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IHARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 191!)
"O Master, let mc wallc with thee
In lowly paths of service free;
Tell me thy secret; help me hear
The strain of toil, the fret of care."
SPEAKING OF POLITICS
LOCAL Democratic newspapers
raving over dismissals of at
taches from the State service,
attributing them solely to politics,
and complaining bitterly against the
officials in public service contribut
ing to Republican campaign funds,
remind one of the proverbial little
pot that got all "het up" calling
the kettle black.
So long as the game of politics
is politics, so long will politics play
a part in public life. So long as
men desire to see a political organ
ization successful, so long will they
give to campaign funds.
But why limit the criticism, if
there is to be criticism? Why not
include the Democratic party as
well ?
No administration in the history
of the country has played politics
with such a high hand as has that
mow in power, and its supporters
and machine workers throughout
the nation have needed no urging
to follow the example. Not even at
so important a conference as that at
Paris did President Wilson recog
nize anybody but Democrats, ex
cept when he took notice of a. few
Socialists and radicals. Not a rep
resentative Republican was asked to
attend the meeting. Everything has
been done that is possible to do to
keep the Democratic party in power,
regardless of the merits of men of
other political faiths, and even post
masters have been forced to con
tribute to Democratic campaign
funds.
The Telegraph has information,
withheld during the war, that it may
find advisable to publish one of
these days. It relates to the side
tracking of Harrisburg men chosen
by the government for special war
work because they did not happen
to have the approval of local Demo
cratic bosses, and of interference in
< army matters that reflects anything
but credit upon those responsible.
If the local Democratic newspa
pers want full information concern
ing dismissals and removals for po
litical reasons, of enforced political
contributions and even worse, the
Telegraph can oblige them.
President Wilson disposes of the
foolish report that he is mentally un-
JJr fit by writing a six-hundred word
.•, letter.
LABOR MUST TAKE CARE
ORGANIZED labor must take
great care not to permit itself
to be led away by radicals
who mean to use it for their own
purposes and then to ruin it, along
with the Government of the United
States, and turn both over to Rus
sian societies who would like to in
augurate such a reign of terror here
as they have instituted in Russia.
The testimony of an attorney for
the I. W. W. in Pittsburgh this week
was to the effect that this disreput
able organization has been at work
forming soviet branches throughout
Pennsylvania and Ohio, particularly
' In the steel districts, and that, he
has been working hand in glove
with Foster, leader of the steel
- strikes.
There can he no gainsaying the
li fact that organized labor has done
much to improve working conditions
.1 in this country, but it can undo all
it has done and work damage to
ZZ itself and the country at large if it
shall permit men of this type to
-* use the power of the unions to their
*' own ends. The attempt has failed
in Seattle and in Canada, and it in
evitably would fail in Pennsylvania,
but nobody wants happenings there
to be repeated here. That the work
—- lngmen of this State are not so
easily fooled is evident from the
manner in which they have sized up
the I. W. W. efforts in the-Pitts
burgh district. The steel strike has
not been a success there nor here,
the men aa a whole did not
WEDNESDAY EVENING,
trust the leadership. Pennsylvania
working people have shown that
they will go as far as anybody in
support of leaders such as John
Mitchell, for example, but when it
comes down to a choice between
radicals and allegiance to the prin
ciples of their country, they are
under the flag every time. But they I
must be everlastingly watchful so
long as there are men in the coun
try of the type of this I. W. W. at
torney who would rob them of all I
they have won and turn their unions
into Soviets.
"Tlte peach season Just closed has
been successful in this section," ob
serves a New York state exchange.
Same for the lemon season in Har-j
risburg and it's going right along
nicely, thank you.
THE KING COMES
HAHKISBUItG has had many j
distinguished visitors, but it
has received none more en- ]
thusiastically than it will the King j
and Queen of Belgium \yhen they
honor the city with their presence. |
The war robbed most crowned heads J
of their glory, and many more of |
their thrones, but it only added lus- |
ter to the fame of King Albert and
his royal consort. We, in America, j
hold no briefs for monarchial forms
of government, but by the same
token we recognize a man whatever
his garb or station, and no more
manly man has ever stepped upon
our shores than this same King of
Belgium.
traced with the alternative of sav
ins' his own'people at the expense
of his honor, he led them boldly to
the sacrifice and then fell back after
he had stayed the onrush of the
German war machine, until he linked
forces with the English and the
French and held his part of the line
in France during the awful years
until American armies, sweeping in
by hundreds of thousands, started
Ihe Huns on their last great retreat.
