10 'HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELUGItAI'H PRINTING CO. Telegraph Building, Federal Square E. J. STACKFOLE President and Editor-in-Chief STr. OYSTER, Business Manager GTJS. M. STEIXMETZ, Managing Editor 'A. R. MICHENER, Circulation Manager Executive Hoard McCULLOUGH, M. OGLESBY, F. R. OYSTER, GUS. M. STEINMETZ. Members of the Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this fiaper and also the local news pub ished herein. All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. t Member American Newspaper Pub lishers' Associa- Burcau of Circu lation and Penn syl^ania^Associa- Eastern office. Story. Brooks & Finley, F 1 ft h Building, Western office', Story, Brooks & Gas' Building, I Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a week; by mail, J3.00 a year In advance. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1919 I dare not ask; I know not what is he st; Clod hath already said what shall he tide.—LONGFELLOW. ARBOR DAY DUTY AT Far Rockaway this week a Norway maple twenty feet high was planted on the prop ' erty of the Russell Sage Memorial ' Church by the Village Beautiful As sociation of that place in memory of Colonel Roosevelt. Harrisburg has one example after another of the importance of plant ing trees. Not only in memory of distinguished dead and as memorials of the gallant boys who responded to the colors in the spring of 1917, but also because of the obligation resting upon the folks of the present day to provide shade and comfort . and beauty for our children's chil £ dren. Arbor Day this year will be the greatest holiday Bince it was estab lished and Dr. Finegan, Superin tendent of Public Instruction, has called upon the people not only to remember the trees, but likewise to think of the birds which exercise a 7 great influence upon many phases " of agricultural life. He further points out in an admirable procla mation that the forests, streams and I. birds not only influence economic and commercial affairs, but that they are "agencies of great value in pro moting the health and social condi tions and happiness of our people." The Telegraph has urged the mat tor of tree planting from a sense of civic duty and we are glad to say there are evidences on every hand of real response on the part of the ' people throughout the city. Of course, the official feature will be the setting out of more than 100 white pine trees on the peak in Reservoir Park in memory of our soldier dead, but hundreds of trees should be planted on the lawns and - sidewalks in every part of the city. I This will be the obligation of the • citizen without regard to official • action. When the Greater Harrisburg Navy assembles in the ballroom of the Penn-Harris to-morrow evening it "■ will get a delightful touch of the I Klpona which must renew the en ■* thusiasm that prevailed during the r great river carnival a month ago Harrisburg is finding that the S-is -7 quehanna basin is a wonderful asset ~ for the city and young and old are ~ backing the efforts of men of vision 7, who have developed widespread ln " terest in the permanent improve ments of the river front and the • basin. "WEIRTON, W. VA. WE HAVE waited quite a little while to learn what the I. . W. W. would do in retaliation ' for the indignities) heaped upop cer • tain members by red-blooded citi : zens of Weirton, W. V., and nothing has happened. Furthermore, noth ing will happen, so far as the I. W. • W. is concerned, except that its agents will stay away from Weirton 1, in the future. - Weirton people, it will be remem bered, aroused by the warning "The 7. I. W. W. Will Get You," written on ** the sidewalks of the town, them • selves went out and got the I. W. W. ™ —to the number of 180. And then, • after assembling the whole town at the public square, the Weirton patriots made the radicals kneel and kiss the American flag. The only ~ thing missing in the ceremony ap • pears to have been the admlnistra- T tlon of a good swift kick, during | the kneeling process, where it would have done the most good. After the kissing party the prisoners were driven out of town. Did they return at night with, bomb and torch, as they had threat ened? They did not. They went away and they stayed away. That ** is the kind of an animal the I. W. W. Is. He Is a bully and a bully is a coward. All any community has.to *• do t* get rid of him la to follow the WEDNESDftT EVENING, example of Weirton, adding to the treatment the stimulus of a number seven boot. Lovers of Harrisburg, admirers of our tint urpasscd river scenery, should stand these beautiful autumnal morn ings at the foot of Locust street, for instance, and get a glimpse of the wonderful view of the river, the islands and the country along and lioyond the west shore. It would be well for those who are unfamiliar with the