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WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21. 1919
The mark of a saint is not per
fection, but consecration. —Bisiior
WESTCOTT.
ALIENS TO BLAME
ADVICES from the large indus
trial centers indicate that the
real trouble-makers in the
strike of steel workers throughout
the country are aliens or men who
have come to this country with i
theories of government diametrically
opposed to American ideals and the
principles of American life. It was
declared in one of the Catholic pul- |
pits of Pittsburgh last Sunday that j
the un-American forces behind the
steel strike and those who take part
In it as aliens drew large compcnsa- .
tton for their labor during the war
while patriotic fellow workmen went
overseas to fight that American
Ideals might live. This priest made
an eloquent appeal to all service men
to align themselves with the authori
ties to preserve peace. He declared
with emphasis that the strike was
brought about by outsiders, by men
who have no interest in the com
munity and who do not have the
welfare of the men at heart.
This is the view of scores and hun
dreds who have investigated the
causes leading to the present unfor
tunate industrial conflict. Thousands
who have quit work have done so
not because they are in sympathy
with the strike, but because they
<!o not care to be classed as "scabs,"
or in opposition to their fellows in
the various industries who have
made the Issue. Disregard of law
and order Is one of the unfortunate
phases of the early stages of the
controversy. Already officers of the
law are characterized as "Cossacks,"
an opprobious term coined by the
Russian disturbers of the peace who
have brought to America their radi
cal theories of government which
have aready thrown the country
whence they came into an awful
maelstrom of disaster and untold
suffering.
Americans who hold the institu
tions of this country as the safe
guard of their liberty and those of
foreign birth who have come here
with a determination to adopt our
manner of life and enjoy the free
dom of our people will not join
hands with those who would destroy
the peace and prosperity of the mil
lions who have made this country
an asylum for the oppressed of all
lands.
The reaction of the great war has
left many In a confused and erratic
frame of mind, so that they cannot
see clearly, and therefore rush into
situations which are neither sane
nor Justified by anything which has
developed during the last year. But
the good sense of the American peo
ple Is bound to assert itself and to
eve.ntually overcome the present
day tendencies toward the impossible
panaceas introduced from the de
moralized countries of Europe. Per
haps some such thing as the clash
among the steel workers was neces
sary to arouse the people to an ap
preciation of the menace of foreign
Ideas, encouraged through prop
aganda of those who would break
down the splendid institutions which
have been fostered and built up in
thta country over a long period of
years.
The Individual has a duty to per
form In keeping his feet squarely
on the ground and maintaining the
poise of the good citizen who is will
ing to do his part in the maintenance
of those principles which are abso
lutely necessary to the development
of American ideals and prosperity
and welfare of all the people
GET YOUR PETITION
EVERT industry, store and of
fice In Harrisburg should be
represented in the Daylight
Baving petitions now being circu
lated as a result of the Telegraph's
movement for a continuation of
Daylight Saving next year.
The petitions are going like wild
fire. There is a rush to sign where
-ovor presented. Ninety-five per cent.
I
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
of all the people of the city will be
jon the papers when the time comes
to ask City Council to act, and no
official can withstand public opinion
so unanimously expressed.
Get your blank petition at the
Telegraph office, fill it out, send it
in and thereby help save that pre- .
cious hour of daylight in summer. !
:
SEND IN THAT NAME
THE Harrisburg Chamber of
Commerce is enguged in getting
the name of every man who went
Into the service during the war from
this city. The task is arduous
enough at best, but it is being made
more difficult by the care'.essless
of those who should be most inter
ested.
Every man. woman and child in
Harrisburg is interested in some
soldier, sailor or marine, and they
should see to it that the Chamber
gets a record of his name, address
and unit, if possible. These men
are to be honored next Sunday and
Monday by the community they
went out to serve. The committee
in charge desires to send each man
a formal invitation to the festivittes,
but this canngt be done if the name
and address are not at hand.
Of course, every man will be wel
come. whether or r.-ot he has re
ceived a formul invitation; but the
committee would like to honor every
soldier, sailor, marine and war
worker who served with the co ors
by presentation aiso of a medal, and
the number of these to be ordered
makes it necessary to have some
accurate knowledge as to approxi
mately the number of men who en
listed from Harrisburg, whether or
not they are now located here.
