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By carrier, ten cents a week; by mail. $3.00 a year in advance. SATURDAY, AXGUST 0, 1919 The g never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright. —Burns. TOMMYROT A FEW foolish radicals are talking of i. revolution in the United States. We may pause for a moment to ask what is the purpose of a re volt, the answer to which is that the only thing a revolt can accom plish is to give the people—all the people, not a part of the people— the right to vote for the kind of of ficials and the kind of laws they want. in the United States the right of manhood suffrage is universal. The people have already precisely the kind of officials a majority of them choose and the kind of laws we have depend upon the kind of men we, the people, elect. Those who chatter of revolt are a small minority, and minority rule will never prevail in this country. If there ever is to be any fighting in the United States it will be to keep a minority from gaining con trol of the Government; let there be r/o mistake about that. With ail our faults we still have by far the best Government in the world. The people know that and anybody who tries to overturn what thousands have died to create and save would receive mighty short shril't ar.d the sooner they under stand that the better. Revolt in the United States'; Who would revolt and lor what? Tommyrot! Beware of the fellow who tells you he can set no fun out of a vacation. There is something the matter with his system. PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS THERE was more of the prac tical and less of the theoreti cal in President Wilson's ad dress to Congress yesterday on the high cost of living, the industrial unrest and means of relieving the situation than we have been accus tomed to tind in the President's state papers. Evidently in his di lemma he has turned to others for advice and incorporated some of their suggestions into his recom mendations. The only hint of the old-time, self-sufficient Wilson lies in his coniident assurance that the ratification of his peace treaty and league is all that is needed to start the world back on the right track, and in this he is right to the extent that unquestionably Congress should waste no time in getting the peace issue settled in one way or another. Few will disagree with Mr. Wil son's plan for the regulation of cold storage warehouses. Cold storage is a necessity, beyond doubt, but it is a necessity that has been abused. It frequently is the instrument of gougers to force prices up or to keep them up when normally they would come down. Limitation of the time foodstuffs may be held is a move in the right direction, and confiscation should be the penalty for violation. The big warehouses are places where the hoarder may easily hide his goods, and strict Federal regulation of them will help bring food prices down. The President's novel suggestion of marking goods with the producer's price and labeling cold storage products with theiy price when placed in storage might work out beneficially to the public. At least the experiment is worth a trial. The retailer would not dare attempt to take an unreasonable profit with the customer aware of the original cost, nor would the middle man. The forcing of hoarded food into the markets is a power the admin istration now possesses under the provisions of the Lever act and needs no enlargement, but hpw the President hopes to convince radical labor leaders that the present is no time for strikes or walkouts is quite another matter outside the law and. perhaps, even outside the pale of possibility. He .appeals Jv.r_.the con sideration of the pSlbllc's interests. SATURDAY EVENING, which are above those of any man or set of men —no matter how large —and here lies the only solution to the difficulty. Whatever is done at Washington in the crisis must be with a view to the welfare of all the people. Americans will not be slow to recognize this and approve, nor will they withhold their resentment if any one class of citizens is placed above any other in the considera tions of the President and his ad visors. But no matter what fod laws are adopted, no matter how many suits are brought, no matter how many public utilities are gov ernment controlled, the effect of the waste of war on food production and prices will continue to be felt. Prices are unjustiilably high and doubtless the present agitation will tend to bring them down, but we must not expect too much. We are still far away from pre-war levels. In the main the President speaks wisely, but one cannot refrain from the thought that the crisis at hand might have been averted had he been content