program of the improve ment of the Susquehanna Basin to spend their leisure time in walking along the upper and lower terraces and imbibe the inspiration that is certain to follow a close-up view of the unrivaled river front. PREACHERS AND HEALTH DR. KHUSEN, director of the Department of Health and Charities at Philadelphia, in discussing the relation of churches to the health of the people, declared the other day that preachers are entirely too modest and timid in discussing the perils of certain dis eases; that the Book of Moses gives certain commands to put those suf fering with these infectious diseases out of camp and that the Bible sets an example for the boldest possible handling of the subject. Dr. Krusen is emphatically of the opinion that preachers of our day and generation ought to speak with Biblical plainness on the subject. He pointed out that preachers can per form a great service in educating the people to the importance of ob serving quarantine regulations, inas much as a mild case of infection may carry disease to children of low vitality to whom the disease would be fatal. We are fast realizing that this is a day of plain speech on subjects which before the war were taboo and every agency ought to he em ployed to educate the people io their duty to the family and the com munity. Middletown is keeping right along with the procession in everything that involves the public welfare. This week some of the good women of the lower end metropolis decided to se curo a trained nurse for the purpose of working in the homos, and the school board lias at the same time chosen Dr. W. P. Evans as health in spector. His reports Indicated the necessity of a visiting nurse. There are few communities nowadays which do not give practical hoed to tile con stant counsel of the State Depart-' ment of Health. We may expect a much more bealtbtul people during the next generation. KRAUT SEASON WE NOTE among the rural news that George Perkins, of Swatara township, gave a "sauerkraut-making party" last week. We are sorry we are not on Mr. Perkins" calling list. Folks who have not attended a function of this kind have missed almost as much fun as those who never participated in a cornhusking bee. "The night we made sauerkraut" is looked back upon in many a household not so far from Harris burg as a red letter occasion and as a date upon which to reckon time between the day of the apple butter boiling and the first butcher ing—and it is worthy of the distinc tion. First, the hiring of the kraut cutters —weeks in advance—because not every family boasts a set of knives, etc., and they are very pop lar—then Aie garnering of the juicy cabbage, with just a touch of early frost to make it sweeter; the purchase of the salt, the scrubbing of the tubs and the assemblage of ne'ghbors who have been invited in to help, with the promise that they shall each have a "meas" as soon as it is "ripe." After that the strip ping away of the outer leaves, for nothing but the crisp, white, snowy head within is good enough for kraut. Next the cutting—the slivery. feathery mass of shredded cabbage in the tub beneath the knives grow ing witli every trip of the head box back and forth. Then the "stomper," then salt, then more cubbage and then more "stomping," performed with a heavy mallet-like instrument of wood in shape like an old-fash ioned cannon-swabber. There are rumors that some folks "stomp" their kraut with their barefeet — thereby adding piquancy to the flavor—but this is not done in polite circles throughout Central Pennsyl vania. We speak from long experi ence in these matters. After that it is largely a question of waiting for time and strong brine to do the rest. Some families put up only one or two barrels—just enough for medicinal purposes—but generally the supply is figured out pretty close to the demand, and everything around the house that doesn't leak is pressed into service. Finally the great day comes. You get back to the old kitchen around about dusk, cold, tired and hungry. As you throw open the door an aroma such as the gods of ancient Greece knew not floats out on the warm wave of air from w thin and you take a big lungful and let out a whoop that sets the good wife to grinning, and you yell, "SAUER KRAUT!" Yes, sir, just like that, all in capital letters, and all your fatigue vanishes, and your cares float off on the steam that arises from the big plate of pork, mashed potatoes and golden kraut she sets before you.' And oh, boy, but it's a g-r-r-and and glorious feeling! And we must all understand that through the teachers In our schools and the Americanization of the alien elements of our communities will come u better day and Incidentally the safeguarding of our institutions. Where are you going to plant your tree and what kind of a tree is it go ing to be? Don't