one to the other. Each one of us
can contribute hie or her might in
the making of this year one of the
red letter periods In human history,
• —a year of higher civilization end
enlarged vision. Harrisburg must
maintain tta position and we have
no doubt with the spirit which now {
'wetdnesday EYENTTTO.
prevail* In thia community It will
measure up to it* opportunities.
Donald McCormlck, as the Food Ad
ministrator of Dauphin county, has
ceased from his labors In this Im
portant arena of public activity with
the assurance of the confidence and
good-will of the people. It was no
small undertaking to dlreot the food
conservation of this section during the
war period. The Job Involved great
difficulties, and Mr. McCormlck dem
onstrated real ability and oourace in
the discharge of a moat exacting pub
lic duty. He was Impartial, sensible
and untjrlng in the performance of
the task assigned to him and may feel
assured that his work had the ap
proval of the publlo.
SHOULD HAVE MORE PAY
THE most Important duty of the
school teacher of to-day Is to
teach the pupli Americanism —
to instill Into Its character love of
country, devotion to Its Institutions
and belief in the benefits of demo
cracy. But how Is the teacher to
do this who Is not convinced that
the government is treating the teach
er himself fairly?
Here we have a prime reason why
the teacher should have more pay.
Just now he is the most poorly paid
Individual In the employ of the peo
ple. He gets less and la required
to give more than any other public
servant. His salary has not kept
paco with the rise in prices, but
he Is Importuned to stick'to his job
and to render even better service
than ever. Unless the teacher 1b
superhuman the outcome must be
either an advance In pay or a let
down in schoolroom results. "We
can afford to economise any place
but In the foundations of the na
tion, which are laid by the teach
ers in the'classcs of boys and girls
entrusted to their care.
Robert S. Spangler, the Y'ork As
semblyman, who will probably pre
side over the next House on Capitol
Hill, favors a short and business ses
sion of the Legislature. Mr. Spangler
Is evidently a discerning public ser
vant and his advocacy of a short ses
sion of the Legislature Indicates the
character of his public service and his
ability to meet present day conditions.
HARRISBURG PROSPEROUS
DESPITE their wonderful work
for the Llbejgy Loans, their de-
votion to the interests of the
nation rather than to those of busi
ness alone, the past twelve months,
the bahks of Harrlsburg show an in
crease of $37,000,000 through the
clearing house. Prosperity is writ
ten through every unit of those fig
ures. They mean that the city is
facing the reconstruction period
witW ample resources to meet its
This encouraging report
comes at an opportune time. The
♦ffect will be to Increase public con
fidence and to prompt men to go
along with their plans for the com
ing year regardless of the few sur
face ripples that for the moment are
stirring the waters of the world of
finance and trade.
A dispatch from Berlin advises us
that a "league for the protection of
the personal liberty and life of the
Kaiser'' has been formed, with Prince
Henry or von Hindenburg as its presi
dent. This league will Issue an appeal
to the former advisers of the exiled
Emperor to submit all possible docu
ments to prove his Innocence of bring
ing about the war. Maybe this group
of highbinders can continue to de
ceive the world, but they will awake
some day to the fact that they have
overplayed the game and that they
constitute the finest body of liars since
the beginning of time.
LEAVE IT TO THEM
SENATOR PENROBE is not given
to chasing now fads, and
it is not surprising that he op
poses any hasty effort to revise the
Constitution of Pennsylvania. In
this reconstruction period it may be
a serious question whether tamper
ing with the fundamental Instru
ment is either wise or necessary. He
properly calls attention to the fact
that thousands of the voters of the
State are absent In military or naval
service and declares that the return
ing soldiers are bound to be a domi
nant force and Influence and should
have opportunity to express their
thought, "not only as men to whom
we owe so much for the successful
outcome of the war, but because of
the experience and knowledge they
have gained." Senator Penrose
agrees with many others that these
disciplined men will constitute a new
progressive thought In the body of
the electors.
Representative-elect John R. K.
Scott U headed In the right direction.
He proposes to introduce a bill for
military training in the schools of
Pennsylvania as soon as the Legisla
ture meets. Mr. Scott may not always
be right In his political activities, but
he Is dead right on this proposition
and we wish him well. Military train
ing will do a lot for the youth of
America, and now is the time to settle
the question In the right way.