to remain at home, working out domestic problems and helping Congress get the country from a war to a peace basis without undue strain, instead of rushing abroad to save Europe, leaving his own nation on the brink of catas trophe. The President is responsi ble for our situation more than any one other American, and Congress very properly has placed the burden on his shoulders. Now, however, both President and Congress should forget politics and get together for the common good. Dr. Raunlck wants to spell mosquito m-u-s-t-s-k-o-o-t-o. AMEND IT NOW {(■r ET us ratify the League of I . Nations covenant first and then amend it afterwards, if. necessary. This is the safest plan," said W. G. McAdoo, the Secretary of the Treasury, who resigned his office when the sledding appeared hard. And Article 26 of the covenant reads: "Amendments to this cove nant will take effect when ratified by the members of the League j whose representatives compose the i council and by a majority of tho members of the League whose repre sentatives compose the assembly." In short, it would not be as hard to amend before ratification as after. If we amended before, the nations seeking to tangle us up in their af- ; fairs might concede the amend- ] ments. If after, what member would j assent to an American amendment? i Are the people of the United States ' to have nothing to say about the covenant? Another German general comes for ward to take all the blame from the Kaiser What a little angel Wilhelm is, to be sure. NOW IS THE TIME RESIDENT'S of nearby suburbs are seriously discussing an nexation. They dbc' 1 "aifiAos? ready to come in. The city should , meet them half-way. The advan tages of annexing adjoining terri tory are nearly always "50-50." Both sides benefit, but just now the city has most to gain. We are ap proaching another Government cent sus. Are we to show a growth of a few paltry thousands In popula tion or are we to turn up among cities of the 125,000 class? The answer lies with us. Certainly, the advertisement Harrisburg would re ceive would be well worth the cost and the effort. If anything is to be done no time is to be lost. The fall elections our last opportunity are fast approaching. Nationalization and socialism are the products of autocracy, not of j democracy, and both were a part of |the German system. GIVE GENEROUSLY G' IVE as generously us your means will permit to the Kipona fund. The kipona is to Harrisburg what the Mardi Gras is to New Orleans. It not only provides our own people with a day of wholesome enjoyment In the open, but brings to the city thou sands of people from other places. Given a few years and it will become one of the big events of Pennsylvania and will attract as much attention as Philadelphia's and New York's jubilees. The committee needs $3,000 to finance the program. Send your contribution to V. Grant Forrer, care of the Harrisburg Bureau of Parks, Calder Building. Kipona may have meant sparkling waters to the Indians, but it means good time to us. THOSE MOSQUITOES THE heavy rains have brought with them countless mosqui toes. Dr. Raunick, acting on the State Health Department's sur vey, is ready to get rid of most of the pests, but he needs the financial support of Council. By all means he should have it. A few hundred dollars is a small sum to pay for the banishment of the disease carrying pests. Let us settle this public ownership question at the polls, where It ought to be settled, not in a Congress which has not been instructed by the voters on this question. London is shocked by the new styles stffit in from Paris and is beg ging fcr fashion hints from America, and no doubt will be able to get a few fresh shocks from what we send over. "The tiae that is flowing in the hearts of men" isn't the peace tide of which the President spoke. Are you worried, troubled and in doubt? Get out into the open to morrow and watch the "glooms" take to the woods. 'n. By the Ex-Committeeman Prospects are bright for an over whelming Republican victory in Dauphin county this fall. Senator E. E. Beidleman, who has been looking the situation over pretty carefully this summer, it; of the im pression that with sucl. a ticket as gives promise of being nominated the Democrats will pu„ up only a mere show of opposition. The frightful fall-down of the Demo cratic organization in this county, as shown by the en-rollment figures made public a few weeks ago, is commented upon by all who know the opportunities the Democrats had for the building of a very strong or ganization. With unlimited re sources and all the Federal patron age in their control they come to the end of nearly eight years of national control, during which a