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When the power of imparting joy ;
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requires no other heaven. —Shelley. J
SATURDAY, MARCH 15. DM9
STORY-TELLING AN ART I
STORY-TELLING is an art more
difficult than acting and as cap
able of just as pleasing results, i
The actor has at his back a stage j
carefully set to reflect his message ,
to the audience. The story-teller j
must make h'es own utinosphere. i
The actor is supported by colleagues
or assistants who share with him the j
effort and the strain. The story- !
teller must depend upon his own 1
personality, magnetism and ability, j
Story-telling is as old as human i
experience. The memory of man j
was for thousands of years the only
page upon which the history of the
race was recorded, and story-telling !
was the sole method of educating
the young in the customs and
achievements of their forefathers.
Thus was tradition established and
history founded. The first teacher
was a storyteller; so was the first
preacher and the first historian.
But the art has been much neglected
■ii recent years. The printed page
lias been so cheap and so easy of :
access that story-telling fell into j
disfavor until very recently it has j
been rescued from its obscurity and j
given an honorable place in the
community*
* In Harrisburg this work is being
done very effectively by the Story |
Tellers' League, which lias been go- !
ing along very quietly for a num- i
her of years but persistently and !
with so much success that finally
its members have been compliment- 1
ed by being asked to have a part ;
in the public school activities of
the city. Thfe work they have under- !
taken will be one of love and very '
arduous, it requires careful study
and much preparation. But their ]
reward will be in knowledge of i
service rendered, for story-telling j
can bo made just as attractive and i
just as effective a means of edu- j
cation as it was before it was dis- j
placed by the cut-and-dry textbook j
of which pupils see so mjrch that j
any variation in teaching that elimi- J
nates it finds immediate favor.
Tay your Income tax to-day. or your
Uncle Sam 'll git you if you don't
watch out.
AT WHAT SALARY?
THE second member of President
Wilson's cabinet to resign be
cause he couldn't live on $12,-
000 a year is to travel to Paris with
Mr. Wils.on as "general advisor and
assistant at the peace conference."
Now, we don't know just how
much money Mr. (Tregory needs to
live on. or how much more than
$12,000 he contemplated making by
his return to the practice of law,
but it must be that lie will receive
more as a member of the peace
crowd than he did as Attorney-Gen
eral or lie would as a plain everyday
lawyer. • Strange how he just re
signed and then happened to be ap
pointed to this newly-made job.
Looks as though we might begin
to see where all of this $5,000,000
expense money is going.
MR. LANSING'S SPEECH
SECRETARY LANSING'S speech
at Paris this week expresses the
sentiment of thousands of
people in America. He warns the
commission that a treaty of peace
is absolutely essential at once if
Germany is to be sayed from an
archy, which might spread to other
countries. We do not imagine Mr.
Lansing would have talked so force
fully if President Wilson had been
at hand to censor his remarks. In
deed, the Lansing address is a dis
tinct departure from the Wilsonian
policy, which has been for a League
of Nations first and a peace treaty
afterward.
The Secretary of State has sensed
public opinion and the needs lot the
moment much better than his su
perior. He realizes the necessity
of an early peace that- will enable
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SATURDAY EVENING.
the Germans to resume their trade
relations with the world and to get
the wherewith to pay for the food
and other materials they need. Mr.
Lansing holds no brief for the Hun,
but he knows that Germany In the
grip of the debt-repudiating Bol
sheviki would be neither able nor
inclined to meet any obligations
placed upon the country by the
terms of a belated peace treaty.
This is the common sense view of
the situation held also by Senator
Knox, Senator Lodge and others who
have been censured by the President
for daring to differ with him. It
will be interesting to observe Mr.
Wilson's attitude toward the Sec
retary now that he. too. has shown
a disposition to place peace before
the proposed league.
Is it possible that the Paris con
ference has been discussing the peace
treaty with the President away?
THE AUTOMOBILE SHOW
BY ALL means visit the Harris
burg automobile show which
opens to-day, not alone because
it is the biggest and best that has
ever been held here, but because of
the inspiration it will give you to
put heart and courage into your own
work or business, for the associated
automobile dealers have banked
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heavily on the future and have based j
their whole year's plans on a con
tinuation of general prosperity.
