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SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1919
i
Come, ye blessed of my Father, In
herit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world:
For inasmuch as ye have done
t '
it unto one of the least of these my
brethren, ye have done if unto me.—
. Matt. A'AV. 34. 40.
WHO IS TO BLAME?
WHY was the police department
pulmotor out of order when
it was needed to save life the
| other evening? Why is this valu-
I able instrument permitted to be out
of commission any length of time?
Whose neglect is this?
There arc times when- life and
death are in the balance, with death
the winner if the pulmotor is not
in working condition. Whoever is
at fault in this matter should be
severely punished as an example for
others.
BAND CONCERTS
GOVERNOR SPROUL HAVING
signed the bill permitting pub
lic band concerts in- third-class
cities, of which Harrisburg is one,
at the expense of the city govern
ment, why not hold the first such
concert In this city? Some council-
Iman could make himself popular
with hundreds of people by looking
, about in the contingent fun-ds for
sufficient money to try out the plan
this summer.
Band concerts have been held in
other years by private subscription
and by the generosity of band mem
bers who occasion-ally donated their
services. But there was never any
more reason for band programs in
the parks at private expense than
for golf courses or tennis courts
to be kept up in that way. Yet
while the city always bears the ex
pense of maintaining warm weather
amusements for those who en-joy
sport, it has not had the power to
pay for band concerts that would
provide entertainment not for the
limited few, but for the great mass
of men and women who love music,
but for one reason or other do not
care for or canr.-ot indulge in out
; door activities. It is high time the
city government provided something
for these.
THE SUFFRAGE VOTE
riY HE approval of the suffrage
constitutional amendment reso
lution- by the United States
Senate is not surprising. Most of
the Republicans who now control
the upper branch of Congress went
to Washington pledged to it and
there were many Democrats sim
ilarly inclir.-ed.
Within two years every woman in
the United States will have tho vote,
for, with twenty-eight States already
enjoying full suffrage and great
States like Pennsylvania lined up for
it as an administration policy, it is
not difficult to foresee that the
I amendment will be approved even
more promptly than that provided
for by the prohibition resolution.
The extension of the voting privil
lege to women is ir.- line with public
thought and sentiment. It is only
fair that women should have the
vote, but suffrage will not bring
about the immediate and great re
forms that have been promised by
Its advocates. It will double the size
of the vote and of election expenses,
with very small change ir.- general
results, If recent election returns In
suffrage states indicate the trend.
But added expense must not be con
sidered when the rights of individ
uals are at stake, and the States will
take small account of this item when
they vote to approve.
FOOD FOR THE WORLD 1
TT ERBERT C. HOOVER has Is-
JH sued a statement at Paris to
y the effect that a sufficient sur
i plus of food is indicated from the
• coming harvest to supply Europe <
. ; and meet tho needs of the world ;
j unless some unexpected catastrophe
t happens to the world's harvests.
Meantime, official statements have
been issued from the War Depart- ]
SATURDAY EVENING, HAHRKBURQ TE3LEGRJLPH! JUNE 7, 1919.
ment to the effect that enormous
quantities of foodstuffs, the surplus
of supplies prepared for shipment to
our armies in France, and which are
now stored in the great warehouses
built for the war emergency, are to
be sold under conditions which will
avoid undue disturbance of normal
markets.
j If the coming harvest promises
sufficient food to supply Europe
there would seem to be some relief
. in sight from the high cost of living
• in view of the disposal of the ex
cess supplies now waiting distribu
tion in the numerous warehouses of
the government throughout the
country. A few items on the govern
ment list will serve to illustrate how
enormous is the quantity of things
to eat and now available for imme
diate sale. These include 38,000,000
pounds of roast beef in cans, 36,-
000,000 pounds of corn beef in cans,
20,000,000 pounds of corn beef hash
in cans, many thousands of boxes of
prunes, 2,493,000 pounds of bacon
in largo crates and 45,000,000
pounds in cans.