large part of the time the national chairman of the party resided in this city, with a machine all shot to pieces and not able to command even the handful of votes that it had when Wilson was first elected to the Presidency. The case of the Democrats in this district is so hope less that it is not even certain that enough victims can be procured to fill out the ticket. On the other hand there is a healthy rivalry for places on the Republican- ticket and a number of lively contests are in prospect with strong candidates to be nominated no matter which way the wind blows. The party or ganization in both city and county was never so harmonious as at pres ent and the outlook for a very large vote in an "off-year" is bright. —The Altoona Tribune doesn't' think much of the proposal to create a new political party in Penn sylvania, and says that newspaper editorially: "A number of very earnest men and women, represent ing every section of the United States, will presently hold a con ference for the purpose of consid ering national affairs, with- a view to doing something toward straight ening out the tangles that seem to have got into our democratic gov ernment. We have been honored by an invitation to attend, but are not disposed to accept the invitation for various reasons. For one thing there seems to be no sovereign cure for anything political in the con struction of new parties. This has been tried again and again. Oceus sionall.v the new organization arrives at a fitting time and lives. Thus the Republican party was the logical outgrowth of a profound and power ful ser.-timcnt against the extension of human slavery. It came into be ing at a propitious time and has managed to retain the confidence of a majority of the people for most of the time since Lincoln's first election. Yet there does not seem to be any urgent demand for a new party at the present moment."' —The Wilkes-Barre Record is seeking information on the question: "Can a discharged soldier, sailor or marine register for the primaries by presenting his discharge paper in lieu of his county or State tax re ceipt?" An answer to this question or vital importance to several thou sand voters is expected sometime next week, says the writer. "Major W. S. McLean, Jr., county solicitor, said yesterday that there is no defi nite ruling on the question by a court ar.-d he intends to take the question up with the court next week, to ob tain a proper ruling to determine the procedure in the case of voters who were in service and, therefore, could not be assessed and registered at the proper time. The court's rul ing is expected some time next week. In the meantime county and State tax collectors are holding the matter in obeyance, advising discharged ser vice men to withhold the payment of taxes until a ruling is received." —William P. F. Forgupon, recog nized for twenty years as the lead ing editorial writer in the Prohibi tion party in the Nation, announces that he will registci as a Republi can for the forthcoming election. He makes the announcement in the News-Herald, Franklin's only daily newspaper, of which he is editor. Ferguson was formerly editor of the Voice, the New Voice, the Defender and the National Prohibitionist, all Prohibition party organs in the United States, and was the choice of Michigan and Wisconsin and half of the Pennsylvania delegation for President in 1916. —Judge John M. Patterson, of the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, was asked yesterday to become the Republican organization's candi date for Mayor of Philadelphia. He is holding his answer in abey ance fci a few days and is to make known his decision early next week. This request was one of the day's important developments following the announcement of Congressman J. Hampton Moore that he will seek the nomination at the September primaries, and a feature of import ance about it was that the suggestion was made by David H. Lane, Vare leader of the Twentieth Ward, and Senator David Martin. Both have long been regarded as personal friends of Congressman Moore, and it was only a short time ago that Mr. Lane expressed the belief that Mr. Moore should be the organiza tion candidate. Senator Martin is generally credited with having helped Congressman Moore in his early political successes, but the two Vare leaders, by the request to Judge Patterson, gave added em phasis to their recent declarations that Moore must be regarded as an antiorganization candidate. Ford and Edsel [Harvey's Weekly.] About Edsel, The Slacker: Q. I understand, Mr. Ford, that this matter is not a private matter at all. A. No. Q. That you publicly declared, announced that you assumed all responsibility for Edsel not enlist ing? A. I think I did, yes. Q. That you did not want him to wear a uniform; that he was more useful to you in the factory? A. I did. Q. And the Draft Board dis agreed with you? A. I think so. Q. That is all, Mr. Ford. Yes, that was all. If all doting parents hud been willing and able to prevent the drafting of their sons, not much of an army could have been sent to France. Fortunately few had sufficient pull at the White House to evade sendee by obtaining a timely "change of regulations," and fewer yet, thank God, would have ilnna sn tf t.lie.v could. 