That is the secret of the great
success that has attended the efforts
of the automobile maker and mer
chant. Always he is an optimist,
glimpsing the bright side and mak
ing the most of opportunities thadj
less enterprising men have failed to
see. The whole motor vehicle trade
is founded on the principle that
business is just what the business
man makes it. The makers and;
sellers of cars have created markets |
where there wer- They have'
built up an industry from nothing in j
a few years that ranks among the i
greatest in the world. But they be- j
lieve they have only made a start
and that the immediate future holds'
big things for them. They are bas
ing their season's campaign on the'
text: "Business better than ever," j
and have set out to prove that 1919 i
is going to be a good year for every
business man who wills it so and j
acts accordingly.
That's the biggest message the j
automobile show has for the visitor, J
but in addition there is the finest
line of cars ever placed on display j
in Harrisburg. Every man hopes to,
have a car some day, and most of
us eventually will, so the show has
interest for everybody, and whether •
or not you are the proud possessor
of a machine, a prospective buyer
or a mere spectator a visit will be'
well worth while.
"Laws throttle German Navy," says
a news headline. But how a'boutl
throttling a few German naval of- i
fleers?
BARKING UP WRONG TREE'
THE TELEGRAPH has been and
is a sturdy champion of Penn- I
sylvania State College. It bo- !
lieves the institution one of the most
helpful and useful in the country.
It approves of State's efforts to keep
its activities before the people, but
when the college news editor uses
up good space in the bulletin for
which the taxpayers provide the
| money to fight the daylight savirif
law, the Telegraph takes exception.
To be sure, the objections are
raised as voicing the sentiments of
the farmers, but there are more
I townspeople in Pennsylvania than
I farmers and at least as many more
I city students as there are those from
I farms at State College, and daylight
' saving is a blessing to thousands
upon thousands of town folks with
whom the law is very popular. The
college has done a great work in the
encouragement of agriculture and
in promoting the home-garden as an
auxiliary food producer, but without
I the daylight saving law thousands
j of homegardens could not be cuiti
j vated. State's editor would do well
ito let his hands off this issue. It
| has nothing whatsoever to do with
j the promotion of State College in-
I terests and is likely to create hard
; feeling where only friendly senti
j inent now exists.
- PROBLEMS AT HOME
JUDGE WESLEY O. HOWARD.of
New York: "Will nobody give
heed to America? Must the
tangles of Europe absorb all our
attention? Is the United States to
become only a province of the lea
gue of nations? Are we to sur
render our sovereignty? While the
American people are groaning un
der confiscatory taxes, taxes which
stagger their credulity and stifle
their breath, are yet bigger taxes
to be laid upon them to rehabilitate
Europe? Are we to continue to
fight In the snows of Archangel and
the deserts of Arabia to 'make the
world safe for democracy?' Are the
unemployed Yankee soldiers to roam
through the streets of America while
abstract bureaus of labor are or
ganized In Europe? Are the desert-
Ed farming districts of New York
and New England to go undeveloped
while millions aro spent In exercis
ing our 'mandatory' functions In dis
tant lands? Aro we to devote our
onergles to a system of 'tutolage' In
the South Sea Islands while Bolehe
vlsm lurks In the substrata of Amer
ican society, and discontent prowls
In the byways and alleys V'
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LBy the £x-Committeeman )
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The State Commission of Agricul
ture, the State Eoard of Agriculture
and the State lave Stock Sanitary
Board will disappear from the
scheme of Pennsylvania's branch of
1 government devoted to farming and
allied industries under the terms of
the bill drawn by Secretary of Agri- j
culture Frederick Rasmussen to re-;
organize the department in line with j
the ideas of Governor William C.'
Sproul for greater usefulness and j
efficiency. The measure will be pre
sented in the Senate Monday night
by Senator E. E. Jones, chairman
of the Committee on Agriculture, as
an administration measure.