It was a great occasion at the Penn-
Harris last night and will not soon be
forgotten by all who participated in
the formal opening of this great hotel
—at once the expression of community
spirit and the progressive quality of
our citizenry. >
Wonder if it won't be neceesary to
send for Tumulty sooner or later. Too
bad to have him miss the trip en
tirely.
There is one advantage Ford war
ships have over Ford cars—you don't
have to orank 'em on cold days.
The Telegraph wishes you a very
happy New Tear.
Get ready to writs It ltlg.
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By the Kx-Oommltteeman
Everybody connected with the
State Legislature la working on the
theory that the session will be short
and businesslike. The word has gone
around that the legislators will be
finished and ready to go home in the
early spring and It would not be
surprising if a date for final ad
journment would be fixed very soon
after the House and Senate set down
to business following the Inaugura
tion. The leaders with whom the
Idea originated are so well pleased
with the general approval from
memberfi and the public that they
are more than ever determined to
get the session over as soon as pos
sible. "I believe the coming Legis
lature will break all records for
brevity," said one well-known state
official to-day, who is In touch with
the situation.
—Much favorable comment Is ap
pearing in the newspapers of the
state regarding the rumor that Gov
ernor Sproul does not mean to have
a military staff. The Governor's staff
has been for many a year merely
a means f permitting the Governor
to confer favor upon personal or po
litical friends. It has no particular
duties and appears to be looked upon
with disfavor by all the upstate
newspapers that have commented
upon the matter.
The Pennsylvania Council of Na
tional Defense, Committee of Public
Safety and many kindred organiza
tions In the state disbanded yester
day, after serving the Government
In its war activities at home. It was
said the historical commission, ap
pointed by the council to produce a
history of Pennsylvania, to be writ
ten by Governor Brumbaugn, will
continue its work until all legal
matters affecting the action are set
tled. More than 20,000 prominent
Pennsylvanlans are members of the
council. The council grew out of
the Committee qf Public Safety, with
which It merged when the state ap
propriated $2,000,000 to continue its
activities. A good part of this money
has been expended on motor trans
port service, for voluntary home de
fense police, medicine and hosplial
expenses. The officers of the coun
cil are George Wharton Pepper,
chairman; Lewis E. Beltler, secre
tary; Effingham it. Morris, treasurer,
and Louis S. Sad'.cr, executive man
ager.
—lt was learned yesterday that
the Philadelphia Board of Revision
of Taxes had appointed Common
Councilman Fred Schwarz Jr., of the
Forty-fifth ward, to be real estate
assessor to succeed Select Council
man Henry J. Klos, also of the
Forty-fifth ward, who resigned.
—Revision of Philadelphia's char
ter is to be the most Important sub
ject before the Legislature which
convenes for organization on next
Tuesday, according to the view of
Senator Penrose, expressed yester
day. "I believe," he said, "the'vari
ous Interests of Philadelphia will get
together in action upon a revision
of the city charter, and that will be
the big thing for the Legislature to
consider. The police and other men
of city departments should be elimi
nated from politics. That, to my
mind, is the big Legislative program
before the Legislature at Harrisburg
this winter. The issue not only af
fects Philadelphia, but all the state."
AMERICA,WORLD BANKER
[From Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.]
Co-operation of Government and
business Is to become closer, If
Pierce Williams, commercial at
tache of the American embassy In
Paris, has not been misled as to the
basis of future commercial relatiohs
between the United States and
France. Mr, Williams includes
Belgium with France in his discus
sion, but It Is fair to Infer that con
ditions which control foreign buying
in thoso countries will be approxi
mated in the rest of the war states,
and to a degree will be extended
practically throughout the globe.
Collective selling is the only way
In which American manufacturers
can get their products Into the re
construction work, he says, and for
two reasons—first, the French gov
ernment has decided that purchas
ing must be on a collective basis;
second, "most of the French busi
ness will be done on a five-year set
tlement basis." The second factor
is the all-Important one. Consid
eration of It leads to certain con
clusions. The selling agency must
be financially stronger, than It Is
possible for almost any single com
mercial house to become. That
means combination, which is under
way. Necessarily resort will have
to be had to illimitable and impreg
nable banking resources that are
found only in the national system
over which close Government super
vision is exercised. Washington
will thus secure an extraordinary
dominance in foreign commercd
which will continue to be, nominal
ly, carried on by private enterprise,
and that means a degree of domi
nance over domestic trade. And SB
to our customers, thoy will be vir
tually the governments of the coun
tries in which we dispose of our
wares, for the governments will
have to stand back of the business
houses which receive the goods. A
complete overturning of the world's
business system Is forecast, the ef
fects of which will be very far
reaching.