Get into touch with your soldier
and see that his name is filed with
the Chamber of Commerce. Take
no chances. Ask him about it. und,
if he has been careless, you act for
him. This list, both for the sake of
the men themselves and for the ac
curaev of the historical record,
l
ought to be complete.
An egg is a day's work fur a hen. 1
according to the farm definition, and
it would seem as though most hens >
must be demanding higher wages.
DEMANDS FAIR PLAY
IN THE Navy, as in the Army, the
views of the department as to
which officers are most deserving
of recognition by Congress do not
coincide with the opinions held by j
Senators and Representatives. The j
War Department wanted to confer
the rank of general upon General !
March and General Pershing, al- j
though the former had seen practi- |
cally no active service in the war. (
Now the Navy Department -ccom- j
mends that the permanent rank of!
admiral be granted only to Ad- j
mirals Benson and Simms, utterly
ignoring Admiral Mayo, who had |
command of the Atlantic Fleet dur- j
ing the war, and was in direct
charge of the defense of our own
| coasts. He has performed far more i
j sea service than Benson, having
1 commanded everything from a light!
i cruiser to a fleet, and it is admitted ]
| that under him the American Navy ;
I has reached the highest stage of j
j efficiency in its history. Admiral
; Benson, on the other hand, has spent
| but little time on a ship. His only \
! important command was that of the I
j battleship Utah, and that only for j
j a short period. He has never been J
{ the ranking officer of a fleet, a divi- ;
i sion or a squadron. Simms, how- j
| ever, deserves everything Congress !
j can give him.
In seeking a reason why Mayo
was not recommended by the depart
ment for special recognition, Repub
licans point to the Tamplco incident,
when he demanded an apology from
the Mexicans for their insult to our
flag, and then was forced by the
administration at Washington to
withdraw his ships without obtain
ing it. Un another occasion Admiral
Mayo appeared befort the House
Naval Affairs Committee, compared
j the Peace Conference at Paris to
! a "sewing circle," and urged that
Americans should look to their own
defenses rather than place reliance
upon Paris. It is easy to infer that
Mayo's independence of thought and
action huve outweighed in*the minds
of the administration officials any
merit that he has won through effi
cient management of the fleet. But
the Republicans of the Senate have
held up the nominations of Benson
and Simms, and it is understood that
they will insist that Mayo be re
warded, even if it involves the drop
! ping of Benson's name from con
j sideration for permanent honors
. altogether.
NO COMPENSATION, BUT!j
DURING the attempt of Senator
Robinson, Democrat, of Ar
kansas, to defend the issuance
of Nation-wide railroad passes to
Mr. McAdoo and grown members of
his family,' the statement was made
that McAdoo is serving as "special
counsel" without compensation and
that he served as Railroad Admin
istrator without compensation while
he was Secretary of the Treasury.
It is very pertinent to remark that
although McAdoo served without any
regular, stipulated compensation, the
country never had a more expensive
official than McAdoo proved to be.
He cost the country hundreds of mil
lions. May we never have another
such official "without compensation."
tn,
"P&tuiiigtrtuua
By the Ex-Committeeman
Failure of Judge Eugene C. Bonni
well to make the showing he hoped
in the Philadelphia judicial contest
and the rout of his followers in con
tests in Philadelphia and Allegheny
counties have rather dimmed the
chances of the belligerent jurist
iroiu the Quaker City of mussing
lip the plans of Attorney General
A. Mitchell Palmer und his col
leagues to control the delegation
from Pennsylvania to the next Dem
ocratic national convention. Bon
niwell's generalship was not good
ill several instances, notably when he
went out to Allegheny county and
took part in a county commissioner
ship battle against the candidate of
Joseph F. Uuitey, who won.
The Democratic leaders have been
growing more cheertul as the pri
mary returns develop and Palmer is
said to teel more comiortable about
the Pennsylvania situation than he
did when the postmasters of the
State held their convention. It Is
likely, that signs of setting up dele
gates will commence to be seen, al
.iiough most 01 them will wait until
aiter the general election.
While a good bit will depend upon
I he outcome of the struggle over the
Peace Treaty, it commences to look
as though Palmer will have things
pretty much to himr.elf in running
the Democratic State machine. Dem
ocratic leaders have been edging to
ward' ihat condition for some time
and the Impression in Washington is
that the Attorney General comes
pretty close to being sole leader und
that he has in Guftey, the McLeans,
Sterling, O'Brien, Rupp, Parke
Davis, Humes. Lynett, Kirkendall
and others of that type pretty prac
tical eounscllors and aides, and that
he is not so far away from Don
nely, Hrennen and other warriors.
