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Let us dream of noble things, and
theulcork for them, too,
Tho' tee may not attain to them
quite;
Unless ice shall plan grander tasks
than ice do.
We shall not climb as high as ice
might.
—Sixon Waterman, j
SATURDAY, .1 AM"AItY 4, 1919
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GRATEFUL REPUBLICS?
THOSE responsible for the order
suspending all promotions in
the army on the day the armis
tice was signed will be remembered
by the fighting forces and the folks
back home for an ungrateful and
wholly inexcusable act. The sign
ing of an armistice had nothing
whatever to do with the crushing of
the hopes and aspirations of our
fighting nfen. It should have been
Instead *-nr rewarding those
who had made possible -hs andlpg
of the war, instead of penalizing
them for achieving victory over the
Hun.
There have been many blunders
at Washington during the war, but
none h'as been so cruel in its effect
as this order stopping automatically
all promotions wlftr the signing of j
the armistice. Harrisburg soldiers
who had been recommended for
commissions two or three months
before the cessation of hostilities
are donied promotion bccauso some
bonchead higher up figured that a
few thousands of dollars would be
saved through refusal of promotion
to men who had fought for months
that Justice might live in the world.
There are already signs of weak
ening on this impossible position at
Washington, but whether the pres
ent administration chooses to rescind |
its unfair and wholly inexcusable
order or not it is certain that the
time will, come when the men who
were entitled to promotion will re
ceive the consideration which Is due
brave soldiers who have served their
country gallantly and without
thought of their own personal re
ward.
Placing bravery on the firing line
in the scale with expenditure of
money is about what might have
been expected of the inefficient, four
flushing individuals who have mis
taken high-sounding phrases for
constructive thought and the ex
pression of ideals.
The Telegraph has been advised
through a letter from overseas of
a young Harrisburg lieutenant who
had been recommended for promo
tion three months before the armis
tice was signed and who is only one
of the many young officers in whose
face the door of natural ambition
was closed by an ungrateful govern
ment in the very hour of victory.
These men have long memories and
.they will not forget who were their
real friends in the great crisis.
Because millions of dollars were
squandered in a faulty aeroplane
program and millions more in ship
ping plants and in other colossal
failures of the war is no reason why
those who fought the good fight
should fail of their merited recog
nition for the reason that promo
tion would involve a few thousands
more In the military payroll. What
might have bden saved in the great
American junket to Europe would
have provided for thousands of
young men who must return horns
without the recognition they
earned la courageous and unselfish
service.
Auditor General Snyder Is said to
favor a fine bridge over the Susque
hanna river at State street, as part
of the comprehensive plan to create
an imposing entrance to Harrisburg
from the east oyer the monumental
viaduct at the eastern front of the
Capitol. It is quite as important to
SATURDAY EVENING,
approach the Capitol frotn the west
over a dignified structure as It Is to
enter the city from the east amid
dignified surroundings. In short, -the
splendid Capitol should be the out
standing feature of the highways from
the east and west and north and
south—a sort of hub from which all
these radial routes should extend to
every part of the State.
CIVIC ACTIVITIES
HAVING rounded the annual
mile-post the various civic
organiza-tons of Harrlsburg
are now looking forward to the ac
tivities of a new year. These or
ganizations embrace a wide latitude
of usefulness in this community and
each in its own way is performing
Important public functions.
Having emerged from a great war
which Involved the thought and
•energy of all good citizens, j oung
and old, we are now free to resume
the enterprises of peace which are
more important than the activities
of war. War is a crime which must
be punished, and most of us have
been engaged on that job. but the
undertakings of peace Involve in a
larger way quite as. much of con
structive effort and entail manifold
greater blessings in ever-increasing
circles. '
Starting with the municipal ad
ministration down to the most
humble organization there is much
to do. But in the doing of these
things there must be cheerful co
operation to the end that the pur
poses in mind may not be lost
through friction or the failure of
one to help the other in the Achieve
ments which count for the welfare
of all.