wake up the morn ing after Arbor Day and apologize to yourself for overlooking this civic duty. By the Ex - Oommi tteemjm An official State guide on how to mark a ballot at the November elec tion under the act passed by the recent Legislature will be issued In a few days from the Department of the Secretary of the Commonwealth It was compiled by George D. Thorn, chief of the Bureau of Elections, and prepared in response to many requests. The booklet will give the act of 1903 with the amendmnt of July 9, 1919, regarding the way to vote for candidates where there ure a group to be elected such as Congress at large in even numbered years and city council in odd numbered years. The ways to vote a straight ticket and to vote for candidates in party columns are also shown. Eight illustrations given on a condensed ballot form are presented. They were made up from dozens of inquiries as to situations which might arise in marking ballots. Many of them were reported in elec tions last year. The Attorney General's Department will appear in behalf of the state at the argument in the \Supreme Court at Pittsburgh on the appeal from the decision of the Dauphin county court in the Wasson "sole nominee" case. Until this case is decided the Allegheny county judicial nomina tions cannot be certified. All other judicial nominations have been cer titied. Official returns on the superior | court judicial nominations show j that there were but 156 scattering I votes cast for that olfiee. Judge i William 11. Keller, the certified ean | ilidate, got all the rest. —Representative Hugh A. Duu son, of Scranton, chairman of the J important Ways and Means Commit- I tee of the House of Representatives, J was here yesterday to look after I [Lackawanna county matters and was i congratulated by many friends upon | the record he made in the House, i Mr. Dawson has already announced | that he will be a candidate for re-1 nomination next year, and there are j many men who would like to sec j him he Speaker. With ltepresenta-j tives E. R. Cox and S. J. Cans, of I Philadelphia, and W. T. Ramsey, of | Delaware, three veterans out of the House, the Lackawanna man wi l I loom up among the veterans, and I with his qualities of leadership will surely occupy a big place in the next Legislature. Incidentally, Mr. Daw son, while the demands are heavy upon his time, seems able to gel many things attended to for his district. —Governor Wil'iam C. Sproul is having own troubles meeting en gagements these days. He lius so many demands for speeches and visits tltit he cannot accept one tenth of them, and the one-tenth take up much more time than he feels he should give from his work. The Governor, it Is not generally known, works as hard at his job n3 he did when he was building up Ids own enterprises, and keeps in touch with the routine of the departments in an amazing way. While he has the facility of quickly grasping sit uations, the multiplicity of the things he must know as Governor make him work long hours. He is as busy on railroad trains as he is in his office. —Chester county will have on'y two columns on the ballot this year. They will be Republican and Demo cratic. —Lawsuits to prevent people from getting on the Equal Rights party ticket are being started at Potlsville. —Montgomery county has a Single Tax party ticket this year among other troubles. —Congressman J. Hampton Moore writes in t lie Evening Ledger: "Whether the plans to make Thomas Robins a congressional candidate in the Second district works out or not, there are indications that that dis trict, now represented by- former District Attorney George S. Graham, wi 1 be contested. Isadora Stem, who was the star witness in the Fifth Ward murder trial, let it be known in Washington on bis last visit that he is thinking of running for Congress. Jsndore does not now live in the Fifth Ward, but lius taken up his residence in the Second Con gressional district. Mrs. Stern, who went through all the Fifth Ward trouble with her husband, is one of the active spirits in the Philadelphia Section, Council of Jewish Women, headed by Mrs. E. A, Margolin." —The Philadelphia Inquirer of yesterday said: "While Uuwrence 11. Hupp, of Allentown, will likely re main the Democratic State chair man, he will be more or less of a titular officer. The Palmer cam paign calls for a more energetic party manager and Assistant Post master General James I. B'aksleo will be the field marshal. The Democratic State headquarters will be the center of the Palmer cam paign and every effort will be made to give the move to corral dele gates an official cast. While the plans are being made very thor oughly it does not look as -though Vance C. Mcf'ormick, the formei Democratic national chairman, will have very much to do with things, Palmer will have beside Blakslee. Joseph