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SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1910
Who brings sunshine into the life
0/ another has sunshine in his own.
—David Starr Jordan.
MORE FOOLISHNESS
THE assininity of the War De
partment has been displayed
again. Indeed, these fresh out
breaks are almost a daily occurrence.
Secretary Baker and his assistants
must lay awake nights thinking up
fresh ways in which to display their
stupidity.
Now comes an order to transport
all the foods stored in the Govern
ment warehouses at New Cumber
land to Philadelphia, notwithstand
ing that Harrisburg stood ready to
take over another large quantity,
and that Enola, Steelton, Me
chanlcsburg, Middletown and other
nearby places desired smaller lots.
Instead of disposing of the goods
here, where the towns interested
could have sent around and got what
they wanted by the truck load, the
Government orders the stuff loaded
on cars and sent to Philadelphia, at
big cost to either the War Depart
ment or the consumer, and any
body from this section who desires
to benefit by the sale of foods at
reduced prices must apply for them
through the parcel post, pay the
charges of transporting them back
to Harrisburg and then not get the
quantity desired.
• And there are those who wonder
why the Democratic administration
is not popular.
OUR MEMORIAL
NOT a word of criticism has been
heard regarding the proposed
memorial viaduct to be erected
by the State in connection with the
permanent improvement of the Cap
itol Park zone, and the fact that bitla
have now been invited for the erec
tion of this imposing structure is
interesting to all who favor proper
recognition of those who responded
to the colors in defense of the coun
try's ideals.
In this connection it should also
be said that the proposed Harrisburg
memorial to be erected at th e east
ern approach to the memorial via
duct is likewise meeting general ap
proval. It comprehends dignity of
treatmentand appropriateness of de
sign, and when the people are asked
to provide the necessary funds for
this memorial they will doubtless re
spond promptly, inasmuch as the
commemorative design at Thirteenth
and State_ streets will represent the
sentiment of the city and ought not
under any circumstances to repre
sent merely the generous contribu
tions of the few. It would be better
to have thousands contribute small
amounts for the total of |50,000
than for a patriotic group of gener
ous citizens to subscribe what may
be needed to make possible this
permanent memorial to the services
of brave Harrisburg soldiers in the
great war.
ROMPER DAY'S LESSON
NEXT Thursday will be Romper
Day at Reservoir Park and the
hundreds of children of Har
risburg who were wont to enjoy the
hospitality and entertainment pro
vided by the late Samuel Kunkel
for many years will turn out in force
this year to demonstrate anew their
affectionate remembrance of the big
hearted man who has passed on
and whose most enduring monument
is found in the hearts of grateful
children.
Samuel Kunkel, in providing tho
annual fund for the Romper Day
exercises through a definite bequest
for this purpose, has pointed the way
for other generous citizens of Har
risburg who may find an outlet for
thejr philanthropy in further pro
visions for the welfare and happi
ness of the children of the com
munity. Many things ought to be
provided for the youth of the city
and the stewardship of wealth is
becoming better understood every
day. Andrew Carnegie, of course,
was an exceptional money-maker,
but the fact in his life which stands
">Mt above any other is his definite
an iXJnun *' v~rr7i i iv-ur.
decision years ago to distribute his
wealth in some useful way and for
the benefit of those who were denied
the opportunities which the famous
Scotchman's beneficence provided.
Here in Harrisburg there are
many persons in good circumstances
who would probably hail with satis
faction some such Foundation as has
been suggested by the Telegraph [o*
the proper handling of contributions
of the living and bequests of the
dead in establishing welfare projects
that might bo financed through a
total thus provided, but which might
not be possible through a single be
quest or donation.
Many wills are made without
I much thought of the real obliga
j tions of the mukers, but with more
I attention being given to the stew
ardship of wealth the haphazard dis
tribution of private funds is giving
way to a more intelligent considera
tion of the personal responsibility
involved in the ownership of riches.
COMPROMISE
WORD from Washington indi
cates that Democratic Sena
tors are at last coming to
their senses with respect to modi
fication or reservations in the Peace
Treaty and the proposed League of
Nations. Very likely they have been
impressed with Senator Lodge's
ovation at the hands of crowded
Senate galleries the other day and
the repeated hissing which defend
ers of the League as it stands re
ceived at the same hands.