And that is not all—tons and tons
of other foodstuffs intended for the
army await sale and distribution
among the people. So, with the gen
erous harvests ahead and the moun
tains of good eats already stored the
world is not likely to go hungry dur
ing the coming year.
SEND HIM A TELEGRAM
SEND Congressman Kreider a
telegram protesting against the
effort now before Congress to kill
t the daylight saving law. Send it at
once. Unless everybody who wants
this extra hour a day gets in touch
with his representatives at Washing
ton the farmers and the coal, gas
and electric companies will take this
blessing away from the townspeople
to which it means so much.
And follow this telegram with j
another to Senator Penrose, and still j
another to Senator Knox. Make j
these men feel that you are really |
in earnest about this. Unless the '
people of America bestir themselves ]
we shall have to go back to the 1
old system, which means the failure !
of thousands of home gardens and :
loss of recreation time for working- j
men who enjoy their evenings in the !
open.
RIGHT, MR. M'ADOO
MR. MCADOO, speaking before
a meeting in New York this
week, said that if the poor,
ignorant wretches who fired the
bombs during the recent anarchist
outbreak had been Boy Scouts in
their youth they never would have
been bombers.
Unquestionably that is true. The
Boy Scout is educated in the school
of patriotism. His whole outlook
on life is clean, optimistic and un
selfish. It is a matter of public
record that no Boy Scout ever was
convicted of crime, either during his
membership in the organization or
in after years. That is because he j
is taught to "Do a god deed daily,"
and the boy or man who practices
that creed will not harbor thoughts
of crime in his heart.
THE ACADEMY GROWS
GROWTH of the Harrisburg!
Academy is indicated by the!
increased number of its grad- '
uatcs this year. Tho school, one of:
the oldest ill the State and number
ing among the students who have!
passed through its classes many of:
the noted men of the Common-1
wealth and some who have made'
names for themselves the world!
around, is just coming Into its own. I
The new and commodious quarters, I
the pleasant site along the Susque
hanna, with its spacious grounds and
opportunity for enlargement, together I
with the constant efforts of Dr.>
Browne to make the institution a!
model of its kind, all combine to I
make the Academy popular with |
parents and students alike.
The school has had a remarkable
development since it moved from its
old quarters on Front street to the
new location, but the next few years
will see it moving forward much
more rapidly than it has during the
past five or six if it continues as it
has been during that period. The
town is growing rapidly and the
fame of the school is such that it
will draw an ever-increasing number
of students from outside Harrisburg
and vicinity. The trustees will have
to be looking about shortly for ineans
of financing the erection of more
buildings and the enlargement of the
school's facilities.
A KINDLY ACT, INDEED
IT IS indeed a kindly act which the
members and officers of the Har
risburg Y. M. C. A. mean to per
form for their general secretary,
Robert W. Reeves, by raising $lO,OOO
during his absence on sick leave so
that he may have no more financial
worries for the comirrg fiscal year.
Mr. Reeves worked very hard dur
ing last year, serving in both the war
camps and at home, and an attack of
influenza found him in a weakened
condition and left him unable to re
gain his strength. His enforced ab
sence at this time, in an effort to re
cuperate, has given his co-workers
and supporters opportunity to show
their appreciation for his services by
raising an amount of money suffi
cient to see both the Harrisburg "Y"
and its branch, tho Pennsylvania
Railroad Association, out of debt for
the coming fiscal year.
Mr. Reeves has rejuvenated the
local Y. M. C. A. It was an utterly
J dead place when he came to It. Now
iit is the liveliest men's and boys'
i club in the city and is planning to
j do a much larger and better work
than ever. But, like all active asso
ciations, it must have help from tbe
outside. Every year the public will
be asked to give, in decreasing
amounts as the receipts of the asso
ciation advance with its member
ship, but always some thousands of
dollars at least. The money is in
vested in better boyhood and man
hood for Harrisburg. There ought
to be no difficulty in getting tho
needed sum, which is considerably
less than last year.