With the incoming of the Legis
! lature next Monday and the discus
sion of measures which are designed
to promote the prosperity and hap
piness and safeguard the material
interests of all the people of Penn
sylvania, there may be a tendency
in local circles to mark time. But
instead of this attitude we should be
pushing forward at every point that
the State officials and the makers of
our laws may realize that- here at
the seat of government of the Com
monwealth is the most active city
of all the State.
Many commendable things have
already been accomplished, but
there is much awaiting action and
aside from earnest co-operation with
the State in the development of the
splendid scheme of Capitol Park im
provement there is that other part
which has nothing whatever to do
with the Commonwealth save as
Harrisburg must maintain its pres
tige as a progressive community.
There is general approval, of
course, of the proposed combination
court house and city hall on the
proposed civic center, the erection of
a modern high school in the same
section and the working out of other
plans which will mean a most at
tractive and wholesome city.
City Electrician Diehl will have the j
general approval of all citizens in his j
consistent and constructive effort to '
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wires. He expects to wipe out another j
considerable section of this unsightly
system during the next few weeks,
and in this work will have the co£
operation of all civic bodies.
FOR A CLEAN NATION
THE war has wrought many tre
mendous and far-reaching
changes in American charac- ]
ter and American thought. It has \
been a great awakener to duty; not I
alone to the great outstanding duties 1
of raisftig billions for the Allies, of
creating an Army out of nothing,
of depriving ourselves of food so
that Europe might not starve. These
were big duties, unselfishly per
formed.
With the coming of peace there
has come, too, a realization of the
smaller, but none the less Important,
duties we owe ourselves. One of the
greatest of these is being pointed
out by the United States Public
Health Service, and backed up by
the Secretary of the Treasury, the
Secretaries of War and the Navy. It
is the duty of clearing the Nation
from vice diseases, which war dem
onstrated to us all were the prime
causes of inefficiency within the
Nation.
Before the war it would hardly
have been possible for the news
papers to discuss such a theme as
venereal disease; the narrow, short
sighted view was that such a sub
ject was shocking, immodest, dis
gusting, not fit to be discussed. The
result has been that ignorance of
the extent to which these venereal
diseases were menacing the Nation
has allowed them to thrive and mul
tiply until, when for the first time
In our history, millions of our young
men were forced to submit to ex
pert medical examination, the per
centage of men found to be infected
with one or the other of these dis
eases was appalling.
It was estimated that five-sixths
of all the venereal disease in the
Army was brought there from civil
life.
Such revelations as this add ter
rific poignancy to President Wilson's
grave note of warning:
"It is not an army we have to
make fit; it is a Nation."
To know the truth about com
municable diseases is to be able to
guard against them; to lessen them;
to control them. That has proved
to be true of tuberculosis, of measles,
or small pox; of all the communi
cable diseases.
So we must all come to realize
that these other nameless diseases
are highly communicable. They are
primarily diseases of vice, but they
are also communicable by innocent
means.
The United States Public Health
Service, under Surgeon General
Rupert Blue, is making a nation
wide fight for the cleanliness of
American communities. Prostitu
tion la being suppressed: laws re
quiring the reporting of venereal
diseases, just as other communi
cable diseases are reported, are
being passed by many States. Clinics
for the skilled treatment of venereal
diseases are being established.
In this work, which has for Its
object a clean America, every citi
zen must help in his single strength.
The false modesty which has pre
vented a free discussion of this men
ace to the Nation must be brushed
aside, so that everyone may know
and realize the danger to be fought
against.
Never again can we as Individual
citizens be content with an attitude
of indifference toward such a sub
ject as this. The war has opened
our eyes; we must keep them open
until the danger is past.
The late Charles A. Kunkel was
more than a banker. He was inter
ested in the community and all agen
cies for good. Never a grandstand
player, he nevertheless contributed in
large measure to welfare work and
the various movements for the city's
improvement. The Kunkel building,
in the central business district, is an
attractive monument to his public
spirit and interest in Harrisburg.
BAKER BUNGLES AGAIN
IMMEDIATELY after the signing
of the armistice. Representative
Addision T. Smith, of Idaho, sug
gested that in demobilizing troops
the War Department arrange so
that the men would be given trans
portation back to their home com
munities and that the final act In
their honorable discharge from the
army should be the signing of their
papers by the local draft board.