Never once during all that time
[lid he falter. With his country laid
waste, his people dead or in slavery
ind risking his own life daily in
:he lighting front, he kept his eour
lge always to the lighting point, and
now that the tide has turned and
-ight has won, he has come to pay
i friendly visit to those who helped
he Belgian people in the days of
heir extremity.
Americans are hero lovers. Their
iwn history is so full of heroic sae
•ifice and of victory over great odds
hat they can very well appreciate
he greatness of the Belgian ruler.
SVe are happy that he has chosen to
spend a few hours with us. Wp
shall try to make him feel that he
s welcome.
Why wus it necessary for the Gov
•inmor.t In grant the beet sugar mak
>rs an additional cent a pound to tn
luee them to sell their holdings? If
.hey could sell a month ago at nine
;ents a pound, why not now?
ON ITS LAST LEGS
BOLSHEVISM is on its last legs
in Russia which mea it s
throughout the world, for, with
Lenine, Trotzky and the lesser
scoundrels of Russia dead or behind
the bars, it is scarcely conceivable
that Bolshevism will be able to sur
vive the awful failure of its great
experiment. . N
From the very first it has been
merely a question as to how long the
thing would last in Russia. Bol
shevism is not a producing force.
It has lived simply upon the fat vf
the land, like a leach on the belly
of a fish, or a vampire bat at the
throat of its sleeping victim. It
tried to run the country by mere
muscle ami brawn. Brains it did
not recognize us an essential. In
dividual initiative it frowned upon
as "capitalistic in its tendencies."
The rights of men and women it
submerged always in order that it
and its leaders might keep their own
heads above the rising tide of pop
ular disapproval. System it had none.
Virtue was a joke. God was not
recognized.
The ,whole thing was from the
start at once grotesque and tragic.
The world hus never known such
a gigantic carnival of crime. Nero,
with his puny crimes in Rome, was
a piker beside the perpetrators of
the wholesale horrors that have been
part and parcel of dally life in Rus
sia.
Property was for the taking.
Human life, the most precious of all
possessions, was held so cheap that
there was no penalty for him who
took tt. Womunhood was besmirched
and motherhood disgraced. The
whole wretched business was as cer
tain to reach a bloody end from its
very outstart as that kalserism could
not win control of the world.
And now we "are coming to the
end of it. The forces of right are
slowly closing in upon Petrograd.
Shortly that city will • fall. Then
will come the evacuation of Moscow
and the killing or the capture of the
two arch conspirators who must an
swer for their crimes. Ten years
hence Bolshevism will be a term
used only by historians and we shall
look back and wonder what madness
beset the world in this decade that
it should ever have tolerated the
monstrosity for a moment.
A KING ALBERT TREE
THAT is a good suggestion the
Chamber of Commerce makes
in proposing that King Albert
plant a tree here on Arbor Day in
memory of the Harrlsburg soldiers
who died in the war with Germany.
And the place to plant it is in
Reservoir Park, where on Friday the
Park Department will cause to be
set out a grove of evergreens as a
memorial to our soldier dead.
It would be exceedingly appro
priate to have King Albert, whose
country these brave lads of ours
died to save, set out the first tree.
The idea is excellent It pos
sible, It should be worked out.
"Jfbtltl C4- MW
By the- Sz-Oommittccmas
Governor William C. Sproul will
begin his active participation in the
campaign of this fall next week ami
will speak in New Jersey and Massa
chusetts gubernatorial contests and
then go to his home for the week
end and possibly spend some time in
Philadelphia.
Except for the statements he is
sued in the Delaware county pri
mary contests, the Governor has re
frained from taking any part in the
campaigns of this year, and when he
accepted invitations of the ltepubli
can national committee to make
speeches he was assigned to the
two eastern states where important
contests are being waged.
Before he leaves on his eastern
tour the Governor is expected to
name the members of the commis
sion of 25 to study and recommend
revision of the State Constitution,
which he expects to be one or the
monumental achievements of his ad
ministration.