II
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By the Ex-Committee man
More legislative bills have become
laws thus far in the session of the
Pennsylvania General Assembly of
1919 as compared with the same
day in the session of 1917, accord
ing to the official records at the
| Capitol, but this year there have been
I fewer votes due, probably, to the
| numerous recalls of bills from the
Governor after they have passed the
Legislature.
On June 6, 1917, there had been
approved 186 general acts and 29
appropriations with 54 vetoes an-1
nounced. Yesterday there had been!
199 ucts approved and 36 appropria
tion bills. The latter were nearly all
measures to take care of deficien
cies arising in the State government
through war conditions and lack of
funds.
The veto record at this'time last
session was 54 against 29 this ses
sion. However, there have been 83
bills recalled from the Governor this
year, breaking all records in that
line.
—The House appropriations com
mittee plans to complete work on re
vision of the general appropriation
bill by next Wednesday and confer
ences with heads of departments on
reductions in the estimates handed
to the committee which have been
in progress most of the week were
continued to-day. The committee is
seeking to cut $4,000,000 from the
$42,000,000 figure at which the bill
totalled when the compilation was
completed and wholesale cuts have
had to be made. The departments
not reached thus far will be taken up
Monday and Tuesday. All bills on
the calendars carrying any appro
priations have been checked up and
a number which had not been in the
committee have been recommitted
for consideration.
—The committee is working with
Governor Sproul so that the bill will
go to him With much less necessity
for further changes.
—The Dithrich "separate suit" bill
has been amended in the Senate com
mittee on judiciary general so that
any person having a right of action
against two or more persons or cor
porations arising out of death or in
jury caused by negligence to bring
separate actions to provide that they
may be brought "regardless of
whether one corporation #s owned
or controlled by the other or oth
ers" and also providing for payment
of the verdict by election in writing
by the plaintiff. Another provision
is that in case the injury, damage or
death "be found to have resulted
from the concurring but not con
certed action of several persons or
corporations the defendant that is
obliged to pay such judgment (under
the election clause) shall have a
right of action against any and all
such other persons or corporations
whose concurrent negligence may
be found to have been a contribut
ing cause." The master and ser
vant relationship has been stricken
out.
—Bar associations will be able to
ask courts for subpenas for witnesses j
in inquiries into conduct of mem
bers of the bar under terms of the!
Stadtlander bill just approved by|
Governor William C. Sproul and now]
in effect. This measure, which was
drafted by the members of the Alle
gheny Bar Association, is designed to
facilitate investigations, such organi
zations having been unable to com
pel attendance of witnesses when
probes were under way. The pro
visions of the bill authorize the com
mon pleas courts to issue subpenas
for attendance of witnesses and pro
duction of books and papers before
authorized committees of associa
tions investigating professional con
duct. Testimony given in such in
quiries, however, may not be used
in any criminal proceeding except for
perjury.
Third class cities of the State have
been relieved from an embarrassing
situation by approval of the Allum
bill authorizing such cities to make
appropriations for municipal band
concerts. In a number of cities
there have been a demand for such
concerts and the only way to hold
them was subscriptions. Now ordi
nances making appropriations can
be voted and the first form of en
tertainment outside of parks and
bathing facilities is facilitated. The
approval of the Smith Senate bill
gives third class cities right to either
contract for collection and disposal
of garbage and ashes or to do the
work themselves as municipal en
terprises. The third class city code
did not provide such authority.
—The Pittsburgh Dispatch and
other western newspapers have been
busy presenting Senator P. C. Knox
as a possible candidate for the Re
publ'.cen nomination.
—The vacancy in the Allegheny
county orphans' court is already
being much talked about. There
have been a number of names sug
gested to the Governor for Judge
Over's successor.
—"I wish to goodness I knew the
way to solve the mine cave prob
lem." said Governor Spt-oul when
asked about it. "Unity of purpose
and decision in Scranton would be
most helpful."
