12 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH FOR THE HOME Founded ISSI Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH PRINTING CO. Telegraph Building. Federal Square E. J. STACKPOLE President and Editor-in-Chief *F."R. OYSTER. Business Manager GUS. M. STEIXMETZ, Jfonapiiip Editor A. R. MICHENKR, Circulation Manager Executive Honrd J." P. McCULLOUGH, " BOYD M. OGLESBY, F. R. OYSTER. GUS. M. STEIXMETZ. Members of the Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively en titled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this fiaper and also the local news pub ished herein. 'All rights of republication of special dispatches herein are also reserved. A Member American r' Newspaper I'ub- Assocm- Bureau of Circu lation and Penn sylvania Associa ated Dailies. Eastern office Story. Brooks & Fin ley. F i ft h Avenue Building. Western office". Story, Brooks & Finley, People's Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Fa., as second class matter. By carrier, ten cents a crfcafr-::.- week: by mail. $3.00 a " >■ i jiT ' year In advance. WEDNESDAY NOV. 26. 1919 Then said Jesus unto his disci ples. If any man irould come after me, let him deny himself and t,:ke up his cross, and follow me. — MATT. 16 :24. THANKSGIVING THE custom of giving thanks at f this special season of the year . was inaugurated by the Pil- j grims and the Puritans of New Eng- J land, who had left their comfort- j able homes in England to brave the ; dangers of a new world, where the 1 i rigors of the climate, the wrath of . the Indian and the unexplored for ests were terrors that might have | bowed the heads of the early settlers In supplication rather than have in spired them to paens of Thanks giving. "The breaking waves dashed high • on a stern and rock-bound coast: The woods against a stormy sky their giant branches tossed;" when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. The snow lay deep, the woods were dark, painted war riors lurked in their shadows, there were no cozy shelters for the new comers', only the cold, the winds and dangers untold. Did they turn weeping faces to high heaven in supplication for aid? Not they; they fell on their knees and gave thanks to God for the blessing • of a safe landing after a stormy voy- J age. And all through the years that was the attitude of these sturdy fore- I fathers of ours —to praise God for blessings and to pray for His guid- ! ing and up-lifting strength in time of trial. They asked not for an ' easy life, but rather for power and patience to endure adversity, and at the end of each harvest season ! they gave thanks for the good things they had enjoyed. Compared with the life the Pil grims led, we in these later times "live like kings." Their sacrifices laid the foundations upon which America has been built. We are j reaping where they sowed. They j risked their lives every day in the 1 wilds of a new world that we might live in safety and at peace. And yet they thanked God for their blessings, while we do little more than complain of "our hard lot." Rather we should fall on our knees and thank the good Father of all for those Pilgrim ancestors, for the i strain of fighting blood they gave us, for their courage and their de votion. Instead of whimpering under advers.ty, much of it imagined, we should offer up our thanks that we are so fortunate as to live in Amer ica beneath the folds of the bunner that gurantees us freedom of re ligion and liberty and prosperity be yond the dreams of millions in less favored parts of the world. Alien infection is practically a farce, according to an admission of the acting commissioner of immigra tion at New York to a committee of Congress at Ellis Island. And the farce has continued in spite of the protests of patriotic Americans throughout the country. Why? PEACE SLACKERS GOVERNOR MCKELVIE, head of the Nebraskan government, says the only solution of the present living cost is covered in three words: "Work and Save." We may theorize until the cows come home, but we are know, when : down to brass tacks, that larger pro duction is the only salvation of the country under present conditions. The remedy lies w ith the people, and : the law of supply and demand Is as fundamental now as ever it was. Governor McKelvie emphasizes the fact that some of us have forgotten that artificial laws of man will not correct conditions which have been brought about by flagrant disregard of the economic principles. He sug gests that those who would lead the people in these things are doing the country a positive injury, and con cludes that the-remedy must come WEDNESDAY EVENING, ! from the people themselves; that the sooner this is understood the sooner the forces that support the economic laws will be set to work to increase the supply of things we need. Slackers during the war were looked upon with contempt, and the time is rapidly approaching when the peace slacker will have no more con