There is also something for them
to think about in the returns which
Colonel Harvey reports of a poll in
the central west, where nine of
every ten persons who cast a ballot
were opposed to the League in any
form. Shrewd Democrats no doubt
see that they must either accept
the compromise that Republicans
offer or see the League plan turned
down altogether.
Nobody questions that President
Wilson went to Europe with the
best of tntentions. He meant to
show the people of the continent
the ideals of America and to work
them out in a plan for the benefit
of all humanity. But teaching
Europeans to practice American
ideas of Government is like trying
to teach a child algebra before ho
has been instructed in arithmetic.
America has fought its way to its
present position. It has had noth
ing handed to it on a silver platter.
Full manhood suffrage and a voice
in the Government has been every
American's heritage since his birth.
He knows nothing else. He knows
how to be temperate in his judg
ment. and however radical his talk
the true American citizen votes as
he believes for the preservation of
American institutions and he is ever
ready to fight and die for them.
Europeans have a different view.
Freedom is for most of them an un
known term. They talk about it
glibly enough, but they do not know
how to exercise it even when they
attain it. And there is in Europe a
governing class, which is something
we do not know in America. Here '
the railroad conductor may be the
legislator of to-morrow, the printer
the mayor of his city, the clerk
of to-day may go to the State Senate
to-morrow, and a man who began
life as an engine oiler sat in the
United States Senate for years,
while the rail-splitter becomes the
everlasting ideal of the Nation.
In the League of Nations, without
reservations or even under any con
ditions, can we remain true to
America's best interests and to
those of the world at large? That is
a question that many Americans are
answering in the negative, and con
cerning which many others are in
doubt.
But let us not be deceived that we
shall have "set humanity back 400
years" if the League is rejected. In
side or outside such a League
America will continue to be a potent
force in the world, if not the actual
determining factor in peace or war
at any time. We are furnishing
Europe with the things it must
have. We are financing interna
tional business and many European
nations would find themselves hard
pressed if we pushed our claims.
We have just finished a war that
but for us would be still in progress.
We are a dominating force in the
world. Will we be the gainers or
the losers by adoption of the League
plan? As men decide that question
the President's program will go
through or fail. At present it looks
as though the Senate will see to it
that the teeth in the League that
might be turned on America will be
removed or muzzled and the plan
approved with these reservations.
SERVE 'EM RIGHT
THE English people are much ex
cited over a campaign opened
to make England dry. The
British ale lover is horrified at the
thought of giving up his life-long
beverages. But it would serve him
jolly well right if the nation did
adopt prohibition. The people of the
United States deprived themselves
of grain during the war that Eng
land might be fed. but the British
drinkers refused to make similar
sacrifice. Not only- that, but they
threatened to strike with their coun
try at death grips with Germany
unless they got their regular supply
of beer and ale. AVhen a habit be
comes that strong on any people it
is about time to break it even if a
few beer-doting British hearts are
broken at the same time.
THAT PULMOTOR AGAIN
A FEW months ago it was neces
sary to call the attention -of
the police department to the
importance of having the city's pul
motor in first class condition at all
times, and Mayor Keister caused
a new instrument to be purchased'.
Yesterday, when a woman was
taken from the river in an uncon
scious condition, there was great do-
lay in getting the pulmotor to the
scene. This machine should be a
part of the police patrol equipment.
Arrangements should be made for
the carrying of the pulmotor at all
times.
This ought not to be a difficult
matter and would save many delays
and precious minutes when life is
at stake.
Perhaps the unfortunate woman
might have been saved yesterday if
the pulmotor had been at hand when
she was taken from the water.
By the Ex-Commlttecman j
g . >
Georgo D. Thorn, superintendent
of elections in Pennsylvania, has
issued his annual booklet setting
forth election dates and a digest of
the rules under which elections are
to be held under the revised laws.
The fall primary elections will be
held Tuesday, September 16, and
the general elections Tuesday, No
vember 4. The political parties
which must nominate their candi
dates at the primary are the Re
publican, Democratic, Socialist and
Prohibition. The last days to be
assessed in boroughs and townships
for the November elections are:
Tuesday and Wednesday, September
2 and 3, and assessors will sit at the
polling places on these days. The
last day to pay poll tax to qualify for
the November elections is October 4.