—Progress of the primary elee
t"bn count in Philadelphia is fur
nishing some interesting reading
these days and some of the Phila
delphia newspapers are commencing
to show signs of impatience at the
developments. Some of them are de
manding that the count be pushed
and the crooks be rushed. The tact
that Allegheny county, where the
light was most bitter, is not having
trouble With its count is attracting
comment when contrasted with
Philadelphia.
—The Philadelphia Bulletin voices
the opinion of Philadelphians when
it says: "But don't let us have a
lot of mere wranglings and empty or
.ilatory threatening*. So far as' in
val dating Mr. Moore's nomination is
concerned, the ease is clearly one
of "Put up or shut up," and the
public will expect ■ a speedy und
legitimate production of those mys
terious uondeis wh eh Mr. Seott has
been intimating are to be performed
in tlie Third, Eighth and Tenth and
other wards."
A Washington dispatch says
that on h s return to Washington.
Senator Boies Penros ■ "declined to
discuss the political situation in
Philadelphia und Pittsburgh, ex
cept to say that he was highly grali
lied with the result and looked upon
the primaries as a foverunner of
better politibal conditions, especially
in Philadelphia, which c*ty enters
upon what is considered the most
progressive form of municipal gov
ernment in the United States."
—Writing in the Philadelphia In
quirer. George j. Brennan revjews
the primary contests in Pennsyl
vania. He has th s to say about
Daujiliin county: "Lieutenant Gov
ernor E. E. Beidlentun and W. Harrv
Baker, Secretary of the State Sen
ate, scored personal triumphs in the
Dauphin county contest. They were
confronted with opposition of unex
pected activity and each buckled
down to the tusk of lining up his
iriends for the primary vote. Their
candidate, George A. Hoveter, de
feated formVr State Representative
Daniel L. Kiester for the nomination
of mayor of Hurrisburg. Kiester,
the present mayor, worked with the
Vare-Brumbaugh outfit during the
lust State administration. The
Beiiileman - Baker combination
named their full county ticket and
are in tine form for the national
delegate contest and the nomination
of their legislative ticket next spring.
As of yore, they will line up with
the Old Guard of the stalwart con
tingent of the Republican State or
ganization.
"Luzerne county presents its com
pliments to Allegheny and wishes it
understood that it has more con
sideration for former State chair
men than was shown in the west in
the turning down of Judge Wasson
for continuance on the Common
Pleas bench. This hard coal county
at the primaries last week paid an
exceptional tribute of esteem to a
one-time chairman of the Democratic
State Committee, John M. Garman."
—Things are getting strenuous in 1
Pittsburgh. Here is a paragraph i
from the Gazette-Times: "Mayor'
E. V. Babcock's attack upon Coiiu- i
oilmen W. Y. English and John S. j
lierron on September 6 is not to be
allowed to go by default. Not hav
ing replied to the request of council
that his 'attack upon their integrity'
be followed up by specific charges,
he was again requested yesterday to
come forward with any charges he
may have to make, and Mr. English
said he intended to press this de
mand every week until the Mayor
complied with it."
—Lehigh *and Berks Democrats
are showing signs of intention to
go after the scalp of Congressman
Arthur G. Dewalt, who has served
several terms. Berks may have a
candidate next year. Dewalt was
a candidate for Judge but declined
to make a contest.
—The Beaver county court has
ordered SherifT J. P. Bryan to bring
in the bullot boxes from more than
one-third of the precincts of Beaver
county, to be opened by the otficiul
computing board. Attorney L. M.
Sebring presented an affidavit to
day alleging irregularities in the
Allquippa voting. This was the out
growth of a borough squabble and
had nothing to do with the county
I voting, except as to the effect that
j the possible throwing out of alleged
| irregular votes will have.
—Here is an interesting para
graph from the Williamsport Ga
zette and Bulletin, regarding an un
usual situntion: "As Indicated yes
terday morning by the early returns
Hoagland is the Republican nomi
nee for mayor and Heintz the
Democratic nominee. Mr. Hoag
laqd and Mr. He ntz were candi
dates for the Republican nomina
tion for mayor and both tiled pa
pers asking the Democrats to en
dorse them. The effect has been
to make them nominees on the
tickets of opposing parties."