sideration than the one who shirked military duty. Attorney General Schaffer has given much thought to the proposed study of the Constitution by a com mission authorized by the last Legis lature and appointed by Governor Sproul. it is likely that the opening session of thiS important commission iat the Capitol will be an epochal event in which the general public ; will be invited to participate, ltevis -1 ing a Constitution is an undertaking in which all the people are interested land it may be expected that the ses- I sions of the commission will he at tended by scores and hundreds who realize the importance of the duty which has been entrusted to this body of twenty-five appointed l>v Governor Sprout. STOP MEDDLING WE QUOTE from a recent edi torial in the New York Sun, discussing the needs of rail roads and the futility of anti-strike laws: lit this country of free men no employer will ever be able to hold an individual employe to his job against his will or against his in terest. • • • As a matter of cold, hard fact, the railroads never had more than their share of labor differences aintll the Gov ernment elbowed its way into that industrial family. . , , , As a matter of cold, bard fact, the railroads always pay Eood enough wages, measured vvtin wages in other fields, to hold their responsible and indispensa ble workers until the Government with its policy of starvation traf fic rates made it impossible tor the roads to meet the competitivo labor market and remain solvent. The Sun declares it was not until j the Government began to take out of the hands of the railroads the] duties and functions which belong j to the railroads that the trouble began. "The railroads of the I nited \ States," it is suggested, "under a, minimum of wise and necessary j regulations must have the right to i do the things which are essential to the welfare, prosperity and security j [of the American people." i In short, the time has come when •the people, through their Govern-1 i ment, either must cease to nag and j [impose upon the transportation sys- j ' terns and the public utilities or suffer | I the dire consequences of a break-j 'down of these agencies, necessary as] ; they hue to the development of a I country like ours and the prosperity which comes front sane and progres ; she management. i State Highway Commissioner Sad i ler has not been swept from his feet j 'by the suggestion of enthusiastic j i Scranton friends of his availability | for the Governorship of Pennsylvania j in 1922. He appreciates the eompli- | i nient. of course, but deplares that he is now engaged in building roads and [is not a candidate for office. Mr. I Sadler is a keen student of human nature and he is not a tyro in the political game. He realizes that the ' best asset of any public man is his [record of achievement in the service ! of the people. Our builder of roads ; manifestly prefers to finish one job j i before striving to obtain another and j the very strength of the position | ■will attract attention to his avail-! . ability for any important office in i ; the gift of his fellow citizens. TIME TO PREPARE PARK COMMISSIONER GROSS] is in touch with Warren 11. Manning, and definite specitica- j tions will soon be forthcoming lor j I the bathing beaches at island Park. ] One question which has arisen is' whether the city can erect permanent] i improvements in that portion of the | ! island under lease from the Harris i burg Bridge Company. It is be ilieved. however, that such arrange- I ment might easily be reached for a 'long-term lease that will justify the i comparatively small expenditure which will be involved in provisions i for the bathing facilities. Harrisburg, through its power of condemnation, can take over the part of the island still held by private ownership at any time, but it may jbe that such a course will not be ! necessary in view of the liberal ar : rangement which now exists between i the city and the bridge company. In any event, the people are in | terested in having the bathing facili ties for next summer, and the De partment of Parks will work out the j details during the winter so that i there may be no delay with the com ing of spring. WILL RESTORE BALANCE -rsr-rITU the war over, the excess ; 1/*/ of exports over imports for | the first eight months of :lie j calendar year was $3,012,000,000, as compared with $1,947,000,000 for tliej [same period in 1918. This would indicate a possible export balance at the end of the year of at least $ 1,- ' 000,000,000; surely startling figures, s A representative of one of the t great banking institutions of the : country' says these figures indicate that the first demand upon America j for the goods required by n world t endeavoring to put itself buck upon . a peace footing is fully as great as ; the demand which the war itself . made. He believes, however, that I the exports from the United States 3 to Europe must gradually diminish