It is not considered likely that
many more changes will be made in
State Capitol departments for a time.
The Public Service and Labor and
Industry changes take effect on No
vember 1.
Notwithstanding some specula
tion now going 011 as to the nomi
nation for Auditor General to be
made by the Kepublicans next year,
nothing has been decided upon. The
name of Charles A. Snyder is gen
era'ly mentioned and approved for
State Treasurer honors among many
influential men in party affairs.
While names of some Philadelphia!!*
and Pittsburghers have been men
tioned. there are grounds for belief
that the candidate for Auditor Gen
eral will not come from either of
those cities. Neither will any one
connected with the Sproul admini
stration enter the race unless some
radical changes occur In present
prospects. Potential leaders in the
two big cities want to keep the nomi
nation away because of aspirations
held in those places for 1920 and
1922. An up-State candidate seems
to be favored as far as geography is
concerned.
—Congressman J. Hampton Moore
opened his real campaign for Mayor
of Philadelphia with a solid and sub
stantial meeting last night, his meth
ods being decidedly different from
the ring-around-a-rosy performances
of Joseph MaeLauglilin. The Demo- 1
cratie candidate for Mayor is giving
evidences of a determined state of I
mind in regard to his party affairs.
Mr. Moore will have meetings from
now until election, and Congressman
Mure wi I preside at one of the gath
erings and ex-Governor Edwin S.
Stifart at another.
—The Philadelphia campaign is
toeing enlivened toy some ward scraps.
Marry A. Mat-key, chairman of tin
compensation hoard, being one of
the latest to get into a controversy.
There are also reports of some deals j
between Vnre candidates and Mac-
Lauglilin men, and the councilman!?
battles are interesting from a stand
point of speculation or betting.
—William H. Kelton, the veteran
couneilinnnic clerk, is said to have
opposition looming up for election
as clerk of the new council.
—George J. Brennan, writing in !
the Philadelphia Inquirer, has this
to say on Philadelphia and State
politics: "Congressman J. Hampton
Moore's announcement that by rea
son of the fact of his being the party
nominee for Mayor he is the 'titular
leader' of the Republican party in
Philadelphia, is being comment* d
upon by up-State Republicans who
are already speculating as to the
possibi'ities of the future {should he
extcnfl his activities beyond tic-
Philadelphia county line. Out in
Pittsburgh. Mayor E. V. B'abcock
has had the title of leader thrust >
upon him by Senator Max G. Leslie,!
Leslie, modestly claiming to be 'onl> j
a follower' of Mayor Babcock, when |
his factional enemies trained their
guns upon him and made him their l
special target in the recent enm-i
paign primary e'ection contest. Ilab
cock, while insisting that he is not
the leader, is performing all the
functions of leadership."
—it may be added that the Mayor
of Pittsburgh is thought to have a
welt-developed boom for Governor
in 1922 somewhere about his house.
—The Philadelphia Evening Bul
letin says: "Friends of George S
I Graham, Congressman from the Sec
lond district, have been working in
j his behalf since he wrote them that
he will be a candidate for re-elec
tion. Isadore Stern, formerly mem
ber of the State legislature, has an
nounced he will run against Graham
at the next primaries."
—Lebanon city and county are
just now affording some entertaining
fights, as the Democratic cliques
have an idea that they can take ad
vantage of the primary election
aftermath and fish up something
worth whi'e. It would seem, how
ever, that the Republicans of the
county have gotten next to the
scheme and that the usual comfort
able Republican majority may be
rolled up.
—Stuart partisans in Cumberland
county say that there is little doubt
of his victory over Rippey T. Shearer
at the coming election for clerk of
the courts. The qjld Shearer organi
zation is attempting to stage a come
back, but the weather conditions are
unfavorable.
—Lieutenant Governor Edward E.
Beidleman is to make the address at
the opening of the Chambersburg
Republican house on October 28.
—They are canny in Swarthmore
town. When the Philadelphia county
authorities sought to make Chief of
Police E. J. Sweeney a county detec
tive the folks just went together and
beat the raise in salary. And
Sweeney stays.