1 BARRISBURG TLFWFCJFTLI TELEGRAPH SOMEBODY IS ALWAYS TAKING THE JOY OUT OF LIFE By Briggs C s — *—\ |IF THIS CLUB WOULD \ I r-„. I ? . . \ TAK<; BEITTR C^PTE __ / FOUR... W VU DO YOO \ OF THS COURSE,ONE - VNHV \ l AA.CHT 15e ABLE TO fioe.-r ouo DAY 1 C [ 1 Vou T * Ke AT I V Mftwa A DECENT SHOT , FOR <LLFISAI-T / ■) FWG--COUNT ✓ AWOUTRAGE' FR JF£ / ( MP: / YOURSELF ANO Y A _> /; L U \ \J! PROVE 'T- Yoo PROVE Y ALL RI&HT I°!^°^"/ | \ THEN , /AU CVIO TL.- I .IVIA " \ F THAT'S ALL RI<HT-] / OH, FOR TM UUVA _ V ' ) ( Y<?O J>ON T OWN TH6 \ AV/CH LOCK • IF I HAO YOUR J I , URI6 THAT- I JET LOCK ID KAND CNT.RE/ WE'VB GOT AS 600 D I --V. AFR) HOL6 ' S UNOGFT PAR- ~" "\ No Wonder Germany Quit NUMBER THIRTY-NINE "It used to be a fairly common occurrence to hear someone growl ing about high prices in France," said Major Frank C. Mahin, or the Army Recruiting Station, 325 Mar ket street, Harrisburg. "Most men, after a short acquaintance with prices they found at home, changed ; their minds and said no more about l French prices. However, one even | now occasionally finds some ex soldier who thinks our troops were I overcharged in France. This point; of view is due, no doubt, to a fail ure to consider the question as a whole. One cannot draw a true conclusion by examining the situa tion at any one period. We are too prone to think of the war as hav ing started in 1917. It did start I then, for us, so far as combatant j participation in it is concerned, but for the Allies it already had | been going on for three years, and > we had felt its effects economically. I Consider conditions in November I 1917. German submarines had al-I most reached their peak of destruc- i tlon of Allied shipping. In a nuli- ! tary way the Allies were hard press ed ; winter was ahead of them, and i supplies in France were at low ebb. Morale was unstable. Hope of! aid, incurred by news of great preparation, and bolstered by early arrival of some troops, was beginning to weaken because of an apparent failure of our planes and expected hordes of troops to arrive. Yet, in spite of these most adverse conditions, the early American troops were royally welcomed, and most generously treated. To illus- 1 trate the cordial relations existing, I an instance might be mentioned, i-. the shell-battered town of Albert, in view of desolate ruins of what had been a prosperous sugar retineiy, j there lived a young French widow, whose husband, was an artilleiy sergeant, killed the previous winter. The widow, as soon as the British military authorities would permit, had returned to the shattered re mains of her home, when the Boche hud withdrawn from that section. Here, patching up walls and roof with such material as was at hand, she made her home again, with her aged parents and two little children. To eke out a living she ran a little cafe serving all who came, in lie l, former parlor, and bedroom. As if she had not enough to do, she did laundry work for the newly arrived Americans, and without charges did their mending. As a result, she be came well known to the Fourteenth Engineers, and the, as Xmas ap proached, decided to give her chil dren an American Xmas. The idea grew, and when the day came, not only her children, but all children in the town, were guests at a com munity tree, and received presents from the regiment. In this town, on the very edge of desolation, shopkeepers could hardly have pro fiteered else no performance like the above could have come from the cordiality existing. In Langres, France, the first Americans to at tend the military school where equally well received and treated. Many private homes were opened to them where they were often din ner guests. The men never forget the comparative profusion of stores and goods they found here, and prices were reasonable. In the mat ter of some services, such as laun dering, they were unreasonable—so low as to bo ridiculous. As winter came, and the whole country around this city was flooded with Americans attending various schools prices naturally advanced. Consider that now the demands for all com moditirs were many times increas ed. Yet all