—Every voter in cities of the
| first, second and third class must lie
registered to vote at the primary or
' the general elections as all previous
I registrations have expired. The
persona)' registration date for Phil
adelphia are Tuesday, August 26,
Tuesday, September 2 and Saturday,
[ September 6, and the hours when
registrars will sit are from 7. a. m.
to 1 p. m., and from 4 to 10 p. m.
The registration days in Pittsburgh
and Scranton are Thursday. Sep
tember 4, Tuesday, September 2 and
Saturday, September 13, and the
hours are from 7 a. m. to 10 a. m.,
and from 4 p. m. to 10 p. m., while
registration days in third class
cities, of which Harrisburg is one,
the registration days will be Thurs
day, August 28, Tuesday. September
2, and Saturday, September 13. The
hours when the registrars sit are
from S n. m. to 1 p. m., from 2 p. m.
to 4 p. m. and from 7 p. m. to 9
p. m.
Mr. Thorn outlines at length tile
laws govern ins the filing of nomina
tion papers by independent bodltn of
citizens, the pre-emption of names of
parties, the voting of soldiers, sail
ors and marines and the changes in
the method of marking the November
election ballot. If the voter desires
to vote for every candidate of a po
litical party, be may make a cross
mark in the appropriate square, op
posite the name of the party of his
choice in the party square, but it is
provided that the voter may make a
cross mark in the appropriate square
and may also make a cross mark in
the square opposite any individual
name whom he favors, in which case
his vote shall count for that candi
date and not for the candi
date for similar office In the column
in which he has marked the party
square. In any case, where more
than one candidate is to be elected to
office the voter may divide his vote
among candidates of different
parties by making a cross mark in
the appropriate square to the right
of each candidate for whom he de
sires to vote, not exceeding the total
number to he elected, and no vote
shall be counted for any candidate in
such group not individually marked,
notwithstanding the mark in the par
ty square.
—The names of candidates for the
office of judge will be printed on
the ballot In the order that they are
drawn by lot, the old alphabetical
order having been abolished by the
new judicial law. New methods are
provided for the computing of the
total vote in order that former com
plications involving the majority
vote whereby a candidate was en
titled to the sole place on the ticket
can be avoided. In third-class cities
the law has been changed by in
creasing the length of councilmanie
terms to four years, the former pro
vision being for two and the non
partisan provision is stricken out
the old party system having been
resumed. Jn addition the city treas
urer is to be elected by popular vote
instead of by council, as under the
original provisions of the Clark
small council act.
Hospitals in the Air?
[From the British Medical Journal]
Although a permanent residence
In the air is not yet feasible the
development of the giajit airship
provides possibilities of remaining
at high altitudes for considerable
periods at a stretch. Thus a germ
free atmosphere superior in this
respect to that for which the rich
journey to Davos-Platz) can be ob
tained five thousand feet above
Oldham or Bradford for those with
shallower purses; and the picture of
aerial hospitals for early pulmonary
tuberculosis, gliding gracefully over
our cities, is drawn-, not as the fan
tom of a dream, but as a realizable
possibility.
The advantages and disadvantages
of the altered atmospheric pressure
are discussed by Captain E. Brown
in the National Review. They are
of course familiar, but the reader's
attention is specially directed to the
volume and movement of the air
at high altitudes as possibly factors
of considerable importance, for the
degree of motion and the immense
volume present at high altitudes
can raroly, if ever, be obtained on
the earth. The author, who certain
ly writes with enthusiasm foresees
vast curative possibilities from the
stimulating effects thus provided,
and prophesies thqt we may go to
Bath or Harrogate for certain dis
eases.
A month or two ago we received
from Captain H. W. Bernard, R. A.
M. C., a communication in which
he worked out in some detail the
requirements for fitting out a cap
tive airship as a tuberculosis sana
torium.
You Who Love Me
You who love me—
You are careless of your love;
Has it ever occurred to you
That I might grow tired
Of your utter faithfulness,
That I might sicken of your con
stan-cy,
That you might become but com
monplace to me,
And that the sameness of things
Might be again?