Politics and business will be con-
Joined as never before outsldo of
some of the European countries,
notably Germany, and political con
trol of the economic destinies of na
tions will rise as a power for good
or evil to give tho thoughtful much
uneasiness. The economic weapon
could become more powerful than
any military machine ever before
thought of. The country that was
the world's banker would be the
world ruler if it cared to exercise
its power. For tho time being we
need s.uffor no anxiety. The United
States will be the world banker for
some time to come, but it will not
hold that distinction unchallenged
when others now In reduoed cir-
have had opportunity to
"get on their feet." Then the com
petitive struggle will become fiercer
than ever and governments will be
the real trade contenders. Possibly
the result of the pending Peace Con
ferences will enable a contest of
altogether friendly character.
Poems of a Parent
When nothing else will still our
child.
HIB old man lifts a chantey wild
And sings until he stops his yell
And yields hlipself to musio's spell,
Or till his Ma, with wrathful eye.
Remarks, "I'd rather hear him cry."
it- —New Torlt Tribune.
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&AJIRISBURG TELEGRAPH
WHAT DOES A MAN THINK-ABOUT THE MORNING. OF JANUARY IST? bTJ*CCS|
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Into the Ditch With Kitchin
(From the N. Y. World)
There Is nothing Improbable In
the report that Chairman Kitchin
angrily threatens to hold up the
new Tax BUI Indefinitely unless the
Senate agrees to the restoration of
the zone system for nowspaper and
magazine postage. This vexatious
and burdensome device was Imposed
upon press and people In the first
place by Mr. Kitchin not so mucn
for revenue as .for revenge, and the
further exhibition of intolerance
now promised is natural and logical.
Postal rates upon intelligence in
creasing rapidly' with the distance
from offices of publication, thus dis
couraging if not destroying a nati
onal press, are in keeping with the
parochial ideas of taxation which
have governed the House under Mr.
Kitchin's leadership. In his per
sonal, political and sectional pre
judices too readily accepted by his
associates he and the Democratic
Party may find the reasons why
the new Congress is to be Republi
can in both branches.
Obstructing the enactment of the
new Revenue Bill to nurse a grudge
against a press which has been too
outspoken to please him will inflict
hardship upon every element of tho
population. Mr. Kitchin's revenges,
therefore, are no longer specific,
and it is possible tlfftt in this fact
his colleagues will find reason at
last to repudiate a leadership at
once bigoted and destructive.
A defeated party' can hardly
afford to make the people regret
that they did not impose more dras
tic punishment upon it. Democrats
may live down the memory of their
Kltchip in time, but they will not
shorten the period of disfavor by
following them into the last ditches
of obstinacy.
TAXATION OF SHIRTS
[From the New York World.]
From the new revenue bill we
learn that the Democratic United
States Senate's idea of luxury on the
part of an American citizen is a
shirt costing more than |3. One rea
son why many such garments bring
higher prices than meet the ap
proval of the Senatorial haberdash
ers is that taxes of all kinds are
represented in the costs.
By imposing ten per cent, upon
what is paid for clothing and other
necessary articles beyond the
amount fixed by law as adequate,
Congress only heaps taxation upon {
taxation, and to that extent dis
courages Industry and trade. If tho
lovy should chance to be prohibi
tive as to high-priced necessaries
generally, it would operate to de
crease rather than Increase the na
tional revenues.
There might be an excuse for
such taxes as these upon overcoats,
suits, hats, shoes, underwear, nook
wear and hosiery if wo were still in
a death grapple with the enemy, but
with peace at hand and economic
and industrial reconstruction press
ing upon us they appear to bo
wholly unwarranted. Bcsldco su
perimposing one tax upon others,
they emphasize classlsm In the mar
kets, where the best interests of ail
classes are most truly served by giv
ing economic forces and individual
initiative the freest play.
Whore in the creed of American
democracy is authority found for
putting a discriminating and emu
lative tax upon the purchaser of a
$4 shirt or a M hat, or for exempt
ing motor tractors from taxation be
cause farmers a-e Just beginning to
buy them?