F. Guffey, of Pittsburgh; the McT>ean brothers, of Wilkes- Barre; E. J. I.ynett, of Scranton: Postmaster John M. Thornton, of I Philadelphia and Bruce F. Sterling. |of Fayette county, and others of I like encrgv and ability around his ! council table." —Allentown Democrats have con gratulated Postmaster Martin Klinger on being reappointed. He is widely known as the lender of Allen town's most famous band. —The high cost of politics in the Democratic ranks of Pennsylvania is still mounting. M. J. Porter, postmaster at Wayne, told the Joint committee of Congress investigating postal salaries that bis pnv should be raised from $2,400 to $.1,200 to enable him to keep up with his ex penses. It costs him from $25 to $5O a year in campnign contribu tions to the Democratic party, he sa'd. but if his salary was increased he promised to bo more liberal. "I will make an annual contribution of *5O or more if they raise me," he declnred. Ezra Meeker Vp in Airplane [From Spokane Spokesmnn-Rovlewl Ezra Meeker, a widely known pioneer of the Pacific Northwest, now nearly 90 years old, who came to the Oregon country in 1852. when Oregon comprised all of Washing ton and the greater part of Idaho nnd Montana, took an air flight over Paget Round a few days ago. When Mr. Meeker came across the plnins and mountains by ox team sixty-seven years ago he count ed fifteen miles a pretty satisfactory day's Journey. The nirplane took him that distance in ten or fifteen minutes. , nUIIUHBUHG IWBWI TBCEGRAPH WONDER WHAT A MESSENGER WITH $lOO,OOO IN LIBERTY BONDS THINKS ABOUT? By BRIGGS Gee! i ser i Got Gee! ' I'D" uks To see Gee! "TCi. Bex Twey Gee! I Gotta good* AS (MUCH AS A A Nvovte SHOWAND KNOW IP? NOTION TO I>© IT HUNOR6U Beans gpt a ice crban\ ' T<^? - 1 haVc -- rner Got ( IN THI-S BAC SODA on .something • LOTJA. BONDS and ° 'OOOISM Bom'T .KNOVO IT. Gee!? SUPPOSIM' I * KNOW £UYS GCEM IM GOING,7i> Soaae DUMP. SWIPE THE VUHOLG THAT UONJE. IT ANO BCAT IT. R>FT A } \ W/ONDGR VAJHAT . VJO RKS " A RIDE oM GoT AWAY VNITK IT TRAIIO AND M/W f S o THE TRAIN- MOVJ\O , A - THINKING (§ SHOVES - IC.E CREAM . ~£&> Simonds and Wilson [William Allen White in the Satur day Evening Post.] Yet he President, who was naturally our source of biggest news (in Paris), was most human, for all I his vagueness and remoteness. He! made most human mistakes and he! added to the gayety of the cynical' group of the American newspaper! correspondents one day by taking' his pen in hand and writing the fol- | lowing exquisitely characteristic I letter to Frank Simonds: "My Dear Mr, Simonds: I mu3tj not alow the rush of these days to; prevent my turning aside at least for; a moment to express my very deep! appreciation of the fine support you! are giving to the things that are worth while in this great settlement we are trying to effect. Your ap-j proval and support are of the great- ( est service, and I do not want to wait any longer to let you know that 1 am sincerely grateful," Now if there was one man in our group who took a fiendish delight in knocking the President, that man was Frank Simonds. He didn't agree with anything the President was do ing or trying to do. He didn't be lieve in the League of Nations. Hoi didn't believe in a conciliatory peace. He didn't believe in the President's absent minded way of "thinking without words" on international mat ters. Simons is a Yankee materialist. And whatever persuaded the Presi dent to write the letter that he did was beyond the imagination of the boys in the pressroom. Simonds vvas writing for a hundred American newspapers through a syndicate. And a few days after he had the letter from the President comes this cable from his syndicate: "Canadian papers angry at your attacks on Lloyd George, Democratic papers denouncing your abuse of Wilson." ■ The rable indicated that the lie publican papers also were angry about something—l forget what. Simonds showed the cable to his fellow workers and with it showed the President's letter, and there was a sou nil of revelry by night. Simonds promptly cabled back the President's indorsement and it in turn was telegraphed back to the Democratic papers, which were told that if Simonds' attitude satisfied the Presi dent it ought to satisfy Southern Democrats. And then cables began dropping into the President's office asking him why in the name of all lhe gods at once he had written the Simonds letter. And he didn't know why, so he tried to get it back. But "tile moving finger having writ," he I was unable to recall it. To Dead Soldiers' Mothers The man you bore lies dead in France, Perhaps untombed, unblest. Yet could you, in your mother's heart, Have planned a better rest? Would you, because you gave him life. Deny his right to die? When l>y that death he lives again, To walk with Hini, on high? What good the soul He gave