You who aro heedful of every wish
I have,
Have you ever thought
That I might weary of it all?
I Oh, you who love me dearly, '
I You are careless of your love.
a. A. K.
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NUMBKR FORTY-FIVE
"A hospital is probably the last
place you'd visit, said Major Frank
C. Mahin, of the Army Recruiting
Station, 325 Market street, Harris
burg," to have a good time. Espe
cially is this true of a military hos
pital. Yet in an old letter I re
ceived from a man in our first over
seas contingent one gets a cheerful
picture of—in this case, an English
C. CT S.—Casualty Clearing Station."
According to his letter, "this little
field hospital is quite a gem. Wholly
under canvas, it has boarded floors,
iron cot beds, regular bedding, ex
cellent doctors, and wonderful
nurses. The St. John's Society. With
the good care given us, and tasty
food served us, the place has a
cheerful, friendly, happy air about
it. It seems to be the practice here
that when a particularly humorous
Tommy, who has been a patient,
nears convalescence, they string him
along, putting bim at light orderly
work, —anything to keep him here
as long as possible. So it happens
that at present we have a little
sawed-off Irishman, alpout forty-five
years old, who is a show in him
self. He is always raising "ned."
He sneaks and gives to the patients
more food than they can cat, —and
for himself steals everything in
sight. Dittle he cares if caught, and
he always draws a laugh in place
|of a reprimand by his doleful ex
pression as ho clicks his heels and
comes to attention, before giving a
typical 'evasive answer.' Baiting him
at all times is a regular orderly—
a Royal Army Medical Corps man,
who is a natural clown a quick wit
with a ready tongue, and face and
figure which lend themselves most
happily to his successful caricatures
and pantomime. Next to me lies a
little mite of a fellow, —a young
'Scotty'—a 'Jock' —only twenty-two
years old, yet an expert on motors,
and in charge of mechanics at a base
depot for fighting planes. He di
rects the testing and repair of every
kind of aeroplane motor; and per
sonally flies a speedy machine to
any squadron's hangar, or up near
the front, where a motor is giving
trouble and requires expert atten
tion. He is a happy little chap—
doesnt' weigh a pound over 110—
well educated, mild mannered, clear
speaking—with that delightful Eng
lish precision of enunciation. He
speaks of things which almost freeze
your blood. He risks his life so con
stantly, I guess, that he is hardly
any longer aware of it. With a life's
! experience of danger crowded into
a couple of years, he is a contra
diction—for ho is perfectly ingenu
ous. As the orderly would say " 'Es
a ducky, a'y, a duck e's." Across
the aisle is another Jock —a High
lander, all of forty-five years old,
with service dating back tp the dark
days of 191 Three times he has
been sent to Blighty—each time for
good, yet in spite of the severity
of his wounds, he has recovered
enough to get into Class A, and come
across again. Now the doctors think
him a victim to all ailment, which
will kill him in less than a year.
Do you think he will submit to being
called sick to being invalided
home? No, Sir! After what he
has been through one would think
he would be glad to go home and
get .out of it all. Instead, this man
begs us to help him to fool the
doctors—so he won't be sent home.
When asked why; he says he knows
he won't live long, and he must
hurry to even his score with the
Boclio who brought him to this con
dition." "This attitude," said the
Major, "was typical of the men or
all the Allies. Indomitable cour
age, and determination were as evi
dent on the part of the sick and
wounded, as of the splendid healthy
huskies. In addition to this the
Anglo Saxons were by temperament
I possessed of a resiliency—with noth
ing phlegmatic in their make up
They could fight hard, work hard,
play hard. Here in this hospital w;v
can see them, in spite of sickness
and wounds, laughing light-heart
edly. Back of their frivolity, turn
ing darkness into light, combating
the cynicism so readily born of phy
sical suffering, in honor-poisoned
minds, was a great, strong, faith and
conviction. It is typified in the last
paragraph of the letter: 'From
Somewhere in the Cnnvas Depths an
organ peals forth solid old church
of in land offertories,' —"The Heav
ens Rend," —"Dargo"—and rich bass
voice is singing the "Evening Hymn
of the Crusaders."
