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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 19. 1919 j
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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.
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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
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, 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
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Nation's Newsprint ~Shortage
[From Scranton Times]
The fact that the manufacturers
of newsprint are not able to supply
the quantity of white paper needed
by the newspapers of the country
has precipitated a situation that is
rapidly becoming acute and which
must shortly result in radical
changes in newspaper making. This
was forcibly emphasized at an im
portant meeting of publishers held
this week in New York.
In a statement 011 this subject.
S. S. Carvalho, recently declared, in
the Editor and Publisher Magazine,
that from fifteen to thirty per cent,
more newsprint, is being used than
the mills can turn out. and that there
is little or no reserve to make up
the deficiency.
With the newspapers consuming
more newsprint than the manufac
turers can produce and the prospect
for an increased demand in next
year's Presidential campaign, it is
realized that some practical policy
will have to be adopted by the pub
ishers of the United States to meet
the problem with which they are
confronted and avert a serious paper
shortage.
Various plans are being discussed
for dealing with this matter. They
include increased subscription prices,
and rates, condensation of news, the
reduction in size of the mammoth
Sunday issues and economies of
many kinds. ,
Mr. Carvalno, who is probably one
of the best informed men in the
country on this subject, is quoted as
saying that "the demand for news
print is so far ahead of the supply
that tunny paper manufacturers, tak
ing advantage of the shortage, have
raised the price of spot paper far
beyond anything in the minds of the
most pessimistic."
In that case the reduction of con
sumption and such other restrictions
as may ho warranted offer the only
means t>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.