to him. What worth to you or God? If it had failed when put to test On Flanders bloody sod? It did not fail! You saw to that The day you gave him birth. Your soul and his marched side by side To tight for right on earth. He lies in France! Christ marked the spot. And from all harm insures. Because the glory that he won, Is God's and his and yours. —Norman Shannon Hall in the Stars and Stripes, Washington. A Famous Misprint [From Cornhill Magazine, London.! Misprints are often a source of Joy. Few are more pleasing than those enshrined in the ancient yarn —probably concocted—of the public banquet at which a speaker, in pro posing the toast of the army, coupled with it the name of a distinguished general, whom he described, accord ing to the printed account of the proceedings, as a "bottle scarred veteran." In the next issue of the paper in which this libel had ap peared, a note was inserted, ex pressing regret for a typographical error, and explaining that the words should have been "battle scared veteran." Prophets at Home [From the Philadelphia Press! Attorney General Palmer can't make a canvass of the Democratic nomination for President, backed by much home influence. The Demo crats can carry the county lp which he.Uvea, but Palmer cannot. TOWERING FIGURE OF THE WAR (From the Outlook). [From the Outlook] CARDINAL MERCIER'S is an easy, almost familiar use of English. He even says "I don't." His foreign accent is not nearly so marked as in the case of some of those who have been longer here. But it is sufficiently evident to be emphatic, as when, this after noon, turning to Mr. Herrick, late ambassador at Paris, and to Mr. Stone, president of the Associated Press, he said: "These gentlemen assure me that they luf mee. Well, 1 can assure them that I-ee luf them —and you all," spreading out his arms as in a fatherly embrace and pronouncing his e's in the long drawn-out Flemish fashion. The Cardinal has even conquered the "th" in English pronunciation, the greatest bugbear to all foreigners. And his sense of humor is con stant. He told us tonight with great glee of how the paper La Libre Belgique appeared despite German vigilance, and of how he himself succeeded in getting the text of his Christmas pastoral of 1914 "by clan destine ways" to Holland, France, England and America. Speaking this afternoon about the necessity of being close-mouthed about affairs during the past five years lest the Germans should discover them and the success of our newspaper men In that direction, he remarked: "Re straint is a remarkable thing in jour nalism." Then he added, "God bless the noble mission of Journalism!" And Few Educated Men (Glenn Frank in Century Magazine.) Our educational system has not produced, save in brilliant excep tions, broadly educated men and women. As a result we have suf fered at the hands of leadership ill equipped for its tasks. As far as clear insight into, and a broad grasp of, public affairs are concerned, we are a woefully superficial people. We simply do not breed enough big men to go around for the political, social and industrial leadership of the country. Whenever by chance we elect to the presidency a man of rare intel lectual qualities and genuinely broad grasp of public affairs, we immedi ately begin despairing of an adequate successor. The tragic shortage of presidential timber and the all too common spectacle of little men in large places should stimulate us to a fundamental inquiry into the pro visions we have made for producing leaders in this country. For all our multitude of colleges scattered throughout the United States, we are not producing a breed of liberally educated men from whom we may expect adequate lead ership to spring—adequate either in quality or numbers. And that, after ail, is the acid test of the American college. It would be salutary if all criticism of the college could be focused at this point until we fully realized its importance. The one test of the college is its human product. What matters the imposing structure and the whirling wheels of a great factory if it turns out an inadequate product? The justification of a shoe factory is a good shoe; the justifica tion of a hat factory is a good hat; the justification of a college of lib eral arts in a democracy is the turn ing out of the sort of citizens and the sort of leaders the democracy needs. Dogmatic assertion may be par doned at this point. The primary business of the American college of liberal arts Is not to make scholars, but to make effective citizens and great leaders. The college is not a technical school; it is not a profes sional school; it is not a graduate school. The too prevalent confusion of the aim pf the college with the alms of technical, professional and graduate schools has struck a serious blow at that truly liberal education which