supplies, except mili tary, were comparative!'' normal or less. All shipping was utilised for troops and their requirements. Yst In this town, in March 1918, one could buy a uniform for less than forty dollars, while in the United .States one could not duplicate it I for less than sixty dollars. The cond'tion here was typical of that throughout France. To help the -tendency toward overcharging, by the unscrupulous, sure to be found in every country, was the evidence of relative wealth, displayed by Americans. Our countrymen, as tourists in Europe, had established the idea that all of us have plenty of money. And now. huek privates who paid a three franc purchase with a five franc note, and grandly waved aside the change, substan tiated the rumor that the American army paid Its soldiers fabulous sums. Unprincipled dealers of course took advantage of this. But the ordinary merchant, like every French citizen, with members of his family, or friends in the war, did all possible to give comfort and en couragement to the soldiers of ail Romance of a Wounded Doughboy A BIG Packard touring car bowl ed merrily along one of New York's busy thoroughfares. A tall soldier, in his hand a heavy cane with which he counteracted the awkwardness of a newly-acquired artificial leg that had been given him by a grateful Government in return for the one he left in France, stood at the corner of Fifty-ninth street and Columbus Circle. He ap peared to be watching the machine, but his thoughts were elsewhere. His expected discharge from the army was due in a few days. He would then be in a position either to succeed or fail in his recently discovered ambition, to sing in opera. He had a very decent operatic baritone, so several famous voice culturists had told him. But he couldn't read a note. Nevertheless, with hard study and adfitiuate finan cial support there was always a chance that he might make good in. that Held of endeavor where many are called, or think the'y are, but few are chosen. However, a practical and hard headed Government, lacking in imagination, does not include voice training in its category of vocational pursuits for partly rehabilitated soldiers. Nor can noe train one's voice on bread alone, courageous as he may be. And meanwhile one must eat and clothe oneself. And at that there was always a chance that he would make an excellent plumber or bricklayer. As the big soldier stood musing, the touring car with its single occupant, turned and rolled. back. The chauffeur opened the door and a pleasant voice asked the soldier if she could give him a lift. He replied that he was his own boss till train time, so it was agreed that he should ride around with her till time to leave. And with his accept ance of the invitation the whole future of his life was changed. The kind young lady (who, by the Allies. A further example of French generosity, is that shown by a wo- ] mapr in the Vosges. An American officer was billeted ifi her homo. The government paid her a small amount for his room. Custom among the officers dictated that he should pay her at the rate of half a franc a day to cover personal ser vices. He found his land-lady, do ing his laundry, mending it; caring for his room, which was kept im maculate; and every night when i;e retired he found a lunch of bread and butter with a glass of milk or wine, ready in his room. When the officer was ordered away, ha was ashamed to offer her the cus tomary amount, and tried to gice her more. The good woman refused to accept anything. She said sho had given four sons to the cause, and anything now that she could do was only too little for France and liberty. It was such cordiality, gen erosity and indomitable spirit, that made sure the final victory. Ger many so wrong in her estimate of her opponets temper could not, in the face of such spiritual integrity, do other than as she finally did— quit." The American Girl [From Birmingham Republican.] Every once in a while we get stirred up mightily about the American girl and wonder if there's another like her in the whole world. Then up hops the pessimistic gentleman in the front row who de mands if we see anything to be proud of in these haughty dames who parade Broadway in dresses so high that they're low and so low that they're high, their faces be yond recognition. Bless you, that's not the Ameri can girl at all. If you want to see the real girl, seek her out in her native haunts, frank up Henry Ford or invest a quarter with the trolley company, and look for her at Ideal park any Saturday night. You'll find her leg'on—and every inch a queen. This Is the girl who knows how to dress simply, but attractively. She carries herself with an easy dignity. She