12 (HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. I Telegraph Building, Federal Square E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief i; S*. R. OYSTER, Business Manager GUS. M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor U. R. MICIIENER, Circulation Manager Executive Board r J.TP. McCULLOUGH, " N BOYD M. OGLES BY, F. R. OYSTER, GUS. M. STEINMETZ. ■ Sfembers 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 t.his Saper and also the local news pub shed herein. BUI rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. +- . t Member American Newspaper Pub- Bureau of circu lation and Penn ey 1 vania Associa- Eastern office Story, Brooks & Flnley, Fifth Avenufl Building, Western office". Story. Brooks & I Chicago, 111. S ' Entered at the Post Office in Ilarris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a week; by mail. la.oo a year in advance. " | WEDNESDAY, NOV. 19. 1919 j . Hope larger hopes, Thy heart to love expand; The Father's heart is large, And takes all in; And lie can save his own In every land. Love thou, and hope that all The Christ may t/7t.— Marianne L EARN INGHAM. l" 1 ■ i CUTTING OUT TURKEY UT out the turkey; forget it I . and eat something else for Thanksgiving dinner." That is the advice of Philadelphia food authorities and it is might be extended to many other commodi ties. Turkey is so high in price that it is beyond the ordinary purse. It is believed that if few or no tur keys are eaten at Thanksgiving time the price may come down for the later holidays. But even though it does not the lesson the Philadel phia food authorities point is worthy of attention. The Federal Reserve Bank offi cials in their digest for the week caution the people against extrava gant buying. They say that gen eral prosperity is being greatly en dangered by extension of credit, reckless buying and purchasing be yond the means of the individual to pay. "What is said of turkey prices in Philadelphia is applicable to ev erything we do not actually need when the prices are excessively high. "Cut it out; forget it; use something else." A DARK HORSE? THE Bos Angeles Evening Ex press has asked the Republican newspapers to vote on their fa vorite candidate for the Presidency. Nine names appear on the blank ballot mailed to each paper, in an effort to gain some light on the re spective strength of the various in dividuals who have been mentioned from time to time for the nomina tion. Up to this dale, no Republican, save possibly General Wood, has stood out much above his fellows. The race Is wide open. It looks as though there would be a restoration of the good old times when the na tional conventions opened without any real showing of hands, and when the results were in doubt up to the very last ballot. It is not always good for the party or the country to have a Presiden tial nomination carefully cut and dried months in advance of the con vention. It smacks sometimes of one-man rule or factional domin ance, either of which are apt to re sult in disaftections during the ensu ing campaign or lack of public conti dence. It is not impossible that next year will produce for the Republicans a "dark horse" and it may be that somebody not now apparently in the running on the Democratic side will come forward between this and next summer to snatch the standard of that party from the hands now Stretched out in its direction. WHERE THEY STAND FRANKLIN D'OLIER, NCw Iy chosen national commander of the American Legion, has issued one or two statements recently which Indicate the purpose of this great or ganization of former service men to stand squarely behind the. Govern ment In its attitude toward any per son or group of persons attacking the law and order of this country or or the orderly processes of the Gov ernment It was to be expected that the men Who went to Europe to safeguard the liberties of the United States and the world would stand firm us a rock against the insidious foes on this side of the ocean. Their courage has been tested on the field of battle and It is not difficult to understand their present attitude against the lawless elements that would destroy the in stitutions of this country. What they \VEDNESDft~Y EVENING conquered on the battlefields of Europe they will suppress here at home wherever it shows Its slimy head. ! The people of the United States ■ have no thought that thp trained • soldiers who rallied to the colors to ! destroy the German autocracy will 1 permit to develop in this country an | uutocracy even worse. Every step I that lias been taken recently has j strengthened the hope that the brave ' men who fought that liberty might live will lead tjie way out of present I difficulties into the sunlight of peace and contentment, real appreciation j of constituted authority and the in j alienable rights of free men. MORE FOOL TALK NOBODY with any brains will take seriously the speech of j "Jim" Maurer, In Chicago on Sunday, when he said, "the stage ! is set to crush American labor." That is the kind of talk the "reds" and radicals who want to overthrow the United States Government are hashing up for ignorant folks, hop ing, to lead them into the toils of