—lndication;, are that there will
be a fresh fight over the Philadel
phia charter bill on Monday night
and that it will go back to second
reading for amendments in accord
with what the Governor thinks it
shculri be."
—Attorney General W. I. SchafTer,
in speaking of the administration's
stand upon the charter bill, said;
"The charter revisionists were warn
ed that their bill was not in proper
shape. They refused to consider
amendments as suggested and there
was nothing left for the administra
tion to do but to serve notice that
the present bill is not accepable. It
would be a most serious matter for
a city like Philadelphia, one of the
greatest in the world, to find itself
with a charter that did not provide
prone- conditions. I believe the bill
con be amended so that it will be
workable, but I will not recommend
it as at present"
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The Road to Health
If you would live to a ripe old
age and keep the doctor away fol
low the advice of the United States
Public Health Service.
Ventilate every room you occupy.
AVear loose, porous clothing suit
ed to the season, weather and occu
pation.
If you are an indoor worker be
sure to get recreation outdoors.
Sleep in freuh air always; in the
I open if you can.
Hold a handkerchief before your
nose and mouth when you cough or
sneeze and insist that others do so,
too.
Always wash the hands before
eating.
Do not overeat. This applies es
pecially to meats and eggs.
Eat some hard and some bulky
foods; some fruits.
Eat slowly—chew thoroughly.
Drink sufficient water daily.
Evacuate thoroughly, regularly.
Stand, sit and walk erect.
Do not allow poisons and< infec
tions to enter the body.
Keep the teeth, gums and tongue
clean.
Work, play, rest and sleep in
moderation.
Keep serene. Worry is the foe of
health. Cultivate the companion
ship of your fellow men.
Avoid self drugging. Beware the
plausible humbug of the patent
medicine faker.
..Have your doctor examine you
carefully once a year. Also consult
your dentist at regular intervals.
Washington Glimpses
[From the National Republican.]
-—The politicians who talk the
I loudest about "delivering" the labor
| vote, the woman vote, the soldier
| vote, the farmer vote and the like,
I usually have about the least to do
' with the delivery.
j —We do not notice any mention
among Mr. Bryan's proposed amend-
I ments to the covenant of the free
land unlimited coinage of silver at
the ratio cf sixteen to one without
! awaiting the advice or consent of
I any other nation whatsoever. The
j trouble with a Democratic para
mount issue is that it has to be
buried a few days after a campaign
lis over because martiflejition has
set in.
—The trouble with Mr. Wilson's
plans for keeping us out of war is
that they are only made to last
over one election.
—Rurleson ought to run for
President next year under the slo
gan, "He keeps us out of wire."
—Could there be any bigger farce
than that of the United States ac
cepting a mandate for Turkey, five
| thousand miles away, while declin
|ing to accept responsibility for the
restoration of order in Mexico, right
at our own door?
—lf Bur'cson will only hang on
until 1920, he will be the only Dem
ocrat left.
Bird Barking Head Off
Mary' Roberts Rinehart's "Love
Stones," published by George H.
Dora Company, has an illustration
on its jacket cover which is fatal to
stenographers and poets. It shows a
young man in brown on one side of
a picket fence facing a girl in blue
on the other side. The young man
has the girl's chin in his hands,
raising her lips toward his own. The
girl stands on tiptoe to make it
easier for the lips to meet. She has
her hands behind her back, holding;
a broad-brimmed hat which might
have interfered with the main busi
ness in progress, and they are
clasped, as a clever young reviewer
remarks, "in order that she may the
better resist the impulse to throw
her arms about the young man's
neck." Perched on the fence is a
bird "barking its head off" as Chris
topher Morley said admiringly when
he gazed upon the alluring spectacle. 1
A Regular Superman
i [From the Buffalo Times]
A farm hand who had worked
every day in the week from dawn
till late at night, finishing the chores
by lantern light, went to the farmer
at the end of the month and raid:
"I'm going to quit. You p.romised
me a steady job of work."