and that the imports from overseas > to this country' must gradually in j crease. This gradual process will t prevent any serious dislocation of , our economic structure and event ( ually restore normal conditions. ] , Between "shocking profits" of the ' operators and shocking wage ad ' vances for the miners. It is little won " der that the consumer Is paying s shocking prices for coaL 'P t H-K^CcaKUi. By the Ex-Commltteeman Work ahead of the State Constitu- ; tional Revision Commission seems to be the biggest topic in newspapers just at present and the general im- i 1 pression in newspapers is that the State will welcome a thorough and | systematic study of the organic law I' with a view to ending the continual ( criticisms and suggestion of changes. The fact that since 1901 there has been a procession of amendments j and that legislatures have had as ' high as a dozen resolutions with such ] plans in view has been referred to j several times as a reason for finding i out what is needed and putting it up j to the people. Opening of the convention will be I made quite a notable ceremony, in , keeping with the importance of the j subject which the Commission will . handle. There is much speculation j about changes that will be made and 1 no lack of suggestion, but the plan i jof having the Commission study ' j what sections seem in the light of ] i modern thought, as the act creating , the Commission puts it, need revision ; | before holding hearings will get , j things into an orderly course instead j j of having a rush of delegations and ' j committees coming here with brass | j band announcements of panaceas for j l all ills, real or imaginary. ' —Senator Frank E. Baldwin, of Potter county, who was here yester day, said that he had no aspirations for a State-wide nomination, al though some friends were indus triously trying to start a boom for him. The Senator will be a candi date for renomination in his district. , Senator C. J. Buckman. of Bucks, said that he had not developed any ambitions, either. —Harry S. MeDevitt. secretary to the Governor, who was brought out in Philadelphia journals as a candi date for Auditor General next year, remarked that he was much inter ested, but beyond that had nothing to comment upon the reports. —Reports of shifts in the Depart ment of Labor and Industry have been going around at the Capitol this i week, but nothing has been an- i nounced and may not be until the | Governor returns from Virginia. j. —While the appointment of David J. Smyth to be city solicitor of Phila delphia was expected of Mayor-elect J. Hampton Moore ever since Mur doch Kendrick declared he would not take any place, it seems to have an interesting train of speculation In Philadelphia, Mr. Smyth being the first man to be named as solicitor under the new charter which made the office appointive. The North American says that the appointment is made unusually early and adds: "Mr. Smyth will take up his duties as city solicitor following the in auguration of the new mayor and the reorganization of the new coun cil. The new charter provides that council must confirm the appoint ment. The salary will be fixed by ordinance, and will likely be the same as that of City Solicitor Con nelly. who received SIO,OOO a year." —The Inquirer gives a new slant by saying: "It is expected that this announcement will be followed short ly by the outlining of a policy of radical changes in the contract sys tem of Philadelphia. It is known that the mayor-elect has made a personal study of the contract methods in vogue in this city, that he has had first-hand information from one of the leading contrac tors in the country, who is not in terested in any local work." —The Scranton Republican rises to remark about Highway Commis sioner Lewis S. Sadler: "On the first of the year contracts will be signed for 538 miles of road and other contracts will be made during 1920. From this it will be seen with what vigor Commissioner Sad ler is prosecuting the work that has been placed in his hands by the Governor. It can also be seen why the new Highway Commissioner is winning t'ne praises of political oppo nents as well as of his friends." —Chester is having a new flare up. Members of the volunteer fire department say that they will quit if T. W. Trainer is removed as head of the public safety department. Other eouncilmen are said to plan to throw out Trainer. —More trouble is looming up among the Democrats In the Berks- Lehigh congressional district, as Harry J. Dunn, prominent lawyer and long active in Democratic politics, has announced that he will be a candidate for the nomination. Two or three other men are out for the nomination, but Congressman Arthur G. Dewalt says nothing. —Col. W. F. Zierdt, offered the place of chief of police by Mayor elect Dan L. Hart, of Wilkes-Barre, has declined. This is largely due to his desire to remain as division inspector of the new National Guard. Mrs. Barclay