8 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A. NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 ■v ■ _ I Published evenings except Sunday by THE. TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. Telegraph Building, Federal Square E. J. STACKPOLB President and Editor-in-Chief P. R. OYSTER, Bueincaa II onager GUS. M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor A. R. MICHEN'ER, Circulation Manager Executive Beard i. P. JfcCULLOUGH, BOYD M. OGLESBY, P, H. OYSTER, GU& M. STEINMETZ. Members of the Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this fiaper and also the local news pub lshed herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. A Member American P] Newspaper Pub- Associa- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn tnaMH9<E sylvanla Assoc ta- Ml J3 IgS la ated Dallies. SSB 55 SSt ; m Eastern office. Ea W 03fft. to y y ' Brooks & ■pPj ffl Of venu ij- Bui'd'off. KB!] "MWilg Western office' all PJHMnc Story, Brooks A "i i>M Flnley, People's Gas Building, - Chicago, 111. Sntered at the Post Office In Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. xjUpgSK By carrier, ten cents a CUmrasasu week; by mail, $3.00 a year In advance. 11 " MONDAY, JUNE 23, 1919 Pcaoe in thie life epringa from ao- EUieacence even in disagreeable thing a; net in an exemption from bearing them. •—Fticlon. HOW IT WORKS THE TELEGRAPH has informa 'tion from a reliable source that the Cleveland Foundation has tbeen a most helpful institution. iTChrougta its activities much has been for the big Ohio city Jin. the way of public welfare pro jects and improvement enterprises. .Harrisburg is ripe for some such organization and it is the confident JRielief of those who have been mak fcing a study of similar organizations Jthat the suggested Harrisburg iJPoundation would meet a public "need here and result in interesting 'many persons through bequests for community purposes. It doesn't follow that all the funds in the custody of such a foundation will come from those who ,ltave passed out of this life; they 'Will also be derived from living citi jxens who would be glad to have fttheir contributions handled by a efficient and capable or jgani/.atiorc under the supervision of t.(be court. At Cleveland the Foundation of .that city has done a notable piece ?af work in a thorough survey of the educational system and the of an elaborate report on jrthe findings of the investigators. sThrough this investigation, which i was in no sense intended to be ijzoetilely critical, many weaknesses *tn the school system were discovered rprhich have since been corrected. Here the Chamber of Commerce Mid a similar piece of work through rthe generosity of a number of public spirited citizens. At the present time the Cleveland Foundation has lln progress a recreational survey f which is expected to duplicate in "(helpfulness the results of the school • Investigation. It seems to be the tpolicy of the Cleveland institution to finance surveys and studies of so cial conditions where public funds iare not available and where condi ttions are such that a thorough an- of them would be helpful to fa h community as a whole. Tlie en tire emphasis of the Foundation in the Ohio metropolis has been put on 1 helpfulness and criticism when it ("becomes necessary is always with that end in view. There can be no doubt that a {Harrtsburg Foundation, having the icnstody of large funds through the bequests of the dead ;and the contributions of the living, fwould be able to accomplish much n the way of constructive improve ment in many lines, especially with Eee&rd to the comfort and happiness nd contentment of the people. ANY SPOOKS TO HIRE ? jj-jwHERE are very distinct indica- I tions that we are gradually ' shaking oft the spell of the war ttgnd getting back to normal. Take tEngland, for example. Alexander JBaird, writing of the summer season jln London, says that in England for ffive years there have been no "dog fdays;" there has been no "silly sea pon." Both were summarily squelch ped by the outbreak of war in the pummer of 1914. In pre-war years the English t "silly season" was usually heralded rtxy the appearance of a sea serpent off the coast Whether It has been rfhat weird monster, the submarine. In Its midst has scared It away to the safer regions of the Arctic or Antarctic, the sea serpent has not ,yet been reported near British ,hores. But the "silly season" is ■pon England for all that. It has hegun with a boom in ghosts. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with his .psychic seances, and Robert Hichens, with this weird tales of the occult, lHwe stirred things up, though In a Afferent fashion than the former at any rate meant. A brisk demand sprung up for haunted houses. MONDAY EVENING according to the aforementioned writer. Hitherto, haunted premises, how ever "desirable" otherwise, have gone begging, and it is still action able for any but the owner or his authorized agents to describe a par ticular house as haunted. Many quite respectable English spirits of good family have been under notice to quit for years, but no legal pro cess has yet been invented for their summary ejection. Now that the news has reached the other side of the great River Styx that spirits—of the shadowy, as well as the liquid variety—are being quoted