the terrorists. These fellows know they speak falsehoods, but lies being the'r chief stock in trade they do not pause on that account. American labor knows very well that it cannot be crushed, even though somebody were foolish enough to undertake it. Maurer knows that, too. We should like to see published some of the other utterances of , Maurer now carefully preserved in j the files of the police. It is time j the laboring men and all others of j this State realize just what kind of j I a man Maurer is and where his j j sympathies really lie. OUR DUTY A S ILLUSTRATING hair-brained; l\ theories of government that j | have had all too much atten- | tion in recent years, a high-sounding j organization known as the Public j Ownex-ship League of America in I > session at Chicago, has adopted al' resolution urging Congress to ap- j, point a commission to formulate a j i plan for converting the steam rail- 1 way, telephone and telegraph s.vs- j | terns into a branch of the Postoffice j j Department. Nationalization of the! l supplies of timber," natural gas, oil. j * coal and iron ore were also reconi- j , mended. i; Could anything be more absurd than the proposal to place in the hands of a more or less discredited postal service the operation of the railway, telephone and telegraph sys tems as a branch of the Postoffiee Departme nt. The preposterous theories of the conduct of public utilities which are coming to the top like the scum of a boiling mass in dicate the radical tendencies of many chaotic elements of our population and suggest the importance of such conferences as are now being held on Cupitol Hill. Only through sanity in our educa tion-! methods can we hope to over come the impossible proposals which have had their origin among the thoughtless and ignorant of our alien communities. Governor Sproul has repeatedly urged the importance of Americani zation to meet these tendencies and restore the equilibrium of American ideals and common sense. So long as Bolshevik elements are permitted to run wild, we may expect these oc casional outbursts and the propa ganda which is finding its way all over the country, causing unrest and discontent where heretofore have been thrift and prosperity. Through the conference now in session at the Capitol there should come some definite policy regarding Americanization effort throughout the State. It's a big job and should be undertaken in a big way, but it is not by any means an impossible task. We have neglected our obvious duty in this respect for years and the reaction of the war has now forced upon us prompt and decisive action. Governor Sproul and other patri otic Americans are leading in the right direction; millions of their countrymen will follow cheerfully and support them in the constructive work to which they have dedicated themselves. HIGH PRAISE, INDEED THE Telegraph quotes from the proceedings of the twentieth an nual convention of the Leugue of Cities of the Third Cluss held in Allentown last August, just issued, this portion of Senator Penrose's ad dress: "I know Harrisburg, which I nm. of course, very familiar with, hnving been elected a member of tiie Legislature there in 1884. was pet baps the deadest town on the face of the ear.th, outside of the abandoned cities bf Asia, when I was first elected to the Legisla ture. and I remember very well of a man who went to Harrisburg and opened a small notion store there, and I asked him how he came to come to Harrisburg, and he said thut he wanted to get to a place that was near a cemetery as possible, so that his nervous system might recover, and now Harrisburg bids fair to be one of the most beautiful cities 1 say, not alone in the United States, but in the world. They have con structed a magnificent river front and its park system, its new memorial prbposul and the Cap itol and the other developments in contemplation—l say without any dispute that there is no other Capita) City in the United States at least that comes anywhere near It." Had the Senator spoken thus in addressing a Hurrisburg audience he anight have been suspected of draw, ing the long bow of pleasant Mat tery, but addressing an audience of city representatives—experts in their line —and holding Harrisburg up as an example, we cannot believe he had anything in his mind but the facts in the case. Beside, the Sena tor is given to plain speaking. He la not always given to saying the pleas ant word because it sounds well. All of which gives to his words un added \\ eight. Thank you, Senator! "politico Ck , I i' , By the Ex-Committeeman ij ' j Early surveys of the senatorial ' j and assembly districts are being ' | made by men active in the cause of 5 j the "drys" with a view to ascertain - | ing who will be candidates at the -1 coming primary and how they will > | line up on the question of a State i j enforcement act. It is understood • |to be the plan of the Anti-Saloon [ League to present an enforcement | act in the 1921 session and to start j early to pledge candidates to sup i port it. I Representative John W. Vlcker , man, of Allegheny, leader of the ■ j "dry" forces in the last House, was ' j here looking over the field and . ; called