77ie Canny Scot Again
[From Punch, London] e
The report that an Aberdeen child
had become mentally affected as the
result of swallowing a penny turns
out to be incorrect. It is'the father
of the child whose sanity is
despaired of.
BXHRBranRG lliiib TEEEGKSPH
WONDER WHAT THE CHAP IN THE COLLAR AD THINKS ABOUT By BRIGGS
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You lu "have TO The. Girls in The i certainly have where do These
admit I'M Good street Car& Go travelled a lot movie heroes get
looking - I HAVE DIPPY OVER ME. AND I'VE SEEN A THEIR. REPuTATIOM
A LOT OP FUN LOT OF FOLKS BUT FOR GOOD .LOOKS-J
LOOKING AT MY NONE: iSO HANDSOME
NNONPePFUL FEATVIRES AS I .
I'M TWICE A-S GcoP IT'S REALLY A CRIME HOVAPDO YOO* D LAOGH TO
LOOKING AS The FOR ONE PERSOro To HAIR?? ISN'T IT -j SEE 'ME' WITH THIS
HANDSOMEST MAN HAVE A MONOPOLY COLLAR OFF- 1 LOOK
ON THE STAGE IF I ON BEAUTY. . BUT IT U(< - AN
PO SAY IT MYSELF ' OF ATTENTION ORDI SARY ■ PERSONJ
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No Wonder Germany Quit
l!j MAJOR I'HAXR C. MAIIIN
Ol' the A rill y Recruiting Station
"Many and many a real hero lias j
I never gotten so much as a citation i
I much less a medal during this late [
I war. One case in particular is In- j
j delibly stamped in my memory. He (
I was a stocky little fellow assigned to
- regimental headquarters us a runner, j
j Time affer time, that lad has come!
j sliding down into my shell hole in the!
' middle of an intense barrage when j
I I was most fervently wishing that;
; 1 were home with mother. With a
; cheerful grin he would hand me a j
1 message troni the Colonel and away j
j he would go through shell and ma
! chine gun fire as as
j hough he were walking down the
| main street of his native town. As
| he scrambled out of the shell hole
jl would call out to him his famous
I motto,'some gets you but most of
j them misses you,' and with a cheer
ful, 'that's right, sir,' and a wave of
the hand and he would be gone.
; His motto came to light one day
I when he arrived at regimental heau
| quarters after coming down the side
of a hill, in plain view, which was
j being simply smothered with burst
! ing slie'ls. The Colonel had stood
I there watching his unhesitating de
scent and upon his arrival had asked
the runner if he had not been scared
on that hillside. His smiling answer
became historic all through the. divi
sion and really had a great deal to
I do with the marvelous morale and
[ determination shown by the men of
i the Fifth Division in their crossing
I of the Meuse on November sth and
[their subsequent wonderful drive to
| Wards Longwy. General Pershing
said in his citation that the crossing,
of the Meuse was the greatest div
j isional feat of the war and many
I thousands of the wearers of thq Red
I Diamond attribute their success to
I the spirit inspired by that runner's
1 motto even though they had no idea
wliosaid it. Week after week through
' St. Miliiel and then in the Meuse-
I Arsonne thin runner carried his mes
ne ger-. by day and night, through
i dense fire that made a perfect Hell
'on Earth, through mud, through rain
[and darkness always cheerful, ul
; ways swift, apparently never tired
I and never sleepy. Early in Novem- |
'her his comrades began to notice I
! that he had taken to snatching what j
| sleep he had time to get, lying on his
stomach and they also noticed that
ihe never sat down. Finally on No- |
j vember 6th, the sergeant in charge .
I of the runner asked him why he |
I didn't sit down and rest when he
; got a chance. The runner just
' grinned and answered that he never
, got tired enough to want to sit down,
i That made the young sergeant sus-
Ipicious and he took our yoting
! friend over to see the doctor. The
' doctor made him take down his
! trousers and discovered to his horror
I that a large part of one thigh had
been eaten away by mustard gas.