Thus would the government muster
the men out where it mustered
them in—it would put them back
exactly where it found them.
One of the arguments advanced
by Representative Smith A-as that
although most of tho men, if mus
tered out at concentration camps,
would use their transportation mon
ey to go back home, many of them,
just free from military discipline,
would spend their money in having
a good time and would be unable
to pay their way home. But the
War Department did not act on
Smith's suggest ion, and experience
has shown that he was right.
Among the first troops to be de
mobilized were those engaged in
spruce production for airplanes. Re
ports show that in a very large pro
portion of cases the men spent their
transportation money and then went
back to camp "broke."
"Under Smith's plan the men
would have been given nontransfer
able railroad tickets and would have
had to get back to their local draft
boards before they could complete
their papers showing their honora
ble discharge.
Harrisburg is now at the threshold
of another Important epoch of Its
growth and development. Officials
who have a real interest in the city
• wat *lif*s ?t*Vu
prises; they wifl join with all others
in making the city the foremost mu
nicipality of Its size in the country.
Herbert Hoover, having been ap
pointed Food Administrator for Eu
rope, It's a fair assumption that the
Germans won't have much opportunity
to get their feet in the trough.
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By the Ex-Committeeman j
Republican leaders are in Phila
delphia to-day holding conferences
upon legislative patronage and the
distribution of committee chairman
ships In the House and Senate. Rival
candidates for the chairmanship of
the appropriations committee of the
the House, one of the most import
ant of all legislative committees, ap
peared yesterday at the Bellovue-
Stratford. They ar<v Duncan Sinclair,
Fayette county, and William J. Mc-
Caig, Allegheny county.
Accompanying MuCaig to Phila
delphia, was Secretary of Internal
Affairs-elect James F. Woodward, of
McKeesport. Woodward for several
sessions was chairman of the House
appropriations committee, and his
appearance here with McCaig is
significant. Allegheny county's dele
gation in the House is favorable to
McCaig.
Sinclair, who was in the Speaker
ship contest for a few days, claims
the support of Republican State
Chairman Crow, and Crow is ex
pected to arrive in Philadelphia to
day. The *tate chairman in the past
has had a great deal to say regard
ing the legislative patronage. Sin
clair, although regarded as a "Pen
rose man," has been flirting with the
Varoß,, and yesterday minted with
the Vare legislators at the city com
mittee headquarters. He is said to
be preferred to McCaig by most of
the Vare representatives.
It is likely that the personnel of
the state committees of the House
and Senate will be decided upon by
the leaders at to-day's conferences.
The caucuses on Monday night will
be cut-and-dried affairs with no op
position to Robert S. Spangler, of
York, for Speaker of the House and
Senator Clarence J. Buckman, of
Langhome, for president pro tern, of
the Senate.
—At the meeting "of Philadelphia
Republicans in the Legislature yes
terday, congratulations and felicita
tions to Governor Brumbaugh, who
closes hi sterm on Junuary 21, were
presented by Senator Vare and read
by Register of Wills Sheehan. The
resolutions were in the form of a
memorial "recognizing the splendid
contributions of Governor Brum
baugh's administration to the wel
fare of our state." The resolutions
praised the Governor particularly
for his attitude on labor questions,
schools and good roads.
—Congressman John R. K. Scott,
who leaves the National House to
come to the State House next Tues
day, eulogized Governor Brumbaugh
In a flowery address,
"In my public life," said Scott, "I
have Known no man holding the po
sition of Governor who has been
subjected to more brutal treatment,
and none who has devoted himself
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Standing with the chlb, almost, of
the thug to have his character
stricken down, this Governor came
a poor man from the schoolroom,
and retires an honest man and poor
er than when ho went into publtc
life."
A majority of the members of the
House and Senate from this city and
the members of the city committee
attended the meeting.