on Governor William C. • Sproul, although he did not discuss ! that issue. Mr. Vickerman has been I visiting various counties to look over ' I the field. He will spend most of the ' ! winter covering the State and have a I number of assistants in organizing , i the fight. I In the last session the State ad j ministration took the position that i Congress should speak in regard to i enforcement, holding that it was a Federal matter, and nothing has | been said as to what the policy next (year will be. It is likely that the liquor issue | will enter into congressional cam | paigns pretty vigorously next year. I Governor William C. Sproul will I leave the latter part of the week ! tor a short vacation at Hot Springs. ; where he has been accustomed to go |'t the lute fall. He will probably j remain in Virginia over Tlianksgiv | ing Day. The remainder of this | week he will have conferences with i heads of departments and clear up ! appointments, including the consti j tutional revision commission. Sev j eral of the recently named commis i sions will also organize here this j week. ! —Governor Sproul last night made j another personal appointment, se | lectins Edward B. Temple, of Swarthmore, to be a member of the State Ait Commission. It is under stood that he succeeds Harvey M. Watts, who found thut he would he | unable to serve. In a statement is- j sued by the Governor's office it is said that Mr. Temple is an engineer of much experience and the Gov ernor regarded it as desirable that, I in addition to the architects and ar- I, tists upon the commission, an en- ! gineer.should be appointed to pass upon the practicability of monu mental and constructive programs within the jurisdiction of the Art Commission. Mr. Temple is assist- < ant chief engineer of the Pennsyl vania Railroad and is a graduate: trustee of Swarthmore College. 1 1 The Governor also announced that' lie had designated Nicola d'Ascenso, j 1 of Philadelphia, as secretary of the j' commission. It is understood that ! 1 the Art Commission, the member- j i ship of which is now complete, will i 1 meet in Harrisburg on Thursday to i' start its work. 1 State ' Chairman William E. I < row was here yesterday for a short lime on his way east. 11c was warmly gieoted by friends. The Senator has almost completely recovered from his recent illness, but will take it easy for some time to come. Among visitors to the city yes terday was C. J. Esteriy, of Wyomis -81 n S. Berks county, an active Re publican in the Reading district-find much discussed as a possible candi date for Congress in the Berks-Le high district, lie has been promi nent in war work in Reading ami is well known among men of affairs, i He was asked to be a candidate re- 1 cently, but said that he would have I to think it over. Owing to the Demo- I cratic muss there is a chance that a I Republican might stand a fighting I chance. —According to Philadelphia I newspapers Mayor-elect J. Hampton i iloore intends to put in some time consulting with Republican leaders in that city before he announces his, cubmet. It is said that the new! mayor intends to tell the various I Republican factions "where to get ' off" and to name his own cabinet —Budget making is now occupy ing the attention of Pittsburgh and I Scranton city officials. Pittsburgh must add a couple of millions to its budget and Scranton is also facing some increased expenditures. There is aij interesting situation at Read ing where the largest third-class Km, B , , e ' s ! "'° facing the possi bility of tiie Berks county capital becoming a second-class city through the next census, which is expected to show , that it has over 100 000 population. , - Tl , ,e ,i :osts in the r ecet Potts flection fraud euse, wherein the accused men were discharged, have been placed upon the county. They amount to $2,000 and some things are being said about crusades by taxpayers who will liavo to foot the bill. • —Arrests have been made in Somerset county on charges involv ing ballot frauds and there are pos sibilities that something may de velop. Ever since the primary there has been a smouldering condition in the homo of the "Frosty Sons of Thunder." —George Franklin Bru m m , Schuylkill county lawyer, is said to be still harboring an ambition to be a candidate for Congress, but friends of Congressman John Reber say thut he will be renominated if he desires to stand again. Mr. Reber was elected last year by a handsome majority in the face of a complicat ed fight. —Philadelphia city hall attaches have been given u bonus because of the high cost of living and now the city fathers are wondering whether they will have to make the increase in the new budget. —Representative Clark M. Bower, of Perry county, will be a candidate for Republican renominatlon next year, as will Representative John It. Shellenberger, of Juniata. —"Following the refusal yesterday of Murdoch Kendrlck to accept ii post in the Moore Cabinet," says the Philadelphia Record of to-day, "the report spread that David J. Smyth will be named City Solicitor to suc ceed John P. Connelly. Mayor-elect Moore held a long conference with his campaign manager, and at the conclusion announcement was made that Mr. Kendrick had declined to become a member of the new Mayor's Cabinet. Mr. Smyth was closely identified with the recent campaigns to elect Congressman Moore, and It was declared last night that, despite feeble opposition on the part of a sniull group of disgruntled reformers In the city, that he would be named us City Solicitor. It Is known, however, thut Mr. Smyth is not seeking the post, and that his name was suggested by Mr. Kendrlck and several personal friends." Tliy Reward As thou hast done, It shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. —Obadtah, IS. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELIN'? By BRIGGS WHCFSJ YOU RALL OM "'AND JOST AS YBU HEAR THE TH,N S ', S (NJ THE WORLD AKID SMOOTHLY THEJ DOOR.- YOU FCMD" H6R ALOWE ® ELL . S'_M.©S R AJJD^ ' P\KSD VBO'VE v which the situation can he met. The Ilooverization of the Na tion's paper supply appears to be the only rational method for dealing with the newsprint shortage and that will mean important changes in some other respects. Lovc Lyric of a Lunatic I From Cartoons Magazine] Oh, sweet the shankly skeesics are Among the hiking trees, But I'm too catawampous far For pollicods like these! The wangquang blossoms in the wood, The rede scomndger glbws! To me their squalllkack's no good— I'm dead to things like those! Blue burns the zanicockle's dot, And bright the josky's gem; in vain! In vain! 1 seopple not To fangle such as them! It is my own—my Poofti one— Whom evermore I'll sing! My islimu—best beneath tho sun— I love like anything! Exercises For Business Man [From Commerce and Finance] Stand in the middle of room, raise arms slowly overhead, take deep breath and say "Damn the Govern ment!" lowering arms in attitude of despair. Ten times. Kxtend body fiat downward on floor, cover eyes with hands, kick heels, think of the railroads and weep till dry. Kneel, wring hands, meditate upon tho lubor unions and groan 150 times. Assume sitting position, hands on hips, sway gently to and fro and concentrate on Mr. Burleson until a generous frothing at the mouth sets in. Till exhausted. Collapse on tho floor. Grovel vigorously, think of the income tax and gnash teeth as in anger. Ad libitum. Note. —Observe this simple regi men every morning before breakfast and you will reach the office with most of the cares and trouble of the day already out of your system. It Is Enough It is enough for them to hear. When spring is new and dawn is clear, The whispering feet of children puss Above their coverlet of grass. It is enough for them to feel The seeking roots creep down and stcul Into their hearts, and hour above The swetl communion of their love. It is enough for them to know That children see the morning glow. On fields where glad they gave uway Their high, bravo youth for our to- I day. —Hubert Kiley. HARRISBURG SCHOOLS PAST AND PRESENT By A. C. STAMM Member Harrisburg Sehool Board, Writes Historical Sketch For Dauphin County Historical Society (NO. 1) Some reflections on the public schols of Harrisburg, past and pre sent. 1 have been asked to consume about fifteen minutes of your time with something about the public schools of Harrisburg, and as this is a Historical Society, I assume it is meant that I shall, somewhat at least, deal with the past. History is variously defined and has a variety of uses. When we were in the lower grades at school, I presume we all thought it consist ed principally of names, dates and something about generals and bat tles, and presidents and kings and that it was altogether bothersome and useless. We will hardly agree with the cynical definition of Vol taire that "history is little else than a picture of human crimes and mis fox'tunes." We may be in fuller agreement with the definition of Vis count Bolingbroke that "history is philosophy teaching by examples." Anyway, we can at least fully agree, for our simple and limited purpose this evening, that it is a collection of facts and figures relating to a phase of life that, we can use to see how far and how fast we have traveled and at what point we have arrived. I am prone to think of the public school system as one of the fine flowers of democracy, and as at once an evidence of the truth of the statement in the Declaration that "all men are created equal," and a medium through which this truth may be brought home to all the world and the universal democracy of ideals, political, social and indus trial, be eventually realized and es tablished. Without attempting to develop this thought and without paying too much regard to what is cause and what is effect —for I can only skim the surface—let me refresh your memories with a few facts and fig ures that.indicate that we have made progress along this road so far as education is concerned. For instance, consider as an ef fect of the development of the democratic idea the transition of the public school from an institution for the education of the poor to one in which all young people, without re gard to class or condition, are given the advantage of primary and sec ondary education at public expense. Pretty far back, substantially all education was conducted under the auspices of religious