at a premium, they are evidently becoming shy at revis iting "the glimpses of the moon." Advertisements are appearing in both the London and provincial press for haunted houses. One advertiser offers $6,000 for a house with a "genuine" ghost. Others offer various sums for brief tenancies for the purpose of psychic research. On the other hand, a lady exorcist advertises offering to rid "disturbed" premises of their non-paying tenantry. The ghost of Hun visitations hav ing been laid at last, England has gone back to the good old-fashioned spooks that require no Zeppelin or aeroplane for their midnight seances. But you need not go to Europe for ghost stories. We have 'em right here in Harrisburg. Haunted houses, however, are for some reason not so numerous as they used to be. A quarter century ago there was no village so small, no country side so sparsely settled and no community so poor that it could not boast at least one "haunted" house, with a history so blood-curdling that it was never told except in broad daylight and then in lowered voice and frightened tone. Timid Aen and women used to go squares out of their way to avoid such places at night and the boy who could boast that he "threw a stone through a window of the haunted house at midnight" was an unopposed candi date for the community's D. S. C. for personal courage. There were all manner of spooks, from the ter rifying old chap, who used to go about with his head under his right arm, down to the common or garden variety of ghost that merely rattled the windows, upset tables, or clank ed his chains on the steps at mid night. But they've all gone, scared probably by stories of German frightfulness. May be, however, if we start offering rewards like our English friends they will venture timidly back. May be, also, the shortage of houses has resulted in so much over-crowding that there is ho room for spooks and people in the same city. Who knows? POOR HOUSING A MENACE A RECENT circular from the Bu reau of Industrial Housing at Washington gives some signi ficant and forceful reasons for the housing campaign which is now under way throughout the country. It is pointed out that inadequate housing means to the worker and his family high rentals, overcrowd ing, reduced efficiency, sickness, loss of wages due to above and frequent moving, inconvenient location, strained family relations, high in fant mortality, blighted development of children and immoral associates for the entire family. For the employer these conditions mean difficulty in securing labor from outside the city, a less desira ble class of labor, definite check on expansion of plant, large labor turnover, lowered vitality of the workers, frequent absences of labor ers, weakened morale of labor forces, strikes and labor trouble, reduced capacity of plant, uncertainty of completed contracts and subletting of contracts. As to the city, inadequate housing means bad reputation, loss of indus tries seeking a new location, inabil ity to attract the better type of men and families, unsightly and unsani tary streets and alleys, rapid depre ciation of property, increased fire risk, over-burdened public utilities and hence poor service, lack of en thusiasm for city improvements, a migratory . spirit unconducive to civic pride and the acquisition of American ideals, juven-ile delinquen cy and increased immorality. And the nation suffers with the city, the employer and the worker. There is a waste in manpower, waste in transportation, waste in na tional wealth through the above and through more rapid deterioration of houses and increased fire risks, low ered vitality of citizens, industrial discontent and social unrest and poor citizenship. So it must be apparent to every intelligent person, whatever his re lation to society, that the absence of proper homen is a distinct menace to the happiness, welfare and pros perity of the people generally. One of the most significant of the statements made at the recent housing conference in this city un der the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce was based on the re port of the Housing secretary. This report cited a score or more cases of applicants on the waiting list of the housing bureau, accumulated in six days, and as they are absolutely every-day experiences of this useful activity of our Chamber of Com merce no room for (argument is necessary for constructive building program in Harrisburg. We quote a few of these cases to show the general conditions: "State official, located temporarily, wants modern apartment; will pay |4O to *76." "Widow desires eight-room honse, Allison Hill or other district; stored furniture several months ago, resid ing with relatives." "Capitol HiU employe, family in another city, will pay S4O for unfur nished houses; no objection to su burb." J "Philadelphia manager wants home in central part of city; re cently located here, temporarily placed in furnished rooms." "Local representative desires first floor apartment for family of four, two small children; will consider small house, will pay $35." "Pennsylvania Railroad employe forced to move on account of sale of property; family of four, desires six rooms." "Manufacturer desires furnished house or apartment of six rooms; will pay SSO or $60." "Machinist has searched for home for four months; family has lived in congested district with relatives." "Bookkeeper desires small apart ment for himself and bride; wedding postponed until suitable home can be secured." And so it goes throughout the list and the cases are multiplying daily. Men employed in Harrisburg, per sons engaged in business here, and still others who want to come here are clamoring for homes for their families and relief must be pro vided through private enterprise and without unnecessary delay. Real estate agents confirm the Chamber of Commerce conclusions and tell of the constant and increasing demand for dwellings. Harrisburg has solv ed other community problems; it will solve the housing question. 