underlies the creation of a real national mind, and which alone can produce adequate leadership for a democracy. Figuring a Living Wage (From the Edinburgh Scotsman.) "What is a living wage?" "That depends." "On what?" "Whether you live in a cottage or an automobile." Fixing It [From the Des Moines Register.) Captain D'Annunzio appears to be making it certain that his next poem will be read. well he might. For, as Mr. Stone has told me, the cablegrams sent by the president of the Associated Press to our officials at Brussels, in quiring as to the Cardinal's safely when, in 1914, the prelate was re ported imprisoned by the Germans, fell into boche hands and were sent to Berlin, where the Government was most anxious to retain Ameri can good will and was perfectly well aware of the power of the Associ ated Press on public opinion here. The result was a counter order from Berlin as to the Cardinal's impris onment, an imprisonment which, in Mr. Stone's opinion,* would have been followed by execution. About the Cardinal this afternoon, as he sat in the great art room of the New York Public Library, were the portraits of great men, George Washington among them, and no one who saw those two heads in line of vision could have escaped thfi feel ing of resemblance between them. This was accentuated when Mr. Her rick, calling attention to a patent quality bf the Cardinal, said that it was not only the evidence of cour age, but the absence of thought for self, that made great such men as Washington and Mercier. As he goes throughout the coun try every American who can should see this, the towering figure of the war. If we are already losing sight of some particular war events, this figure looms only more luminous than ever. No age, no country, no creed, contains such a soul. He be longs to all time and to all the world. Drifting to North Pole [From the Aircraft Journal.] Bound for the North Pole, Roald Amundsen, Norwegian discoverer of the South Pole, is at present drift ing in bis ice-locked schooner, the Maud, somewhere north of Western Siberia, according to beliefs held by the Seattle Norwegian vice consulate and Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Canadian Arctic explorer. In planning the trip the explorer said he expected after reaching the polo to return either to Grant Band, west of Greenland, or Melville Island, which lies in the Arctic Ocean north of Canada. Should he reach Melville Island he probably would Journty by sea to Nome, Alaska, or overland to Dawson, Yukon Territory. Two airplanes, it is believed, form ed part of the Maud's equipment when she left Norway last fail and sailed through the White Sea bound for the icy north. The final dash to the pole may be made in one of the planes. Amundsen, it is believed, may also fly back to civilization in one of the machines. Nothing has been heard from Amundsen since September 1, 191 S. more than a year ago. At that time the Maud was reported taking oil for her motors at Dixson Island, a White Sea point. After taking oil she sailed northeast into the rapidly freezing water of the Arctic Ocean. From the White Sea, Amundsen expects to drift east with the ice to the New Siberian Islands, which lie in the Arctic off Siberia. At the New Siberian Islands, It was believed, the drift would carry the boat toward. If not across, the pole. Amundsen intended to use the airplanes If he found the drift would not carry him across the "top of the earth." Amundsen in a degree followed the footsteps of his countryman, Fridtjof Nansen. In 1895-1896 Nan sen in the Fram started on a drift across the pole, but left his boat and tried unsuccessfully to reach the goal on foot. Later the Fram drifted as close to the pole as Nansen got. The Maud carries wireless sending apparatus, but no receiving instru ments. Amundsen said ho would not install the receiving. apparatus be cause he did not wunt to be worried by news from the outside world. A Novel Type of Road [From the Scientific American.] There Is a road near St. Augustine, Fla., which is paved with strips of concrete separated by strips of ma cadam. The road is 15 feet wide and at the outer edges there are two strips of concrete, each 30 inches wide, to take the outer wheels of vehicles. At the center there is a strip of concrete five feet wide. The intervening spaces are filled with stone and gravel. Not only does this make an eco nomical road, but it tends to dis tribute the traffic, keeping motor cars on their own side of the road, iwith the result that there Is less dan [ger of accident and less road wear. OCTOBER 15, 1919. Literary Notes Those who love a romance that Is as pure as snow, as sweet as sugar and as real as life, who like a tale that is neither mawkishly sentimen tal nor overburdened with compli cated plot, will find in "Little Miss by-the-Day," by