bodies. There was some public support of educa tion in Pennsylvania as early as the beginning of the last century, but aid was extended and free tuition was provided only for those who could not afford to pay. As late as the constitution of 18 38 and legisla tion following it. State aid was given specifically for the encouragement of schools provided for the educa tion of the "poor," using that word. Free education in this city was pro vided for the poor only until about the middle of the last century. Up to thn>t time only those who were willing to put themselves in the de graded category of paupers were entitled to the benefit of what were then usually referred to as the com mon schools. To-day neither parent nor child needs to humiliate himself to take advantage of the publicly provided schools, but they are pa tronized alike by the wealthy and the poor, and are looked upon by all of our citizens as offering a great op portunity and, as well, as a valued r'ght vouchsafed to them by the mere fact of their membership in the community. This is the demo cratic idea of "all for each and each for all" working out in the matter of public education. Furthermore, in the early history of this Commonwealth, and of this city as well, educational facilities were wholly, as I have indicated, and later largely, provided by pri vate enterprise, through institutions forming u part of the activities of religious bodies, or conducted for profit. Not many years ago there was scarcely a village in the Com monwealth that did not boast of one or more seminnries or academies. In the httle T.nncaster county town of less than 2,000, in which f spent part of my boyhood, there was an academy and a send nary in the earlier days, and their fame had not died out when I lived there. As late ns 1860, perhaps twelve to fifteen per cent, of the school popu lation of Harrisburg was in private schools. To-day, outside of the parochial schools, the percentage is negligible, and all over the Com monwealth the private school is be coming a memory. The democratic idea is responsible for this develop ment of education from the plane of privately-supported schools for the benefit of those who could pay, and publicly supported schools for the benefit of those who were willing to say they were too poor to pay, to the present system of primary and secondary schools for all, main tained at the expense of all; and is it too much to expect that it will be responsible for its further develop ment to the point where private schools will be a thing of the past, and colleges and universities them selves will provide for the higher education of all those who seek it at the expense of the State? This is surely the democratic ideal. To get even a faint view of the broaden ing, strengthening, life-giving influ ence of the public school, wherein talent and mediocrity, wealth and poverty, culture—and rudeness, if you please—and the varying race and national and religious motions and ideals of men act and react upon each other, under the direction ol" trained and devoted teachers, ad ministering a system of education that reflects and expresses the best thought and conscience of the times, is to- get some view of the possible attainment of democracy. Is it not something to hope for that eventu ally our system of public education shall be so broad in its scope and so fine in its quality that it may af ford the child of the humblest an opportunity for all the education he is capable of absorbing, the best that money, talent and character can produce for him, and so fine that the parent of financial means and superior cultivation cannot afford to neglect it? And again—things grow by what they feed on. The leveling in fluences of the democratic idea have a tendency to bring the children into the public schools, and the re action is that more children get an education, and as they get a better education still more children and their parents want this better educa tion and go after it. Sixty years ago. with a population of about 13,- 000, from ten to twelve per cent, of the population of Harrisburg, was going to school; the average daily attendance was about seventy per cent. Twenty-five years ago the per centage of attendance was about eighty; and last yeur the percentage was about ninety, and if the popula tion of the city was 75,000. about eighteen per cent, of the population was in the public schools alone, to say nothing of private and parochial schools. In other words, more chil dren are going to school than used to go, and those who go, go more regularly, all of which, of course, Is of advantage to the individual and to the community. With the development of the sys tem there has been a perfectly prodigious development In the fa cilities provided for public educa tion, indicating, doubtless, the warm place which this form of community service has in the hearts of the people. George 11. Morgan, in his Annals of Harrisburg, published about 1860, describes with much en thusiasm and in detail the then re cently erected "elegant" South ward public school house on Mulberry street, near Front, which subse quently became the first unit of the Harrisburg