Imagine a burn as big as a dinner
plate, a burn that had eaten into
the flesh an inch and then, through
lack of care, had turned into a huge
running sore, a sore which every
step cracked and made bleed, a sore
which every step caused the man's
clothing'to chafe and rub. At last
the runner admitted that on October
16th a shell had knocked him head
■ over heels into a shell hole in which
i he had Sat for a moment recover-
I Ing his breath and senses which had
' been nearly knocked -out of him by
I the concussion. It was in this shell
: hole that he had unknowingly sat in
i mustard gas and gotten his burns. |
I for twenty-one days without a word |
or a hint to nnyone of his condition,
he had gone about his duty, always |
cheerful, always on the Job. And it |
was during this twenty-one days that |
he had enuciated his famous motto
that did so much to bring about the
downfall of the Hun. i Is it any won
der that with men against them
whose fortitude and courageous en
durance far exceeded that of the
renowned Spartan youth who let a
fox bite him to the heart without a
murmur, that the Boche decided to
quit while the quitting was good and
while there were still some Boche
' left alive to make a Peace Treaty."
Riches Under New York
[From the Youth's Companion]
In r'chness and variety of mineral
wealth the land under New York
City Is'second only to Lance Rock
in Norway- The largest garnet on
record wns found in 1886 at the cor
ner of Seventh avenue and Thirty
fifth street. Aquamarines and other
beryls, tourmalines, smoky-quartz
crystals, clear-quartz crystals, topazes
and opals, all have been found in
the ledges along Broadway. But the
deposits of prec'ous stones are exas
! perntingly innreessib'e; the tremen--
dons value of New York real estate
I will probably guard them forever
against schemes of would-be miners.
WHAT FOLLOWS THE "FLU?"
JI'ST nothing at all; that seems
to be the answer to this ques
tion, if we are to credit an in
vestigation recently made by the
Board of Health of Buffalo, N. V.,
and reported by Dr. W. A. Evans,
the author of the "How to Keep
well" section printed in numerous
dailies. The 34,000 who had the
influenza last year in Buffalo—and
survived it —are in better health to
day, Dr. Evans assures us, than if
they had had typhoid, or even
measles, or than it they had gone
through a major operation. "There
is 110 other severe disease," he" says,
"which would have left so few semi
invulids in its wake. The results
here discussed puncture, in particu
lar, several popular fictions, of which
perhaps the chief is that influenza
renders its victims an easy prey to
consumption. The Buffalo investi
gators found absolutely no evidence
of this. Says Dr. Evans:
"In the early spring they (the
Buffuo health authorities) threw a
corps of investigators into the field
to discover what had been the after
effects of the 'flu.' There were
33,880 cases of influenza reported
between October 1, 1918, and April
1, 1919. Of these, 3,179 died. An
investigator called on each survivor
and asked whether there had been
any after-effects of the disease.
There were 748 who claimed they
had never been the same since they
were acutely sick.
" 'Flu' is a severe disease, and
some after-effects can be expected.
But there is no other severe disease
which would have left so few semi
, invalids in its wake; 748 out of
138,800 is a small proportion,
i "The figures of this survey were
■ published in the April bulletin. The
[June bulletin carries a follow-up
1 story. Twp months after the first
I visit an inspector called on each of
the 74 8 who claimed to be suffering
Whose Dream?
[From Kansas City Times]
Is the Hon. J. Ham Lewis speaking
by the cards when he predicts the
President will soon advocate social
ization of railroads, coal and oil? Or
is he simply putting out a feeler for
the administration, which can bo
disavowed if sentiment proves hos
tile?
In any event, in view of the failure
of the Government in its effort to
give railroad service at a reasonable
cost, it is difficult to believe the
President seriously contemplates sug
gesting an extension of Government
operation to includd coal and oil
as well as railroads.
It is quite possible to take a pencil
and paper and show how far the
private handling of these three in
dustries falls below the ideal. But
in the light of the experience of the
last two years it is also possible to
predict with the greatest assurance
that under Government operation
the service would be worse and it 3
cost greater. •
It will take many years for J.he
public to forget its railroad grief
sufficiently to get up and give three
cheers for the proposal that the Gov
ernment own and operate the rail
roads, the coal mines and the oil
fields.
LABOR NOTES
Nearly all the shipyards and metal
trades plants on the Pacific Coast em
ploy union men, but there has never
been any agreement requiring all em
ployes to belong to the union.