1 1 1 FOUTLCT IK f MUlOlfttfMua Bp BBJMOO—MB— In spite of the general criticism of the length of the legislative session due to the protracted consideration of the Philadelphia legislation, the fact remains that the General As sembly of 1919 has quite a repect able list of acts of importance to its credit. It has three legislative days to work this week with a number of measures to consider which will also be of value when the casting up of the record of the session is under taken. As far as prohibition and suffrage amendments, the two big national issues, are concerned, the Republican majority has something to show. On State matters it is the prediction of experienced ob servers on Capital Hill that the record will be as good. The Demo crats have cut no figure at all, al though struggling to make a noise with the letter of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, urging support for suffrage. Legislators generally and many men in politics gives praise to Gov ernor William C. Sproul for his stand on- the two amendments. The suffrage ratification is due to him more than anyone else and some men who follow politics say he has done the Republican party a dis tinct service in insisting upon prompt ratificatios of the amend ment. A number of legislators who were saying some few months ago that they did not want to try for another term have changed their minds since the close has shaped up so well and will try to get along on a six months' salary under the $2,500 per session allowance carried in the West bill. A continuance of the campaign launched by the Vare element in the House last week for campaign thun der in Philadelphia is to be expected this week. The "Vare men are said to be ready to supplement their transit play by another one which will have much effect at home. —Philadelphia newspapers gen erally express gratification that the charter and its accompanying legis tion will soon be laws and there is plenty of talk about various men for officers. W. Freeland Kendrick, A. Lincoln Acker and Franklin Spencer Kdwards are among men spoken of for mayor. Senator Ed win H. Vare has come out for Kend rick. —A few ideas of what Philadel phia thinks on charter are furnished by the Philadelphia Press with these editorial paragraphs: "If the Legislature had done nothing in its nearly six months' sessions but puss the Philadel phia charter bili, it would have earned its pay, as well r.s the tharvks of the r.'ght-minded peo ple of this town; and it will get both." "Governor Sproul will sign the new charter on Tuesday, and it will be notice to the people of this town that they must ve ready to sign up at the Sep tember primaries." —Considerable amusement was caused among the up-State legisla tors to-day by a report that some of the eminent reformers and charter revisionists who planned a ceremony when Governor Sproul signed the charter were disinclined to attend when they heard that the Vares would be present, too. —Pittsburgh is starting in on its big loan campaign. The vote will take place on July 8 and If passed It will be a start on an- enormous im provement scheme. —Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, says the Philadelphia Public Ledger, sent a message of thanks yesterday to Governor Sproul, Senator William E. Crow, of Fayette county, administra tion leader of the Senate, and Sen ator T. Larry Eyre, of West Chester, for the aid given the resolution rati fying the suffrage amendment, which was passed by the Senate on Thurs day. The telegram follows: "The National American Woman Suffrage Association thanks you most cor dially for assistance given the mem bers of our auxiliary, the Peirnsyl vania Woman Suffrage Association, in the ratification of the' federal woman suffrage amendment by the Senate of Pennsylvania. We feel confident that the House will com plete the good work done." —This will be Palmer week at Scranton and the dinner to be ten dered him by the Democrats is ex pected to be followed by a series of meetings to line up the machine ele ment for the Attorney General for Presidential honors as Pennsyl vania's favorite Democratic son. This is being well arranged but the bitter opposition of the Bonnlwell men and the objections of some eml ' msWISBTma TEEBGKATH DAYS OF REAL SPORT .... By BRIGGS step—yssk, ; If? "Do VUH WAMT M 6 To HELP / ll ]l[ ' '•* V*/ATSRMELOnJ 1 " ~'"^ j nent reorganizes who may object to I being eclipsed may cause interfer ence with the schemes to make it appear a State-wide affair. —According to the Philadelphia ledger, Governor Sproul says he will undertake an inquiry into the Eastern penitentiary management after