—Tliere is plenty of life to the
Ruzerne county cnmpaiftn even if the
judicial contest wns decided at the
primnries when Judrre John M fJar
ninn received more than 75 per cent,
of the total vote cast. His is the
only name on the ballot. The bis
prize now in T.uzorne is the control
of the county eommissi oners' office.
The two present Democrntie commis
sioners. M. J. McT.nuphlin and C. J.
OntlasUei no relative of the Sen
ate's chief e'e'-k, W. P. Gallasher—
are opposed by Ambrose T'cst. n
manufacture'-, and Pete- A. Mctxell,
a lawyer and rood roads advocate'
The tssue seems to be rood roads,
tbr Pepnblienns charcinpr the foe
with cress extravagance and ste
in the expenditure o" the public's'
monev on a porr hrapd of hichWRVS.
On the other hand, the Democrats
lore "nointlnc with r-ide" at the con
struction work on the htchwnvs. hv
ways and hrtdeos of old Duzerne.
The Rep'iblieans have the Democrats
on the defensive and the new chair
man. John H. Dan<jo. Is making well
substantiated predictions of victory.
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DID YOU KNOW THAT:
By MAJOR FRANK C. MARIN
Of the Army Recruiting Station
According to the figures tabulated
by the Surgeon General of the A. E.
F., there were 74,573 men gassed in
France;
Of those gassed, there were 1,194
who died;
These figures do not include men
who were killed in battle, who may
have been gassed before they were
killed;
Of the total gassed, 2,533 were
officers; 72,040 were enlisted men;
(Jf those who died, 26 were of
ficers; 1,168 were enlisted men;
In 36,013 cases, the kind or kinds
of gas used was not recorded; of the
remaining casualties, most were
caused by mustard gas; next came
phosgene; then in order, chlorine,
yperite, arsene and asphyxiating.
The total gas casualties were 3 3.8
per cent of total casualties from all
causes.
Borah and l J eace
[Senator Borah in New York Times]
If it said, what about peace? The
answer is that peace is here now.
Great Britain has been carrying
on trade to her highest point with
Germany ever since ten days after
the armistice. France has been
trading with Germany. The United
States has been and is trading with
Germany. Peace in all its practical
features and appearance is an es
tablished fact and has been for
weeks and weeks. The Treaty rati
fied by Great Britain, France and
Italy iixes the status of Germany.
Those countries interested in receiv
ing the reparation will proceed to
collect and enjoy it. Those inter
ested in the work of the commis
sions will perform the service ot the
j commissions. The Unted State, be
|ing in no wise interested in those
things would be and should be re
lieved of alj obligations touching
them. Any legislation necessary to
remove supposed obstacles to trade
or war legislation could be had with
in a fortnight. The result would be
that the United States would settle
down and deal with domestic prob
lems. People would become at once
contented In mind and happy in their
| old accustomed beliefs and tradt-
Itions, and we would enjoy, in my
judgment, a period of prosperity
such as we have never before known.
I But if we enter this League, take
lon the obligations of administering
this Treaty, continue to meddle and
intermeddle in European affairs and
assist in the settling of all European
questions, all these matters will be
thrown into our home politics, will
divert attention from our domestic
affairs, will estrange our own peo
ple, and prevent the return of that
poise and confidence so essential to
our future prosperity and happiness
and indispensable to the pecmanency
I of our institutions,
j In view of the nature of our do
mestic problems and of their complex
and searching import, it seems to
me nothing less than a crime to
throw into American affairs and
Americnn politics the torturing
problem of European surveillance.
It will present questions so long as
we occupy that attitude which will
dominate elections, divide our peo
ple. divert the public mind, engage,
the attention of Congress, and shape
I national policies to the exclusion of
| any proper consideration of things
'local or domestic. Instead of de-
I voting our time to these problems
land mobilizing our moral and intcl
(leetual forces for their solution, we
|will be drngged constantlv and ever-
lastingly into considering questions
"rnw'nn out of our commitments of
the sending of our soldiers hither
npd thither, find nil the belligerent,
nnd nntafronistic forces of the Old
World. Tf the Treaty is rejected
these things will he put behind us.
"So-and-So aid Daughter"
[From the I.ondon News.]