Lucille Van Slyke, something to their liking. It is quite different from anything of the sort written in recent years, and its man ner of retailing is deliciously uncon ventional. It is the tale of the ad ventures of the daughter of a Frenchman who served valiantly in our Civil War and more especially of the daughter of that daughter, whose experiences in life were at tuned to her own quaint person ality. In this story it is the people that count and the literary halo which covers the entire narrative. It seems far removed from the mystery novel of the day, and yet there is funda mentally a plot and a denouement which is of much interest. How ever, it is the darling Felice, brought up with no contact with the world and with much of the flavor of sev enteenth century feminine France hanging around her, which makes the reader interested from first to last. An unusually charming story without an unpleasant suggestion in it. Published by the Frederick A. IStokes Company. The same publishers issued a vol ume of poems by Theodore Maynard, an Englishman, who has won his way by the peculiar quality and high merit of his verse, but who is only beginning to get recognition here. Mr. Maynard is a serious man and only occasionally do we come on light touches. He is a man of pro found religious feeling, and many of his poems are based on this domi nant note in his character. Never theless, he is no preacher. He sings only because he feels„ and his spirit is catholic. Some of the poems are of unusual merit because they show a profound insight into life and an illumination of it by poetic art. His best verses are too long for quota tion, but the following is offered as a good sample: GHOSTS Some dismal nights there are when spirits walk Who lived and died unhappy in their time, To waste the air with vows and whispered talk Of tarnished love or hate or se cret crime— But now the moon moves splendid through the sky: The night is brilliant like a silver shield: And in their cavalcades come rid ing bv The mighty dead of many a tented afield. On this one night at least of all the year The lists nro set agrain, the lines are drawn: Again resounds the clang of horse and spear: The sweet applause of ladles, till the dawn Makes glad the souls of vizored knights—then they, Hearing that seneschal, the cock, all troop away. Chile May Become Dry [From the New York Times.] If a movement which now seems well under way in Chile continues the United States may not be the only Nation in the Americas which soon will be "dry." The Chilean government recently has enacted laws restricting the making and sale of liquor, and this has brought the question of total prohibition strongly to the front. Chilean distilleries represent a capi tal of some 12 million dollars and many of them have accessory indus tries engaged in the manufacture of food. Some Chilean leaders are advocating that the importance of liquors be prohibited entirely. A feature of the situation that seems curious to foreigners is that some of the distillery owners are re ported to favor a "dry" Nation. These say they would prefer to transform their plants into some utilitarian in dustry, such as the production of liquid fuel or ether. Tests recently have been made to determine the value of alcohol for use as fuel, and are said to have met with reason ably satisfactory results. God Commendeth Jesus We have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eye witnesses of his majesty. For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory. This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.—n Peter i. 16 and 11. <E!}at j' It seems that there was a pagoda on top of the upper market house in Market Square at one time una that W. Paris Chambers and li:'; band did give concerts therefrom. The inquiry in this column lust nigh had barely gotten among the f0i1... before the telephone bells began to ring and people who remembered the high place of music in Ham burg during the days of ihe Dauphin * County Centennial and the weeks following it gave emphatic notice that their minds, were clear and recollections normal. Further evi dence was supplied to-day by olio of our thoughtful friends who pro- V duced a picture made from a photo graph of Market Square in eenten nal days and used to illustrate one of the articles from the pen of Mtsi. Helen Bruce Wallace in ihe Harris burg Patriot some weeks ago. Thi ; picture shows the pagoda in all its * glory on top of the upper market house. Several down-town friends also recall the music stand. Last night one man said "There was a bandstand on the top of the upper market house. That was the 'meat market house,' as 1 recollect it. ami the money to provide the bandstand was collected by Dr. C. A. Greene, who had a famous display of horrors in a window in front of his otiii ? about where the Harrisburg Bight and Power Company building stand.