The channel tunnel from Dover, Eng
land, to Calais, France, is the biggest
undertaking the British Government
has broached in order to give employ
ment to men liberated from the Army
forces.
Street railway men and other city
employes in Berne. Switzerland, have
joined the strike of chemical workers,
and the sympathetic movement is gain
ing rapidly and spreading to other
cities.
Organized culinary workers In Seattle,
Wash., declare that the modern hotel
and restaurant kitchen contains so
much machinery that this calling can
be classed as dangerous and should be
Included In the State compensation act.
It Is contended that the war has been
for the spread of a spirit
jf unrest among the women of France.
Thousands who formerly wove cloth or
made lace have declared their unwill
ingness to go back to their old occu
pations. They prefer to work in the
factories and they now stand out for a
minimum wage of $1.40 a day. where
previously they Were content with 40
cents a day.
from ■'after-effects of 'flu.' They
were informed by 501 that they had 1
fully recovered; 216' reported that I
they were improving; 4 had died. i
"Of the original 748 there were;
220 who claimed to be suffering
from one form or another of lung
trouble. Examination showed that
28 had consumption. Of these 11
were on record as having had tu
berculosis before they had the 'flu,'
8 were cases of new tuberculosis, al
though several were in families
where they were cases on consump
tion. Eight cases of consumption
could be expected to develop in
eight months among 33,880 people
who had never had the 'flu.'
"The evidence indicates that influ
enza does not Increase the tendency
to consumption, as one person of
the 748 had died from consumption
during the two months' interval, but
the evidence was that he had the
disease before the epidemic of influ
enza came along.
"Of the 206 cases of rheumatism
where it was claimed that the dis
ease was due to 'flu,' 128 said at
the second visit that they were well,
and 78 that they were improving.
"Of the 4 6 cases of heart disease,
26 said they were well, and 19 that
they were still under the phjUician's
care.
~"The second visit showed that the
persons with eye. ear, nose and
throat trouble which had been
charged up to the 'flu' were about
all well. Their troubles had not
been serious.
"It is very certain that 33,880
cases of pneumonia, typhoid fever,
diphtheria, measles, or almost any
other grave disease, or 3 3,880 major
operations done under an anesthetic,
would have left more after-effects,
more organic disease of heart or
kidneys, more consumption and more
chronic bronchitis, more chronic in
validism than followed in the wake
of the epidemic of 'flu' in Buffalo."
THE OLD ROAD
[By Amory Hare.]
Road like a vein,
Tell me, where will you take me
Beyond the broad plain?
Will you mend me and make mo
The merry-eyed, cherry-lipped
gipsy again
Who followed the jovial patter of
rain
Or the sun's ruddy burning?
Will you give me your cloud
mottled hills
Where the wheat nods and bil
lows;
The brook that a shallow pool
stills
At the feet of the -willows?
And show me the meadows that
dance
Mid the music of bees,
Or the shadows that hover and
glance
To the laughter of trees?
Will you give me the longing for
home
When the dark comes to daunt
me?
The urge to go forward and roam
When the moon comes to haunt
me?
The ricks in the gloom by the
barn,
And the smell of the cattle;
The carters that pause for a yarn
Or go by with a rattle;
The hail and the halt, the good
will
That they toss to the stranger?
The k£en stabbing Joy of the
thrill
At the coming of danger?
Road like a warm living vein.
Tell me where will you take me.
Beyond the broad plain?
Will you mend me, and make me
The merry-eyed, cheery-cheeked
gipsy again?
THE OPEN WAY
[From the Baltimore Sun.]
Keep you the open way.
And the open heart and mind;
A window open unto the day,
That the breeze may toss the blind;
That the flowers may creep to the
sill.
And the birds sing on the bough
Because you have lived with an
open will
For the creatures of God, somehow.
Ah, the open road that stretches
Through the open glade and over
The open hill to the open sky
To the open fields of clover—
And the open heart, that's best,
For it's any path for the feet
If only the heart in a fellow's breast
lls open, and free, and sweet.
SEPTEMBER 24, 1919.
STATE SCHOOL SYSTEM
[From the Philadelphia Inquirer.]