the Legislature adjourns. No Wonder Germany Quit NUMBER TWELVE "The other day I was reading about the unreliability of the new troops raised at the start of the Civil ■War," said Major Frank C. Mahin, of the Army Recruiting Sta tion, 325 Market Street, Harrisburg, "and the article reminded me of what happened when we first went into the trenches in France. About fifteen minutes after one platoon got into the trenches two sentries heard each other moving around in the dark and started to stalk each other. The result was that one shot the other through the head. Before morning two other sentries in an other sector came rushing into their respective platoon commanders and reported that they had had a des perate fight with a German patrol right in our trenches. A little inves tigation proved that they had run into each other in the dark, had thrown away their rifles and had fought each other back and forth in the trench with their fists, nails, teeth and feet, in the mistaken idea they were fighting a Boche. Finally they tore loose and departed in op posite directions as fast as they could go, each fellow firmly believing he was escaping from a hostile patrol. But the following night was when the real excitement took place, namely, the 'Battle of the Black Cat.' My first warning of this desperate (?) engagement was a sudden fur ious burst of rifle, automatic rifle, and machine gun fire, followed by the roar of many bursting grenades and rifle grenades. Flares and star shells went sailing up in the air light ing up the whole landscape, and then up went a signal rocket calling for artillery barrage. The Boche got nervous and called for a barrage too, and before you could say .Tack Rob inson everything that could shoot on both sides of No Man's Land was shooting. "I had a mighty strong hnnch that it was nothing but a false alarm so I started for the place the whole show had originated at. just as fast as I could go. 'When I got down there I at once got the firing in the trenches stopped and began an investigation. I finally found the man who had started the whole show and his statement was that he had looked out through a loophole and had looked straight into a pair of gleaming, blood thirsty, murder ous eyes. It scared him out of about 'seven years' growth, scared him so that he involuntarily screamed and then, believing he was about to be killed, started throwing grenades as fast as he could throw them. Of course the scream and the grenades started everyone else to shooting. It occurred to me that that afternoon I had seen a black cat in that trench so I went to the loophole that had started the trou ble, reached in and pulled out one black cat, absolutely frightened into a state of imbecility. "Then I began to get mad and when I had finished my remarks every man in the battalion was firmly convinced it would be better to get killed by the Boche than to start another false alarm." \ —~~zzzzzzzzzmzzr A CITIZEN'S CREED During the Chamber of Com merce outing at the Colonial Country Club an aeroplane circled overhead and showered upon the assembled group this creed, the inspiration of W. C. Howland: — I believe in the city. Maker of State and Nation, And in the power of the individ ual To direct and shape its life. I believe in my City And that it is capable of great er accomplishments. And that my neighbor and I can make it more wholesome. And beautiful to live in and attract others. I believe in my street and ward As much as I do in my house and lot, And they are what I make thorn. I believe in the wholly American community, The co-operation of citizens And the principles of freedom and democracy everlasting. Drake's Drum [From the Kansas City Star.] The legend of "Drake's Drum" is one of the oldest connected with the British Navy and every jack tar that ever trod the deck of a British man-of-war is firm in the belief that on great occasions affecting the destiny of Great Britain the long roll of the great Admiral's ghostly drum mer is heard in warning or jubilation. In a recent article in the London Outlook, Arthur Machen revives the tradition, from a modern psychical research standpoint, by a circumstantial account, "based on the state ments of officers present," as to how Drake's Drum was heard for hours on board the Royal Oak, one of the ships of the British fleet to which the German fleet surrendered November 21. Admiral Drake was born in Devonshire and it was noted as a curious coincidence that the Royal Oak was manned chiefly by Devonshire sailors. The drum began to beat "in rolls" just as the German fleet hove in sight and thorough search was made throughout the ship it is said neither drum nor drummer was to be found, and the belief became general with the officers and men of the Royal Oak that what they heard was the audible manifestation of the spirit of the great sea captain returning with his drummer to rejoice in Britain's hour of triumph on the seas. The following chantey by Henry Newbolt, the "Kipling of the Seas," commemorates the legend: Drake, he's in his hammock an' a thousand miles away, (Capten, art tha sleepin' there below?) Slung atween the round shot in Nombre Dios Bay, An' dreamin' arl the time o' Ply mouth Hoe, Yarnder lumes the Island, yarnder lie the ships, Wi' sailor lads a dancin' heel an'-toe, An' the shore-lights