H. Warlrurton. of Philadelphia, appointed a member iof the State Constitution Revision I Commission, says that she did not expect to be named, but will be glad to serve. She is a daughter of John Wanamaker and has been active as head of the Women's Republican State Committee. —People here are watching with interest the move of District Attor ney S. P. Rotan to get Magistrate E. T. Pennock removed from the city hall court In Philadelphia on the ground that he ignored the District Attorney. Rotan is said to have been gunning for Pennock for a long time. —George J. Brennan says in the Philadelphia Inquirer about a re cent appointment: " 'He just hit the world between the eyes und made everybody take notice,' was a trite declaration from President Judge George B. Orlady. of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, in comment ing upon the early struggles of Judge- William B. Linn, recently appointed by Governor Sproul to succeed the late Judge J. Henry Williams, also of this city, on the Superior Court bench. Judge Orlady, who had been credited with being the first to rec ommend Judge Linn's name to the Governor, modestly that distinction, but added that he was delighted with the appointment, as he has known the Judge from boy hood days. Judge Orlady, who hails from Huntingdon county, recalled Judge Linn's start in life in Ephrata, Lancaster county, where he. as a lad, had to fight his way under ad verse circumstances." —Two interesting developments occurred in Philadelphia politics last night. Mayor-elect J. Hampton Moore served notice upon the retir ing administration that he expected the funds to be provided to run his nd - ministration. This is an unpre cedented action and may precipitate some things. The Philadelpt ia School Board adopted resolutions condemning the Public Ledger for some of its articles in regard to edu cation. This action was taken on motion of John Wajiamaker. —The Sproul county commission ers have started to decapitate the McClure county jobholders In DeI "~TTI TTI- ■ mil 111 ■■llilM fIARRISBURO TELEGRAPH WONDER WHAT A CERTAIN DOC THINKS ABOUT?-:- By BRIGGS Honestly I've gazed - it sets awfully \ feel so sillY \ wish Ti-+at old IWTO TVttS HORrv) SO WHEN A3OOT IT. /ArsD MA-S T£R OF MINE long I'M GOING nothing COMES OUI BESIDES I have To IA/ould SEND a NUTTY. of course of IT. Bur Sull stand for A LOT bone. OUT THROUGH ITS PERFECTLY FinE I'VE GOT TO KEEP OF STRAMGE VOICES Hoßn IWSTEAO wnein THE music iS on TURN BO oN BUT- MASTER'S Cham<s£ - - IT IS A WONDER I BUT THERt'S SUCH ~ GOT I WMOOJ t vSHALL Keep my health. a thing as over- The best voc.= £ 6o mad very soorJ. fomd OF his voice lik = To Ruj anx? ALL THAT - AND BARK AT Jv vSOMETHIMC SOS?*'* fltf aware county. This was in Hne with j [what the Governor promised. Dan S. Brumbaugh will appeal to the State Supreme Court from the i decision of the Blair county court refusing to open the Altoona mayor-! alty contest. —Congressman H. W. Watson's ! boom for renomination was launch-' ed in Montgomery county last night. | Literary Soles A three-months' tour of America in 1920 has been arranged for Maurice Maeterlinck by his Ameri- I can lecture manager. Maeterlinck is expected to reach New York just before Christmas to attend the premiere of "The Blue Bird," in op- 1 eratic form, at the Metropolitan ! Opera House. New York, on Decern- j ber 27. His initial appearance be-I fore an American audience will be ' made at Carnegie Hall in that city on January 2. After speaking in a ' number of eastern cities he will start on a tour of the entire country which will take him to the Pacific coast. En route he will spend sev eral days in the Grand Canyon—a visit which will doubtless inspire him and give him material for fu ture use. For three years no new I essays from his pen have been pub lished in book form, so that "Moun tain Paths" (with the Dodd, Mead imprint) will command unusual in terest. The book embraces eighteen essays by the great Belgian writer. Berta Ruck, whose latest book, "The Disturbing Charm," is a recent publication of Dodd, Mead & Co., is making an extended visit to I America. Several of the New York | papers had printed animated inter-1 views with her. She tells her pub- i lishers that she finds the American' newspaper writers most amusing, ] though not always strictly veracious. "Helena," Mrs. Humphrey Ward's newest story, is announced for early publication by Dodd,Mead & Co. It is called an after-the-war romance, j Helena is described as an English girl whose natural wilfulness has been developed by war-time ac tivities. Louis Couperus, the talented ! Dutch author, whose "Small Souls" novels have introduced him to American readers, was born in 1563 and has written many stories. While the "Small Soul" books are some what tragic in tone, Couperus has written a number of stories in a much lighter tone. Some of them | even border on the burlesque. Dodd, Mead & Co. have just