Hospital. It was two stories high and contained four school rooms, two recitation rooms, two closets and a small room for the directors of the ward and a com modious and well-ventilated cellar. It could hardly have cost SIO,OOO. This school district has just com pleted the Kdison International School building on Nineteenth street. It cost $500,000 in round numbers. At tills minute It, is taking care of nbout 1,700 punils, and employs the full time of flftv-one teachers and five jnnitors. It has forty-five rooms, Including, besides class rooms, a gymnasium, an auditorium with about 1,200 seats, laboratories, lock er rooms, shower baths, OIHCCB, a kitchen and dining room, machine shop, wood shop, printing shop, clce- NOVEMBER 19, 1919. trical shop, a library, a greenhouse and T don't know what all. And the Camp Curtin building, as re modeled, is to . all intents and pur poses a duplicate. In these build ings children of the seventh, eighth and nine grades, ranging from eleven to fifteen years, are taught. Sixty years is not so long as we count time, and the transition in that period from the "elegant" six room building in Mulberry street to the modern forty-live-room build ing in Nineteenth street is indeed most striking. (To be Continued.) Direct Delivery .[From the Pennsylvania Firmer] The Department of Dabor in com menting upon the cost of living says that products should flow smoothly from land to men. This is a self evident truth, yet one that has not been fully recognized, especially by those who have been doing the car rying. The uneconomical practice of routing produce the longest pos sible way by rail in order to increase the charge may be a thing of the past, but there are still many short cuts from farm •to consumer that might well be substituted for the more costly and time-consuming methods. The more often produce is loaded and unloaded, the greater is the transportation cost and the greater is the deterioration. As an example, a picking of to matoes on a farm 20 miles from Philadelphia were first hauled from the field to the shed; there sorted and loaded in a wagon and taken to the station and unloaded upon the platform; from there loaded into a ear, and hauled to the city terminal; from the car they were loaded into a dray and taken to Dock street to a commission man and unloaded; later a buyer arrived, had them loaded onto his wagon and hauled to his store. After a time they were sold and again loaded onto a de livery wagon and delivered to the consumers. Would you call that "flowing smoothly?" All this work takes time and is expensive: it not only increases the price to the con sumer but detracts from the price to the grower. In these days of good roads and efficient vehicles it is a matter of economy to haul direct from farm to market. If the farm is not big enough to afford a motor truck, let several club together; and in that way reduce the expense and save time. The Chronic Striker I know a man who always "strikes." no matter what is done. Who "strikes" with most prodigious ease, from morn till set of sun. Who "strikes" if anything goes wrong, and "strikes" "if all goes right. Who "strikes" because he likes to "strike," and "strikes" with all his might. There are some awful "strikers" on this wicked mundane sphere. Who landed here by accident, and "strike" because they're here. They make themselves more '.rouble, they cause good men to "hike," They drive their friends to suicide, and still they always "strike." There are some men who "strike" and "strike." the blessed lite long year, And if there's naught to "strike" about, they're "striking" far and near. At times when things are going right, and men begin to smile, They "strike" on general principles, and "striketh" all the while. —Boyd S. Fowler, Yard ISrakemail, P. It. It.. Ilarrisburg, Pa. 1 The Day of the Lord Blow ye the trumpets in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy moun tain; let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand. —Joel ii, I. The Only One in Captivity [From Cartoons Magazine.] I'll never win a beauty prize, I'm not a perfect thirty-six; My lack of brains I can't disguise. Although I've tried, by divers tricks. Domestic stunts put me to rout. In fact, to my regret, I've found When arts and graces were passed out I wasn't anywhere around. Yet I believe 'tis Fate's decree That fame shall some day crown my life. In fact. I've hopes of immortality— I like my husbund's brother's wife! luvttUtg (fljfat Many people in Harrisburg do not realize just what the Memorial Bridge is going to mean for future inaugural parades. These are oc r'°, nS , When the State sen ds more are r H ° f, 6 the P a eeunts than theie are Harrisburgers out for tin ??r e n?rL POSe V F ° r years a d years the parades have been going over pretty much the same rout!, be nunh l rows . of houses and without (v of th P °r- A ty .' save in ,hfc vlcin of a nr to Bet the effe et ot a big procession. Now when the Memorial Bridge is built and the rwR . 8 °, Ult is established In the Capitol park extension, there will be opportunity for spectacles that the people of the State who throng here see B and iTI W '" haVe - Km- iV.I! fco }lome and talk about. Ed un ThVrrt"' f Parad<> ca " be form pasf (he f ? t and "larch down past the formal entrance of n.