According to an outline of the bill
issued from the Governor's office I
! the measure would re-establish the
| Department along the lines of the
'United States Department of Agri
culture. Six bureaus will be created
| —Animal industry, plant industry,
I foods, markets, statistics and cheni
! istry. All authority will be central
ized in the Secretary of Agriculture
to whom chiefs of bureaus will be
subordinate so that there will be
nothing like what occurred the last
three years in the matter of changes
in heads of .bureaus and friction over
policies. The secretary will also
direct the farmers institutes which
will be conducted more along the
line of community gatherings for in
terchange of views instead of mono
logues by State lecturers, economic j
studies ar.d special work and arrange I
for co-operation with State College,
the county farm bureaus and the
Federal government, all of which
have been running largely on their
own plans without much regard for
what the State has been doing. The
Farm Bureau managers, the Stath
Granges and various other organiza
tions will Ke asked to assist in the
farmers institutes. The problem of
co-ordination with the Health De
partment on dairy and milk inspec
tion are apparently left to future
agreement tinde - the Governor's |
plan to get rid of overlapping. In
all probability the farm advisors will I
be linked up with State College and!
fr.rni bureau workers so that one
set of men wilt co> tr a district. j
—ln a statement issued on the bill
Governor Sproul says:
"The State Department of
Agriculture represents the great
est of all industries in the State,
the total value of the products
of the farm last year reaching
approximately J600.000.000. Ef
ficiency in agriculture is import
ant not only to the farmers and
to business in general, but is
necessary to provide sufficient
food at a reasonable cost to the
of the State. Really,
what has been done is placing
the department on a business
basis, centralizing the adminis
tration of the department and
making the secretary respon
sible: also we desired to give
the Department of Agriculture
a standing at the capital worthy
of the great agricultural inter
ests of the State. We know in
doing so we are only meeting the
wishes of the people.
—Secretary Rasmussen in com
menting on the abolition of the
commission says:
"It is the belief that the ad
vice and counsel of the recog
nieed agricultural and business |
organizations ip the State, each
organization familiar with its
particular work, is to be more
effective in solving the agricul
tural problems of the State than
an appointed commission."
—The abolition of the Commission
and Board of Agriculture have been
i forecast. The Board dates from
18T9 and it is contended by some
that it really ceased to exist in 1895
when the department was created.
It consisted of sixty-four members
who met here once a year for hear
| ing of routine reports. It cost J2500
• a year and each county was sup
] posed to have a member, the Gov
! ernor naming some, while various
j organizations had representatives.
| The Animal Industry Bureau will
! take over the Live Stock Sanitary
; Board and enforce the dog license
law. The plant, industry bureau
i will succeed" the zoology division,
i The food bureau will fail heir
!to the Dairy and Food Division
I which is not to be cut loose from
; the department and put under the
| Health Department just yet. Other
| bureaus Temain as they are with
; other power. The division of far-
I mers institutes and the fertilizer
and other control will be run from
the office of the secretary who will
also have power to call advisors.
—The appropriation asked for the
department is $1,319,500, an in
crease of $404,500.
LABOR NOTES
Canada is to have an employment
service council.
South Jersey glassblowers are now
working on half time.
Of the 150,000 miners in the Sil
esia district in Germany, over "0,000
j are idle.
i There are still approximately 130,-
: 000 people employed in clerical work
relating to the war in England.
None of the present strikes in
Eng'and have been authorized by
the executive of the unions involved.
The Mlnets' Union has lost thou
sands of members through their
drifting into other industries.
German Metal Workers, Federation
and the general commission of the
German Free Trade Unions recently
submitted to the Imperial govern
ment a petition requesting compensa
tion for the male and female workers
temporarily idle owing to lack of
coal.
Altogether there are 1974 local
branches in Canada, 1702 comprising
members affiliated with International
organizations. 244 with 32,343 mem
bers being connected with nonlnterna
tional bodies and 2? with 7391 mem
bers being independent units.
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"Adding the Final Honor"
[Maude Radford Warren in the Sat
urday Kvening Post.]
A first class private with two
wound stripes which he removed
before the advance so that the Ger
mans would not discover that they
had done anything to him took it
upon himself one day to interpret the
psychology of General Pershing in ,
regard to choosing the divisions for j
the occupation.