-. Ihe doctor was a noted character and raised the money for the stand but when cold winds came the bands men got tired of playing or else some folks ilia not put up the money any more and the pagoda disappeared." Another man said that he remem bered the stand because one after- * noon when school was "out" he and • some pajs climbed up and had a war , dance which ended when "Jim" Mc | Cann appeared and told them to I come down. Capitol Park was all stirred up last evening at sundown over the conduct of a flock of blackbirds who had alighted on the trees around the Mexican monument. Although ducks have been flying north over the city for a couple of weeks, the blackbirds still linger here in pref erence to going south to become ricebirds or bobolinks. At any event, the birds landed in the park in a regular cloud and disturbed the tea time conversation of the squirrels and made such a racket that the pigeons got out of the way. They were still there at a late hour wait ing for an early morning train. • * * Among the books that have been put on the shelves of the Harrisburg Public Library the last few days from the library of the late Judge John B. McPherson was a copy of one of the very early editions of that delight of childhood, "Uncle Re mus." It was an edition dated 1881 and was one which the judge used to love to read. Governor William ('. Sproul is not strong on pomp and circumstance. When he goes anywhere he does not have a couple of people tagging along with him and often on an offi cial trip Secretary Harry S. Mc- Devltt will remain here at work or else be somewhere else on business The Governor frequently makes trips alone and to-day started off for Eas ton without a soul with him • While the detour has been in et fect around the State road opera tions on the Dauphin-Clark's road a good many people have had a chance to see the beauties of the view from Peter's Mountain who never knew about it. This mountain rises rather steeply and the road from the north side winds a good bit, but it affords chances for some delightful vistas through the woods and long reaches of Dauphin and Perry counties can be seen. And this is a good time of the year to make the trip. * • • Accidents which have been oc curring at Second and North streets have been causing some demand for a traffic officer at that point. At this point Second street makes a sharp turn to the north, departing 1 from the old line of the street from Walnut and the intersection with North does have some elements of danger. • • • Ilarrisburg sports who have been working overtime setting down their bets on the world's series, after hav ing enjoyed the pleasures of uncer tainties in the primary election, are now commencing to take note of the decennial census as an opportunity for wagering. A number of the meii who like to bet have been looking up figures and a couple of bets as to whether Harrisburg would reach 75,000 or 80,000 are being made. The last census was marked by some very keen betting on 65,000. * • • Harrisburg's first "white frost" of the season seems to have produced an argument. There have been plenty of people to report its ap pearance yesterday morning, but whether it was of the brand known as "killing" or not appears to be in controversy. Some men say that tender flowers did not suffer a bit while others declare that Jack Frost has been around and that he has a grudge against someone. • • * A letter postmarked Mascot ap peared at the State Highway De partment the other day. And no one seemed to know where Mascot was located. The authorities in towns were appealed to and made some guesses. Even M. H. James, of the division of information, had to look out of the window. Then they asked Howard Fry, the chiel clerk. "Lancaster county" was his guess. And Lancaster it was. WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Captain C. B. Spatz, the avia tor, had a great greeting when ho went to Boyertown for a visit. —Congressman E. R. Kiess, of the - Williamsport district, was among Vis itors to the city yesterday. —The Rev. Dr. H. T. Drumgooic, one of the eminent clergymen of the .( archdiocese of Philadelphia, was among callers at the Governor's of fice yesterday. He is a member of the War History Commission. ■ —Col. John P. Nicholson, of Philadelphia, has been chairman of the Gettysburg National Park Com mission since 1893. Dr. W. M. Davidson, head of Pitts burgh schools, is urging that tho schools of the State give more at tention to the life of Roosevelt. f DO YOU KNOW 1 —That Harrisburg has con siderably diversified Its Indus tries In the last three years? HISTORIC HARRISBURG —At one time there was a project to erect a statute to John Harris in Market Sauare.
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