issued "Ecstacy," which is described as a charming story of love in its most delicate mysteries. Up to the beginning of this year Octavus Roy Cohen was unknown except to a few devotees of the short story magazines. To-day he has acquired fame as the author of a detective story. "The Crimson Alibi," and of "Polished Ebony." a collection of humorous stories of the southern "sassiety" negro. "The Crimson Alibi" was made into a play by George Broadhurst and has been running on Broadway for weeks with prospects of being re tained in New York until the warm weather comes again. The success of this play has caused two New York managers to arrange with Mr. Cohen for further plays—one of which will be called "Polished Ebor.y." "Upon a pedestal she had set lpve, as most girls do; and about that pedestal she had built a bower of roses to fence it off from life. Love was a dream world to her, a place of magic happenings, of fountains playing in the sun, of fairy glens and mid-summer night's ecstacy. Love was a prince in armor with a sword forever drawn to assail the slightest sadness that threatened her. She could not see Love In an ordinary pair of trousers that life had frayed, carrying—only on rarest oc casions—an umbrella that had been bought for half a crown at a lost property sale." Poor Jill, who could only sec the look of poverty in John Grey's face, and not the poet's sensitive love behind it: Poor Mary Ann and Betty and all th<- other girls who let the harsh realities of life crush out all the young wonder in their world. Let us hope that they will read and profit by what E. Temple Thurston has to say about them in "The World of Wonderful Reality." D.' Appleton & Co. are publishing this week "The Strategy of Min erals," by George Otis Smith, direc tor of the United States Geological Survey. The book Is a study of min erals as a factor in the world posi tion of America. It also describes the highly essential part which min erals played in the Great War.. The Introduction is by Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the interior. I'D GIVE THANKS IF— By MRS. CHESTER ADAMS DDES Thanksgiving mean a j football game to you—with a big turkey dinner afterwards? ' Does it mean "Over the river and thru woods to grandfather's' house we go?" Or, perhaps it means a hotel din iter, with a theater party afterward? | But does it ever mean thnnksgiv- j ing'.' The spirit of the original Thanks-; giving day has been losing out a bit j us life has been growing more and more complex, it has become one j of a great many other holidays, to I be used for our pleasure as we see j fit. Its significance as a particular holiday has been slipping away year I by year. Every one this year is saying, j "Everything is so high in price, and we can't afford nearly all the things I we want. Not much reason to be ; very thankful"' And yet last year many of those; same people felt at Thanksgiving. that if their boys came safely back j from "over there" that they could t ask for nothing more. But it is our j way to forget those moments of! gratitude. There are so many things' we want, and they crowd upon us so , fast that we simply can't forget] them. Thus it is that you probably will be feeling sorry for yourself this! year because you have no more, sugar plums allotted to you. Mrs. | Jones, across the street, has so many j more. YOU-would be thankful if; you were she!. j Mrs. Jones would be thankful if, she had as many as Mrs. Smith, who lives in New York city. Thus it goes. You would always be thank-j ful if— When there is that "if," i then you are not thankful. The Pilgrims were thankful with- j out "if." What had they? If we] had no more we certainly should be j condoling with ourselves rather than ! giving thanks for what we have.' Yet'theirs was the real spirit, and! we are losing it. There is a lonely little young' woman who lives by herself. Last 1 Thanksgiving she ate dinner in a humble little restaurant by herself. Years ago she went over the river' and thru the woods, and at grand-1 father's house all her family had their Thanksgiving together. Had she friends? Yes, she had a number of them. Boyd's Directory in 1920 ' To the Editor of the Telegraph: A. B. Boyd, manager of the Boyd Directory Company, informs me that j ! it has come to his ears that some j one has been canvassing In, Harris- j burg for an alleged business direc- , ! tory, and circulating the report thati I the Boyd Directory will not be pub- ' lished next year. If such a state- I ment has been made it is false. Of course, the Boyd Directory, the standard and only directory of Har- I risburg for more than half a cen tury, up-to-date and with new and valuable features, will be published in the spring of 1920 as usual. At the proper time 1 hope to call , upon my many friends as in past, years. J. HOWARD WERT, • 912 North Second street, j .4 Paradox I ! To increase circulation, national : I magazines advertise in newspapers ! | and select only cities where the mag- j ' azines advertise are on sale. The magazines buy the newspaper j ! space at an average cost of l-5c per ; ■ azines are on sale. iThen these same magazines sell to ! manufacturers thiscirculation.which. I in the li.