One of the effects of the appoint
ment of Dr. Thomas E. Finegan as
State Superintendent of Public In
struction has been to Inject fresh
blood into an organization that has
been in danger of dry rot, and it is
gratifying to note that Doctor Fine
gan has called an Educational Con
gress to meet at Harrisburg on No
vember 10, for the purpose of reor
ganizing the State school system.
This is not to be merely a gather
ing of pedagogues who are some
times apt to run too strongly to
theories, but it is to include practi
cal and successful men who have
been active in building up the ma
terial interests of the Common
wealth. Thus the leaders in busi
ness, industrial, financial, farming
and professional life are to partici
pate in the conference which is to
discuss the present needs of the,
Bchools in their relation to the in
dividual and the State.
The war has created new condi
tions which call for drastic changes
in the courses taught in the schools.
What was desirable in 1864, and
even in 190 4 does not fit in with
present day needs. It goes with
out saying that there must be
changes in the courses in history
and geography and things of that
sort, but in addition the time is
ripe for making new and firm foun
dations in what the Superintendent
calls "the fundamentals of school
ing." The questions of finance and
administration call for the highest
executive ability, and there is every
reason for believing that men who
have won success in industry and
in the professions will be able to
\ contribute much sound advice to
ward the solution of these important
problems. The members of the con
ference are to be divided into groups
so that the educators may he able
to confer with the men who are
specialists In various lines of
though and business.
Most important of all Is the need
of placing vocational training upon
a new and broader basis. We need
specialized training in vocational
work, in agricultural, continuation
and other schools. There is a new
era in the history of the wqrld and
it is the part of prudence to have
a school system that will be able to
cope with the needs of modern life.
It would be premature to say Just
what should be done at this time,
but there is every reason for believ
ing that Doctor Finegan Is going the
right way in which to secure re
sults. In- a multitude of counselors
there is wisdom, and it will be
strange indeed if the proposed con
ference does not mark the begin
ning of an epoch in the common
schools of Pennsylvania.
America Leads in Dress
[From the Remaking of a Mind,
Charles Scribner's Sons, by Henry
de Man, Leader of the Belgian
Labor Party]
X am here on very controversial
ground, yet I venture to affirm that
American women generally dress
with more taste than do those of
Europe, perhaps not even excepting
the Parisiennes. With regard to the
furnishing of American homes, I
have visited enough of all classes on
both continents to be still more
emphatic as to American superior
ity In taste in this respect. Much
more originality is displayed there
than in Europe, where the tyranny
of the conventional "styles" smoth
er every attempt to individualize
or even to consider practicability.
There is nothing surprising about
this if one asks the question wheth
er any art can flourish where there
is not a minimum of air, light,
cleanliness and comfort higher than
that which prevails in the so-called
homes of the majority of Europe's
population.
. No, the relative imperfection of
the sense of measure and nuances,
above referred to, is but the price
that America pays for her individ
ualism and energy. Let her pay it
gladly. The weaknesses of youth are
the easiest to cure. Say what one
will about the difference between
American and European civiliza
tion, there can only be one conclu
sion: They compare with each other
like youth and old age. It is not to
the latter that the future belongs.
Of all the lessons of the great war,
perhaps none is so incontrovertible
as this.
A Wise Man
[From the Edinburgh Scotsman]
Wicks—Ffow did you manage to
get your wife to give up her vaca
tion?
Wiseman —I gave her a potted
fern for n birthday present, nnd she
won't go away and trust It in the
care of anyone else
laroiuu} (Efyat;;
Pennsylvania's State Medical So
ciety, which is holding its sixty
ninth annual meeting here this
week, is one of the oldest organiza
tions of the kind and has an unusual
interest for Harrisburgers. Thy
preliminary meetings for the organ
ization of the society were held in
Harrisburg years before the Civil
War and some of the most prominent
men of the profession met here dur
ing the early days. At that time the
society was nothing like as large,
nor as influential, nor us important
in the eyes of the community as it
is to-day. The society is one of the
strongest organizations and in thre ;
wars had a roll of honor that gleamu
brightly indeed. Most of the meet
ings of the society held in Harris
burg, which city has been the host
upon several occasions in the last
three decades and oftener prior to
the eighties, have been held at the
Capitol and have brought many em
inent surgeons to this city. It is
interesting to note that three H arris
burg medical men have been presi
dents, Drs. John W. Curwen, Henry
B. Orth and John B. McAllister. A
number have been honored by elec
tion to the vice presidencies.