It is a welcome sight to see the
words "and daughter" as the suffix
to the mime over a shop. It is a
sign of the times of women's inter
est in business and their recognition
fis responsible helpmates. In the
West End there is more than one
emporium of feminine attire under
I thp ownership of So-and-So and
i Daughter—or daughters, and I know
of another which belongs officially
to father and daughter; but T have
never yet come across a shop under
the joint ownership of husband and
wife, yet we all know of countless
small businesses in which the wife
of the owner does a goodly share
of the work.
The Susquehanna Trail
RECENTLY Warren H. Manning,
the planning expert, referred
to the Susquehanna Valley as
a great natural highway of the fu
ture. But perhaps he did not know
that the Indians so used it for un
known centuries before the white
man came. And State Highway
Commissioner Sadler has recognized
it in outlining his great State high
way system now in the process of
construction.
The Susquehanna Trail Associa- j
tion was formed several years ago
for the purposfi of fostering good
roads in Pennsylvania and particu
larly securing a main highway
straglht across t)ie State from north
to South over the way Mr. Manning
mentioned. This Indian trail was
selected as the route of this main
highway because of its geographical
importance, because of the beauty
of its scenery because it is a route
of great national importance as a
military road and because the Na
tional Capitol is to be linked up with
Central Pennsylvania cities, "Western
New York cities, the great lake re
gions and Canadian points, by a sys
tem of good roads.
As Mr. Manning pointed out, the
natural conditions for easy roading
are the valley routes and the ridge
routes. This route corresponds with
his idea.
We consider the South Mountains
the first chain of natural defense to
an enemy that would invade from
the Atlantic coast. The Appalachian
system is the second chain. This
road will touch tide water at Bal
timore, the most strategic point for
an enemy to attack, as proven by
the fact that the submarine Deutch
land landed at Baltimore. She is
known to have made soundings of
the Chesapeake Bay.
The route as selected if we begin
at the National Capitol, is Washing
ton to Baltimore, York, Newberry
town, Harrisburg, Clark's Ferry,
Liverpool, Selinsgrove, Sunbury,
Williamsport, Trout Run, Liberty,
The Bicycle Comes Back
[From the St. Louts Post-Dispatch.]
Who has not noticed the constantly
increasing number of bicycles on the
streets and highways. The "come
back" is to various causes,
but all who have -been speculating on
the subject agree the increased cost
of riding on street cars is one reason.
The "wheel," wjiich went into re
tirement almost to the ektent of a
total eclipse with the arrival of the
motor car is now out in the open, and
its devotees predict that its stay will
be long.
Anyone who may hold doubts on
this score has only to take a look ifl
| the shops where such goods are dis
played, and then make a few ln
j quiries. He will learn among other
j things that one St. Louis department
| store sold 116 machines in a single
day. He will also learn that when
: it comes to getting one of the best
I grades, calculated to withstand the
! wear and tear of long tours over in
different roads, he may have to wait
a few days before his order is fill
ed, as the demand from Boston to
Los Angeles and from Duluth to Key
West is making new records from
day to day, with not the slightest
suggestion that the peak is anywhere
in sight.
And there are the old machines
that reposed for years in garrets
j and cellars that are now coming out,
I rejuvenated and put in good work-
I ing order at the repair shops. These
! shops report an unprecedented rush
iin orders for new sprockets, chains,
tires and other essential parts, which
plainly tells that the wheels of other
years are to resume their revolutions
and carrying functions.
Wholesalers report that the trado
is looking up so fast that manufac
turers will have to speed up their
outputs to satisfy the boom-like de
mand. As there are many establish
ments in the producing end of the
business, there is no serious appre
hension felt that there will be a
shortage of any duration.
To Make Dreams Come True
[From "Ambition and Success,"
Thomas Y. Crowell Company, New
York, by Orison Swett Marden.]
Three things we must do to make
our dreams come true. Visualize our
desire. Concentrate on our vision.
Work to bring it into the actual. The
implements necessary for this are
inside of us, not outside. No mat
ter what the accidents of birth or
fortune,- there is only one force by
Which we can fashion our life mu
i terlal —mind.
Blossburg, Mansfield, Lawrenceville,
Pa., Corning, Buffalo, Niagara Falls
and points north.
Our Association has worked on
the trail in Pennsylvania only, be
cause it is working in conjunction
with the Highway Department of
Pennsylvania and has no jurisdic
tion outside of the State.