LABOR NOTES
Cotton pickers are so scarce in
Mississippi that a price of 42 per 100
pounds Is being offered.
The State Federation of Labor and
the railroad brotherhoods have Joined
hands in a fight against proposed
changes in the .Arizona compensation
law.
The British Agricultural Wages
Board recently issued orders fixing
minimum and maximum rates for
women workers for the whole of
Great Britain and Wales.
Twenty-four hundred motormen and
conductors employed on the Cleve
land trolleypars quit work because the
company refused to discharge the
women conductors.
The wage award of the Shipbuild
ing Adjustment Board provides for qn
approximate average Increase of 17>4
per cent, for every worker in Amor
loan yards.
The German Socialist program pro
vide* for state monopolization of all
banks and Industries of any fmport-
ISM
Electric Railway Fares
JOHN P. FOX in the City Club,
Bulletin, New York, writes as
follows of electric railway fares!
"The electric railway situation,
both In New York City and through
out the country, is one of extreme
complexity today, and the City Club,
with Its long experience in transit
matters, should continue Its efforts
to work out the best solution of the
problem.
"The question as to whether higher
fares should be permitted in New
York City Is simplified by the fact
that fare increases similar to those
proposed here have proved an ad
mitted failure all over the country
as a means of raising additional rev
enue, as seen in Boston, Springfield,
New Haven, Albany, Reading, St.
Louis, etc. People simply will not
pay more than a nickel for a ride.
The flat five-cent fare, after all, is
the best revenue getter the electric
railway industry has produced, and
the sooner the companies return to
the old fare the quicker they will
recover their traffic.
"The health and prosperity of
American cities also demand an Im
mediate return to the old flve-ccnt
rate. Nothing has been a greater
menace to the healthy growth and
development of urban communities
than the ill-advised insistence of so
many companies on higher fares,
with the consequent tendency to
make people move into the con
gested sections, the evils of which
American cities have been striving
so hard in recent years to over
come by means of city planning, zon
ing and tenement house regulation.
One of the best things New York
City ever did was to insure on the
rapid transit lines a five-cent fare
for any distance up to 27 1-7, miles,
and this live-cent fare should be ex
tended so as to cover all the transit
lines intde the city limits instead
of being raised, as desired by the
companies.
"The question today is. not what
An Allied. Merchant Fleet
[From the Philadelphia Press]
The derision reached by the Al
lied Maritime Council to sail Aus
trian and German ships under a dis
tinctive flag of its own is epoch
making In Its way. It Is the first
step toward International control of
shipping. It paves the way for fur
ther co-operation between nation
and nation, which Is the basic idea
of a League of Nations.
The newly-created International
fleet starts with more than 2,000,000
tons of Gorman and Austrian ship
ping. Obviously, it cannot be put
to commercial uses. The only uses
to which It may fairly be put under
prosent conditions aro the cotiimon
service of all the nations. The
transport of food for the relief of
starving peoples and the traffic of
war supply wou'd seem to be the
limit of the fleet's activity until
some definite plan of international
maritime, co-operation is reached
and rutifiod at tho Peace Confer
ence.
• But there is no work in the world
moro important at present. Amer
ica's own problems of transporting
her troops and supples from France
and sending her food surplus abroad
are but a slight measure of the
great need for shipping which peace
has brought in all quarters of the
globe. Tho Maritime Council has
done wisely, indeed, to releaso the
enemy merchant ships for this work
under the temporary trusteeship of
the separate nations.
SPRING IT IS
Spring it is,
That chirping thrill of birds again,
In flight so swift across the window
ledge,
The children's voices in the square,
at play *
Remotely ringing through a hollow
space
They All with' golden echo.
This 'soft and silent morning.
"December, now," you say
And tell me, here it is
Writ plain upon the calendar!
I tell you—lt is spring!
Eternal spring
Perennial burgeoning, in sensona of
the soul
Which takes no thought
Of written pages, marking time or
place
Where light, warmth, oolor, song.
The polgnanf presence of Love's very
self,
Shall treed to-day
In all her flowering alchemy.