The subcommittee of the Phila
delphia charter committee which is
drafting the proposed - new charter
for introduction in the Legislature,
held a .meeting last night in the of
fice of the chairman, Thomas Rae
burn White. At this meeting there
was a discussion of the methods of
electing councilmen.
—Senator Vare, at the legislative
meeting yesterday, asked the Phila
delphia representatives to pay no
attention to the charter committee's
plans but to "sound out the senti
ments of your constituents and give
the people of Philadelphia what they
want."
—The "dry" forces look very !
hopefully upon the coming session of ;
the Legislature. They are not mok- j
ing flamboyant claims of majorities :
for the amendment, but they are <
saying that the sentiment is increas- |
ingly favorable to the adoption of
the necessary resolution in Pennsyi- !
this year auf. hjUowfiq* 1
letter sent cfut by John Royal Harris, :
State Superintendent of the Dry
Federation of Pennsylvania, is Indi
cative of their feelings:
"The Dry Federation of Pennsyl
vania wishes to inform you that the
movement for the ratification of the
national prohibition amendment- by |
the next Legislature has Ween |
brought right up to the eve of sue- ,
cess. With the election of a Governor
pledged to the support of this meas- |
ure and a General Assembly prac- '
tically certain of voting to ratify, we '
feel that the prospects of a success- :
ful outcome are exceedingly bright. ;
"There is still much to be done by '
the dry forces between now and the J
time the Legislature acts. None of I
us can afford to relax our efforts
even in the face of almost certain
victory, and it is our intention to
stay right with our job until the
long battle has been won."
Colonel Harvey Says, Sez He
I "Yotv can return with heads i
erect!" cried Herr Ebert, the head |
of the Hunnish provisional govern- ;
ment, to the returning Boches, Yes; I
and with hands Imbrued with the'
blood of murdered babes and rav
ished women, and pockets bulging
with loot. Such are the heroes of
Hunland; and such is the head of
! the government with which we have
to deal. Really, it seems to have
been chiefly a change of name in;
swapping a Hohenzollern for an j
Ebert.
Put all the railroad employees and
all the telegraph and telephone em- i
ployees under the direction of a Po
litlcal-master-General, and then
boast that those services have been
"taken out of politics." In the Name
of the Prophet, fudge!
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Mr. McAdoo wants to keep right
on lending to the Allies money to bo
raised by taxation of the American
people, peace or no peace! Force of
habit! Easy come, easy go! Wake 1
up, Mr. Smoot!
"I speak American," said Clemen- ]
ceau when he greeted the President
—which is precisely what and all
we want the President himself to do.
Though we are glad for our read
ers to peruse what Taft, Roosevelt,
Colonel Watterson, George Harvey
and the rest of us suggest and ad
vise in these stormy times, it is well
enough for them to remember that
our suggestions and advice are offer
ed to the government, not requested
by it.—Houston Post.
We don't suggest or advise; we
tell "em.
Breaking the News Gently
While crossing the street at Tenth
and Polk streets Thursday evening
Miss Lola Brethour was struck by
an automobile driven by a real estate
man whose name began with R.—
From the Topeka Capital.
One Way to Write It
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—New York Sun.
The End Not Yet
And sometimes when one reads
the day's news dispatches ho won
ders whether the war is really over
or has just commenced. —Utlca Ob
server.
Teachers Must Have More
THAT teachers have been out- i
rageously underpaid, that to j
prevent disintegration and con- j
fusion in the schools, salaries must |
be largely increased; that as a first :
aid measure, the state must supple- t
ment present salaries at least 25 per j
cent.; that the taxing system must j
be made over on modern lines i
to accommodate this increase; that j
continued neglect will cost the state >
and its children. What is far more !
-vital than money—these are the out- !
standing facts in a statement made !
public to-day by the. State Board of •
F.ducatlon following an address by j
Marcus Aaron, a member of the ;
Pittsburgh Board of Education and :
of the State Board of Education, i
speaking before the Pennsylvania '
State Educational Association con- j
vention here this week. Mr. Aaron '
declared that sources of revenue :
other than real estate must be found :
before full justice can be done to the
schoolchildren of the state.