flashin', an' the night-tide dashin', He sees it arl so plainly as he saw it long ago. Drake, lie was a Devon man, an' ruled the Devon seas, (Capten, art tha sleepin' there below ?) Rovin' tho' his death fell, he went wi' heart at ease, An' dreamin' arl the tiem o' Ply mouth Hoe. MECHANICAL EXISTENCE [From the Omaha News] After taking an exhaustive sur vey of life one is led to the conclu sion that the machinery business would be a pretty good line to be in! Figure it out for yourself. You get up in the morning, array yourself in garments built from machine made cloth, eat some ma chine made bfeakfast food, drink some machine cut coffee, read a newspaper that remarkable ma chinery has made possible, take a machine known as a street car to your office building where an ele vating mechanism hoists you to the floor on which you mechanically go through the day's tasks. You can write your letters by dictating them to a machine from which a girl pounds them out on another machine. A little contrap tion standing on your desk carried your voice to various parts of the city and brings the conversation of friends and business acquaintances to your ear. On dark days you il luminate the gloom by electric light generated in a vast machine driven power plant. At night some friend takes you home in a 4-wheeled machine which is a mechanical marvel—it gets such a startingly enormous mileage from a gallon of gas, at least to hear said friend tell about it. You read another newspaper also print ed on machinery, of course. For the evening meal you have a soup skilL fully canned by some mechanical process, some other canned goods, and ice cream made by a lot of machinery in a big plant. Then you go to a movie where mechanism re produces a drama on a silver screen for your benefit. You finally hop into a bed assembled from a lot of parts made by machinery. No wonder the machinery busi ness looks like a good line to get into. No wonder a man often gets into the habit of thinking he's a good deal of a machine himself! LABOR NOTES It is generally asserted that women take more kindly to reptitlon work than men. Ninety per cent, of the silver work ers employed in Toronto (Canada) shops are unionized. Over 100 store proprietors in Port land Ore., have signed a new work ing agreement with the Retail Clerk's Union. Paper substitute driving belts are now being introduced into German workshops. The paper is cut into narrow bands and then spun. In scientific instrument making wo men graduates of universities or tech nical colleges "teaching optics and me chanics arc now engaged in testing experimental work with excellent re sults. "Take my drum to England, hang et by the shore, Strike et when your powder's run ning low; If the Dons sight Devon, I'll quit the port o' Heaven, An' drum them up the Channel as we drummed them long ago." j Drake, he's in his hammock, till the great Armadas come, (Capten, art tha sleepin' there below?) Slung atween the round shot, listen in' for the drum, As' dreamin' arl the time of Ply mouth Hoe, Call him on the deep sea, call him up the Sound, Call him when ye sail to meet the foe: Where the old trade's plyin' an' the old flag flyln' They shall find him ware and wak in', as they found him long ago! America s Part in the War America has saved the world from the threat of famine, also the in tensified horrors that would have trailed after such a calamity. The June report of the Department of Agriculture indicated a total wheat crop of 1,236,000,000 bushels, which though somewhat below the expec tations of a month ago is more than 200,000,000 bushels greater than the previous record crop of 1915. The decline for the month was attributed to rust arrd climatic conditions. It was not serious and will probably leave a surplus for export of 600,- 000,000 bushels to satisfy the hun ger of Europe, whose productive abilities have been grievously im paired by war and loss of man power. This great crop is distinctly the fruit of the Government guar antee of $2.26 per bushel; the prom ise of favorable weather conditions and the fact of a large increase in acreage. The wheat belt will gain en-ormously by this Government bonus. Prosperity will unquestion ably be widely distributed in the agricultural districts through the enormous foreign demand upon us for all food supplies. By our ex ports of grain and meats we have effectually prevented a disastrous famine in Europe; our armies has tened the defeat of Germany; our ship convoy system lessened sub marine losses; our munition plants released millions of the Allies for fighting our ships carried supplies safely across; our banks aided finance the war; we furnished great quantities of oil, copper, cot ton and other materials to the Allies, and our Government placed the en tire forces of this powerful nation wholeheartedly upon their side. When the history of the World War is fully written, it will be recognized without stint that without American help in men, money and materials the war would not have been won.