-st pluce, reaches innumer t able places where the advertiser has .no -distribution and in the second J place, sell the space at an average : cost of three times the newspaper ' average rate. j Think it over—then—invest in ! newspaper advertising is the advice | of a nationul advertising agency. We've Talked Enough [From Philadelphia Press.] Attorney General Palmer gives a | good many and very conclusive rea- J sons why Emma Goldman should not be permitted to remain in this country. But there must be some reason why Hhe is not deported, for nobody deports her. On the con trary, after a term in prison she Is allowed to parade around with her mischievious notions unchanged. Talking won't get rid of such people as long as soap boxes can be had for i The reason she spent such a' ] cruelly lonely day was not because | , she had no friends. It was because ! she had friends who made wonderful j , excuses. They were all spending less upon ' j their Thanksgiving dinners than in ; ! the good old days when food was j , less prohibitive in price. They felt! ! that "Mary would not consider the; ] dinner any sort of a Thanksgiving ■ dinner," and rather than have her] j secretly feel that their dinner was! 'not adequate to the occasion (not I ! having a turkey, for one thing), ! I they simply would not invite her. i j So they made excuses. In reality "Mary" cared not ! | whether they had beef, chicken, | ! goose or turkey. What she wanted ; ■ was some one to eat her Tlianksgiv- j ing dinner with. Would you not! I rather sit down to a humble meal t with a gay crowd than eat a banquet | ; by yourself? That pride which makes us at j Thanksgiving just a bit selfish in that' i "we won't have So-and-So make fun ] ! of our dinner" is false and wicked, i |At Thanksgiving there should be : ! that spirit which reaches out and ] ! wishes to share what blessings one ] .has, whether they be great material! | ! or not. Then there are folks who regard | whatever things they have as theirs ! :by natural right. They are so used I |to them that they never think of' ! them as blessings. ; Of course, there are still a few ' people in the world who are con-! : sciously grateful for the ordinary' ] comforts of life. But most of us. 1 different-minded, think we have not! ; nearly so many blessings as some ] j other person, and, therefore, why be i happy over the "little bit" we have'.' We need to be reminded that | I everything we have which makes for, ]good is a blessing. If we never think • : of them as such during the whole ! year beside, let us remember on! ! Thanksgiving day that we do pos j sess many blessings and that, be j ] they great or small, we should be i I very grateful for them. The prayers of the Pilgrims were . answered upon us. We have the | things which to them were so dear. | ' And this year, even more than ever, j i can we rejoice over the strength of. ; our Nation. I Don't make your thanksgiving! conditional. Make it unconditional, ] definite and genuine. „ | street corner rostrums. If the Gov- I j eminent would get in a sufficiently I ! firm state of mind to pack the Gold- ' mans, the Berkmans, and similar i rubbish out of the country it would 1 be encouraging to every cit'zen who 1 ' respects law and order, and helpful | ! to the people in resisting anarchy. Thanksgiving. [From the American Boy] By EDGAR A. GUEST i For courage that we sorely need. For strength to do the splendid deed, : For youth, who made the sacrifice ! And, smiling, paid the bitter price •That freedom asks of sturdy men, | ' Oh God, accept our thanks again. j To thee once more to-day we kneel: ! Sad music of the crash of steel i Accompan'es our prayers, and yet | Thy mercies everywhere are met. i And we are grateful for the youth ! That boldly dared to guard the l truth. |Oh God, who gave ps sight to see I j The way to serve, we pray to thee; • We thank thee for all mothers fair 1 Who gave their sons into thy care ; And bravely hid their grief and pain j That liberty and truth should reign. We thank Ihee for each noble heart j That scorned to play the coward part; | We thank thee for the humblest lad j That in these bitter times is glad ■ To toil until wur'a flags are furled | To make a kindlier, better world. | For yield of tree and fruit and vine Once more our gratitude is thine; | But in these days of dangers, we | Now offer prayers of thanks to thee | For all the brave and loyal breasts ' Wherein the love of honor rests. I (Oh God, we thank thee for our youth That'still holds dear the ways of truth: We tbank thee for their courage, and Devotion to our native land: We're thankful that our flag still gleams i The emblem of man's highest d reams. NOVEMBER 26, 1919. The I Wlh [George Xox McCain in Philadelphia Evening Ledger. ] Colonel Henry W. Coulter is pre paring a history of the 110 th Infan try of the famous Iron Division. It was the old Tenth Pennsylvania, known in the Spanish-American War us the "Fighting Tenth." Although a native and resident of Greensburg, Colonel Coulter is occa sionally seen on the streets of this city. He comes of a noted family in Western Pennsylvania. 