Good Advice
[From the Dallas News]
Our position simply is that no
girl should go motoring with a
strange man until she knows enough
about his chauffeurshlp to guess that
he will not try to entertain her by
running over a hay wagon.
The National Outlook
To the Editor of the Telegraph:
The average historian of the days
preceding our great Civil War lies
been wont to marshal the great,
leaders of Congress in the forefront
of their fellows, that he may both
use them most forcefully and at the
same time re-enforce his view by
the added weight of supporting
numbers opposing formidable as
sault upon the national constitution.
Just now more formidable serried
hosts confront the Republic than
have ever before challenged her ex
istence. When our forefathers were
culled upon to defend the freedom
which they had conquered from the
wilderness, they were forced to tiic
arbitrament of the sword, the do
ing so produced a "crisis that tried
men's souls." Thus they gave us
this "government of the people, by
the people and for the people." To
share these blessings with us we
have for a century and a half in
vited the downtrodden of the eartl..
But while we are willing thus lo
share our gifts, wo are not willing
to surrender our liberties to a pop
ular sovereignty that is the freak of
a superstate.
For self-preservation as well as
for humanity's sake, our nation was
compelled to take part in the great
war that has so lately come to an
end. She must likewise take part
in formulating terms of peace. But
propaganda for the sole purpose of
obtaining selfish results is rampant
on both sides of the seas. Some of
this propaganda, while having in
reality few advocates, by reason c f
strong financial support, has been
so successfully camouflaged as to bo
made to appear commendable to
many persons.
History is said to repeat itself.
May we, therefore, briefly refer lo
Colonial days and the evolution of
the Articles of Confederation. Shep
pard's "History of the Constitution"
states, "owing to the similarity of
their laws, religious institutions and
humanitarian interests, they were
frequently led to unite for the pur
pose of advancing their common
welfare." In 1754, seven colonies
considered a common plan of de
fense again threatened French ag
gression. Ten years later, when
England began to oppress, they
again formed a union for protection.
Next year nine colonies sent dele
gates to an assembly at Now York,
where a bill of rights was adopted
and published, assorting that the
sole right of taxation rested in the
colonies. On September 5, 1774, the
first Continental Congress assem
bled in Philadelphia and on Octo
ber 26 sent forth another Declara
tion of Rights setting forth fully
the nutural and constitutional rights
to which they believed the colonies
were entitled.
The Second Continental Congress
met in May, 1775, and in June of
the next year appointed a commit
tee to prepare a Declaration of In
dependence and Articles of Confed
eration for the colonies. The former
was adopted on July 4 and the lat
ter the next year, being Anally rati
fied by the colonies in 1781.
The title, "Articles of Confedera
tion and Perpetual Union hetween
the States," shows that no State
was at liberty to withdraw ad
libitum after final ratification,
whether reservations were filed or
not. However, these articles wcie
short lived because they were found
Impracticable. Under them Con
gress had no power to lay taxeu,
collect revenues for public pur
poses, regulate commerce, or en
force its own recommendations
upon any State. Tt was soon found
necessary to adopt a national con
stitution.
When our constitution was sub
mitted to the States for ratification,
some of them made "reservation.*."
Virginia, for example, "does declare
and make known that the powers
granted under the constitution be
ing derived from the people of the
United States may be resumed by
them whensoever the same shall be
perverted to their injury or oppres
sion." New York and Rhode Island
each said: "The powers of gov
ernment may be resumed by the
people whenever It shall become
necessary to their hanplness." H. S.
Forter. r,f New York, commenting
on the failure of these reservations,
snvs: "No reservation of the United
Pistes Senate, either of the Monroe
Doctrine or of the United States,
reserved right to withdraw from the
Deague of Nnt'ons, would he effec
tive unless fit the im" t'm that
such reservation was attempted to
be exerc'scd the executive commit -
tee of the Dengue npp-oved of the
exercise."
He might have said more briefly
that if the reservation had been in
the Covenant itself no appeal to
that committee would be necessary.
The decision of the Supreme Couit
barring the Southern States from
receding in 1861 settled the reserva
tion question for the United States,
and goes far to prove the impossi
bility of the United States' with
drawal from the Deague of Nation if
the reservations be not inserted in
the Covenant itself.