"Well, haven't you got one?" was
the astonished reply.
"No," said the worker. "There are
three or four hours every night I
don't have anything to do except
fool away my time sleeping."
AFTER JULY 1
Then laugh, lads, and quaff, lads—
' Twill make you skip and hop!
Through all my days I'll sing the
praise
Of Sarsaparilla Pop!
—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Effects of Prohibition
I A summary of the effect of en-
I forced prohibition in twenty-eight
' States and in ten of the largest
cities in' the country as viewed by
the governors of the Statei and the
mayors and chiefs of police of the
cities is given in a pamphlet entitled
"The Verdict," published by a Bos
ton committee appointed to obtain
testimony from representative and
reliable sources. The committee is
headed by Lemuel H. Murlin, presi
dent of Boston University, and the
other members are John M. Barker,
of the university faculty; John L.
Bates, former governor of Massa
chusetts; George W. Coleman, pres
ident of the Open Forum National
Council, and Henry 1. Harrison, a
former president of the Boston
Chamber of Commerce.
No opinion is given from Florida,
Montana, Ohio and Wyoming, where
prohibition has not been in effect
more than four months, but in twen
ty-eight other States the summary
(hows that twenty-six governors
gave a verdict for prohibition, one
was against it and one made no
! reply.
From ten cities seventeen mayors
and chiefs of police'gave a verdict
for prohibition; one, the chief of
police of San Antonio, Texas, said
prohibition did not prohibit, and
one official failed to reply.
The reply of Governor Albert T.
Neckwear and Temper
[From the Edinburgh Scotsman]
Dr. Leonard Williams, physician
to the French Hospital in London,
lecturing on common sense at the
peace nursing exhibition, said peo
ple With tight collars did not drain
their brains properly and often suf
fer from bad tempers. Since wom
en had given up high collars and
were wearing garments which gave
complete freedom to the neck, they
had become sweeter tempered.
Doctor Williams also advocated
corsets to support the abdomen. He
believed aboriginal man was four
l footed, that the abdominal con
struction was intended for that pur
pose. Since human beings had taken
to walking on their hind legs the
position of the organs was thrown
out of gear. An athlete might get
on well, but people who lived a
sedentary life required some kind of
support such as corsets.
REFLECTION
There are two moons.
Fairies fly their golden kite
In a still sky.
I shall row out my little junk
• Upon the purple water
And disperse the other.
With my splashing
1 shall make it scamper
In a thousand glittering splinters.
—Wilson Hicks in the Pagan.
A Jubilant Spring Note
[From the Arkadclphia News.]
From between- the creeks Pink
Wright says he heard a whippoor
will holler. No more socks. No more
stove wood till winter comes again!
LABOR NOTES
Thirteen thousand shoe workers
in Brockton, Mass., and several
thousand others in surrounding
towns have accepted the proposal of
the manufacturers for a 48-hour i
week schedule, with no reduction in
wages.
British Columbia will have a De
partment in Industry with $2,000,000
to spend in bringing about better
industrial conditions so as to pro
vide more work for the unemployed.
Returned soldiers will be given the
preference.
There are at present in the Unit
ed States approximately 12,000,000
industrial employes and 1,300,000
railroad employes not covered by
workmen's compensation latvs.
The Sydney (Australia)' city gov
ernment has spent nearly $lOO,OOO
since the beginning of the Spanish
influenza epidemic In dealing with
distress due to unemployment be
cause of the disease.
During the period from 1912 to
1917 the average increase in wages
to employes of all electric railways
in the United States amounted to 28
per cent.
Sleeper, of Michigan, one of tho
latest States to adopt prohibition,
is characteristic of most of the
others who indorse the dry move
ment. Governor Sleeper wrote:
"Our prohibitionary law has al
ready effected results of considerable
importance. Arrests for drunken
ness all over the State have been
cut down to about one-quarter. Bus
iness men report that bills are paid
more promptly, and the effect of
prohibition on general business has
been good."