"When established, this will be a
road of as great importance to the
State as the Lincoln Highway and
of greater importance to the city of
Harrisburg than any other route
passing through it.
The Highway Department of
Pennsylvania has this line on its
official map for improvement in the
immediate future. In fact a con
siderable portion of it is under con
si; notion now, with a schedule to
complete the entire route in 1922.
The members of the Association
from the upper tier of counties de
serve especial commendation for or
ganizing the Association and plan
ning this route.
Ex-Senator Merrick, of Wellsboro,
has suggested a cement road bed
forty feet wide with an earth drive
way on each side for horse and car
riage traffic. Dr. G. W. Hartman,
of Harrisburg, one of the leading
spirits of the Association and a di
rector of it, suggested to the Asso
cation at its annual meeting in Wil
liamsport last spring that since the
State Highway Department has pro
vided, in its wonderfully fine and
comprehensive plan, for the con
struction of this route, the Associa
tion turn its attention to the con
struction of a free bridge at State
Street, Harrisburg.
The construction of such a bridge
would be in keeping with the great
improvements planned for the sec
tion of the city adjacent to our mag
nificent Capitol. It will be in line
also with Mr. Manning's suggestion.
To make plans for the placing of
the bridge or at least creating senti
ment for it is the logical work for
this Association as well as for Har
risburg and the State authorities.
Better State Roads
[From the Philadelphia Record.]
From the reports of the newspaper
representatives who, as the guests of
cne State Highway Department, made
a tour through portions of Eastern
Pennsylvania last week, the Com
monwealth seems to be pulling itself
out of the mud in a way which is
asi gratifying as it is commendable.
The Job is a herculean one, and the
$50,000,000 bond issue approved by
the voters last year will be exhausted
long before the end is anywhere near
in sight; but there is no occasion to
worry over that. If the work of road
building is well and intelligently
done, with all politics eliminated
from it, the voters will, beyond doubt,
approve another bond issue. If they
have ocular proof that under the
Sproul administration every dollar
expended is producing results they,
will certainly give their approval tc
a continuation of the construction cf
good roads.
It is worth iw>ting that Highway
Commissioner Sadler is strongly in
favor of concrete as the best ma
terial for important highways. This
Is beyond doubt the wisest policy to
follow, even though it is expensive.
The experience of all the states has
shown that macadam cannot stand
up under the tremendous pounding
of the modern motor truck, and that]
[t is necessary to have a strong and |
rigid foundation to sustain the cnor-1
mous loads now carried in both local
and interstate commerce. The State I
wants the best there is, and it seems
to be getting it.
When it is remembered that New
York spent $150,000,000 in road
building, the Pennsylvania program
seems modest, even though the $50,-
000,000 bond issue shall be repeated"
before long. The essential thing is
that changed economic conditions
now demand fine highways in every
part of the State, and that no time
must be lost in providing them If
this Commonwealth is to stand on
an equality with its neighbors.
Thanks to Governor Sproul and Com
missioner Sadler, the prospect is that
the long-existing blight of bad roads
will soon be wiped out.
Where Profiteering Leads
[From Birmingham Age-Herald]
"I see where a tenant was arrest
ed for beating his landlord with a
club."
"Well?"
•*He must be a smart fello-wr'
"Why so?"
"He demands a trial by jury—
seems pretty sure no twelve men
good and true would decide a c-tse
against a tenant and in favor of a
I lundlord nowadays."
OCTOBER 22, 1919.
Don Marquis' Grouch
Don Marquis, who writes the usu
i ally cheery "Sun Dial" column for
. the New York Sun, must have got
out on the wrong side of the bed
the other morning. That he went
to work with a grouch and nursed
it may be inferred from the install
ment of paragraphs which appeared
the next day. His outlook on life
shows in this one:
"We get so tired of being cheer
ful at times, that we swear if we
j took a vacation we'd go somewhere
and cry and cry for three or four
weeks, and not work at anything
else. But we never intend to take
another vacation; there is nothing
in vacations."
And here is an epigrammatic bit of
philosophy permeated with pessi
rrfism:
"The three Rs run all through life
—at twenty-five you think of Ro
mance, at forty-five of the Rent, and
at sixty-five of your Rheumatism."