"For invself," the private said, "I i
want tout suite to get to home and j
mother. Why, say, 1 want to get '
there before a returning soldier is an i
old story. We don't want the fellows j
that have been in the S. O. S. to get I
there first and have all the best lies j
picked out to tell.
"Believe me, the men that have
been over the longest ought to get
home while folks still remember, that
there was a war. Gosh, 1 don't want
to bump into someone on the main |
street that 1 haven't seen for a year
and a half and have her say, "Why,
where you been?"
,"1 figure this was why the best
divisions got picked, and this is how ■
General Rershlng figured he'd better
put it to us. He thought: "I've got
to send the best troops I have to
Germany so that if the Germans try
to start anything they'll stop it be
fore tlie.v start. I've got to have the
fellows that have seen the most and
best service, but these guys want to
go home. Now when people are out
of luck, poor or sick, or something, j
they're always told for consolation i
that in the next world they'll get all 1
that's coming to them, if not more. |
It would be a good stunt for me to
ofTer compensation to the doughboys.
I'll tell them the greatest honor that !
can be conferred on the troops is i
to send them to Germany to occupy
\he territory of the enemy they have
so bravely conquered. It will be
the great finish to their achieve
ment. It will complete their experi
ence over here. They shall not be
deprived of the honor'." .
Creating Niagara Falls
[From the New York Sun.]
The project for control and storage
of the waters of the Colorado where i
that river roars through the Grand |
Canyon had its origin with a woman j
Mrs. H. W. R. Strong of California, i
She points out three largo economic |
values in her plan: it provides for,
prevention of the "inconceivable i
money damage" done by the annual
floods of the river, the use of the con
trolled water for irrigating deserts,
"\yhich will grow anything," and the
enormous hydro-electric energy which
could be developed from "a succes- j
I sion of Niagara Falls" to be created
Iby her plan. Then she adds this
thought:
"The blasted rock is ready for the
builder without cost of transporta
tion. The dams will be narrow and
high, tied to granite siues. The sur
face of the river being raised to the
top of the dams, it becomes a mov
ing. living stream, life giving, and the
project, when completed the cntiie
length tft the canyon, would be more
thai, the eighth wonder of the world,
IV; miles of river from 2".0 to 1,000
feet deep, interspersed with water
falls Tit'Jt the scenic va'ua of the
canyon would he greatly increased."
No mere man engineer could be
more practical than Mrs. Strong when
she is talking economics. But would
any man have thought of foreclosing
objections by societies for the preser
vation of scenic beauties? She had
them on her list of obstacles, and dis
played feminine wit in dealing with
them before they could deal with her,
and showed woman's artistic touch at
the same time.
"Freak Dances Won't Last"
[Raymond A. Eaton in the Rocky
Mountain News]
Pancaag was never as popular as
it is today according to Denver danc
ing Instructors, and the ending of
the war and consequently the lifting
of a load of worry from the shoulders
of the people is held largely re
sponsible for the increased popular
ity. •
The freak dances won't last long,
in the minds of the instructors. Mrs.
William Warren Hayden says, "a few
foolish young people will take up a
crazy dance for a while, but it can't
last." and she added that there was
slight danger of any of the freak
dances remaining long in any of the
schools or public dancing academies
or in society.
The one-step, waltz and fox trot
promise to hold the boards for many
years to come, for they have perfect
rhythm, and only, dances with perfect
rhythm can survive, in tiie opinion
of authorities.
Music is held by instructors to be
largely responsible for dancing, and
they say the fox trot has been kept
alive by the pretty music yritten,
and here's something maybe you
didn't know: Music, not the dancing
masters, created the fox trot that
Is, the foxtrot was originated to fit
music.
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The American Soldier Reads
[From the Christian Sceince Moni
tor]
NOT only docs the Amerfcan sol
dier, as a rule, read hooks, when
he can get at them, but he reads
books that are commonly accounted
good. Notwithstanding the 3.500:000 j
volumes at their disposal, camp librar
ians of the American Library Asso- J
elation are testifying that they have :
never been able to supply the demand I
for poetry, especially American and j
modern poetry generally. Among the |
soldiers of the United States, at home i
and overseas. American books and i
American authors were the most popu
lar. In fiction, stories of the American .