— Henry Clews. China's Communications [From the Hsin Shen Pao (Chinese)] No country in the world has such a defective system of communication as that of China. Commercial and press telegrams which are of great importance are delayed every day while the so-called first class tele grams, which are really of no im portance at all, tax the lines to their utmost capacity. Volumes of them are dispatched every day on every line. Cargoes are piled sky high at many railway stations waiting for transportation. Cars are said to be unavailable; yet high officials ride back and forth comfortably in spe cial cars without paying a cent. Hun dreds of cars are available for trans porting military supplies from place to place. Very heavy losses have the merchants suffered from these ! two causes alone. JUNE 23,1919. Food From the Cocklebur [From the Literary Digest.] Out of the cocklebur, which sticks to the clothes of the passer by and has generally been considered a pest, is now made a valuable oil available for use in paints and var nishes and adaptable for food The details, as explained by L. R. Rhodes, oil chemist of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture, are thus set forth in a press bulletin issued by the North Carolina section of the American Chemical Society. After mentioning the wide dis tribution of the cocklebur and the ease of gathering it, Mr. Rhodes con tinued: "Those which I have gathered were either dry or in a half dry condition. They were first cut in half by a trimming board and the kernels mashed. They were then placed in a box and vigorously shak en. The hulls were taken out, leav ing the kernels at the bottom. These kernels were then pounded and rub bed in a mortar until the black shucks were removed, after which the husks were forced out by blow ing. The ground kernels were then wrapped in cheesecloth and pressed between cold steel plates. The oil thus obtained was allowed to settle for three or four days and then filtered. It is of a light yellow shade, has a clear, sparkling appear ance, a pleasant odor and an agree able nutty taste. It keeps well with out becoming rancid. On account of this quality it should eventually be used as a substitute in the dietary for other vegetable oils. "The pressed cake left after ex pressing the oil should be of value as a food for cattle, and certainly it can be readily used as a fertilizer." Mr. Rhodes said that he had no doubt that before long the cockelbur oil would have a place in commerce because of the richness of the ker nel and ease with which the oil can be extracted. The yield from the kernel is about 30 per, cent, and the kernels constitute about the same proportion of the bulk of the erude burs. The press cake con tains 4 0.34 per cent of protein. With such things in- their favor, he added, the familiar roadside pests may prove of real service to both man and beast. WHY NOT HERRON? [From Harvey's Weekly] We seem to have struck a snag in the matter of our taking man datory charge of Turkey. It raises awkward alternatives. We must either recognize polygamy as a na tional institution, or begin a holy war and light all Mohammedan donr * * * It is an intricate, and, on its face, an insoluble problem. But "may we not" suggest a possi ble way around it? Why not com promise? Why not make Herron the Turkish mandatory? Herron's matrimonial views are broad and comprehensive. His poultry yard stundard of morals might possibly be a little looser than the Turkish, but he would doubtless conform himself in theory and practice to the narrower Turkish matrimonial prejudices. The fact that he is only a titular reverend should not identify him offensively us a Chris tian. Indeed, if it came to that, he could produce the record of his dismissal from the ministry, sup ported by the records of numerous Christian organizations condemning the President for appointing such a man to office. It is hardly too much to say that Herron could bring strong testimonials in the form of officially expressed loath ing for him and his views from most of the religious organizations In the United States. Neither In Herron's morals nor his religious principles, then, is there anything which should make him objection able to the Turks. We unhesitat ingly nominate the constructively Reverend Herron as mandatory, of the late Turkish Empire. A Victory Carpet Woven [From the London Chronicle] There already has appeared in the market victory wall paper, but It was reserved for Bridgenorth In Shropshire to weave a victory car pet This is now displayed in a window In London. The need for a plethora of symbolism would have destroyed (one would have thought) any chance of achieving artistic success. But this has not proved to be the case. The carpet in question, although a maze of doves and olive branches, arms and flags, roses, thistles and shamfock, is really beautiful in color and design, and a not too observant person could walk across arms and flags, roses, thistles and it without so much as being re minded of the war. ■ letting Qttjat Probably more people wfll be 1m Harrlsburg this week to attend th*' closing days of the legislative ses sion than during any other week during the almost six months that the lawmakers have been here. It Iso happens that almost everything comes to a climax this week. The Philadelphia legislation, which *■ dragged out the session week after week, will be finally disposed of by the Governor and his signing will be made an occasion for a demon stration which will be attended by many Philadelphians. The woman suffragists, who are going to wit ness the passage of the resolution