When he dropped into verse it
was to lament:
"Gloom and the world glooms with
you;
Smile and you smile alone.
For the sad old earth will leave its
j mirth
To hold its head and moan."
A glance at the marriage 'license
column probably suggested this
comment:
"The world is full of almshouses
populated by the offspring of per
sons who went lightheartedly ahead
and married on account of ro
mance."
But Mr. Marquis was determined
to apply his point of view to a wide
range of subjects, as for instance:
"The man who refuses to worry Is
a shirk. There is a certain amount
of worrying that must be done in
this world, and you are dishonorable
unless you cheerfully do your share
of it."
And again:
' Sparrows don't chirp because
they ar.e happy. These are cries of
hunger and despair."
That he knew the fit was on him
is revealed in this admonition:
"If you feel a little grouchy it is
always a mistake to suppress Ihe
feeling. Express it, and pass your
grouch on to somebody else, and be
done with it."
Then, to show that he practiced
what he preached, the one-time op
timist wound up with this finishing
touch:
"Only a few weeks until tho
fourth installment on your income
tax will be due, and it will probably
be snowing on that day."
Labor's Opportunity
[From the Philadelphia Press.]
One of the demands of organized
labor at the present Industrial Con
ference is that Congress permit no
immigration for two years of for
eigners who would take the bread
from the mouths of American work
men by cheap labor. If labor was
wise it would couple with that de
mand one for proper tariff pro
tection. It is equally important that
the tariff bar out the products of
foreigners themselves which should
not come to this country. If labor
really wishes its own interests cared
for it should protest against the
loading of cheap products upon this
market which causes the closing of
factories and the reduction of em
ployment. One of the first, things
that It should urge, if it has proper
consideration for its own future, Is
the adoption of a genuine protective
I tariff law.
When the Democratic party came
into power, in 1913, it inaugurated
| its near-free-trade policy. Is it
I possible that labor has forgotten the
consequence of that action? Ts there
no memory of the added imports
that poured into the United States at
the rate of a million dollars a day
in value more than came under the
preceding tariff law? Is there no
recollection of how industry de
creased. how lnhor was denied em
ployment, and how hard times were,
only averted by the war in Europe
and the demands that the conflict
made for products of the United
Stntes? Does lnhor not realize that
this demand from overseas will
rapidly decrease and that the stagna
tion will come to the industries of
thlscountry if imports made bv the
cheap labor of Europe and the Orient
begin to flood America again as they
were doing before the war under the
tariff law which the Democrats put
upon the statute books?
Douqhmit Wins Over Pretzel
[From the Cincinnati Times-Star]
A Boston doughnut has been
found to have 286 calories in it, thus
beating the pretiel. which has only
IS9, according to Dr. F. O. Benedict
of the nutrition laboratory of the
Carnegie Institute in Boston.
Sttwtiitg Cfjat
'■Ths interesting tact that pupils of
the Harrisburg schools, notably tho
J 7. schools, are making special
studies not only of Pennsylvania
history, but of Harrisburg and Dau
phin county history as well, has been
learned by inquiries made of teach
ers and at the State and Harrisburg w
libraries. Some years ago when the
various essay contests for the Liim
berton, D. A. R. and other prizes were
arranged, it was suggested that at
tention be given to history of this
part of the State, particularly of
the lower Susquehanna valley, and
a number of the essays presented
dealt with the settling, development
and incidents of early life in this
part of the State. Recently, there
have been more essays devoted to
local history than before and it has
been a subject of comment that the
topics were of the pupils' own selec- ""
tions. Some inquiries have been
made at the Public Dibrary and at
the Dauphin County Historical So
ciety rooms, which indicate that
.greater interest than heretofore *
noted is being displayed in the story
of Harrisburg. At one of the schools
a principal said that his pupils had
been looking up the early history or
Harrisburg and that some of the
"compositions" submitted showed
hard work. The story of John Har
ris, his foresight in selecting the
ford at Paxton street as the site for
his ferry and the influence of the
ferry upon Pennsylvania history and
how Harrisburg grew up beside it,
seem to have a fascination for many
of the youngsters, while the attempt i
to burn John Harris at the mulberry /
tree and his dramatic rescue by his
man Hercules and the friendly In
dians from the confluence of the
Susquehanna and the Conodoguinet,
is a theme that is often told by the
juvenile writers. Location of the
Capitol here and how Harrisburg
nosed out Northumberland and
Wrightsville and the early Indian
raids are also subjects which seem
to be interesting the pupils. People
who follow local history will be en
lightened more than once by talk
ing over with teachers the subjects
of the essays of their pupils.