ELIZABETH GANNON,
r In Public Ledger.
fare Increase should be allowed in
order to produce a fair return to the
investor, because practically all in
creases have failed; but instead,
how can the five-cent fare be made
to pay. This question was never a
difficult one to solve for any really
progressive company. The truth is
that short-sighted managements
thought it was more trouble to econ
omize In operation or encourage traf
fic by up-to-date business methods
than to try to increase revenue by
simply raising rates,-disregarding the
fact that ten years of experience with
higher fares in Massachusetts had
most conclusively proved the fail
ure of that method of increasing
revenue.
"The simplest way for the electric
railways to meet their increased
costs is to fall in lino with the revo
lution in the industry, started by
tho competition of the Jitney, re
sulting in the remarkable develop
ment of the one-man car, whose in
creased earnings and economies have
proved so great in some western and
southern cities as to pay for the new
ldoa of one man to a car is nothing
new, for it has long been one of the
chief factors in keeping dotyi the
labor cost on elevated and Subway
lines. The application to surface cars
is new, but the results are even more
promising than on rapid transit lines.
By using the economies In labor,
power, and other expenses to im
prove tho service, traffic and re
ceipts have been increased as much
as 50 and 60 per cent, in some cities,
with a five-cent fare too.
"It would take some adjusting of
routes and service to got the greatest
benefits of one-man operation in a
City like New York, and the prin
ciple has not been tested out yet on
surface lines with mor* thun a hun
dred cars an hour. liut in one-man
operation lies the greatest financial
hop* of the companies, and the
greatest benefit to the public In fas
ter, safer and more frequent service.
IS GERMANY BANKRUPT?
(From the Omaha Bee)
Estimates as to the bill that prob
ably will be presented to Germany as
liquidated war damages are mount
ing higher day by day. These will be ,
subject to a Una' scaling by a com
mission, which will determine even
tually the amount to be exacted
from tho Germans as reparation and
Indemnity. In anticipation of this
Interest centers on the ability of the
Germans to meet tho demands that
will be made upon them.
Dr. Walter Rathenau, the great
est of the scientific captains of in
dustry of the empire, says his coun
try is bankrupt. English and French
authorities insist the capital and re
sources of Germany are scarcely
impaired us a result of the war.
Man-power has been considerably
diminished, but may be replenished,
temporarily at least, by tho employ
ment of men from neighboring
countries whose industries were de
liberately destroyed by the Huns,
who systematically wrecked factor
ies of all kinds wherever found, that
the empire would have a market for
its wares when peace was restored.
It has been discovered that the
German plea for food was largely
a sham, and it may be found that
the poverty now set up Is also ficti
tious. Careful Inquiry will be needed
to determine the value of Dr. Rath
cnau's assertion. He is right as to
one thing, that it is tho worst calam
ity.. that has befallen Germany in
2,000 years, but this will not "relieve
the Huns from the debt they owe.
Restitution and reparation will be
strictly and justly insisted upon.
Payment of the bill will require the
product of generations of Germans,
and they may outgrow their notions
of another war by the time the lost
claim is settled.
Must Handle a Big Wash
[From the Providence Journal.]
The appointment of a washerwo
man as Mlnistor of Education in the
Duchy of Brunswick suggests that
there is a good deal of scrubbing
to be done to prepare Germnn edu
cation theories for practical use in
the future.
Overtime Ahead For Sculptors
[From the Boston Transcript.]
I With every state, city and town
planning body to erect a soldiers'
memorial. It looks as if our gculptors
and architects should plan to Ignore
union hours and work overtime and
DECEMBEIK, '
THE FLU
The Atchison County (Mo.) Mail j
shoulders the responsibility for the ]
following: * I
This poetic outburst dedicated to ,
the malady which has prevailed
throughout the country for so many ,
weeks is from the pocket of George ,
Chamberlain, who claims the au-
thorship, but stands with crossed (
fingers while claiming it: j ,
When your back is broke and your j
eyes are blurred,
And your shinbonea knock and your j
tongue is furred,
And your tonsils squeak and your .
hair gets dry, ,
And you're doggone sure that you're .
going to die,
[ But you're skeered rou won't and
afraid you will,
i Just drag to bed and have your chill
And pray the Lort to see you ,
through.
When your toes ciiri up and your
belt goes flat.
And you're twice lis mean as a
Thomas cat,
And life is a long aid dismal curse,
And your food all tgites like a hard
boiled hearse,
When your lattice iches and your
head's abuzz.
Add nothing is as it ever was—
You've got the flu, boy, you've got
the flu.
What is it like, this Spanish flu?
Ask me, brother, for I've been
through.