. Governor Ben W. Olcott. of Ore
gon wrote: "Our experience under
a bone dry statute lias been for the
benefit of the general public wel
fare. Industries have prospered.
Business conditions are acknowl
edged to be of the best. Old brewery
buildings are housing other indus
tries. A material decrease is shown
in the number of men in prison.]
It is my firm belief to-day the great.]
majority of the people of Oregon
are in favor of prohibition."
Governor O. A. Larrazole, of New
Mexico, was the only State executive
to report unfavorably upon a bone
dry prohibition law, although op
posed to the saloon. Governor
Larrazole wrote:
"I believe that every decent Amer
ican is in favor of closing the saloon,
but when we go further than tho
teachings of Christ and say that a
man shall not take a drink, we are
adopting a law which is and always
will be a failure.
Farmers and City People.
[From the New York Sun]
In many of the protests by farm
ers against daylight saving there
j occurs the assertion that city peo
j pie do not understand farm life and
therefore are not qualified witnesses
as to the benefits or ills resulting
from the law, and so the case, as
the farmer considers it, is closed.
It would be refreshing if one farmer
should be moved by a sense of jus
tice to admit that as he does not
understand city ltfe there may be
something distinctly resembling two
sides to the question, and so the case
is open to argument.
New Houses For Old
[World Outlook For May.]
Slums cost altogether too much.
War emergency proved how depen
dent industry is on decent housing
for its workers. London, during war
time, demolished thousands of acres
of slums and built model tenements.
To bring the rental within reach of
workingmen, she charged oft the en
tire cost of the land against more
prosperous areas. Congress appro
priated • $50,000,000 to" house ship
yard workers. Some villages were
uncompleted when the armistice was
signed, but in the present conges
tion, they will not be unoccupied.
Submarine Coal Mines
[From Le Pcle-Mele, Paris]
There are many submarine coal
deposits off the British Isles, but so
far they are not much worked. The
tunnels of the mines at Whithaven
extend some four miles from shore
under the Irish Sea, however, and
there also is some submarine coal
mining at Bolness near the Firth of
Forth and at Monkwearmanth in
Durham.
German Mark Worth 81 Cents
[From the Toronto Globe]
The sum of 100 billion marks
which Germany must pay the Al
lies for losses und damages caused
in the war is based on the pre-war
value of the gold mark, which was
about 23.82 cents. The latest quoted
valuation of the German mark at
Amsterdam and at Zurich was
about eight and one-half cents, so
that to the Germans this portion of
the Indemnity means nearly three
times the sum demanded.
Mr. Wilson's Gallantry
[From the Boston Globe.]
"Women an-d men" is the order In
which the presidential message men
tions them. Unusual, but polite.
A Mixup in Weather
[From the Balltmore American.]
There is a mixup in weather
schedules. Most folks wanted a wet
July rather than a wet May.
Always at the Head
[From the Syracuse Post-Standard.]
Aviation's heroes; Read and Wright.
Jobs For Everybody
IWorld Outlook For May.]
"Your old job is waiting for you,"
I says Mr. Employer.
"Thanks," says the soldier, "but—
Perhaps he looks down at an emp
ty coatsleeve or points to his sight
less eyes as the reason for declining
the job. Less often, he refuses it
because although seemingly -dis
abled, he has grown ambitious and
wants a better position.
It doesn't matter in which group
he belongs, the Federal Hoard of
Vocational Education will help him
out.
If he needs an artificial limb, it
will be given to him upon his dis
charge and be renewed when nec
essary.
If after his discharge ho needs
medical treatment on account of his
disability, the Bureau of War Kisk
Insurance will supply it free.
As to vocational training. A dis
abled man may have the training to
fit him for a job, free of charge,
and as long as the course lasts, he
will receive a monthly compensation
equal to the sum to which he is en
titled under the War Risk Insur
ance Act, or a sum equal to (lie pay
of his last month of active service,
whichever is the greater.