Ex-Senator Beveridge, of Indiana,
addressing the Bar Association of
Pennsylvania some time since, fol
lowed this vein of thought. In re
ferring to the Monroe Doctrine as
mentioned in the Dengue Covenant,
he showed that it was mentioned
there, not. so much to admit the
value of this doctrine in the eyes
of the American people, as lo
wheedle the nation by camouflaga
into acceptance of the Deague, as a
world-wide recognition of tt, but
more clearly defined than before.
When examined, the reference is
seen to define it as an "interna
tional agreement or regional under
standing," rather than an establish
ed and most effective safeguard. Mr.
Beveridge rightly says, "it is spe
cifically and in unmistakable terms
nothing less than a surrender of the
Monroe Doctrine." Since it is de
fined as above, if the Senate ratifies
the Deague Treaty, the United
States can no longer say what this
fundamental policy means but must
leave the interpretation to a super
state. As if to prove this, at the
very moment when this definition
was being embodied in the League,
the British delegates declared that
"the Monroe Doctrine had ceased to
be an American policy." Is not this
prima facie evidence of the duplic
ity that the "Mother (?) country"
has been so often guilty of?
What is the autonomous act that
determines the righteousness of any
government? Is it the at best limit
ed franchise of autocratic govern
ments, or is it the universal suf
frage which prevails in our Repub
lic? Note the provisions of the voi
ing powers provided for the Deague
of Nations. Thirty-two nations ar3
designated as members of this su
perstate. The British Empire is lo
have six votes distributed among
herself and her provinces. Each of
the other thirty-one states, regard
less of size or civilization, is to have
but one vote. The smallest and least
intelligent of these nations has a
vote equal to the United States, the
first nation in the world, while the
British outvote us 6 to 1.
Seeing this outstanding injustice
we can but wonder by what ne
cromancy "The Big Four" could
have been inveigled into inviting so
large a number of small nations into
the Deague; or how our President of
49 sovereignties could have been
willing to allow the British a vote
for each of her provinces without,
claiming the same right for each of
our 48 Uommonwealths. On the
score of autonomy he should have
been satisfied with nothing less, for
our national constitution guarantees
perpetual autonomy to each State.
If the above be true, why dnl
not some member of our delegation
(regardless of their House) step for
ward at this crucial moment to de
fend our nation against treachery?
Why should not such a proposition
have been strangled at its birth,
rather than to be permitted to come
to a place where hamstrung "resei
vattons" could do it no harm but
themselves become mere "scraps of
paper?" If, perchance, any such
tilt was made our improvised diplo
mat proved himself a mere tyro in
dealing with the legerdemain of
quips and quirks of these postmas
ters In flank movements. The Amer
ican people have paid the fiddler to
the tune of $5,000,001) for the
junket, while Johnny Bull maintains
his prestige as exemplar of the say
ing, "heads I win; tails you lose."
. In the face of this British ag
gression let us say that from the
dawn of the Christian era we recall
no parallel so utterly indefensible,
not even the holocausts of the orig
inal Attila. the Hun, who by his
bloody deeds earned for himself the
name, "The Scourge of God." With
the modern John Bull, of the
prefldious isle, rests the palm for
victory in the establishment of this
mongrel of a. • quasi-superstate.
But why continue the farce of a
contest that pales into insignificance
when comnared with the hero of
Cervantes, Don Quixote, in his battle
with the windmill? The tender
mercies of the United States Senate
will either perpetuate this anomaly
or eonsi'rn It to the depths of ob
livion. We wait to se°.
A. H. EGE.
Mechaniosburg, Pu., Aug. 14, 1919.
'AUGUST 16, 1919.
"Her Bright Smile"
The Congressman and I were plod
ding homeward in the dark
From the weekend social orgy
with our friends of "Old and
New;"
We were talking of destroyers and
armadas and—when, hark!
A familiar phrase of music fell
the balmy silence through—
Years like book-leaves were turned
backward by the player's sim
ple skill,
As our quick ears caught the cadence
of "Her Bright Smile Haunts
Me Still."
"My good wife used to play that
piece," the Congressman did
say,
"Some thirty years and more ago;
we seldom hear it now;
I remember how she played it,
and I loved to hear her play;
I have since heard greater music,
but no sweeter, 1 avow.