It is rr\isery out of despair,
It pulls your teeth and curls your
hair,
It thins your blood and breaks your
bones
i And fills your craw with groans and
moans;
And maybe sometime you'll get well;
Some call it flu—l call it—well,
We've had ours, have you?
EXCISING OF EXPLETIVES
[From the Cleveland Plain Dealer]
There was a well-loved chaplain
in the American Army in France
who lias been quoted as saying, "If
swearing will win the war, I'm for
swearing." The war having been
won, the Stars and Stripes the offi
cial organ of our fighting men across
the water, suggests that the time
has come for a readjustment of the
profanity output. The official organ
doosn't advocate breaking off ull at
once, after the fashion of the us
ual New Year resolution, but sug
gests a gradual return to normal
verbal conditions.
That our Army, like that earlier
army described by Uncle Toby,
swore terribly in Flanders, is quite
possible. That there has been a
lavish war-time use of what a not
ed magazine writer calls "the siz
zling stuff," we all know. It was
not confined to the Army, however.
It was in evidence everywhere—a
result of the war tension, of over
wrought nerves. of resentment
against detested conditions.
Now that those conditions have
been abated, the practice of profan
ity might well be cut down. When
used too often it not only weakens
the mother tongue; it weakens it
self. It becomes, as the poet said,
flat and stale asd unprofitable. It
may. ns a supply train drtvor feel
ingly urged, be an essential to the
guidance of Army mules, but there
is no doubt that peace can be safe
ly adjusted and prolonged without
World liuled by Imagination
[From the New York Evening Post.]
If the world is still ruled by the
Imagination—and it is—the frater
nising now going on betwoen Eng
land and the United States Is of the
highest augury. Prosident Wilson's
demonstrative reception by the un
demonstrative English Is, of course,
purely symbolic. He himself hastens
so to interpret it. In acclaiming
him, the English democracy hails
that of America. The two have
fought and suffered and triumphed
side by side, and now have the in
stinctive and overwhelming feeling
that, united, a great world mission
Is placed in their hands. To trans
late this emotional solidarity iuto
common alms and common practical
action is now ths task of the states
men of the two nations.
Reminder For Germant
[From the Chloago Dally News.]
Germans who grumble because
their dally sots are now somewhat
circumscribed in occupied territory
should recall that thalr erstwhile
Emperor once tried to tell Uncle
Bam which way the stirlf>s on his
vessels should run at*| how many
ta nsUtf. 11
I liming (EJfat
George 8. Relnoehl, Om new preel- J
dent of the Harris burg Chamber of '
Commerce. ha two hobbteo—one U
!?' ®J 11 Telephone Company end .
*,° tb,r • fishing. Mr. Relnoehl i
would eooner fish than •'bono" ■■*- 4
Particularly difficult telephone I
velopment which Is eaylng a lot K. J
it-1 Z and form er President J. WB- M
11am Bowman have much, oh, very V
much. In common. Aa often mm their ■
business and the weather will per- W
quit ® ott *a when they 1
don t—the president and the L
president may be seen with their
rods under their arms fiwd'ng far
the river or some of the nearby j
creeks. Both are members of &'-*•<
™. or or >" known Bullhea? .A
Fishing Club.
"Why," asked Mr. Relnoehl, "do
you call It a Bullhead club?"
"Well," responded "Bob" Lyon,
who comes as near being president
as any man ever gets In that uni
que organization, "aren't bullheads
fish?"
"Yes," said Relnoehl, "but J
thought may be It wae something
more personal."
"That being the case," returned
Lyon, "you are elected."
Yes," said Mr. Relnoehl yester
day, "It's true. X am fond of fishing.
Mr. Bowman provides the automo
bile, Mr. Lyon the tackle and I sug
gest when It Is time to go."
• • • '
"E>o you know what made Harris
burg such a center of hotels In the
early days?" asked a guest at the
Penn-Harris dinner last evening who
had read the Telegraph's Evening
Chat article yesterday on old hotels
In Harrlsburg. "First It was the
ferry which Harris conducted, which
made Harrisburg a center of cross
state traffic. Then It was the stage
• routes, which found a hub here. Next
came the rafts, then the canal and t
finally the railroads. We had |
thought that thus we had seen the™ 1 -
final development of the city as a. 1
center of traffic, but now the auto- ,
mobile has come along and no doubt ■
the aeroplane will be a matter of I
only a short time. Always and ever
the traffic center will have hotels ;
and many of them, if Its people ful
■ fills their duty and have an eye to
the prosperity of the community."