1 have always felt a personal in terest in the famous old Tenth. I know many of its officers a quarter of a century ago Captain Alex, l.ear Major Neff. Lieutenant Colonel Burnett and Colonel Hawkins, who perhaps was its best beloved com mander because he had led his men through the rice swamps and jungles of the Philippines. It was my fortune to see the regi ment. the farthest east command, en train for the Philippines. 1 was in San Francisco when the transport came slowly through the Golden Gate bringing them home again. Its flag was at half-mast and the body I of Colonel Hawkins lay in a flag- I draped coffin on the forward deck. 1 messed with its officers at their headquarters on the Presidio, and in j the celebrated old "Fly trap" restau rant. on Market street, San Fran cisco. It was a mutter of surprise to me to learn within the past week that the history of this famous command goes back to the Devolution. It had its origin in two Continental army companies, one at Greensburg, the other at Waynesburg. it fought through the Mexican and Civil Wars, served on the Mexi can border, and as part of the "Iron Division" made history on the fields of France. % Eggs Is Eqgs [By J. B.'l (Eggs $1.02, a dozen.—Market re port.) Daddy lias quit smoking His favorite cigar; Walking down to business, Can't afford a car; But he hasn't lost his fortune And he'll not be forced to beg, He's just saving up bis money For to buy an egg. Mother's cut out movies, So has sistei Lou, Will net buy a new hat Making last year's do. Not because they're stingy, But with might and main they try To save enough of money For an egg to buy. Willie's foresworn ice cream, Gum and candy.sweet. Shuns the hokey pokey man Just across-the street. Not because' of'irtohcy ' •-* He is one bit shy, But he's saving up his pennies I'or an egg to buy. Down in Center Market Like a king of old. Sits he proud and haughty. Midst his wealth untold. Above htm is the legend Which is read with ease: "Mister Henry Burton Sells Butter, EGGS and Cheese." Music and Meat [From Philadelphia Public Ledger.] Both music and meat, said a New York music teacher to a gathering of local music teachers the other night, are enjoyed primarily through the medium of the stomach. Ho re- I marked that the effect on a man of i Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" and ! a sirloin steak was the same. One, we suppose, enters the stomach through the mouth and the effect of the other reaches the same organ byway of the ear. However this may he, there are men who enjoy a juicy broiled sirloin I steak much more than any sonata I ever written by Beethoven or any one I else. Yet, after all, it is well known that many emotions affect the stomach. One of the lirst symptoms of love in a youth is loss of appe tite. He feeds on something less substantial than meat and potatoes, and in his mood much more satisfy ing. A symphony unheard of less sensitive persons is playing in his ears and reacts upon his digestive | organs. Shakespeare knew this, for did he not say, "If music be the food lot love, play on?" And we all know that food serves its purpose best I only when administered through the I stomach. | There may lie an inclination to ; laugh at the New York music teach er. but a careful study of the authorities, medical, poetical and psychological, will doubtless prove that there is more in his philosophy than is dreameo of by the average yuan in the street. ilt j lEuptting (Eljat Probably tlie high cost of living has had something to do with it, but the fact remains that there have been more turkeys taken into Har risburg homes through the raffle than in years, according to men who have been observing the trend of the times in our fair city. The tur key raffle has been a sort of indus try around Thanksgiving and Christ mas times and while chiefs of police and district attorneys have thun dered and launched crusades against the enticements of the game, people go to raffles who would never think of playing "nickel ante" and they bear their prizes home grinning at the "kidding" they endure and re joicing that they have one or two points on neighbors who will eat duck or chicken. It is not uncom mon in the evenings at this time of the year for half a dozen men to board a trolley car with turkeys un der their arms and one visitor to 1 larrisburg Tuesday evening asked, in his up-State innocence, where the turkey sale was being held. Prob ably one of the funniest incidents was in Market Square the other eve ning when