My life has been devoted long to
forum, mart, and mill.
But when those chords are struck
again, liter bright smile
haunts mo still."
"She was poor and I was poorer,
and our luxuries were few, *
But she hud her own piano, and
at evening she would sing;
There were not many singers nor
composers that I knew,
But she was queen of singers, of
composers he the king.
The critics sneer at simple things,
let them, if they will —
My memory is faithful to 'Her
Bright Smile Haunts Me
Still.' "
"I felt what I had never felt, 'the
midnight on the seas';
My heart grew sore with thinking
of 'the years since we last
met;'
The fierce staccato thrilled me of
'her voice lives on the breeze.'
Till suddenly I roused myself to
find I had her yet.
Then all next day about my work
her face my dreams would fill
And I came to love the song that
made her bright smile haunt
me still."
"The cares .of home and property
crept over us apace;
The cradle left no leisure for the
old pianoforte;
A new light, soft and anxious, grew
familiar in her face,
Even dearer than the beaming,
teusing smile I used to court.
But years have run their cycle, time
his wonders works until
In children's children's happy eyes
her bright smile haunts me
still."
—William Herbert Carruth.
Stories of Carnegie.
"Girard" in the Philadelphia Press
tells these stories anent the passing
of the Laird of Skibo:
Schwab and Carnegie each gave
a large sum of money to the Penn
sylvania State College. When their
new buildings were to be dedicated
the steel magnates went up to the
college in a private car.
"Going to my stateroom, I found
my valet on the floor," said Mr.
Schwab.
"What are you doing there?" I in
quired.
"Im going to resign my Job, Mr.
Schwab," replied the valet.
"What's the trouble?" I asked.
"Well," said James, "here you and
Mr. Carnegie give uway a couple of
million dollars and travel in a priv
ate car, but you've got only one col
lar button between you and I've lost
that."
Of all Carnegie's "boys," as he
called his younger partners, Charles
M. Schwab was his favorite.
I've heard Mr. Schwab, himself
the most conspicuous steel man in
the world to-day, relate many
anecdotes of his former chief, who
for years was the steel king of the
whole earth.
"I was once ordered by Mr. Car
negie," says Mr. Schwab, make
a report on a proposed new steel rail
mill. I went into the thing as well
as I could und finally recommended
that we construct a mill with a ca
pacity of 1,000 tons a month.
"Mr. Carnegie sent for me and
thanked me for my efforts but hoped
the world would never find out that
he employed anybody so silly as to
recommend a mill with such a huge
capacity."
Which showed that Carnegie
sometimes lacked vision. As Mr.
Schwab added: "He lived to see
such a mill a mere pigmy."
The Day of the Lord
Alas for the day! For the day of
the Lord is at hand and as a destruc
tion from the Almighty shall it
come. Is not meat cut off before
our eyes. Joel i, 16 and 16.
iEiiTntng (Eijat! '
Nobody going in or out of Harris
burg by the way of Cumberland Val
ley has any longer reason to be puz
zled as to direction or the number
of miles to his next destination. At
the west end of the Market street
river bridge the Chamber of Com
merce has caused to bo erected a
large signboard, white with blaclc
and red lettering, bearing the names
of towns on the roads spreading out
like a fan from that place with the
mileage to each and arrows pointing
to indicate the direction. The board £
serves a real purpose for travelers '
who are often at a loss as to which
way to turn.
"This is a great help to motorists
and it ought to be copied by other
towns," said a Gettysburg man this
morning. "Now if the city would
only buy the bridge and free it how
happy we Cumberland Valley visit
ors would be."
• • *
Tourists through the Cumberland
Valley come home with all manner
of stories concerning the shortage
of the peach crop. Here and there
the orchards are hanging heavy
with fruit, but in the main the trees
were hard hit by the late cold snap
last spring and some of the growers
will not have more than a quarter
I crop. This applies to the northern
j states generally and already Maine
and Massachusett dealers arc im
i portuntng local growers to send
| them carload lots. One of the local
growers, Robert Walton, who has
extensive orchards near Hunimels
town, came through the cold snap
with his trees in good shape and ho
will have large quantities of lino
fruit this year. Early in September
he will take the Harrlsburg Rotary
Club to his orchards for an inspec
tion trip by motor and will treat
the members and their wives to a
cornroast during the evening. Ho
attributes his good luck this year
to careful cultivation last year and
to the stimulation of his trees with
generous applications of nitrate of
soda solution just about blooming
time Inst spring. This put his trees
in shape to withstand the long cold
snap.