In addition, the family or depen
dents of each disabled man will re
ceive from the Government the same
allotment or allowance as that paid
prior to his discharge.
The Federal Board, through its
vocational experts, will study the
particular disability of each man
and advise him as to the occupation
best suited to him.
The Federal Board has an employ
ment service department and by
means of it will assist each man
who has completed his training to
find work.
Germany's Chief Delegate
"He is one of the most cynical,
brilliant, forcible diplomatists in
Europe, with Liberal tendencies in
politics. If he lives, he ought to go
far. as he is plastic and sees the
j signs of the times. I found him de
lightful; but he infuriated other
people. One day, when he Is utterly
tired of life, he will consciously ex
asperate somebody to fury, in order
to escape the trouble of committing
suicide himself. I shall always miss
him. He is the kind of mafi whoso
society you covet on this earth, be
cause if all signs prove true, you are
not likely to meet him in Heaven—
until late in Eternity!"
"Count Ttantzau was desirous of
keeping peace with the United States.
I think regarded war with
us as so dangerous as to be almost
unthinkab'e. I found Count Rantzau
a very clever man; he played his
game fairly. It was a game and he
was a colleague worth any man's
respect.
"Count Rantzau, if he lives will be
heard of later, he is one of the well
halanced among diplomatists."—
Exchange.
A Couple of Old Stories
L Baionnette, a Paris paper,
prints these two examples of French
wit of'the Sixteenth Centry:
King Henry IV, while driving in
Paris, saw an old man with white
hair and a coal black beard. The
King stopped his carriuge and asked
the old man how it came that his
hair was white and his board black.
"Sire," answered the old man, "it
is because my hair is twenty years
older than my beard."
A physician, having a sick horse,
called a veterinarian, who drenched
the animal and cured it.
"My friend," said the physician,
"what do I owe you?"
"No charge, sir." said the veter
inarian. "We don't take pay from
men in the profession."
Lincoln's Warning
Abraham Lincoln said:
"The people themselves, and not
their servants, can safely reverse
their own deliberate decisions. •
Whatever may be the wishes or
dispositions of foreign states, the
integrity of our country and the
stability of our Government depend
not on them, but on the loyalty, the
virtue, the patriotism and the intelli
gence of the American people. •
Let them beware of surrendering a
political power which they already
possess."
I
A Different Matter
A mar may smile in the face of
death,
But you will never find
A man who can draw a piacld
breath
With his collar loose behind.
—Tennyson J. Daft
Editing dlfat
Unless the Legislature changes
the Stato fish cole by means of
some of the bills now pending in
the two houses, tho Pennsylvania
bass season will open on July 1
ancl the reports reaching the State <
Department of Fisheries indicate
that there wilt be an abundance of.
the great game flsh and that there
will be bass caught in more coun
ties than in years. According to
Commissioner Nathan R. Buller the
repot ts on bass are unsually favor
able from the counties in the Sus
quehanna basin and in some of the
eastern counties "planting" of
young bass has been very success
ful and tine specimens have been
seen where no bass were to be found i tk
a few years ago. The bass season
runs under the present flsh code i
from July 1 to December 31 and.
in the last two years hundreds of
thousands of young bass have been
distributed throughout the Stato
with co-operation of sportsmen. The
hatcheries this year have been suc
cessful with bass and more will be
sent out later in the summer. The
pike perch and pickerel seasons will
also open with July and fair reports
have been received regarding the I
flsh. The trout season has been in
terrupted, especially in central and
southern Pennsylvania by the con
tinued rains and the high water in
many small streams. This season
will end in August and many trout
fishermen have reported to the Cap
itol that trout have been thriving
where placed the last year. The
department distributed more year
ling trout last year than ever known
before and is planning extensive
"planting" this fall.