West, well filled with action, were the j
most popular. During the progress of ■
the war there was always a large and
constant demand for military works,
but this demand ceased the minute the |
armistice was signed, a circumstance
characteristic of their country, which
has little use for militarism before or I
afterward.
It is really not to the point now. 1
however, what books they read, or
what particular k.ml of books they pre
ferred ; what is interesting is that
these apparently rather careless fel
lows were fond of reading. Since the i
shelves from which they were in the
main forced to draw were supplied by
the American Library Association, an
organization .deserving o'f wider recog
nition and warmer appreciation than it
has thus far received, they could not
liavo gone very far astray, even if they
were disposed to choose thoughtlessly,
and they were not. Observation rang
j ing over many months, and applied to
I nearly all divisions, lias convinced at
| tendants that the average United
States soldier lias a natural taste for
j literature of the better class. He is
j fond of books written in the lighter
! vein, but as already indicated, he is
partial to poetry, while a well-told
story, short or long, is certain to en
list a share of his attention. But
during the war he lias been a student as
! well as a reader, and European history,
; politics, and geography have taken up a
i large part of whatever leisure time he
l has had for the library reading room,
j When the armistice was signed the
' American Library Asseoiation had 2,-
| 407 libraries in operation in the Uni
l ted States and France. Forty-three of
these were full-sized libraries in build
ings dedicated to their use in the can
tonments and larger military reserva
tions in the United States, each con
taining about 25,000 volumes, while
143 were in hospitals, 315 of the lessor
size in the smaller camps, and 406
Something For Nothing
Naively admitting that he is a para
site and demanding on these grounds of
high morality and logic the support pf
the state. Grand Duke Freldricb Au
gust of Oldenburg, dethroned by n re
cent revolution, presents a financial
claim to the Diet—Oldenburg's parli
ament. He demands an annual allow
ance of one hundred and fifty thou
sand marks for the grand ducal family
over a period of fifty years.
•That such a demand may receive
serious, even respectful, attention from
a body of lawmakers Instead of being
laughed out of court is a keener com
mentary on the psychology of German
political concepts than the most accom
plished satirist could hope to Invent.
In America we would consider it
thus: And incompetent old public ser
vant, cast out of office because of his
dishonesty, inefficiency and stupid arro
gance, wants his pay to go on neverthe
less. He does not pretend to be of use
any longer, even as figuriiead, yet he
haughtily demands that his former em
ployers continue to support him and
his relatives in luxury.—From the San
Francisco Bulletin.
v
Saw First Whites in West
Tom-O-Wah-Teet, who remembered
the first coming of the white man to
the Klickitat Valley. Washington state,
has gone to the happy hunting grounds
at the age of at least 110. He was
known and liked by every one in the
i region, and would tell vividly of the
events of days when white people In
vaded the territory of the Yaklmas and
Klickltats.
He was present at the Council of
Walla Walla Plains ir. 1855, and was
a warrior under Kamiakin in the Yaki
ma Indian War that followed.
He took part in the Block House
battle and massacre of white settlers
;at the Cascades, where Lieut. Philip
H. Sheridan was In command of the
troops seht from Fort Vancouver to de
fend the garrison.
After the revolt was crushed, Tom-o-
Wah-Teet was always friendly to the
, whites, and his many services were
repaid, for since he became nearly blind
about five years ago and could no
longer support himself and his aged
squaw by working on farms, those he
once aided had looked after his wants.