„ . l? ltol tbat ill be built. 100 feet the r tllP same material s streets'an, it, at Thlrd and State /, Minbe?-rv then proceed down lo the 4 Mulberry street bridga, over tlint iaduct to Thirteenth and Derrv then on Thirteenth and In over the Memorial Bridge into the court thousands to ° nab ' P , thouSH "ds upon •s , , soo f ,hc Pageant at its Dest i and present a sight from th.. vhi e ol the U n , W °, U,d " P magnlficenV; l in uniform °'Kanizations lin uniform or bands or banners ii the great court at the Capitol would *" ■2 ne ' hi ? to remember-! Stale ir o tl eir Weßt - are c °mlng ' Cnnitoi Pr ,° per te'atlon lo the apito 1, the place that was thought out for them more than 100 years ago when "William Maclay laid out l^'arjjt-ffisrassf.a I jjSss VKSK , ijuildinps, who Ims been living with ' ioM CaPit .°' Park Plans for two R yea, s inl -'s Cm If ° thor day that 1,1 ° Pp ° J W B runner concp Pon of Arnold 'ooooi , • was something that few (People understood. "This court will llorme" and n the rGe S f'" eS bv a * ranlt ® the Abrii " c m eastern end will be °pito h r P'| lz " f -h'-st^in' I 'front'of I court t win u tho width tl.e dozen times "the Vwth 6 of* th e h fi! now. And as for the length it will be as long as the State Capitol, n as doe^ a n ot aCe , Batl, erlngs such t 1 Stafe e s nn^, t Va ? i ' I 1 b?e".H ln (] oun,alns and be an idei-1 location for ceremonies. Mr Brtin servatTor^^ 4^. 40 this !' obi r\ ations in other countries nnri own?" wonderful conceptions of his * • * In this connection it is Interesting workable r!''a' , 4 , b ° " i,y P la """rs ~ ' ® do the llarrisburc nf dav a a . no,i,blp service the other itV of l'hr" 1 7" f 4a '' mS ,h ° Vicin " will? ..n o 4 b V' B arr ' beln * laid out with an e>e to sale of lots, and Pennsylvania from the time or Wil liam Penn has been unable to got away from the gridiron plan of lav ing out streets, which reaches its finest flower in the older part of Har risburg. it happens that a man whose property is located somewhere near where the outer ring of the devel^nlng W l!! PSSS Was thiMkin - ' developing his property. He had a tine tract, with woods and streams and a good view. And he proposed to put down the streets at right 1 and made a checkerboard. The planners got wind of it and sent some one to him, it was Mr Shreiner.l think, and lie showed hint what Manning had planned for Har risburK s park system years ago and what Brunner had planned for the States civic center. The new plans for that tract are in relation to the development of the future, harmon ious, economical and decidedly sala ble. • • * Carrying the Chamber of Com merce message, Daniel N. Casey, di rector of the field service bureau, State Chamber of Commerce, spoke in Lebanon, Tyrone and Altoona last week. Mr. Casey travels the State for the State organization, assists local organizations along efficiency lines, addresses membership meet ings and co-ordinates the activities of the city chambers on State mat ters. Ritchie Lawrie, Jr., housing bureau director of the State Cham ber, spoke at the meeting of the Johnstown Chamber of Commerce, Monday noon. Mr. Lawrie explains the institution and operation of plans to finance housing corporations. George E. Foss, secretary of the State Chamber of Commerce, was i the principal speaker at the annual dinner of the Pottsville Chamber of Commerce last evening. • * It may be said that the State Museum came into its own yester day and the way the teachers and education officials went to the big white building on Capitol Hill to see the educational exhibits in which the institution specialized for some time was illuminating. There aro many people in Harrisburg. and on Capitol Hill, for that matter, who do not knew what a wealth of ma terial the Museum contains. There are exhibits there from almost every school district of city size and some of the work is of a highly creditable kind even for trained workers, while what is shown in tho way of develop ment of youngsters is important to every teacher. 1 WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —Superintendent G. W. Sweeney, of Elk county, is one of the most active of educators here this week and is prominent in State organiza tions of school meti. —Ex-Mayor Ira \V. Stratton, of Reading, spent part of yesterday here and was much interested in the result of the recent election. —Dr. Morris Jastrow, of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, says that much of the Zionists program is a dream. —Mayor H. L. Trout, of Lancaster, is ill at his home. —Judge Clinton A. Grontan, of Lehigh, has refused to license more detectives, saying there are enough roaming around now. —Albert E. Berry, retiring man ager of the Bell In Philadelphia, was presented with a diamond pin by hs late associates. —The Rev. \V. H. Ovens, of Brad ford, will become missionary bishop to Liberia. 1 DO YOU KNOW —That Harrisburg furnished bread to some of the army camps last year? HISTORIC HARRISBURG A hundred years ago Harrlsburi i.*' was just commencing to discuss pub lic schools.