• • •
Planting of the Pennsylvania oak
trees proposed for the Capitol Park
extension will be undertaken late
this year, according to present plans.
There will be four lines of trees and
they are to be arranged so that they
form a mall at the eastern front of
the Capitol. During the fall addi
tional oaks wil be planted in the
row dedicated to the Governors.
* • *
Just byway of illustration rf the
difference in retail prices in Harris
burg it may be said that the wife
of a prominent Harrisburger bought
strawberries the other morning at
one of the city markets at 35 cents
a box. Next day some strawberries
were sent by a friend from a neigh
boring county who had bought them,
that morning not 40 miles from here
in a good sized town, said to have
been Gettysburg, and tho price was
15 cents a box.
• • •
Harrisburg does not need to fear
that it will lack for talent when it
comes to entertainments after the
last week, according to a newspaper
man who has had much to do with
that line of work and has time to
sit around and talk. The people who
took part in the Skylark gave Har
risburg something which it needß a
couple of times a year, while the
Y. W. C. A. entertainment at Chest
nut street hall was an illustration
of what physical training can accom
plish and a little originality provide.
This man pointed out that Harris
burg has been shy on entertainments
that come around periodically and
that can be looked forward to and
prepared for. There are some cities
where May fetes and June jump
arounds and autumnal entertain
ments, all local talent and all thor
oughly prepared for, furnish things
to talk about and to enjoy.
• • •
Lake Montgomery is being torn
up by the roots. Lake Montgomery
is a periodical body of water which
forms in front of the State Library
every time it rains and is due to the
singular formation of the granolithic
walk in front of the State institution
over which Dr. Thomas Lynch Mont
gomery presides. One fourth of an
inch of rain makes a large lake two
inches deep by ten feet wide and
I twentv feet long. Two years ago
I they started to get rid of it by drill
ling holes through the walk, but the
drills hit the trap rock on which
Capitol Hill knoll formed ages ago
and the water in due time bacjted
up. Now they are scoring the pave
ment, making drains and otherwise
ruffling up the surface of the bottom
of the lake with a runoff attachment
and fine opportunity for the rain
residue to pass on to the bosom of
the Susquehanna. And there is a
great joy on Capitol Hill where over
shoes have been a necessity for
many, many months.
T WELL KNOWN PEOPLE j
—William B. McCaleb, former
superintendent of the Philadelphia
division, was among visitors to
Harrisburg looking after company
matters.
—John C. Winston, who is taking
a prominent part in Philadelphia re
form legislation, is a publisher and
likes especially to print books about
Pennsylvania history.
—General Lloyd M. Brett, who
commanded the Pittsburghers in the
80th Division, served in the Regular
Army's frontier campaigns.
—The ltev. Dr. F. M. Wilson, of
Philadelphia, has been elected mod
erator of the Reformed Presbyte
rian synod.
f DO YOU KNOW
—That Harrisburg Is making
cigars for the Army camps In .Eu
rope?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
Horse cars were introduced here
right after the Civil War. •
"Costs $2 to Grow Wheat"
[From Kansas Industrialist, Man
hattan]
Realizing the need of information
regarding the cost of producing
wheat, the Kansas Agricultural Ex
periment Station conducted an in
vestigation to obtain reliable esti
mates of the amount and value of
the products used in producing
wheat. It was found that the cost a.,
bushel on the three hundred farms
studied would have been approxi
mately $2 had an average yield
been obtained in 1918.
It was found that the higher tho
yield to the acre, the lower the
a bushel, though the cost an acre
increased somewhat with an in
creased yield, W. E. Grimes, of the
Agricultural College, who tabulated
the results of the investigation, said.
"Bettor methods and better seed
which will increase the yield with
out increasing the cost excessively
are the surest means available to tho
farmer for increasing his profits in
growing wheat."
Man and His Bees
[From Answers, London.]
It has always seemed funny to us
why a fellow says he keeps bees. Tho
truth of the matter is the bees keep<
themselves. All he does is rob 'era