—From the Detroit News.
were branches established in naval sta
tions and on board ships. The libraries
had a personnel of 243 librarians serv- |
ing in the main libraries and larger j
branches. The books available for the I
service would ordinarily supply ten '
libraries of 150,000 book capacity, and !
fifty of 10,000 book capacity 'each. j
The lighting being over, there has!
recently been some discussion in the |
American Library Association over the I
ultimate disposition of its great stock j
of books, and a plan which has evi- j
dently met with approval in the man- i
agement is that of distributing the 3,- j
500,000 volumes among the smaller and
more remote communities of the Uni
ted States that still have no public
libraries, or public libraries that are
scantily supplied. In the midst of this
discussion, however, came a cable mes
sage from Dr. Herbert I'utnafn, librar
ian of the Library of Congress, who is
now in France in charge of the library
work of the American Army, saying, in I
substance, that 1,000,000 juore books !
of a miscellaneous cnaraeter, for the
use of the American expeditionary force j
during the next six months, were urg
ently needed.
The fact seems to be that the sol
diers still remaining overseas have ex
hausted their book supply, or are likely
soon to exhaust it. The United States
1 Government and people will, of course, !
take pride as well as pleasure in replen
ishing and freshening the shelves of
the army libraries. The sudden and al
most imperative call for books confirms
what has heretofore been said con
cerning the American soldier's bent to
ward reading and study, and this will
be most satisfying to the nation. Men
who read, study, and think, as do
i American citizens, as a rule, whether in
civilian clothes or in uniforms, are
i likely to disappoint those who have
been counting upon sowing seeds of dis
| content and mischief,
j Librarians in the war camps say that
. the need of libraries in all towns and
| neighborhoods in the United States
! will be more acutely felt henceforth
[ than in the past. The men returned
; from the army, when scattered over
j the land, will, it is held, wish to con
l linue their reading, and will be rest
1' less if denied the opportunity. Conse
quently, although it may he necessary
to postpone the book distribution"
I scheme tentatively decided upon by the
j American Library Association, the plan
I Should be Kepf well in view, subject
i only to the amplification as may be
i r cessary to meet all the requirements
jof the case.
The returned American soldier who
likes to read should be afforded the
I opportunity always.
Xew Diplomacy Concrete
Diplomacy before this has con
sisted in a nation's getting what it
wanted out of other nations, no mat- j
ter how other nations were going
to feel about it in the next hundred
years. The general idea of diplom
acy was to get something out of a
nation which the nation would be
sorry afterward that it let you have.
Diplomats were proud when they
did this. The idea of what consti
tutes* a gift for diplomacy now is
precisely the opposite. We see now
all diplomacy that proposes to con
duct world peace as a kind of ele
gant horse trading between nations
being brought to a stop full head-on
before all men's eyes.
The new diplomacy seeks to pick
out something concrete, dramatic
and revealing for a nation to do to
other nations, something revealing
for a nation to say to other nations,
which the other nations will like
better from day to day and from
year to year and will be gladder
of the longer they have had it.—
Gerald Stanley Deo In the Saturday
Evening Post.
Too Late
Opportunity often knocks at the
door when it is too late. Here is a
New York man who is said to have
just received a patent for a perfect
corkscrew. Rochester Post-Ex
press.
Just Like Staff Officer
General' Head
-0 quarters insignia
is a cfrcle two and
one-half inches in
diameter, divided
into three croys
stripes of equal
width, and red,
from top to bot
white and blue
torn. Its material is grosgrain rib
bon. The idea underlying it is said
to. have been derived from the red,
white and blue-striped arrhband
worn by staff officers when visiting
the front.
MARCH 15, 1919.
Wings Old and New
"Come, darling, lets put on the wings
of a dove.
And fly to the orb-studded regions
of love:
Where the sun-setting'splendor shall
shine on our bliss.
And we'll honor each star as we
pass with a kiss.
On, on, o'er the shadow-flecked plains
of the night.
We shall glide like the fleet-footed
heralds of light:
Till the morn from the darkness has
set itself free.
When we'll land on the shore of
some roseate sea."
So the poet of yore used to spin out
his rhyme,
Made his lovers disport through the
airlanes of time.
Though he knew that <hey could not
use wings of a dove.
He depicted the lightning-like flight
of their love.
But the lines of the present-day poet
forsooth,
Can to squared with the facts of our
tip-to-date truth.
So he sends valiant Paul to his ardent
j oung May,
And makes him, with perfect consist
ency say:
"Come, kiddo. I've tested eacli part of
rny plane;
It's motor is tuned to stand any old
strain.