is approachable. Her smile is glorious. She has a veal sense of humor. Your impress'on of her is that of an honest- j-gosh sort of person who talks frankly and means what she says. There is something refreshing about her personality. Perhaps, she works for a living; per haps, she doesn't. In. either case you find her to be a self-reliant young woman who knows the value of a dollar. ' Tnere's nobody like her in the world. God bless her. way, isn't so terribly young) turned out to be a famous actress, noted for her eccentricities and generous na ture. Her name cannot be given at this (time, for various reasons, chief among which is the fact that the whole thing is still a bit uncer tain. But you shall see. She became interested in the. sol dier's ambition to sing and invited hini to lunch at her apartments the following day. There he was intro duced to her colored maid, who seemed to be u personal friend and adviser as well as lady-in-waiting. All three of them chatted together a while, and then the maid was ordered to bring in "Minnie," wh.) proved to be a wonderful mechanical doll, that "shimmied" steadily and wholeheartedly throughout the meal, to the evident enjoyment of the hostess and the unconcealed amaze ment of the guest. The repast finished, NA B. (per haps that gives her away) summoned her orchestra leader and her otvn accompanist and proceeded to give the soldier a try-out. At the con clusion of the song, she said with perfect frankness, and in language as forceful as it was imconventionul, "you've got a damn tine voice, but you sing like hell!" This was praise indeed, for this particular lady is not given to flat tery. The upshot of the whole mat ter was that she determined to assure Private Doughboy of a future. She is going to interest several of her friends, including Galli-Curci and John McCormack, in the soldier singer, and if such moral support and backing does not make an artist of our doughboy friend, nothing is likely to. This is a true story. It happened last week to a wounded soldier who is at present awaiting discharge at IT. S. A. General Hospital No. 3, Colonia, N. J. And yet one hears it frequently said that there is no romance in the world to-day. Lane and the Hill The path that trails across the clover field Forks at the foot of yonder purple hill; One branch goes on to join the cedar lane. The other Zanders downward with the rill. The one that seeks the turnings of the road Curves through the woods and fields to Isabelle's; And through the minted meadows by the rill. The other winds to where Cat mina dwells. How often have I reached those parting paths, And paused to know which way my wishes turn— Where Isabelle's clear eyes oatch heaven's hue, Or where Carmina's cheeks like roses burn. Catmina's voice is softer than the breeze j That croons its love songs to the summer dells; | But is there anywhere a zephyr blows That hums a sweeter note than Isabelle's? The thrushes sing divinely by the brook— But from the lane I catch the same glad thrill; Along the cedar path wild roses flame— But are they not as brilliant by the rill? And so I linger by those parting ways, And watch the sunbeams beckon from the stream; But from the cedar shadows in tho lane Do I not see them just as brightly gleam ? At some rare dawn or dusk a guid ing light May from the lane or other path appear, And solve the puzzle of Carmina's heart, Or Isabelle's coy mystery make clear. Till then 1 loiter up the trallir.g path, To where it forks below the pu •- pie hill. And wait for guidance from the silent lane, Or inspiration from the speechless rill. —HOWARD MARKI,K HOKE. Harrtsburg, Pa. AUGUST 9, 1919 llow Big Incomes Divide [From the New York Sun.] By the income tax returns for 1917 it is shown that there were in this country 3,302 incomes between SIOO,OOO and $150,000 each. If the average was $125,000 the total in comes in that class were $402,7 50,- 000. There were 2,347 incomes be tween $150,000 and $300,000 each. If the average was $200,000 the total incomes in that class were $409,400,000. There were 559 in comes between $300,000 and $500,- 000 each. If the average was $400,- 000 the total incomes in that class were $223,000,000. There were 315 incomes between $500,000 and sl,- 000,000 each. If the average was $750,000 the total incomes in that class were $330,250,000. At the top of the heap there were 141 incomes of $1,000,000 or more. If the aver age was $1,500,000 the total incomes in that class were $211,500,000. In. all those classes put together the total incomes were $1,643,500,- 000. The United States Treasury got a considerable share of those incomes as taxes. Presumably a good part of what was left was