"If anyone doubts Pennsylvania's
ability to raise additional revenue,";
the statement explained, "let him
study the statistics relative to the
wealth and income of her citizens
•tea /.'jg' ctn-perarics**. Lee >hv) r.u?
the subscriptions to the various Lib-
I erty Loans, the Red Cross, the Unit- |
["BOOKS AND MAGAZINES"]
In connection with the recent Red
! Cross drive officials at Washington
i have been much interested in what
< Captain Carroll Swan had to say in
his book "My Company" (Houghton
Mifflin Company) concerning the
overseas work of the Red Cross. His
book commented frequently upon the
excellence of that work. "It was
dark, raining, and very hard digging.
{ The great work the Red Cross is
i doing over there showed to full ad
vantage that night. At about two
o'clock in the morning, when every
i body was waried and cold, these
Red Cross men brought out big cans
I of hot cocoa and fed everyone of
i those-twenty-five hundred men."
Houghton Miffiin Company has
I the honor of figuring prominently
! in the book-list of the American Li-
I brary Association. The following
' volumes have been placed upon its
recommended list. "Right and
Wrong After the War," by B. I.
Bell; "The Psychology of Convic
• tion," by Joseph Jastrow; "The Joys
of Being a Woman," by AVinifred
Kirkland; "An American Soldier,"
j by Edwin Austin Abbey; "The Faith
I of France," by Maurice Barres; "The
i A'oid of War," by Reginald Farrer;
j "The Odyssey of a Torpedoed Trans
port," translated by Grace Fallow
i Norton: "Modern and Contemporary
European History," by J. Salwyn
Schapiro; "Steep Trails," by John
Mulr; "Cape Cs*, New and Old," by
Agnes Edwards; "The Education of
| Henry Adams"; "Philo Gubb," by
; Ellis Parker Butler; "My Antonia,"
by Wllla Gather; "The Bell-Ringer,"
by Clara Endieott Sears; and "The
French Twins," by Lucy Fitch Per
kins.
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Caused a Shudder
j [From the Ohio State Journal.]
We always feared we might have
a little trouble with Great Britain
at the peace conference after we
tried to give her Mr. Barnard's
statue of Lincoln.
Neither Does He Dictate
I Before a man hires a stenog
! rapher he asks to see her letters of
: recommendation. But he seldom is
;so particular with the woman ho
j marries.—From the Topeka Capital.
Joy of Temptation
Nothing plenßes a man wh<x. is in
tending to quit smoking January 1
quite so much as a box of fine ci
gars.—Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.
Henry Ford, Journalist
(From the St. Louis Star)
Mr. Ford ought to get out a
rattling good newspaper.
Heroic Treatment
In Siberia they are lining up Bol
shevists and shooting them. In
has been applied a permanent cure
followed. —Houston Post.
The German Navy .
When Germany calls her next
1 fleet of warships Into being, will she
have the face to call any of them
dreadnaugbts.—Boston Herald.
iod War activities, the $500,000,000
I paid this year and the $750,000,000
' to be paid next year into the Na
: tlonaf Treasury for income, excess
! and war prolit taxes, and ho will
likely conclude that the problem is
' not difficult. A little study will lead
I to the conclusion that we in Penn
i sylvania have the ability and incll
; nation adequately and generously to
• support public education,
"Teaching must soon and per
! manently receive greater financial
i reward than the twenty-live per cent,
j increase to salaries which we are
! now urging.
! "It is not the business of the State
; Board of Education to indicate to the
j Legislature how it may raise the
i revenue to provide the $20,000,000.
! The State Board of Education has
| carefully avoided that phase of the
' subject The Legislature itli the
; advice of Governor Sproul may be
j depended upon to And a source of
! revenue."
i Quoting from Mr. Aaron's perti
nent address, the statement says,
"My only ? ? ? ? beyond
, question that the State Board of
I Education has not put up to the
Legislature an impossible or even a
I I di;'.4iy proposition, when St rr
j quested a $20,000,000 appropria-
I tlon."