Pennsylvania's Memorial Bridge
which will be constructed at Stat !
street and form part of the Capitol
Park development scheme, 'is being
explained in detail to the hundred <
of visitors who come to Harrisburg
and visit the Capitol. Guides, wh >
for years, have explained the variolic
points of interest about the building,
have now added another point o.'
interest and they guide visitors to
a convenient window on the east side
of the building and point out just
where the new bridge will be located.
Txiter they take the visitors to thd
Senate lobby where the model of the
bridge is located. To say the least,
visitors are astonished at the mag
nificent plans for the bridge.
Opening of bids for the Memorial
Bridge yesterday m kes certain the
construction of the great structure as
a part of the Capiiol l irk improve
ment and there was general satis
faction expressed, not only at the
Capitol, but in city offices that the
figures were within the estimates of
pr. J. E. Greiner. "We will be able
to let a contract within a week. 1
think, and I am very glad that the
figures ran the way they did," re
marked Governor Sproul. "The
bridge will be a go," was the com
ment of Auditor General Charles A.
onyder. Word of the figures was
telegraphed to Arnold W. Brunner,
the architect, in New York.
Late reports coming to the State
Department of Agriculture indicate
that the potato crop in Pennsylvania,
notably the eastern part of the State,
is turning out better than expected
and that in some of the regions
quarantined for the potato blight
there have been good yields. It was
feared early in the summer that the
crop would be hard hit, although
there was a large acreage in coun
ties where potato raising had been
made a speciality. Late reports
have Shown improved conditions.
The reports coming in continue to
tell of a fine corn crop generally,
.1 to ° earl Y' say State offi
cials, to make any estimates. State
Agricultural experts are urging in
department bulletins that seed po
tatoes be selected this fall and that
it is unwise to wait until next spring
and also that as much fall plowing
be done as is possible.
The State of Pennsylvania has
been asked to furnish relief for
crickets. For the first time in rec
°v lG tters have been received at
the Capitol asking for information
as to the best way to get rid of the
insects Secretary of Agriculture
i'red Rasmussen says that some of
the letters are more appeals than
anything else and that complaints
are made not of noise, but of dam
age to woolen clothing. Sweetened
vinegar in a deep dish or uncooked
vegetables dosed with arsenic are
suggested by the State zoologists as
ways to get rid of the crickets.
Col. John B. Patrick, who attend
ed the national encampment of tho
G. A. R. at Columbus, met by acci
dent one of the lieutenants under
whom he served In the Civil War.
He was standing in a hotel corri
dor and heard a man say he was
the only survivor, so far as he knew,
of Captain W. R. Jones' independent
company of the 97th Pennsylvania
in the Civil War. Colonel Patrick
said ho had been in that company,
too. The man was Col. Eli Tor
rance, of St. Paul, well known in
this State and a national officer of
the G. A. R. The Captain was the
famous head of the Carnegie Steel
Company blast furnace years ago,
Captain "Bill" Jones.
(
1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
—Senator Samuel W. Salus, of
Philadelphia, was among visitors to
Harrisburg yesterday.
—Harry W. Chamberlln, promi
nent Northumberland county lawyer,
was here yesterday.
—Emory R. Johnson, the new dean
of the Wharton school of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, was sent
greetings by alumni in this section.
—Cyrus E. Woods, Secretary of
the Commonwealth, took a promi
nent part in the national conferences
of Secretaries of State at Washing
ton.
■—The Rev. Dr. Stewart, new
moderator of Redstone Presbytery,
is a McKeesport clergyman.
—L. L. Price, prominent Pttts
burgher, has been elected head of
the Scoutmasters of Allegheny
county.
T DO YOU KNOW
—That Harrisburg street pav
ing specifications have been
copied In many cities?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
—The first coal wharf In Harris
burg was at the foot of Market
street and was used 100 yeare ago.
Perfectly Simple
[From the Washington Star.]
Down in a coal mine Is plenty coal
To fight all the chill that cold
waves can unroll.
The problem of fuel—quite easy I
call it.
All you want is the talent to dig it
and haul it. '
Over the country are wide-spread
ing fields
To furnish us food In magnificent
yields.
These crops cauße us worries, but
soon we'll dispel 'cm.
All we need is somebody to tend
'em and sell 'em.