distributed by the owners among the general public, in wages, in the shops, in the hotels and restaurants, the schools and colleges, the churches and hospitals, the thou sand and one places where comfort able, large and prodigious incomes alike usually spend themselves. But suppose the United States Treasury hadn't got any of that $1,643,500,000 of income. And sup pose it could be taken away from those Who had it. Suppose not the $4 wage of day labor was left to them. Suppose every red copper of it was taken awuy from them. Suppose it was all distributed among the 110,000,000 people of the United States Then that distribution would give everybody—except those big income holders from whom all had been taken—sl4.94 more in the whole year than everybody— except those big income holders—had. it would give everybody $1.24 a month more than everybody had. It would give everybody nearly 28 % cents a week more than everybody had. It wouldn't give everybody a nickel a day—not even a car fare before the era of the Wilson cost of living. It would give everybody just a shade more than four pennies a day. We, the American people, are not fools. We know that confiscation, in whatever form, of all the incomes of the very rich would not do any thing. could pot do anything, for the American people comparable with a fair wage ahd a rational liv ing cost. Neither partisan editors nor professional politicians can be fuddle the American people over that. If Mr. Wilson will pull the plug out of the Government's profiteer ing grain reservoir and permit the public to have some food at sane prices we can all get back to busi ness, settle down to work and earn some real money which will buy things. "High Living" [From the Scranton Times.] One Senator says that high living is the cause of the high cost of liv ing. Another says it is profiteering by the retaileis. Still another de clares it is because the wheat farm ers are getting $2.26 a bushel. The high cost of living is due to a combination of things, embodying, with qualifications, all of the argu ments these Senators put forth, but neither is the main reason. The Senator who asserted it can not truthfully attribute the cost of "high living' 'to the people as a class. There are countless persons that it is a sin and a shame to accuse of "high living." These have not the means to live high. But there are people that are extravagant and not thrifty. The one big reason for high cost of living is the fact that 56,000,000 men were put into soldiers' uni forms. When that was done they stopped producing food, leather, clothing, growing cattle and other things. But they kept on eating, in other words, they remained consum ers. On top of that the 56,000,000 non productive soldiers fired away a great deal of money in the shape of powder, shtft, shell and material that in peace went into constructive use and supplied the people with the means of existence. "The Dream Is True" Ah, great it is to believe the dream As we stand in youth by the starry stream; Hut a greater thing is to fight life through, And say at the end, "The dream is true!" I2DWXN MARKHAM. IBmrouj CEifai |j 4 It is likely that the Harrisburg Rotary Club will tako up during the coming autumn, at the behest of R. H. Lyon, a well known fisher man, the project of eliminating the German carp from Wildwood Lake and the substitution therefore of a f large number of big mouth bass, catfish and blueglll subflsh. This idea has been under consideration for some time. Tho lake is muddy the year around now and much ' of its natural beauty spoiled by tne carp which are bottom feeders and which are continually stirring up the mud on the bottom. It would be foolish to put the young bats into the lake while the carp are there in large numbers for they would eat the spawn as the bass t develop and in a short time get tho better of the game fish in numbers. I The same is true of catfish and sun fish. The lake is ideally designed for the culture of bass, suntlsh and * catfish. The catfish, which are pro lific breeders, would provide ample food for the bass and in addition would give a lot of good sport for boys and men not given to fishing for bass, and the same applies to the sunfish, which of this variety grow large and are good fighters. Mr. Lyon has looked over tho lake, given the matter constderablo thought and is talking of asking the Rotary club to get behind tho movement. It is believed the park department, the officials of which always have been regretful of the useless German carp in the lake, would listen to the scheme for the * reason that it would add anoths' big attraction to Wildwood Park The State Department of Fisheries is always glad to co-operaVe