KNOX AND THE LEAGUE
(N. A. Review War Weekly)
Senator Knox, in urging his reso
lution throwing cold water upon the
i League rightly insists that
the Monroe Doctrine should be main
tained, and that therefore, instead
lof joining a hard and fast league
j which might drag us into all manner
iof alien messes in which we were
not properly concerned, we should
; seek merely an understanding for
concerted by America and the
; Allies whenever their freedom and
peace are menaced. Thisf is quite log
| ical and intelligible, and is in exact
: accord with the Monroe Doctrine
. and the consistent policy of our
government ever since its founda
! tion. We believe that it would now
and hereafter meet every requlre
, ment dictated by our interest or
: needs. Mr. Knox was quite right, too,
as we have insisted e'sewhere, in
holding that the matter should not
be taken up by the Peace Confer
ence until the actual making of peace
| is effected and the Central Powers
; are disposed of. We do not believe
iin letting the passing of judgment
'• upon the Blond Beast bo delayed or
compromised by Interminable dis
cussions of the mutual relationships
: of his Judges. Happily, tho Allies
1 seem to be more and more inclined
; tc pursue that course; for which let
j us thank God and take courage.
LABOR NOTES
Bridgeport (Conn.) employes of j
the Remington and Union Metallic
Cartridge Companies have pledged
themselves to work only on an eight
hour basis.
Many women are employed in the
air factories in Franco and some
havo Jobs that almost qualify them
for service as steeplejacks. The wo
men have to be hoisted In boat
swains' chairs to considerable heights
to undertake tho work which they are
called upon to do.
Rochester, N. Y.. was without any
daily newspapers for several days
owing to the refusal of the pressmen
i to go to work until their demands for
more wages were granted.
The GOO men In the Philadelphia and
Reading railway repair shops in
Fottsvllle, Pa., have been notified that
eight hours Instead of nine will con
stitute a day's work and most of the
men have been given a twenty per
cent. Increase in wages.
During the first week in Novemoer
American shipyards completed and
delivered to the United States Ship
ping Board twenty steel, wood and
composite vessels, totaling' 101,000
(deadweight) tons. This is the great
est number of vessels turned ov-jr
since the Shipping Board began Its
work.
I A crew of fourteen framers, two
i foremen and four* riggers in the Suo
. ple-Bullin shipbuilding yards at Port
i land. Ore., built and placed In posl
, tion from lumber In the yards clghty
nlr.c frames In forty and one-half
I hours. These frames, being double,
i were built bolted together with sixty—
| four screwbolts in each frame and :wo
I coats of carbollneum were applied bo-
I lore the bolting process.
' JANUARY 4, 1919.
AMERICA'S TASK
[From the Manufacturer's Record] ;
Millions of men have died and tnil- !
lions have suffered permanent In-.
validism to save the world's civiliza- j
tion. These men will have suffered |
and died in vain unless from their j
Cross of Agony there is born a new ,
world worthy of their heroic saeri- j
flee. '
To this great cause America must;
dedicate its utmost power of moral, j
spiritual and material forces. I
Upon the leaders in the nation s
life rests the responsibility of lead- j
ersliip in shaping this now world |
of thought and action. •
Employers must regard with deep
er concern the pay and the welfare
of employes. Patriotism, civilization,
the sacrifices made by millions of
soldiers, and even selfish interests —
all combine to demand that employ
ers shall do their utmost to pay high
wages and to bear with patience even
the unjustified complaints of unin
formed employes. They can win em
ployes to faithful service and 'o a I
larger life only by showing them j
that, forgetting the things that are ;
behind, employers will be more than j
fair to all employes.
The hardships of farm life, with j
its constant drudgery for men and
women from daybreak to long after I
dark, must be more fully appreclaied I
by the city people, and every effort j
must be made through state and na- |
I tlonal gveJaniNiug war* '-o bneff
good highways, sanitary improve
! ments and better housing conditions j
to even the poorest tenant farthers.
The national government and in- j
dividual business men must see to it |
that not a single returning soldier I
! lacks for employment. Moreover, the j
i national government should abund- |
i antly care for the families of sol- j
! diet s who died in the nation's fight,)
and for invalided men and their fam- i
Hies, it matters not how great may i
be the cost.