five men each with a tur key and one with part of a jag, solmenly filed up to a policeman and wished him "good night." The policeman looked them over and Just where his thoughts went! would not be any more difficult to conjecture than as to the rapid-lire thinking going on in the minds of several by standers. Perhaps, the outrageous charges made for turkeys has had something to do with the blinking of those in authority, but there has not been as much complaint heard as in years gone by, owing to the fact that success at raffles and copious liba tions appeared to go hand in hand. • • With the issue of last Saturday the Up-Grade, the weekly publication of U. S. General Hospital No. 3, at Carlisle, comes to an end. Receiving permission from the surgeon general of the army, the staff put out its first number May 3, and has issued regularly every Saturday since then. Up-Grade has been a decided factor in the life of the patients at the General Hospital, embodying as it did in its cheery editorials and articles the optimism and spirit of those lighters who were struggling for rehabilitation. As the command ant, Col. F. R. Keefer, says in his note of farewell, the paper has been of inestimable value in promoting the "homey" feeling among the in stitution. it is with great regret that the stuff is forced to discontinue publication, according to an order I from the surgeon general. Col. Keefer, by the way, is a Harris burger. • • • One thing people who have been visiting Harrisburg this fall com pliment and that is the cleanliness of streets. Many men prominent in municipal affairs in their home com munities have been Harrisburg visi tors, and almost without exception they have praised the manner in which the streets are kept clear of rubbish and dirt. This is especially so, they say, in the business section. • • Pennsylvania farmers have more than 4,300 tractors working on their farms as compared with 2,600 a year | ago, according to the statistical | bureau of the State Department of Agriculture. This is taken as a di j reet result of the war and the great | est increase has been made in the lower Susquehanna Valley counties and in counties adjacent to Phila delphia. Dauphin has been rather slow. Lancaster county leads -in tractors, three per cent, of its farm ers being estimated to be users of such devices, while Berks, Bucks, York, Chester and Montgomery in the Kast and Washington and Alle gheny in the West are the chief users. The tractors were boomed at the outbreak of the war because of the demands for men and animals | for national service and three-fourths lof those in use have been bought I since the spring of 1917 and many more have been ordered for 1920 | delivery. Another marked advance in agriculture has come to light in reports on farms, showing that there are now about 43,650 silos attached to Pennsylvania barns, an increase of 11,000 in a year. This big in crease created some surprise and the figures were checked up. Last year there were 32,900 silos reported and Tioga county had two-thirds of its farmers using them. Other counties which have many silos are in the dairying section of the Northern tier, especially Bradford and Sus quehanna. In the West, Crawford appears to lead in the number, while York, Lancaster, Chester and Mont gomery have many. The silo has not increased very materially in Dauphin and Cumberland Valley counties. The Northern tier farm ers grow corn especially adapted for storing in silos. * • • Lessons from the State 'Educa tional Congress will be one of the .big. themes for the meeting of the State Educational Associations in Philadelphia in December, over which Superintendent F. E. Downes of this city, the president, will pre side. School support, citizenship and agricultural education will re ceive considerable attention, while the groundwork of a new teachers' salary law will be laid. The pro gram is one of the most comprehen sive ever outlined. [ WELL KNOWN PEOPLE —John A. Brashear, the Pitts burgh scientist, is celebrating a birth day with baskets filled with postal cards. —lsaac Sharpless, former presi dent of Haverford, who is a member of the Constitution Revision Commis sion, is one of the Quaker members of that body. —Enoch Rauh, prominent Pitts burgh man and councilman, is taking an active part for the new building of the Y. M. H. A. in that city. —Seth E. Gordon, secretary of the State Game Commission, is out look ing over conditions in the deer hunt ing counties. —Bishop J. F. Berry, In an ad dress at Philadelphia, criticised ten dencies to amusements rather than to church work. —Joseph Wenlock, long with the Pennsylvania Railroad legal depart ment. will go into practice at Phtla i delphia. I , DO YOU KNOW —That Harrisburg had an artillery company 100 years ago and it used to drill in Market Square? HISTORIC HARRISBtTRG , —The first illuminating gas was made here in 1850,
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