with communities in any movement of the sort and about all the expense that would be attaehed to the re "I 0 ™ 1 " f , the p brp and the planting of the lake with the fish mentioned would bo the draining of the water a comparatively easy manner, cx cept in a few low spots, which would have to be seined. Of course there are carp all the way up the channel of the creek, above the dam, but most of these fish would come down into the lake when th water began to get low in the 1 stream and so would be caught. At least so many carp would be taken from the lake that the bass and other fish would have a ehancd to propigate and would then he able to hold their own against their leather-backed enemies. "Every day some fellow breezes in our office to inquire about army life," said Sergeant Frank Brynia. - ski yesterday. "I thought every- *- body knew all about it. But, now T am convinced, that thousands haven't the-slightest idea about thj great military forces Uncle Sar.i keeps to protect himself with. "In tho army you live mostly out * of doors. Tour work builds you up physically; makes you strong, healthy, alert, and masterful. Your military duties keep you fit. Say. you feel like a king all the time! That's why all regular soldiers ar.j such happy fellows. It makes you the kind of a chap that gets the best sort of a job when your enlist ment is up. For no calling build i up character and independence lik > the military profession. It's a reg ular life for a regular guy. "It doesn't make any difference ' , what you say, the army is the greatest training school in America J Where else can you pull down goo.; big pay while going to school! Where else do you get a chance 'o learn any trade you want to know'.' Whether you go into the Infantry. Artillery, Cavalry or Air Service, i* makes no difference. They give a man a chance to learn and earn in them all. Each branch utilizes a number of skilled trades —often a great many. These include every thing from surveying, automobllo I repairing, wireless telegraphing, etc. to tailoring, cooking and bricklay ing. You can choose which of theso trades you will learn. "Yesterday a man said 'sergean', do you have any liberty in the * army?' Say—lsn't it funny what strange ideas people get! Why cer tainly we get plenty of liberty. In fact it's the most free life in the world. You can always get time to play baseball, football and other games. Lots of men right here in town don't get this chance. You go to shows, dances and movies every night, almost, if you want to, and say—everybody gives the soldier the glad hand. I think soldiers have a much better time than civilians —and at the end of the month they have more money in their pockets to show for their work. Take it from me." * * * * Eli N. Hershey, former president of the Rotary club, is chairman of the Deeper Susquehanna Committee * of Pennsylvania which is back of the movement to make the river navigable from tidewater to the coil fields. He will assist the War De partment representatives in chargo of the survey made possible through Congressional activities of Congressmen Griest and Kreider and will have ns volunteer assist ants many enthusiasts throughout the country to tho north and west. It is likely that a conference will be held some time this fall to bo addressed by Government represen tatives. Action will also be taken at the old boatmen's reunion to bo held at Rolling Green park, near Sunbury this summer. r • * • Dr. F. E. Downes, superintendent of Harrisburg schools, is spending a part of his summer vacation in Car lisle, having taken over a Dickin son fraternity house which he and hib family are occupying for the summer. Dr. Downes is wel! known in Carlisle, having come from that Pi ace. He is an ardent tisheunan and almost any day you may ace his fishing boots drying on the lawn or a porch roof, for he is one of those anglers who prefer bait-cast ing. fly fishing or plug casting to '■* any other form of the sport, and when he goes into a stream it la almost certain to be a tragic occa sion for some of the big black bass <* ' •■ residing in that neighborhood. the World Wags Some pressing work I needed done Instantci, on tho quick. And so a man, an ideal one, I sought to do the trick. Weeks passed and into months they ran, Until in dire dismay The job I gave a busy man. And it was done next day. * A little loan, a friendly "touch," I wish to make and sought A friend of mine whose wealth w-3 such 'Twould seem to him as naught. He hemmed and hawed, and said, quite vexed. His taxes he must pay. I asked a struggling poet next > And got it right away. . William Wallace Whltlock.
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