Cursed forever would be a nation's ,
wealth if it did not place above want
every dependent upon a soldier who
i while in service has lost his life or
! his health. The man who would op
pose this because it would mean high
taxation would be unworthy of
American citizenship.
"We must learn to take a broader
and a more kindly view of men ev
erywhere, and especially of the more
ignorant classes of foreigners who
j have never had the opportunity of
| coming into intimate touch with the
power of education and religion and
| of thorough Americanization. While
! restricting immigration, we must
| Americanize and Christianize the
• alien already here.
| The preacher, the teacher, the
j clerk, and all salaried naen, must be
' paid, as far as may be possible, sal
aries commensurate with the higher
! cost of living.
: The wealth creation of the coming
! years will be sufficient to achieve all
of these things, and in doing so to lift
all humanity to a higher plane and
! help to usher in a day of broader
hope and higher livipg than the
; world has ever known, if the people
j of America will only learn the lesson
j of sacrifice and service and duty, so
I superbly illutrated by tho soldiers
I who have died that these things
| might be achieved,
j To this great and glorious task
1 America should concentrate its ut
> most power during the New Year
i and for evermore.
I
THE LITTLE TOtyNS
Oh, littlo town in Arkansas and lit
tle town In Maine,
And little sheltered valley town and
hamlet on tho plain,
Salem, Jackson, Waukesha and
Brookvllle and Peru,
San Mateo, and Irontown, and Lake,
and Waterloo.
Little town wo smiled upon and
loved for simple ways,
! Quiet streets and garden beds and
friendly sunlit days,
Out of you the soldiers came,
I Little town of homely name.
! Young and strong and brave with
laughter
: They saw truth and followed after.
1
Little town, the birth of them
| Makes you kin to Bethlehem!
,| Little town where Jimmy Brown ran
the grocery store,
Little town where Manuel fished
along the shore,
| Where Russian Steve was carpenter,
i and sandy Pat MeQuade
.'Worked ail day in overalls at his
,1 mechanic's trade.
Where Alien Perkins practiced law,
and John, Judge Harper's son,
,i Planned a little house for two that
never shull be done—
' Little town, yen gave tlieni all,
,| Rich and poor and great and small,
i Bred them clean and straight and
■j strong,
,! Sent them forth to right the wrong.
, Little town, their glorious death
.; Makes you kin to Nazareth!
[ —Hilda Morris lu N. Y. Times.
fowtttuj (tftfat
"With the first cold snap will
come the usual newspaper reports of
fires caused by 'over-heated Hues,'"
said State Fire Marshal Howard E.
llutz. "This should not be. Dirty
chimneys and Hues are
for ninny fires. This can and show
be prevented by properly cleaning
all chimneys and tlucs at frequMC
Intervals, and if done would result
I in \he saving of thousands of dol
lars."
Mr. Butz points out St. Joseph,
Mo., as an example. This town has
the unusual municipal official known
as "chimney sweep," who goes by
that titio and is uppolntcd by the
mayor for a two-year term and who
is required to execute a bond for the
faithful performance of his duties.
These duties are "to sweep and clean
in a faithful manner, once in each
year, all chimneys within the limits
of tho city which have been in use
at least six months prior to the date
of such cleaning." Also, "whenever
he shall have knowledge of a defec
tive tiue in any building in this city, .
to report tho same without delay to
tho superintendent of buildings."
Where a defective flue is so reported,
the superintendent of buildings noti
fies tho owner, and if he fails or
| neglects to repair the defective flue
! within twenty-four hours he is liable
I to a fine of not less than twenty fior
more than one hundred dollars, each
day thereafter being a separate of
fense. It is the duty of the owner
or occupant of any building to have
tho ciiimncys and flues of such
buildings swept and cleaned and the
soot and other matter taken there
from and r'emoved from the premises
by the chimney sweep at least once
a year, and anyone who fails to do
so may be fined not loss than five
nor more than ten dollars. Tho chim
ney sweep receives from the owner
ot' the building 25 cents a chimney
l'or a one-story house, 50 cents for a
two-story house and 25 cents tor
each additional story."