• * *
Speaking of local historical mat- .
ters, it is the plan of President B. ''
M. Nead, of the Dauphin County
Historical Society, to have a series
of addresses of more than usual local
importance during the coming win
ter at the meetings of the society.
The first of these will be at the No
vember session. The society's plaps
for collecting the data of the Dau
phin county soldiers in the war, in
conjunction with the Hurrisburg
Chamber of Commerce, are taking
shape and it is hoped to secure the
co-operation of churches, lodges,
business and civic organizations,
clubs and other bodies which have
made lists of their men in the war.
This will be asked, not only in Har
risburg, but in Steelton and all of
the towns in the county, so that the
county's history may be made com
plete.
* *
It's a rather significant sign of
the way hunters feel about game
regulations that a number of men
have taken the precaution to write
to the ottices of the State Game Com
mission for copies of the new game
code or to call up and ask about its
provisions before they go out with
their guns and dogs. In years gone
by there was more or less uncer
tainty about the game laws, and it
must be said some defiance, not al
together on the part of foreigners,
either. Now the average hunter is
well booked on the game laws and
rather inclined to see that they are
obeyed. The hunters' license has
caused many men to take a greater
interest in regulation and propaga
flon and the Game Commission often
hears from them if they get the
idea that things are not being
handled right or a community is, in
their opinion, discriminated against
in the way of distribution.
* * *
Operations of the drillers who are
making the test holes for the new
Capitol office building and the ter
; races are a good bit of delight
to many of the youngsters who pass
along FOurth street on their way to
school. The boys gather around the
drills ai)d watch the steady boring
into the earth and speculate about
whether they are going to hit preci
'■ ous metals or oil. The borers say
that they have struck some of tho
hardest kind of rock in the park ex
tension that they have known. One
hole seems to have been bored right
i into the trap dike that extends across
' the city and outcrops in the river at
' the foot of South street.
When the King of tho Belgians
1 comes to Harrisburg to visit the offl
■ cial seat of government of Pennsyl
t vania he will bo the first crowned
head to come to the Capital of
s Pennsylvania's Commonwealth and
■ the first scion of European royalty
r to enter the State House. The Capi
tol has been visited by ambassadors,
archbishops and famous men of
other lands and three men who have
been presidents and several who al
most became presidents have spoken
within its halls.
1 . .
The Presbyterian Synod of Penn-
J sylvania, which met in Pine Street
- church last fall and held such a
1 memorable session, is meeting this
- week in Germantown. This body is
one of the oldest religious organiza
tions in the State and has an un
- broken history of meetings for
t decades.
| 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
p —General W. W. Atterbury is in
f demand at meetings of railroaders.
. so that they can tell how the trans
s portation problems were met in the
war.
j, —William Draper Lewis is the
e head of the Roosevelt Memorial in
this State.
0 —Samuel T. Cooper, of Doyles
rt town, well known here, has been
t elected head of the Bucks County
p Motor Club.
—Frederick Courtland Penfleld,
„ former Ambassador to Austria, has
V been motoring in New Jersey.
' —p. E. Jeffries, one of the original
„ Roosevelt men in Chester county,
0 presided at the Roosevelt meeting
in West Chester.
—James Fornel, of Philadelphia,
P long secretary of the National Hard-
P ware Association, has been rcap
•t pointed. _
, The Rev. C. A. Forbes, of Kane,
♦ has been chosen head of the Con
, gregationallsts in Pennsylvania.
" Frank Wilbur Smith, connected
with the postal service at Phtladel
, phia before the war, has been made
lt a lieutenant colonel in the reserve.
1 j DO YOU KNOW
—That Harrisburg has at.
7 tracted State-wide attention by
its new river improvement pro
n gram?
v HISTORIC HARRISBURG '
,'t —The first railroad train arriving
e here was received by the burgess
and a committee of citizens in 183 a,