So, get on your duds, and we'll fly
through that cloud.
And kiss In Its depths while we're hid
from • the crowd.
We'll do a few loops, cut a spiral and
dip.
And over the top of yon mountain!
we'll skip.
Then we'll plane home in time—if 1 j
have enough gas-
To dress for a table d'hote dinner, |
my lass."
By HOWARD MARKLH HO'.vE of
Harrisburg.
Fable of the Turkey Egg
An old farmer and his son were at j
work in the field near the roadside i
when his son discovered a dead tur
i key, which probably was discarded
by another farmer who was on his
I way to the market. Both were curi
ous to learn the cause of its death.
They brought the.turkey to the barn,
dissected the fowl's body and ob
tained an egg. Th e boy set the egg
and the result was a tine turkey
gobbler that was sold the next sum
mer for $5.00. With this money the
boy purchased a pig. The next sum
mer th e young capitalist sold his
sow and eight pigs for $5O. He then
t bought two thoroughbred heifers,
j The ensuing fall he had two milch
i cows and calves which he sold for
$2OO. His final investment was in
two one-year old filly colts.
After a lapse of five years the lad
was the custodian of two good mares
j and $l,OOO in gold which he procured
in the sale of their colts. And today
this farmer's son in studying agri
culture and animal husbandry in a
State University as the result of one
turkey egg.—The Thrift Magazine.
i Blue Worn By Roman Navy
The blue color so prominent in the
uniforms of almost all sailers Is of
ancient origin. Vegetins, in his fifth
book on military affairs of the Romans,
traces the origin or this color to the
Veneti, an ancient people dwelling near
the coast of Biscay, and well versed in
seamanship. It was customary among
them to paint their outgoing ships, as
well as the masts and sails, a blue
color; also their soldiers and sailors
wore blue uniforms.
According to this author, the Latin
! voril "Venetus," wh'cli was both the
j name of the color and that of the peo
ple, points to its origin. Frcm tho
Veneti the custom was adopted by the
I Romans. Thus the son of Pompelus,
J after defeating Caesar's fleet in a naval
battle., wore the navy blue, although
entitled to the purple,—From tho De
troit News.
New to Paderewski
When Jack London first met Pad
erewski ho said:
"Mr. Paderewski, my performance
on a piano on one occasion was tho
means of saving my life."
"How so?" inquired the master of
the keys, politely.
"It was this way. Father owned a
plantation on the Mississippi. There
was a flood. The water broke through
the levee and tore the house from its
foundations.
"Father floated off down stream on
the dining room table. I accompanied
him on the piano."—Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
Ebetttttg (Eljat
Judging from the activity in the
yards of the sand and coal fleets
along the Susquehanna river in this
city and vicinity there is a busy sea
son in prospect for the rlvermea
and industries which have grown
up in river products bid fair to emt
ploy many men. It is just about
twenty years since the ilrst river
coal was dredged from tho bed of
the river in any quantity near this
city and now thousands of dollars
arc invested in steamers, dredge®,
flatboats and wharf machinery with
in ten miles of the State Capitol, tho
"coal tleids" being between Kockville
"falls" and Middletown, where tho
"rapids" begin. Scores of flats aro
being overhauled and a number of
new ones being constructed, while a
score or more of steamers and dred
ges aro being overhauled. The river
men say that while there will be an
immense quantity of coal taken out
owing to tho periods of high water
which have brought down many
tons, there is some uncertainty about
what the prices will be and they
are preparing to meet the demand
for sand and stone for the exten
sive bguilding operations projected
lor Harrisburg and vicinity. Some
of the firms will devote their time to
sand and stone and wait develop
ments in tlie matter of coal. The
State Capitol, city water plant and
various public utility and manufac
turing concerns which have been
.depending largely on river coal for
their steam supply of late years,
stocked up last fall in anticipation
of another hard winter and there
are impressive coal piles to he seen in
many parts of Harrisbuurg, attest
ing to tlie foresight of their owners
and tlie mildness of the weather con
ditions. The demand for sand and
stone is already commencing and
bids fair to be heavy as the quarries
hereabouts are commencing work on
stone supplies for State road con
struction and maintenance which is
expected to make a big business.