. "Why cannot every city, borough,
and town in Pennsylvania adopt a
| similar method of lire prevention and
! a reduction of the useless fire
waste?" Mr. Butz, asks.
"It is interesting to note tho
growth of the' olub luncheon idea,"
said John 11. Nixon, division freight
agent of the Pennsylvania railroad,
the other day. "A few years ago it
was well nigh impossible to got.
enough men together week after!
week to hold organization luncheons
regularly. Some four or five years
ago a few of us, nil members of the
Rotary Club, got together for a
weekly luncheon. We called our
selves the Wash Day Dinner Club,
taking the name from Monday, our
day of meeting, which is also the
popular laundry day in Harrlsburg
households when good wives don't
care to see their hubbies at noon.
I There were six of us at first and we
met about in various restaurants and
hotels until finally enough Rotarians
volunteered to take us down to the
Plaza in a body. We outgrew that
diningroom and went to the Senate.
From there we moved to the Engi
neers' Club. That, also, became too
small and we went to the Elks' Club.
About that time the Y. M. C. A. show
i ed signs of having come to life and
1 General Secretary Reeves invited us
jto occupy the dining room on the
j second floor. But the attendance is
j outgrowing even that commodious
I room and we now have our eyes on
: the Penn-Harrls. And the Rotary
[ Club lucheon has been the parent of
! many others. Now we have well at
j tended Chamber of Commerce
; \unheons once a month, Ktwanis
I Club luncheons, University Club
I Luncheons, and what not. We have
become a city of noon luncheons,
! and the idea is so good that we will
j never go back to our old plan of go
| ing out and snatching a hasty bite
j alone, when we can have fellowship
I and perform public service by
I lunching in groups."
* • •
I Newport, ono of the more pro
. gressive Central Pennsylvania bor
oughs, has established an enviable
record for itself during the time that
| the United States has been at war.
Its citizens have taken leading parts
in every war work activity carried
on in Perry county and the towns
people made a record for the bor
ough of which they may well be
proud, in every ono of these drives.
Never once did they fall to attain
their quota; in each of the Liberty
Loan, Y. M. C. A., Red Cross and
other drives, the citizens oversub
scribed the quota assigned them by
handsome majorities. In the latest
campaign, the Red Croßs Christmas
Roll Call, more than 1,200 of the
citizens enrolled. With only 2,000
people in the borough, theso figures
represent a membership of sixty per
cent, of the townspeople, a record
of which any community might be
proud.
• • •
The opinions expressed regarding
any event that effects a large part
of a city's population naturally de
j pend upon the view point of the per
i sons who'formulate them. That this
I is true was evidenced yesterday re
| peatedly during the first snowfall of
I the year, when the youngsters start-
Ito gleefully utilize the sleds that
i were purchased as presents for
I Christmas. While grown ups dug out
| their rubbers, artics and boots, and
wrapped scarfs around their necks,
and wondered what was the use of
a snowstorm any way, children were
shouting excited greetings to each
other, and scurrying around look
ing for coasting hills. Every chiltf
in the city who received a sled fof
Christmas pressed his face to thp
window panes with wtde-eyei>
j anxiety during the early hours at
' the snow, and wakened yesterday
j with pleasant forebodings. It WRJJ
not long until the sidewalks anq
I streets attracted many youngster*;
| with their sleds, and staid adults b,v
j gan to take u pleasure in the tia,
j too, watching the kiddies eenai.
Soft Snap of Winter WlutaX
( New York
The fierce gales wlmtt&,
The snow storms
While safely
The winter wh<% X
It has no worrit
No cares to dart; *
Its price is promise
By Uncle Earn.
Its lot wo envy—
Without hitch
.To sleep all winder
And wake up rich.
McLandburg Wilson.
Col. Harvey Sez, Sez He
As a matter of courtesy, aftor hav
ing slept In a royal bed at Bucklng-
I ham Palace, the President will be
. expected to accord particular con
's.deration to Corsin George's recom
■ mendationa. I'brliups that was the
I idea.