• • *
"If every grocery store could get
as much green goods and fruits at
reasonable prices as it could sell,"
said a grocer yesterday, "I predict
the high cost of living would soon
be cut. We ought to eat largo
quantities of fresh fruit and vege
tables in season. Canned goods
ought to be for the time when wo
can not get the fresh stuff. But tho
average grocer cannot get a fair
supply of fruits and vegetables. I
like the idea of a wholesale market
on days the retail markets are not
in operation. I know a number of
tho larger grocers who have ar
rangements with farmers to bring
them large quantities of stuff three
i or four times a week. The little
fellows cannot do this. They must
get their produce where they can
: at whatever price is offered. It is
I a fact that the grocers who buy in
large lots as I have described are
able to keep the prices for such
stuff in their stores down to the
■ regular market prices. I believe a
wholesale market would work to the
■ same end and give us all a chanco
to get foodstuffs in season at whole
' sale prices suitlciently low to give
us a prolit and also to sell at reason
able figures."
• • •
"Speaking of picnic places," said
a Dauphin man to-day, "I know of
no prettier spot than Freeman C.
Gcrberich has along the Susquehan
na above Dauphin. He calls it "Tho
. Elm" because of a large elm tree
that is a landmark in tho vicinity.
, The outlook is on the river and is as
pretty as anything in Central Penn
sylvania. Mr. Gerbcrich is a genius
' with tools and has spent many
. hours putting up small buildings,
, cupboards and shelters for time of
rain. Many are the outings that
have been held there. The place
, is a favorite of Lieutenant-Governor
E. E. Beidleman, who has had
, many State otlicials'and other prom
> inent people there for the little
parties he so much delights to give.
' I wonder that more people do not
1 take advantage of the many shady
i nooks along the river for similar
uses. There arc all too few sum
; mer places in tho vicinity of Har
-1 risburg considering the beauties we
l have here. Lieutenant Governor
t Beidleman lias set a good example
for his fellow townsmen by erect
ing a summer home at the foot of
■ the Dauphin mountain, one of the
most picturesque spots within many
s miles of Harrlsburg, and easily
reached from here."
r
The Rotary Club, acting on the
, suggestion of Ehrman B. Mitchell,
• will take n largo party of boys from
s the Harrisburg playgrounds to the
Mitchell farms along the Lingles
' town road near Rockvillo the latter
s part of this month for an afternoon
in the o'pen. Mr. Mitchell is chair
man of the boys' work committee of
the club and deeply interested in the
subject. The Rotarians will be given
one boy each for the afternoon and
i will take along a lunch big enough
. for two. They will be "pals" with
the little fellows during the outing
and when they leave each Rotarlan
i will take the name of his "chum"
. and will try to keep in touch with
. him,helping him where possible and
giving him the benefit of advice and
; encouragement when the little fel
-1 low needs it. The idea is Mr. Mlt
, chell's and he will throw his farms
open for the afternoon. There will
be fun in tho haymows, hasebali,
quoits and swimming in a big shady
pool that Mr. Mitchell has had con
structed on one part of his estate.
Come Out to Our House
Come out to our house any week
end in June.
When dandelions riot in the grass:
And drink the yellow floods of af
ternoon V
Poured from a sky of blue and
quivering glass.
Go through the arbor where the
ramblers mass
: In crimson flame against white
, lattices:
Open the easy swinging gate, and
pass -
Beneath the birch, between tho
maple trees
With tops a-tremble in the south
west breeze:
Follow along tho curving gravel
walk
Up to the terrace top, where, as
you please,
Tobacco, high adventure, casuaf
talk.
And journey's end await, if you are
one
Who couldn't .live much and quiet
-1 ly in the sun.
—John French Wilson in Contem
porary Verse.
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The Fact
[Louisville Courler-JournalJ
"Does a summer engagement call
for a diamond ring?"
"Most I ever got was an ice cream
soda."