• • •
Lieutenant Governor Frank B. •
1 McClaln, who played Santa Claus at
3 Lancaster for the children of one of
the homes on Wednesday, told the
? story of how ho came to adopt that j
J role for the first time. "Early in '
£ December, nine years ago, when I ;;j
was mayor here," he said, 'Sccre- .
J tary Wharton, of the state board of j
charities, came to pay a visit to the I
county prison. Afterward I per- r
suuded him to go with me to the J
Children's Home. I was standing
apart from Mr. Wharton and the )l
matron when the youngsters began I
crowding around me asking mfc- 1
what X was going to give them for, 1
Christmas. I didn't understand what <j
was up until Mr. Wharton confesse
* that he had told the 'kids' that Iwa •
Santa Claus on an advance visit, j:J
, When he persuaded them that there |fl
was yet time for my hair and beard >■
to grow long and white before Christ- jl
mas, they accepted my fat face and ■
red cheeks without suspicion.
stantly a howling mob was at
, heels and I had difficulty In
out alive. Then I inquired whether*
these little folks ever had a real*
,' Christmas with real toys, real dolls, V
real turkey and real Ice cream.
matron replied In the negative.
resolved then and there that
youngsters were going to have
t Christmas celebration every
und that 1 would turn
Joke Into reality."
* * *
A splendid tribute to Pennsylva-'
nla National Guardsmen has been
paid by Col. Asher Miner, former >
legislator, who left a leg on the ® e \
of battle whilp commanding the
_ 109 th artillery, the old Ninth Penn
sylvania. Speaking of the battle or
A Apremont, where the regiment lost
heavily and he was wounded, he \
. said: "The Germans soon got the <
' range of our position and sent In a
terrific fire. You should have seen
the behavior of the National Guards
p men In that battle. I am proudl Jo
> be a National Guardsman and proua
- of my companions In the state aer
vice. They were among the most -
n efficient troops in the American ad
® vance and the way they stood up un
t der the terrific barrage the Germans
r kept up incessantly was Inspiring.
The state is making an attempt to ,
18 buy quail, but not much has been
e heard In that line. Better
e nected in the matter of pheasants
" and it is believed the 8,000 aimed
1 at will be secured. The qrd ® r "
uuail have been given to three
'* in Mexico and the birds, as already
il announced, will be brought in ' when
the climate Is right. One of the in
r terestlng things ab . out . "?'■
'• hunting was that owing to the scar
c cify of quail some hunters did not go
a after the bifds, giving them the same
- consideration that they did grouse,
which are protected until next falL
8 The number of arrests ° iad ®
r - shooting grouse, it may be "***•*
a incidentally, will be over twenty-flv*.
They were mainly* people W J*°
through ignorance, although
killed from "puro cussedneas.
e _
n THREE GENERALS OR ONE
[From the Boston Globe]
i, American precedent Is threatened
It by the movement to make the ran*
1- of general permanent ln the ouw
ie of Pershing. March and Bliss, all
•e whom now hold this highest mm
5- American titles temporarily,
jt The United States
sparing of this rank. Washington
was only a lieutenant-general und/
„ the Federal Government Wino el*
n gcott held the same title as Waah
l Ington, but by brevet In cur whole
' history three soldiers, and they onU
one at a time, have been genet-oka
r " Now it Is proposed to create tX\j*X
at Grant was the first general of th
L" American Army, but not until after
" the war, when the title was create*
for him In 18. °n Grant "
"* nation to accept the Prc "J da *fJ~l
i, Sherman became general, ana *aj
he retired, Sheridan was given
h °Slml!arly, there have been b*n
three admirals of the Fmr
-3n ragut wns the first, then Porter Uk.
finally Dewey. . ,
to France and England are chary or
nl their highest military titles. French
.. and Halg are both field marshal*
It Is only In theory that every pollu
has a marshal's baton lnhts
sack. Joffre, Foch and Petaln
play them to-day. ,-J
se Back to Work i
™ (From the Knoxvllle Journal an<g
lie Tribune) 1
jle AU we see left for the high sohoofl
lis seniors U to come back next yeaß
ny and Join the third grade geograph*