• •
The fact that tho State Game
Commission has been able to get
from Mexican highlands over 120b
quail with loss of but one bird is
being pointed to with considerable
pride by men connected with the
Commission as evidence that tho
State plan works notwithstanding
some ideas to the contrary lrcld by
| federal otfleials. Tho State authori
ties have always asserted that the
right time to import quail was when
weather and food conditions were in
accord with the country whence the
| birds came. The quail are being dis
] tributed in southeastern and soutli-
I western counties by the wardens,
j Tho plan is to get approximately
10,000 quail and ship them direct
I to the wardens who are to distribute
] them, if this is carried out sue
i cess fully it will bo a big feather in
j the cap of lite Commission which
will be able to demonstrate that
it can i xpetul the hunters' license
j money to advantage. This proposi
! tion was one of those most debated
at the joint conference on game
and lish bills held by the legislative
I committees a few days ago. Tho
' Commission has also been very sue
j cessfnl in co-operation with wardens
j in distributing young pheasants. The
deer imported from North Carolina,
. New York and Michigan are also
doing well.
• • •
Between weather conditions and
. the closing of tlie period in which
to make income tax returns this
was an unpleasant day for many
liarrisburgers. The Federal building
was besieged by people who wanted
to know to whom to make payment
and some belated souls wanted to
knlhv how to make out reports. The
men at the stamp window were kept
busy answering questions as to where
i to iind the income tax men.
♦
Strenuous days are in store not
only for tlie unlicensed dog, but for
I the'constables of the State who fail
to enforce the dog license code. Tho
I I State authorities have decided that
j there shall not be any amendments
! to the dog liconse code of lfll" and
! that all that it needs is a stiffening
, up of County Commissioners and
I through thorn the constables aro
! required to kill unlicensed dogs.
• I Several bills are in hand to provide
j changes ill the laws, including that
f damage done shall lie assessed
i against owners and that unlicensed
animals shall be reported and own
ers penalised. They aro not very
highly regarded.
, ! According to reports which have
I been gathered by tlie Department
a I there have been a number of count
- Ics where tlie number of animals
i licensed was low and the prosecu
tions very few. The constables in
s Allegheny and I,uzerne counties were
- the busiest judging from the fees col
lected for shooting dogs, home of
the agricultural counties do not seem
'• to have enforced the license law or
- shot the dogs- ■
I \ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE 1
e Judge S. F. Channel, of Tioga
" county, has been spending several
s weeks in Florida.
a j.- f stotesbury is home from
his annual winter trip to southern
states..
r col. Edward Martin, cotnmie
i sionor of health, has been attending
tlie industrial physicians conference
II | in Pittsburgh.
s —Chairman W. D. B. Ainey, o(
11 the Public Service Commission,
snoke on tlie Pennsylvania law at
- the American Electric Railway Gen
ii ference in New York yesterday.
e —Chairman Harry A. Mackey, of
the State Compensation board, made
an address in Pittsburgh this week
on the system developed for com
/ pensation in this State.
I r DO YOU KNOW
i. — ~ — ~~~~~
e That Harrisburg meats are be
r
n ing sent to the army of occupation!
s HISTORIC HARRISBURG
e . Indian chiefs used to hold coun
cils here twice a year until well
n along toward the Revolution.
The Zoo
B A pair of double eagles with
Their wings and talons clipped,
II Vnd every feather from their tougl
11 And scrawny bodies stripped;
A draggled turkey that no more
Will swell and strut about
Because one eye Is closed for goo<
And all his tail is out.
I- A bear that drags a broken chain
And packs an ancient trap
e And leaves a trail of blood and ful
o Behind him on the map;
And goats for which Rumania
'f Is seeking pastures new.
Lo! willy nilly. Uncle Sam
a Is keeper of a zoo.
e —MINNA IRVING,
h
PEACE
ll Knicker—The round robin was
a success.
Bocker —Now for a round dove.