ratifying the suffrage amendment to the United States constitution in the legislative hall where time and again State suffrage amendments have been defeated, arc arranging for a nota ble demonstration for the day when the House of Representatives re cords its approval. The teacher* of the State are rallying for the final struggle in behalf of their in crease of pay and there will be a number here and the labor leaders and employers will have delegations on the ground to look after the compensation amendment legislation. All of these people have been here on and off during the long, long ses sion end chances are that when things are all over that there will be very little but formalities on the final night instead of the excitement and hbrse play which has marked the "last night" of many a House. In years gone by such occasions have been famous. There have been vaudeville entertainments, parades, songfests, moch houses by the pages and patriotic exhibitions to say nothing of much throwing of bills and newspapers made into tight bales. Even the dignified Senate goes in for some fun on these occa sions and some times permits mem bers to smoke. • • • Removal of the electric light poles in the Capitol park extension area that will be covered by the new State office building for which ground will be broken this year caused some of the older attaches of the park to talk about the changes. One light which has burned about its last time is at Short and South streets, a corner "which in Its day was constantly watched by policemen and which furnished all kinds of new stories. , Removal of the poles at that corner was the occasion for a remark by one of the Capitol policemen to the effect that there had been a light at that corner for seventy-five years. When the State builds the bar racks for the new troop of the con stabulary on the plot adjoining the State arsenal it will provide one of the prettiest locations possible around here. The new barracks will be along the run which threads its way into the creek near the State Insane Hospital and on one side will be passed by the city parkway. There are woods and fields and hollows all about the eight and a half acres which will be the home of Troop E. Incidentally, there will be a force of men handy for emergency service at the State Arsenal where there will be stored a big quantity of material for the new National Ouard and to add to the force at the State Capitol. A ceremony of interest here oc curred in the Lancaster county court house on Saturady when a portrait of Lieutenant Daniel Keller the soldief son of Superior Court Judge William H. Keller, former deputy attorney general and well known to many people here, was unveiled. Lieutenant Keller was killed in the Argonne a short time after be had been admitted to the Lancaster bar in uniform. The por trait was presented on behalf of the bar by Collector B. F. Davis and Judge C. I. Landis received it. It was a tine tribute to both father and son. Helen Boyle, whose release from prison on parole after serving a de cade for complicity in the Whitla kidnaping was ordered by the State Board of Pardons hero last week on recommendation of West ern penitentiary inspectors, will be freed Wednesday or Thursday. The Pittsburgh Gazette-Times has this interesting story about the woman and her husband: "It is not often that husband and wife are inmates of the same penitentiary, nor are there many cases In which as pris oners pursued by Helen and Jimmie. For years they have denied them selves to visitors, except the rare occasions when Helen's mother was able to come to Pittsburgh to call on her daughter—and the visiting privileges which prisoners enjoy they exchanged between them. Prisoners are allowed to have a visitor every three months. Jimmie's regular visitor was Helen, and Helen's visit or was Jimmie, therefore the couple were able to see each other every six weeks, and for all these years they have looked forward to and enjoyed this meeting. Of course there was considerable formality about these social sessions. Boyie was accompanied by an overseer and his wife was escorted by a matron, so that always there were four persons in the room, in compliance with the regulations of the institu tion." | WELL KNOWN PEOPLE ) —Thomas Shallcross, Jr., promi nent Philadelphian, is to speak on legislative matters at the national real estate convention at the sea shore this week. —Alfred M. Barrett, well known in State banking circles, has been appointed deputy public service commissioner of New York state. —.D. I. McCahill, new president of the big Harmony electric lines, is a prominent Pittsburgh lawyer. —Jackson Crissey, city engineer of Johnstown, says that rains have re tarded improvement work in his city over thirty days. —Sauel M. Clement, Jr., Publio Service Commission, made an inspec tion of the street railway factlltle*- in West Chester. • —Mayor W. S. McDowell, of Ches ter, the mayor who bade Chester m soldiers farewell when they went to war, made the speech welcoming them home again. | DO YQU KNOW | —That on the way Harrisbnrg co-operates with the State on the, street improvements will depend the, completion of the plan? HISTORIC HARRISBURO —The first movement to *et rVh of Hardscrabble started he- IMS, j
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